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Letterbook "Correspondence Relative to the Negotiations at Madrid, 1804-1805" gift of a descendant of James Bowdoin III and Bowdoin College alumna, 2019
Bowdoin Family Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Agency History / Biographical Note: This collection concerns four generations of the Bowdoin family of Massachusetts. The principal members are Pierre Baudouin (1650?-1706), progenitor of the family in America; James Bowdoin (1676-1747), Boston merchant; James Bowdoin II (1726-1790), Governor of Massachusetts; and James Bowdoin III (1752-1811), benefactor of the College.
Pierre Baudouin, a Huguenot emigrant possibly from La Rochelle, France, left the Continent for Dublin, Ireland, by 1683. There, and in Wexford, he functioned as a merchant before immigrating to America in 1686. After a short stay in what is now South Portland, Maine, he arrived in Boston by 1690. There he became a successful merchant and ships' captain. After his death, his eldest son James anglicized "Baudouin" as "Bowdoin," the spelling that the American branch of the family, including his mother, Elizabeth (1643?-1720), also adopted.
Pierre's son James Bowdoin I became one of the wealthiest merchants in Massachusetts and added extensive lands and real estate to the family's holdings. (The three James Bowdoins did not use roman numerals in referring to themselves; they are used as a convenience by the College and historians).
James [I]'s son James Bowdoin II extended the family's businesses, wealth and holdings. As a member of the Massachusetts Council he was appointed to lead the Massachusetts delegation to the Continental Congress, but he failed to attend because of ill health. He also served as president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention and was the second governor of the Commonwealth (1785-1787), serving during Shay's Rebellion. He was an avid amateur scientist, a founding member and first president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of several tracts, including A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston....
James [II]'s son James Bowdoin III continued the family's businesses, though his personal interests ran more toward land management and agriculture. He was involved in Massachusetts politics from 1786 to 1796 and was Jefferson's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain and Co-commissioner to France from 1805 to 1808, living in Paris. Bowdoin College, named for his father, was greatly enriched by his gifts and bequests, which included funds, lands in Maine, and his book, scientific and art collections. He and his wife, Sarah Bowdoin (1761-1826), who accompanied him to Paris, had no children.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as business, financial, and political documents, including wills and other materials concerning the Bowdoin estate. Also included are a holograph poem by Phillis Wheatley on the capture of Gen. Charles Lee, dedicated to James Bowdoin II, and a diary of Sarah Bowdoin, which documents her and her husband's stay in Paris from 1806 to 1808, and a number of realia, including two waistcoats of James Bowdoin III and scientific instruments used by James Bowdoin II. Additions include a letterbook of diplomatic correspondence "Correspondence relative to the negotiations at Madrid, 1804-1805" (from the library of James Bowdoin III) probably compiled for Bowdoin for his use as Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain and as co-commmissioner, with John Armstrong, US Minister to France, in Paris negotiations with their Spanish counterparts. The collection is supplemented by genealogical materials concerning the Bowdoin family collected by Bowdoin College and William Bowden, as well as the manuscript for the unpublished biography of James Bowdoin II by Francis Walett and images of family members
Bowdoin family correspondence focusing mainly on matters both financial and political. Principal correspondents are James Bowdoin II, including letters written during the American Revolution and during his tenure as the Governor of Massachusetts; and James Bowdoin III, whose letterbooks from 1791 to 1811 include correspondence from his tenure (1805-1808) as President Thomas Jefferson's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain and Co-commissioner to France. Correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Also includes a letterbook of diplomatic correspondence, 1804-1805 (from the library of James Bowdoin III) probably compiled for Bowdoin in relation to his appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary.
Consists of letters to and from members of the Bowdoin family focusing mainly on matters both financial and political. Principal correspondents are James Bowdoin II, including letters written during the American Revolution and during his tenure as the Governor of Massachusetts; and James Bowdoin III, whose letterbooks from 1791 to 1811 include correspondence from his tenure (1805-1808) as President Thomas Jefferson's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain and Co-commissioner to France. Correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
Arranged chronologically.
Alphabetical and Chronological Lists and Correspondence Concordance
James Bowdoin I to Court of General Sessions, [n.p.]. 3 August, 1730 [1 p.]
James Bowdoin I to Messrs. Storke and Gainsborough, Boston. 27 October, 1735; 10 December, 1735; 21 December, 1736.
James Bowdoin I and James Pitts to Messrs. Storke and Gainsborough, Boston. 19 July, 1736 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin I to Daniel Ayrault, Boston. 27 January, 1736 [3 p.]
