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Letter Fragment Unknown AddresseeDescription
Possible discussion of a manuscript and a postscript regarding his last letter about the rice crop in South Carolina. Letter is most likely addressed to Samuel Arnold Greene based on a letter that was sent to him dated 1860.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder 12Subjects
Arnold, Samuel Greene, 1821-1880, Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871, Historians--Rhode Island--19th centuryNotes
Poor conditionTitle
Key to the Model of JerusalemDescription
Possibly an excerpt from “A Hand-book Round Jerusalem or Companion to the Model” by Rev. John Blackburn. Dated No earlier than c. 1846. There is a drawn map of the city with numbers corresponding to a key.Creator
Rev. John BlackburnDate(s) of Creation
circa 1846Container
File Folder 12Subjects
Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871, Historians--19th century, Jerusalem--Maps--19th centuryTitle
Bible verses and QuotesDescription
What appears to be a journal entry evoking the words of Lord Chesterfield about laughter.
“A gentleman, and a man of sense, should be no means laugh.”
Three Bible verses are included under the quotes.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder 12Subjects
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773., Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871Title
Miles Standish’s WheatDescription
An account of Rev. Benjamin Kent of Roxbury, who lived in Duxbury from 1826-1833, and discovered the remains of Miles Standish’s house. Notably, charred wheat preserved for over 200 years. Unknown author.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder Misc. (No Dates)Subjects
Massachusetts Bay Colony, Standish, Myles, 1584?-1656, Warren (R. I.)--HistoryTitle
A Critique of Lord ChesterfieldDescription
Fessenden writes a three and a half page critique of Lord Chesterfield’s “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)” specifically in regards to his writings on laughter.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder 12Subjects
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773., Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871, Warren (R. I.)--HistoryTitle
Fessenden’s Signature for a Title PageDescription
The signature “G.M. Fessenden” for what’s appears to be the first page of something unfinished.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder 12Subjects
Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871, Warren (R. I.)--HistoryTitle
Military Correspondence by G.M. FessendenDescription
The committee recommends a Mr. Bosworth represent himself to Gov. King that the gentlemen of Warren pledge their services to him. If he should call on said services he should send a supply of arms and ammunition with commissions for the following officers:
G.M. Fessenden, Captain
W.H. Driscoll, Lieutenant
Hail N. Wood, Ensign
The committee recommends all men liable to perform military duty should apply through their representative.Creator
Guy Mannering FessendenDate(s) of Creation
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File Folder 12Subjects
Fessenden, Mannering Guy, 1804-1871, Military orders, Warren (R. I.)--History
