Content Description The four persons whose diaries make up this collection are from one family. • John Byington was the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and a senior leader of the early Adventist being older than most of the other leaders. • Catharine Newton Byington is John Byington's wife. • Martha D. Byington-Amadon is the daughter of John and Catharine Byington. • George Washington Amadon is Martha Byington's husband.The diaries date from 1857 to...