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Samuel Fessenden (1784-1869) was a native of Fryeburg. An 1806 graduate of Dartmouth, he studied law and became a lawyer in 1809, practicing in New Gloucester, then Portland.
Before Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820, Fessenden served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate.
He was a founder of the Maine Anti-slavery Society in the 1830s and was a frequent speaker on topics of slavery and abolition.
He received an honorary degree from Bowdoin College in 1846.
About This Item
- Title: Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1860
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 16 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--People--Fessenden
- Object Type: Image
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