Fessenden Collection, 1786-1982 (bulk 1823-1869)
Catalog Number: M59.1
A chronological listing of correspondence (PDF file) is available here.
An alphabetical listing of correspondents (PDF file) is available here.
| Box | 1 | 1790-1837 | |
| 2 | Jan. 1838-Feb. 1842 | ||
| 3 | March 1842-Dec. 1844 | ||
| 4 | Jan. 1845-Aug. 1851 | ||
| 5 | Sept. 1851-Aug. 1855 | ||
| 6 | Sept. 1855-Jan. 1857 | ||
| 7 | Feb. 1857-May 1859 | ||
| 8 | June 1859-Dec. 1860 | ||
| 9 | Jan. 1861-April 1862 | ||
| 10 | May 1862-Jan. 1864 | ||
| 11 | Feb.-Sept. 1864 | ||
| 12 | Oct. 1864-July 1866 | ||
| 13 | Aug. 1866-May 1868 | ||
| 14 | June 1868-undated | ||
| Box | 15 | ||
| Folder | 1-4 | Carbons of typescripts of the Sam Fessenden letters / prepared by John L. Baxter, Set 1 (pp. 1-184) | |
| 5-8 | Carbons of typescripts of the Sam Fessenden letters / prepared by John L. Baxter, Set 2 (pp. 1-142) | ||
| 9 | Transcripts of correspondence with James Wilson Grimes | ||
| 10 | Correspondence: misc. covers | ||
| Volume | 1 | Correspondence-Carbon typescripts of the Sam Fessenden letters . . ., c. 3 | |
| Vault | Box | 1 | |
| Folder | 7 | 7/4/1864 letter from President Abraham Lincoln - original (photocopy of letter is in Fessenden correspondence, filed chronologically) [in Manuscripts box]; 7/2/1864 telegram forwarded to Mr. Fessenden from Abraham Lincoln - original (photocopy of telegram is in Fessenden correspondence, filed chronologically) [in Manuscripts box] |
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Catalog Number: M59.2
| Box | 15 | ||
| Folder | 11 | Agreements settling the estate of James Deering | |
| 12 | Appointment of W.P. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury (1864) | ||
| 13 | Certificate admitting W.P. Fessenden to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court (1848) | ||
| 14 | Certificate of W.P. Fessenden's election as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1840) | ||
| 15 | Memorandum re the will of W.P. Fessenden | ||
| 16 | Notes re the disposition of the belongings of [Francis?] Fessenden | ||
| 17 | Passports of Francis Fessenden | ||
| 18 | Portland Renewal Authority, Munjoy South Urban Renewal Project, "Statement of Taking" re land inherited by Foxes and Fessendens | ||
| 19 | Settlement of the estate of Nathaniel Deering |
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Biographical records, genealogies, and family history, 1823-1982
Catalog Number: M59.3
| Box | 16 | Biographical: | |
| Folder | 1 | Charles Stewart Davies Fessenden | |
| 2 | Frances Cushing Greeley Fessenden | ||
| 3 | Francis Fessenden - general | ||
| 4 | Francis Fessenden - memorials | ||
| 5 | Hewitt Chandler Fessenden | ||
| 6 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr. - general | ||
| 7 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr. - memorials | ||
| 8 | James Deering Fessenden, Jr. | ||
| 9 | Joseph Palmer Fessenden | ||
| Archives | Joseph Palmer Fessenden - Bowdoin autograph album, Class of 1851 | ||
| Box | 16 | ||
| Folder | 10 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. - general | |
| 11 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. - education | ||
| Archives | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. - Bowdoin autograph/photograph album, Class of 1861 | ||
| Box | 16 | ||
| Folder | 12 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. - ms. record of his disappearance into Kansas in 1856 | |
| 13 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. - concerning people contacted by W.P. Fessenden in tracing him to Kansas in 1856 | ||
| 14 | Samuel Fessenden. Jr. - Maine Historical Society newsletter | ||
| 15 | Samuel Clement Fessenden | ||
