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Fessenden Family: William Pitt Fessenden, 1868

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: M059.9

Scope and Content:

From the Series:

Photographs and engravings of the Fessenden family are supplemented by Francis Fessenden's Civil War album, which contains cartes-de-visite of Union and Confederate Army and Navy officers; most are identified. There are also pocket-size cartes-de-visite, organized alphabetically, of John C. Fremont, Ulysses S. Grant, Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln, William Henry Seward and other Civil War era government and military figures. Place images, mainly connected with the Civil War are also included in the series, as well as photographs from the 1966 dedication ceremony of the William Pitt Fessenden Room in Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall, Bowdoin College.

Dates

  • Creation: 1786-1982, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Series: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

Contact:
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