Guide to the Jesse Appleton Administrative Records, 1807-1819
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Jesse Appleton: Administrative Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Jesse Appleton (1772-1819), served as Bowdoin's second President from 1807 until his death, apparently of tuberculosis, in 1819. A Congregationalist minister and a graduate of Dartmouth College, Appleton attempted to instill what he called "piety" into Bowdoin students.
Personal information, including Appleton's sermons, is available in the Jesse Appleton Collection.
This collection contains general correspondence concerning College affairs. Included is a document describing the "order of arrangement" at Appleton's inauguration as President, in 1807. Most primary source material concerning the administration of the College in the early years is found in the records of the Board of Trustees or in the Records of the Faculty which includes the records of the Executive Government.
1807, Presidential inauguration
1807 Dec 23, Order of arrangement at installation of Jesse Appleton
ca. 1807-1819, letter from "an Enquirer" to Jesse Appleton
1808 Nov 5, appointment of Ezekial Thompson as Chairman of first Parish Committee
1809 Jun 10, Samuel Adams' non-acceptance of appointment as tutor
1809 Jul 8, Governor Christopher Gore's acceptance to attend commencement (with envelope)
1810 Feb 6, Benjamin J. Porter letter to Honorable William King
1810 Aug 13, Governor William Gray's response to commencement invitation (with envelope)
1810 Aug 18, Elbridge Gerry's response to commencement invitation
1811 Jul 10, William Gray letter to Honorable William King concerning Thomas English
1811 Oct 28, Jesse Appleton to Sarah Bowdoin on death of James Bowdoin
1811 Dec 3, Xeroxed handwritten catalogue of James Bowdoin's collections
[1812-1822?] Memorandum of Professor Packard relating to the early days of the College, with envelope
1816 Sep 4, Benjamin Orr's letter of resignation as Treasurer
1817 Jul 8, 1818 Apr 6, 1818 Nov 17, Benjamin Porter's letters to his brothers concerning financial trouble
1818 Apr 5, E. Porter's suggestion to create an "Association of Colleges"
1818 May 6, Description of meeting of men connected with learning institutions
1818 Jun 13, Letter from Samuel Gilman to Charles Stuart Daveis re: Phi Beta Kappa
1818 Aug 13, Governor Brooks' response to commencement invitation
1819 Feb 8 - 1820 Jan 2, List of absences from recitation
[1819] Aug 10, S.P. Newman's letter to J. Appleton, concerning instruction of members of College
1819 Nov 12, A Sermon, Delivered at the Internment of the Reverend Jesse Appleton