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Jenks, William

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1778 - 1866

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Jenks correspondence and addresses

 Collection
Identifier: M347
Abstract

William Jenks (1778-1866) was a Congregationalist pastor, a Bowdoin College Overseer, 1806-1811 and secretary of the Bowdoin College Trustees, 1818-1822. Collection contains letters to concerning Jenks' preaching, his biography, and missionary work of free African-American Christians in Portland, Maine; also includes religious themed addresses.

Dates: 1809-1858, undated
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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