James Bowdoin I to John Curtis, Boston. 1738 May 3 [2p.] with typed transcription
William Erving to James Bowdoin II, Scituate, [Ma.]. 27 October, 1755 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Gorham and Rufus King to James Bowdoin II, New York. 22 [August?], 1767. James Bowdoin II to [?] Edwards, Boston. 30 [August?], 1767 [2 p.] (original copy)
James Bowdoin II to Col. Jonathan Glover, Watertown, [Ma.]. 19 June, 1776 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin II to the Hon. Joseph Hawley, Esq., Watertown, [Ma.]. 15 July, 1776 [3 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Col. Nathaniel Freeman, Boston. 31 July, 1776 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin II to George Washington, Boston. 7 October, 1776 [1 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Charles Cushing, Boston. 16 December, 1778 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Oliver Wendell, [n.p.]. 10 May, 1780 [2 p.] (original and photocopy)
George Washington to James Bowdoin II, "Liberty pole in Berges County". 28 August, 1780 [5 p.]
James Bowdoin III to "Your Excellency," Boston. 22 January, 1782 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Thomas Fitzsimons, Boston. 1 April and 5 April, 1784 [3 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Thomas Seymour Esq, Connecticut, 8 April, 1782 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Rev. Dr. [Richard] Price, Boston. 24 December, 1784 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Hon. Samuel Osgood Esq., Boston. 16 July, 1785 [electrostatic copy]
James Bowdoin III to Betsey Oliver, [n.p.]. [ca. 1785] [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Peter Oliver, [Dorchester, Ma.?]. [ca. 1785] [8 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Josiah Little, Boston. 19 May, 1785 [1 p.]
John Langdon to James Bowdoin II, Portsmouth, N.H. 29 June, 1785. [2 p.], JBII, June 29, 1785
Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin II, Philadelphia. 1 January, 1786. [4 p.]
John Buttrick, Joseph Hosmer, and Ephraim Wood to James Bowdoin II, Concord. 2 December, 1786. [1 p.]
James Bowdoin II to Major Gen'l Lincoln, Boston, March 8, 1787, (8vo.), [1 p.]
James Bowdoin II to John Pickering, Boston. 8 July, 1788. [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Maj. Badlam, Dorchester, [Ma.]. 17 March, 1791. [1 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Benjamin Talmadge, Boston. 7 March, 1793. [3 p.]
Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple Winthrop to Thomas J. Winthrop, New York. 17 February, 1798. [3 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Henry Dearborn, Boston 20 March, 1802. [4 p.]
Samuel Deane and Isaac Parker to James Bowdoin III, Portland. 2 May, 1802. [1 p.] (photocopy)
James Bowdoin III to Jesse Putnam, Esq., Boston. 30 June, 1802. [4 p.]
James Bowdoin II and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple to Miss Thacher, Boston. 25 May, 1803. [2 p.]
Henry Dearborn to Thomas L. Winthrop re: portraits of Jefferson and Madison painted for James Bowdoin III, Washington. 27 June, 1805. [1 p.]
James Bowdoin III to James Madison, London. 3 September, 1805. [7 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Lawson Alexander, Paris. 6 November, 1805. [1 p.]
James Bowdoin III to T. Skipwith, [n.p.]. [ca. 1806]. [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Henry Dearborn, Paris. 8 October, 1807 [7 p.] (photocopy--do not reproduce)
James Bowdoin III to Dr. Bullus, Cherbourg. 4 October, 1807 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III to Henry Dearborn, London. 2 December, 1807 [2 p.]
Thomas Jefferson to James Bowdoin III, Washington. 23 June, 1808 [2 p.]
Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn to Henry Dearborn, September 15, 1817 [1 p.]
James Temple Bowdoin to Major General Salem Towne, Boston. 21 July, 1824 [4 p.]
Henry Dearborn to Henry A. S. Dearborn, February 1, 1824 [2 p.]
William Bowdoin to George M. Atwater, South Hadley Falls. 4 March, 1848 [2 p.]
