Samuel Fessenden correspondence, 1852-1863.

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Samuel Fessenden correspondence, 1852-1863.

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Typescript copies of correspondence of Fessenden, and others, largely concerned with his activities as a runaway in Illinois; as a student at Bowdoin College, and as an officer during the Civil War. Persons represented include E.S. Leland. Correspondents include William Pitt Fessenden and William Henry Christian. Fessenden's correspondence ends on 22 Aug. 1862; he died on 1 Sept. 1862. Christian's letter is dated 25 Nov. 1863. A note from J.L.B. (possibly John L. Baxter) discusses a portrait of Fessenden given to Bowdoin College.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Bowdoin College

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United States. Army. Maine Mounted Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Leland, E.S.

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Fessenden, Samuel, 1841-1862

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Soldier in the 1st Maine Mounted Artillery Regiment; d. at the Second Battle of Bull Run at the age of 21; of Portland, Me. From the description of Samuel Fessenden correspondence, 1852-1863. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74986047 ...

Baxter, John L. (John Lincoln), 1896-1984

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Nephew of Gov. Percival Baxter; son of Hartley C. Baxter who founded a large canning company in Brunswick, Me., in 1887. John also worked for the company. From the description of John L. Baxter collection, ca. 1933-1977. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 698254255 ...

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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Republican legislator from Maine who became a U.S. Representative, Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was a strong opponent of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1837-1869. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17462689 William Pitt Fesssenden was a U.S. senator from Maine (1854-1864, 1865-1869) and Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War (1864-1865). His sons, General Francis and Brigadier General ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Christian, William R.

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Trader and Confederate soldier, of Christiansburg (Roanoke Co.), Va. From the description of Correspondence, 1855-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465282 ...