| 16 | Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden | ||
| 17 | William Howard Fessenden | ||
| 18 | William Pitt Fessenden - general | ||
| Archives | William Pitt Fessenden, 1823 Bowdoin diploma | ||
| Box | 16 | ||
| Folder | 19 | William Pitt Fessenden - memorials [miss.] | |
| 20 | William Pitt Fessenden - memorials [printed] | ||
| 21 | William Pitt Fessenden - Maine Historical Society Newsletter Family history: | ||
| 22 | Three Fessendens and Daniel Webster / by Samuel Fessenden [presented to the Science and Art Club of Germantown, Pa., January 25, 1982] | ||
| 23 | A vote of "Not Guilty": William Pitt Fessenden's role in the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson / by Carol Bolger[photocopy; for Gov. 43, May 15, 1978] | ||
| 24 | William Pitt Fessenden / by William Salter [reprint from the Annals of Iowa, 1908] | ||
| Box | 17 | Genealogies: | |
| Folder | 1-6 | Fessenden family - Account of Gen. Samuel Fessenden and Family / by Francis Fessenden | |
| Volume | 1 | Fessenden family - Account of Samuel Fessenden and Family / by Francis Fessenden | |
| Box | 17 | ||
| Folder | 7 | Fessenden family - American Ancestry [of Francis Fessenden] | |
| 8 | Fessenden family - Excerpts from Genealogy on the Fessendens and Fosters / by Earl Foster Fessenden [and] Dorothy Fessenden Rodger | ||
| 9 | Fessenden family - Fessenden Family in America / [by] John L. Baxter | ||
| 10 | Fessenden family - Fessenden Genealogy / by Francis Fessenden | ||
| 11 | Fessenden family: general | ||
| 12 | Fox family |
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General addresses, speeches, reports and notes, 1825-1861, n.d.
Catalog Number: M59.4
| Volume | 1 | Addresses and speeches on various subjects, and childhood short stories by W.P.Fessenden; together with a Samuel Fessenden Sr. address, and Francis Fessenden's memoir of his father | |
| 2 | Addresses, speeches, reports and notes on various political topics |
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Personal and professional records, 1786-1968
Catalog Number: M59.5
| Box | 17 | Bowdoin College material: | |
| Folder | 14 | "The Fessenden Affair" / by John L. Baxter (Speech given before the Town & College Club, January 5, 1968) | |
| 15 | Dedication of the Fessenden Room | ||
| 16 | Miscellaneous | ||
| 17 | Records concerning Samuel Fessenden, Jr. Civil War: | ||
| Volume | 1 | Account of a caucus of Republican Senators, held December 16, 1862 | |
| Box | 17 | ||
| Folder | 18 | Confederate currency | |
| 19 | Francis Fessenden, appointments and recommendations for promotion | ||
| 20 | Francis Fessenden, military retirement | ||
| 21 | James D. Fessenden, Sr., diary and account book James D. Fessenden, Sr., promotions and appointments | ||
| 22 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr., orders re | ||
| 23 | List of killed, wounded or missing members of the 30th Maine Vols. after Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill and Cane River Crossing | ||
| 24 | Manuscript maps | ||
| 25 | Miscellaneous material Family Bibles: | ||
| Folio | Volume | 2 | Bible given to "Thomas & Lirrie from their affectionate parents, Samuel and Deborah Fessenden, July 18, 1855." Inserted is a list of family members to whom the bible was passed, marriages, births, and deaths. |
| Volume | 3 | Bible given to Stephen D. Fessenden "with the love of his Aunt, Mary D. Sewall," March 1868 | |
| Box | 18 | Family Manuscripts: | |
| Folder | 1 | "The Conspiracy : a tragedy in four acts" / Samuel Fessenden, Sr. College | |
| 2 | College essays (2) of Thomas A.D. Fessenden (Bowdoin 1845) | ||
| 3 | Diary of William Fessenden, January - April, 1786 | ||
| 4 | Sermon on Acts 8:22 & 25, by William Fessenden | ||
