Guide to the Richard Wayne Bradeen Letters, 1866-1879
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Richard Wayne Bradeen Letters, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Richard Wayne Bradeen was born April 19, 1847 in Porter, Maine. He received his medical education from the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College, receiving his M.D. with the class of 1871. After being graduated, Bradeen practiced medicine in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where he died on March 1, 1881.
Letters written by Richard Wayne Bradeen, chiefly addressed to his brother, John, and written from Saco and Brunswick, Maine, between 1866 and 1869. The letters concern personal, family and local news, with the letters from Brunswick providing insight into Bradeen's life as a student at Bowdoin College.
Chronological.
1866 Sep - 1867 Dec (Fryeburg and Saco, Maine)
1868 Feb - 1868 May (Brunswick, Maine)
1868 Nov - 1869 Mar (Saco, Maine)
1879 Oct 9 (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin)