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William Jenks correspondence and addresses

 Collection
Identifier: M347

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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

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.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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

Repository Details

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

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