James Bowdoin III Letterbook, 1791-1805
James Bowdoin III Letterbook, 1806-1811
Letterbook, 1804-1805, of diplomatic correspondence (from the library of James Bowdoin III) probably compiled for Bowdoin for his use as Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain and as co-commmissioner, with John Armstrong, US Minister to France, in negotiations with their Spanish counterparts. Letterbook contains transcripts, written contemporaneously, of 29 letters sent between the key diplomatic figures from the United States, the Court of Spain, and France relating to US claims to West Florida arising from the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. The correspondence provides documentation of diplomatic negotiations led by James Munroe to settle competing United States and Spanish claims to West Florida, the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase, and to negotiate other claims. Correspondents included in the letterbook are: US Secretary of State James Madison, US ministers James Monroe, Charles Pinckney (Court of Spain), John Armstrong (France), and US Governor of Orleans Territory William C.C. Claiborne; representing France, Foreign Minister Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord; and from Spain Secretary of State Pedro Cevallos, de facto Prime Minister Manuel Godoy y Alvarez de Faria, Ambassador to the United States Marquis Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, and former Spanish governor of Louisiana Marquis de Casa Calvo.
Gift of a descendant of James Bowdoin III, Bowdoin College alumna, 2019
The originals of many of the transcribed letters in this letterbook are housed in the National Archives and other archival repositories.
1804 Nov 8, James Monroe to Mr. Talleyrand, from Paris (transcript)
1804 Nov 27, James Monroe to James Madison, from Paris (transcript)
1805 Jan 19, James Monroe to James Madison, from Madrid (transcript)
1805 Jan 28, James Monroe to Pedro Cevallos, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
[Undated 1805], US proposal, Project of a Convention (transcript)
1805 Jan 28, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 2, James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to James Madison, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Jan 6, John Armstrong to James Monroe, from Paris (transcript)
1804 Dec 25, Charles Talleyrand to John Armstrong from Paris (transcript)
1805 Feb 5, James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 10, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 12, transcript of letter from James Monroe and Charles Pickering to Pedro Cevallos from Aranjuez, Spain
1805 Feb 16, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 24, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 25, James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Feb 28, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Mar 4, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Mar 8, James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Mar 14, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 Apr 13, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (extract, transcript)
1805 Apr 20, James Monroe and Charles Pickney, from Aranjuez, Spain (extract, transcript)
[Undated, 1805 May 12], Propositions to the Secretary of State (Don Pedro Cevallos) at the Court of Madrid (transcript)
1805 May 12, James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to the "Prince of Peace" [Manuel Godoy y Alvarezde Farina] (transcript)
1805 May 15, Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 May 22, James Monroe address to the King of Spain from Aranjuez, Spain (transcript)
1805 May 23, James Madison to James Monroe, from the Department of State (transcript)
1804 Oct 15, James Madison to Spanish ambassador to the United States Marquis Carlos Martinez de Yrujo, from the Department of State (extract, transcript)
1805 Mar 28, Governor William C.C. Claiborne to Marquis de Casa Calvo, from New Orleans (transcript)
[Undated] Marquis de Casa Calvo in response to communique from Governor Claiborne (transcript)
Consists of five sub-series: Pierre & Elizabeth Baudouin, James Bowdoin I, James Bowdoin II, James Bowdoin III & Sarah Bowdoin, and Other Family. See sub-series descriptions below for a detailed description.
Arranged chronologically into sub-series by family member, then chronologically within each sub-series with estate and will material listed last.
Contains a survey of Baudouin lands in Maine from 1687, as well as the last wills & testaments of both Pierre Baudouin and his wife, Elizabeth. Also includes an inventory of the Pierre Baudouin estate in Boston.
Arranged chronologically with estate and will materials listed last.
Survey of Baudouin lands and letter to Governor Andros, 1687. (photocopies)
Last Will and Testament of Pierre Baudouin, 16 June, 1704. (photocopy)
Inventory of the estate of Pierre Baudouin, Boston. Probated 17 August, 1719, by Samuel Sewall. (photocopy)
Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Baudouin, Boston. 5 September, 1717. Probated 5 September, 1720. (photocopy)
Certified copy of the of the Record of Death of Pierre Baudouin in September, 1706, issued by the City of Boston in 1959.
Consists primarily of materials documenting financial and business transactions, including receipts and invoices for goods sold. Also included are land deeds as well as the last will & testament of James Bowdoin I.
Arranged chronologically with estate and will materials listed last.
