Reverend George Henry Atkinson Papers, 1843-1886

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Reverend George Henry Atkinson Papers, 1843-1886

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Reverend Atkinson was the Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon. The collection consists of letters from residents in Andover, Massachusetts and other Essex County towns, and from Portland, Oregon.

1 envelope ( .25 linear feet).

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Atkinson, G. H. (George Henry), 1819-1889

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George H. Atkinson, a Congregational minister in the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1843 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1846. Unable to accept an appointment to a mission in Africa because he had not yet been ordained, he sailed to Oregon by way of Hawaii with his wife, arriving in 1848. Atkinson originally settled in Oregon City. He prepared the first public school law in Oregon and helped plan for the forming of Pacific University. In 1963, he became pastor of...

1st Congregational Church, Portland (Or.).

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