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Description
Samuel Fessenden was a lawyer in Portland and one of the founders of the Portland Anti-Slavery Society. He was born in 1784 and died in 1869.
About This Item
- Title: Gen. Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1830
- Creator: Charles Octavius Cole
- Creation Date: circa 1830
- Subject Date: circa 1830
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Paint, wood
- Dimensions: 87 cm x 76 cm
- Local Code: A86-955
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fessenden, Samuel, 1784-1869--Portraits
- Portland Anti-Slavery Society (Me.)
- Cole, Charles Octavius, 1817-1858
- Abolitionists--Maine--Portland
- Social reformers--Maine--Portland
- Paintings
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