Settlement of debt of the estate of George Vaughn, 11 December, 1730
Adjusted account with Mme. Hannah Pickering, 12 May, 1726
Account with Jacob Wendell for carridges for the Town of Boston, 1734-1735
Invoices for sales of goods (raisins, pepper, coal, etc.), 28 June, 1737
Receipt for money paid by Hannah Hathorne to James Bowdoin I, 29 December, 1737
Deed of land in Scituate (Ma.) sold to John Turner, 8 August, 1746
Last Will and Testament, 14 September, 1747
Document re: estate of James Bowdoin I signed by B[enning] Wentworth, the first royal governor of New Hampshire, 20 October, 1763
Consists of land deeds, receipts for financial transactions, as well as items documenting military and political appointments made by James Bowdoin II while governor of Massachusetts. Also included are Bowdoin's 1780 missive to "the different Tribes of Indians under Col. John Allan, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Eastern Department," as well as the arrest warrant for Daniel Shays, Bowdoin's last will & testament, and a holograph poem by Phillis Wheatley on the capture of General Charles Lee.
Arranged chronologically with estate and will materials listed last.
Receipt of money from William Cummings, 22 December, 1746
Deed for land in Hingham (Ma.) sold to John Thaxter, 19 April, 1750
Deed of Kennebec Proprietors, signed by David Jeffras and George Craddock, granting land in Lincoln County (Me.) to James Bowdoin II, 8 February, 1764
Receipt signed by James Bowdoin to Thomas Seymore on the account of Edward Allen's note and Amos Porter's bond, 2 April, 1757
Thomas Hutchinson's certification concerning affidavits of Justices' Richard Dana and John Ruddock re: "A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston...," 30 March, 1770
Justices' Dana, Hill, Permberton, Ruddock, Noyes, and Tudor's statements concerning affidavits in Bowdoin's copy of "A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston...," 30 March, 1770
Military appointment of Moses Harris as first lieutenant (signed by JBII as member of Council of Massachusetts Bay), 13 June, 1776
Deed for land in Bowdoinham sold to James Mustard, 4 February, 1779
Missive to the Indians, 23 August, 1780
Notification to Seth Washburn of being chosen as a Senator for Massachusetts, 11 October, 1780
Receipt of money paid by Moses Little, 20 February, 1784
Bills of Exchange, 6 May, 1784
Lease of land in Wales (Ma.?) to Henry Dearborn, 24 December, 1784
Deed of land and a church pew in Newbury (Ma.) to Josiah Little, 31 January, 1785
Diploma from the University of Edinburgh, 1785 (heliotype)
Appointment of John Furnass as Justice of the Peace, 29 April, 1786. (Document attached declaring power of attorney from Samuel Hearsey to father)
Declaration of Nathaniel Gorham as president of the Continental Congress, 12 June, 1786
Appointment of Peter Johnson as captain of 9th Co., 4th Reg. of the Militia of Middlesex County (Ma.), 5 October, 1786
Proclamation forbidding settlement of unappropriated lands in Massachusetts, 26 October, 1786
Appointment of William Eustis as surgeon to Massachusetts troops, 18 November, 1786
Appointment of Israel Keith as Adjutant and Inspector General of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 11 December, 1786
Arrest warrant for Daniel Shays, 19 January, 1787
Appointment of Oliver Plimpton as quartermaster of a regiment of cavalry in the 7th Division of Militia in Worcester County (Ma.), 5 April, 1787
Appointment of Daniel Howard as Justice to Keep the Peace in Plymouth County (Ma.), 17 May, 1787
Document signed by James Bowdoin II and James Bowdoin III giving power of attorney to Stephen Ayr for holdings on Naushon Island, 20 April, 1790
Vote of the non-resident proprietors of the Ohio Company, 30 September, 1790 (photocopy)
Fragment of financial document, n.d.
Last Will and Testament, 23 March, 1789 (photocopy)
Wheatley, Phillis. ["On the Capture of General Lee"], Boston, Dec. 30, 1776, holograph Ms.S., 4 p.
Consists of documents relating to land and financial transactions, as well as the last will & testament of James Bowdoin III and the original catalogue compiled by John Abbott of materials from the Bowdoin estate bequested to Bowdoin College. Also included are materials relating to the Bowdoin estate dispute of the 1840s.
Arranged chronologically with estate and will materials listed last.
