Box 1

Container

Staff Only

Contains 1 Result:

1790-1837

File — Box: 1

Identifier: M059.1

Scope and Content: From the Series:

Approximately 2500 letters from 1790 to 1917, most to or from William Pitt Fessenden. Much of the correspondence deals with family matters, Fessenden's career, or his sons' Civil War experiences. Also included are typescripts of his son Samuel's letters.

Dates: 1786-1982, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869

Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Fessenden collection / Correspondence, 1790-1917

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