William Jenks correspondence and addresses
Scope and Contents
Collection contains three letters to and from Jenks concerning Jenks' preaching, his biography, and missionary work of free African-American Christians in Portland, Maine; also includes addresses, one to the Theological Society of Bowdoin College, with religious themes.
Dates
- Creation: 1809-1858, undated
Creator
- Jenks, William, 1778-1866 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
William Jenks (1778-1866)was a Congregationalist pastor, a Bowdoin College Overseer, 1806-1811 and secretary of the Bowdoin College Trustees, 1818-1822. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts,and was graduated from Harvard College in 1797. Jenks was a pastor in Bath, Maine (1805-1818), and Boston, Massachusetts (1826-1845), and a member of the Maine Missionary Society.
Full Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
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.
- Title
- Guide to William Jenks Correspondence and Addresses
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository
