George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

Joseph Fessenden Sermons, 1820-1859

2.25 linear feet.

Catalog Number: M61

Agency History / Biographical Note:
Joseph Palmer Fessenden (1792-1861, Bowdoin 1818) was probably born in Fryeburg, Maine, on October 24, 1792, and died in 1861. He was a Congregational clergyman in Kennebunkport (1820-1829) and South Bridgton (1829-1861). Fessenden held very liberal views as a minister, and urged his church to make more effort on behalf of temperance and the abolition of slavery. See also the Joseph Palmer and Phebe Beech Fessenden Papers.

Scope and Content:
This collection contains 675 manuscript sermons (1820-1859) and 30 sermon fragments, followed by "A Record of Marriages...in Arundel" (1820-1829), and the concluding portion of an anti-slavery article.

Cite as: Joseph Fessenden sermons, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions: None.