| 5 | Sermon on 1st Corinthians 13:12, by William Fessenden | ||
| 6 | Sermon on 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4, by William Fessenden | ||
| 7 | Sermon on Isaiah 55:6, by William Fessenden | ||
| 8 | Sermon on John 6:67, by William Fessenden | ||
| 9 | Sermon on Psalms 111:10, by William Fessenden [fragment] | ||
| 10 | Sermon on St. Matthew 24 [i.e.25]:46, by William Fessenden | ||
| 11 | Sermon on unknown verse, by William Fessenden [fragment] Financial material: | ||
| Volume | 4 | Account book of W.P. Fessenden, 1833-1839 | |
| Box | 18 | ||
| Folder | 12 | Contracts, receipts, etc. re Francis Fessenden's Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden | |
| 13 | Loan agreement between Edward Fox and John W. and Wm. H. Day, April 1, 1879 [ms. copy] | ||
| 14 | Miscellaneous | ||
| 15 | Official and personal finances of W.P. Fessenden | ||
| 16 | Receipt for $10,000 to be used to start the Commission for the Promotion of Education in the South [founding Storer College] signed by W.P. Fessenden and N.C. Brackett | ||
| 17 | Valuation statements of W.P. Fessenden's personal and real estate properties Reconstruction and Presidential Impeachment: | ||
| 18 | "Impeachment : Opinion of Hon. W.P. Fessenden on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ..., 1868" | ||
| 19 | "Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Journal: 39th Congress 1st Session [2 copies] | ||
| 20 | "President Johnson and His War on Congress" / by Carl Shurz Treasury Department: | ||
| 21 | Translation of a portion of an article on W.P. Fessenden, prepared for a Swiss French language journal by George Harrington U.S. Senate: | ||
| 22 | Rules of the U.S. Senate, Hon. W.P. Fessenden copy |
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Catalog Number: M59.6
| Mapcase | C13 | Map of Munjoy Hill (Portland, Maine), 1869 | |
| Box | 18 | ||
| Folder | 23 | Miscellaneous | |
| 24 | Re Northeast Boundary controversy | ||
| 25 | Printed Ephemera |
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Fessenden Association and John L. Baxter Archive records, 1955-1969
Catalog Number: M59.7
| Box | 19 | ||
| Folder | 1-9 | Correspondence, 1955-1969 | |
| 10 | Material re dedication of Fessenden Room, Bowdoin College | ||
| 11 | Material re W.P. Fessenden portrait in the Treasury Dept., Washington, D.C. | ||
| 12 | Membership and address lists | ||
| 13 | Miscellaneous manuscript material | ||
| 14 | News releases, Bowdoin College |
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Catalog Number: M59.8
| Box | 20 | ||
| 1 | Articles and Addresses: "Jay Cooke and the Financing of the Civil War" / by Ellis Paxon Oberholzer | ||
| 2 | "Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and Her Friends" / by Willis Steell | ||
| 3 | "The Tariff in Our Times" / by Ida M. Tarbell Biographical, re: | ||
| 4 | Charles Stewart Daveis Fessenden | ||
| 5 | Francis Cushing Greeley Fessenden | ||
| 6 | Francis Fessenden | ||
| 7 | Hewitt Chandler Fessenden | ||
| 8 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr. | ||
| 9 | Joseph Palmer Fessenden | ||
| 10 | Mary Turner Peterson Fessenden | ||
| 11 | Samuel Fessenden, Sr. | ||
| 12 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. | ||
| 13 | Samuel Clement Fessenden | ||
| 14 | Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden | ||
| 15 | William Howard Fessenden | ||
| 16-19 | William Pitt Fessenden | ||
| 20 | Miscellaneous distantly related Fessendens and others Civil War: | ||
| 21 | "Abraham Lincoln's Rise to Greatness" (from the Evening Post, Feb. 13, 1909) | ||
| 22 | "Chase to Greeley: some hitherto unpublished letters" (from the [New York?] Daily Tribute, Jan. 20, 1895) General, re: | ||
| 23 | Family homes (Deering/Fessenden) | ||