Plan of a loan to be paid on excise taxes on imports of goods [ca. 1786]
Appointment of power of attorney to James Cramond for use in connection with stocks of the Bank of the United States, 8 August, 1792
Quote to James Bowdoin III from a bookseller; found in "Andrew's London Directory, 1792"
Receipt for payment for v.3 of Paley's "Works" [Boston, 1811] [ca. 1811]
Deed for land in Lisbon (Me.) given to the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, 13 July, 1811
Mortgage and deed for land in Lisbon (Me.) sold to Sarah Bowdoin by John Gould, 28 June, 1813
Sections of Last Will and Testament, [ca. 1811]
Last Will and Testament, 4 June, 1811 (attested a true copy by Register of Boston Registry of Probate, 20 May, 1890)
Thomas L. Winthrop to President Appleton re: lands of James Bowdoin III, Boston. 19 November, 1811
Catalogue compiled by John Abbot of the books, artwork, and scientific instruments bequested to Bowdoin College, December, 1811 (original and photocopy)
Record of land transactions of Bowdoin College in Lincoln County, 1823-1824
Statement re: sale of Richmond (Me.) lands to James B. Winthrop, 1824
Anonymous letter to the "Faculty of Bowdoin College" re: claim of Bowdoin estate, 3 September, 1836
Notice of death of James Temple and questions re: will of James Bowdoin III [ca. October, 1842]
Letter from Charles Loring to President Woods re: will of James Bowdoin III
Vote of Trustees of Bowdoin College re: land claim in Boston, 5 September, 1843
Condensation of letters from James Bowdoin III's letterbooks re: his relationship with his nephew, James Temple Bowdoin, and JBIII's will
Opinions and notes on the disability of aliens, [ca. 1842-1844]
Opinion and notes on alien rights, [ca. 1842-1844]
Notes on the moral aspects of the dispute of the Bowdoin estate, [ca. 1842-1844]
Notes on the citizenship of James Temple Bowdoin [ca. 1842-1844]
Report of testimony of Richard Sullivan re: dispute of the Bowdoin estate, [ca. 1842-1844]
First agreement on Naushon land and Beacon St. property, [ca. 1844]
Opinion [unsigned] of Bowdoinham land, November, 1845
Deed for land in Sidney (Me.) received by William Ellis, signed by Sarah Bowdoin, 1813 Aug 28
Consists of documents concerning James Temple Bowdoin and William Bowdoin, Jr., with the bulk of the items concerning the latter's political appointments in Massachusetts. Includes pamphlet by Henry A. S. Dearborn in defense of his father, General Henry Dearborn.
Arranged chronologically.
Claim that James Temple Bowdoin never received plate left in the will of Mrs. Dearborn, December, 1809
Defence of Gen. Henry Dearborn against the Attack of Gen. William Hull [pamphlet], 1824
Appointment of William Bowdoin, Jr., as Justice of the Peace in Hampshire County (Ma.), 10 June, 1824
Reappointment of William Bowdoin, Jr., as Justice of the Peace in Hampshire County (Ma.), 26 May, 1831
Election of William Bowdoin, Jr., as state senator for Hampshire County (Ma.), 3 December, 1840
Diary of Sarah Bowdoin, wife of James Bowdoin III, which contains almost daily documentation of the couple's life in Paris and London from the autumn of 1806 to the winter of 1808. Included in the diary are Sarah Bowdoin's observations on French customs, as well as her descriptions of the family's leisure activities and dinner parties, which included such guests as the Marquis de LaFayette and General Kosciuszko. Also included are Sarah Bowdoin's impressions of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine and her description of the family's stormy, ten-day crossing of the English Channel in the fall of 1807.
Arranged chronologically.
Photocopies available for patron use.
Diary, October 1806 - February 1808
Consists of three-dimensional objects from the James Bowdoin III bequest to Bowdoin College, not including the book or art collection. Contains clothing of James Bowdoin III as well as scientific instruments used by James Bowdoin II.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
[clothing items are located at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art]
Plum-colored velvet coat, waistcoat, and knee breeches of James Bowdoin III
Light-weight, plum-colored coat, waistcoat, and knee breeches with second pair of black satin knee breeches of James Bowdoin III
Telescope: 18 3/8" long; engraved on eyepiece "A.S. Mann, Ludgate Street, London, 1749"
Telescope: approximately 52" long with wooden body and metal eyepiece [on permanent loan to the President's Office]
Celestial Globe: "Smith's Celestial Globe containing all the known stars, nebulae, &c. Compiled from the works of Wollaston, Flamsted, Dela Caille, Havelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne, the Transactions of the Astronomical Society of London, &c. &c. London: Sold by C. Smith & Son, 172, Strand." [on permanent loan to the President's Office]
Gold plaque from the Bowdoin Tricentennial Committee presented to Bowdoin College, 1986
Consists of biographical materials on the patriarchs of the Bowdoin family in the United States, including Pierre Baudouin, James Bowdoin I, James Bowdoin II, and James Bowdoin III. Materials include addresses, newspaper clippings, and lists of related materials in other collections both at Bowdoin and other institutions.
Arranged chronologically by seniority of family member.
