Nathaniel Bouton

Nathaniel Bouton (New Hampshire clergyman and author)

Nathaniel Bouton (June 20, 1799 – June 6, 1878) was an American Congregationalist minister and historian from New England. He pastored the "Old North" church in New Hampshire for 42 years from 1825 to 1867 and was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1840 to 1877. He was passionate about abolitionism, temperance, education, and history; and authored a number of writings on the history of New Hampshire as part of the New Hampshire Historical Society and as State Historian.