| 24 | W.P. Fessenden research | ||
| 25 | Memorials to W.P. Fessenden | ||
| 26 | Miscellaneous | ||
| 27 | Provenance of collections | ||
| 28 | Restoration of the Treasury Department's portrait of W.P. Fessenden | ||
| 29-31 | Reviews of Francis Fessenden's "Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden" Political: | ||
| 32 | W.P. Fessenden and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson | ||
| 33 | W.P. Fessenden's speech re the Lecompton Constitution (Feb. 8, 1858) | ||
| 34 | "Reminiscences of Maine Politics", nos. 14 and 15 / by Judge Henry Carter (no. 14 discusses W.P. Fessenden) | ||
| 35 | "Reminiscences of Neal Dow..." (Portland Evening Express, Nov. 28, 1903) | ||
| Volume | 1 | Scrapbook on various political subjects | |
| Box | 20 | ||
| Folder | 36 | "They Were Seven...the story of the famous deadlock in the Maine Legislature [1854]" (Lewiston Weekly Journal, Jan. 19, 1893) | |
| Volume | 2 | Treasury Department-scrapbook re W.P. Fessenden's tenure, together with obituaries of Francis Fessenden | |
| 3 | Scrapbook on the Civil War and aftermath |
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Catalog Number: M59.9
| Box | 1 | Fessenden Family: | |
| Folder | 1 | Francis Fessenden, 1858 | |
| 2 | Francis Fessenden, n.d. | ||
| 3 | Francis Fessenden and General Henry Anderson, n.d. | ||
| 4 | Francis Fessenden in uniform, n.d. | ||
| 5 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr., n.d. | ||
| 6 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr. in uniform, n.d. | ||
| Oversize | Box | A2 | James Deering Fessenden, Sr. in uniform, n.d. |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 7 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr., 1841 | |
| 8 | Samuel Fessenden, Jr. in uniform, n.d. | ||
| 9 | Samuel Fessenden, Sr., n.d. | ||
| Oversize | Box | A2 | Samuel Fessenden, Sr., n.d. |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 10 | William Pitt Fessenden, 1854, and 1863 with currency and IRS cigar stamp | |
| 11 | William Pitt Fessenden, 1868 | ||
| 12 | William Pitt Fessenden, n.d. (early years) | ||
| 13-15 | William Pitt Fessenden, n.d. (mid-late years) | ||
| Oversize | Box | A2 | William Pitt Fessenden, n.d. (mid-late years) |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 16 | William Pitt Fessenden and his sons, n.d. | |
| 17 | William Pitt Fessenden portrait (bust), n.d. | ||
| 18 | William Pitt Fessenden portrait (Treasury Department,post restoration), n.d. | ||
| 19 | William Pitt Fessenden portrait (Treasury Department, pre-restoration), n.d. | ||
| Folio | Volume | 1 | Francis Fessenden Civil War Album |
| Box | 1 | People (other than Fessenden family): | |
| Folder | 20 | A - D (cartes-de-visite), n.d. | |
| 21 | F - K (cartes-de-visite), n.d. | ||
| 22 | L - P (cartes-de-visite), n.d. | ||
| 23 | R - W (cartes-de-visite), n.d. | ||
| 24 | Unknown people and miscellaneous groups (cartes-de-visite), n.d. | ||
| Box | 1 | Places: | |
| Folder | 25 | Falls Church, Virginia, n.d. | |
| 26 | Fort Pulaski after the bombardment, n.d. | ||
| 27 | Fort Western, Augusta, Maine, 1862 | ||
| 28 | Mount Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine, n.d. | ||
| 29 | U.S. Revenue Steamer William P. Fessenden, n.d. | ||
| Oversize | Box | A2 | U.S. Revenue Steamer William P. Fessenden, n.d. |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 30 | William Pitt Fessenden Room, Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall, Bowdoin College, n.d. | |
| Folder | 31-34 | William Pitt Fessenden Room, Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall, Bowdoin College, dedication ceremony, 1966 Aug 16 |
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