James Austin Roberts (1795-1872) was a Congregational minister, in Wiltshire, 1828-32, in New York, 1832, and at New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1832-62.

Diaries of James Austin Roberts, 1828-41, 1848-62, with diaries of Sarah Gilby Roberts, wife of J.A. Roberts, 1837-40, 1857-8, and Samuel Roberts (brother of J.A. Roberts), farmer, near Fairford, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1842-5. Some volumes include a few memoranda and accounts.

The diaries were bought from Henry Bristow in 1979.

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See also Correspondence of the Rev. James Austin Roberts, his Wife, and Son.

Congregationalists | Clergy

Congregationalists | England | Wiltshire

Congregationalists | Massachusetts

Congregationalists | New York

Farmers | Massachusetts

Diaries | 19th century

Roberts | James Austin | 1795-1872 | Congregational minister

Roberts | Samuel | fl. 1842-1845 | farmer

Roberts | Sarah Gilby | fl. 1837-1858