Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
Benson Lossing, Ed.

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Hall, Newman 1816-

Clergyman; born in Maidstone, Kent, May 22, 1816; was graduated at the University of London in 1841. He was pastor of the Albion Congregational Church in Hull in 1842-54. In the latter year he became pastor of Surrey Chapel, London. While the American Civil War was being waged, he was a strong friend of the Union, and at the conclusion of the war he made a lecturing tour of the United States for the purpose of promoting international good-will. This visit was afterwards commemorated by the construction, as a part of the new church on Westminster Road, of the Lincoln Tower, the cost of which was met by subscriptions from American and English citizens. His publications, which have met with much favor in the United States, include: The Christian philosopher; Italy, the land of the Forum and the Vatican; Lectures in America; Sermons and history of Surrey Chapel; From Liverpool to St. Louis; Pilgrims' songs; Prayer, its reasonableness and efficacy; The Lord's prayer; Songs of earth and Heaven; and a lecture on the assassination of President Lincoln, in London, in 1865.