Pierre Baudouin: Address, by Robert C. Winthrop, delivered before the Maine Historical Society, September 5, 1849 (photocopy)
Photograph of coverlet brought to America by Pierre Baudouin from France
Seal of Pierre Baudouin (photocopy)
James Bowdoin I: Clippings
List of items in the Massachusetts Archives relating to James Bowdoin I
Biographical Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College in the Classes 1741-1745; James Bowdoin II, p. 514-550 (photocopy)
James Bowdoin II: Clippings
James Bowdoin II: Documents and correspondence at the Massachusetts Historical Society (photocopies)
James Bowdoin III: Clippings
James Bowdoin III: Mineral collection
Contains addresses, articles, clippings, correspondence and notes on the respective branches of the Bowdoin family. Most prominently represented are the Baudouin, Bowdoin, Temple, and Winthrop lines, with additional materials on other branches of the family.
Arranged alphabetically by family name.
Baudouin (France and United States)
Bowdens of Virginia
Bowdoin
Re: Bowdoin Coat of Arms
Burley (Burleigh)
Kingsford
Pitts
Prentis
Sullivan
Temple
Temple-Winthrop
Winthrop-Tappan
Contains addresses, articles, clippings, correspondence and notes compiled by William Bowden on different branches of the Bowdoin family. The materials focus primarily on the Robins family of Maryland and the Bowdoins of Virginia, as well as other Southern factions of the family. Also included are materials on Pierre Baudouin and the French heritage of the Bowdoin family.
Kept in William Bowden's original order
Malcolm Macbeth
"Robins Family Of Eastern Shore, Mary-Land" pp. 1-295 plus index
Bowdoin family notes
The Baudouin family
A Tentative Pedigree of the Littleton Family of Virginia, by Robert Patterson Robins, A.M., M.D., of Philadelphia
The Sea Side of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Birthdates of Some of Our West Kindred
Some Family Notes From The Virginia Carolorum, by Edward D. Neill
Ancestry of Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., Uncle of Abigail Smith, wifre of Col. Lewis Burwell of Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia
Letter of Col. John West, written in Virginia, Oct. 29, 1655 (electrostatic copy)
Copy of letter to "Dear Cousin Lawrence" from A. de B.R., Jan. 23, '43 [?]
Littleton-Lyttleton Arms
Will of Richard Robyns (the 1st of the Name) of Long Buckby, d. 1584 (copy)
Copy and ts of legal document signed by Obedience Robins, 1659
Land Records of Worcester County, Mary-Land, 1660-1810 by Ruth T. Dryden
Maryland Calendar of Wills, entry for Thomas Robins
Ms. notes
Worcester County, Maryland Will Book JBR (2), 1803-1807
Worcester County, Maryland Will Book MH, 1806-1813
Abstracts From the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland
The Place names of Maryland, Their Origin and Meaning, by Hamill Kenny, Ph.D. (copy with ms notes)
Ms. notes
Life and Business Career of JBI, by Norris M. Ashe, Jr., June 1960
William Bowden-Ann Allen-Ansearchin' News: Memphis-Bible Records
Gabriel Bernon
Gabriel Bernon-Oversized electrostatic copy of notary document declaring GB a citizen of England
"The Huguenot"/by Donald Douglas
James Bowdoin III-Southside Virginia, North Carolina Frontier
James Bowdoin I-II-III-Massachusetts Bowdoin family
Session III-photostat of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baudouin, widow of Pierre Baudouin
Warren County, NC Records, Family Group Records, Maryland Calendar of Wills
John Bowdoin I-Virginia Eastern Shore
John Bowdoin I and Related Families-Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia
John Bowdoin I and the Robins Family of Eastern Shore, Maryland
Peter Bowdoin II-Virginia Family Line, Northern States Line
Pierre Baudouin (Peter Bowdoin I) Family
Greater Portland Maine History-Pierre Baudouin background
Bowden Coats of Arms (England)
Pierre Baudouin-Maine article about coins found on Baudouin property
Pierre Baudouin-Tracts of land in Maine
Peter Bowdoin (Captain)-Surity for Abraham Samuels-Memorandum of Recognizance
Funk and Wagnall Dictionary
Pierre Baudouin-Letter to Gov. Andros petitioning for 100 acres in Casco Bay Area, Maine
Pierre Baudouin-Maine History Background on Indian Wars
Pierre Baudouin-Bill of Sale for "John of Dublin"-payment of Customs in Wexford-Declaration of Citizenship
Pierre Baudouin-Persons on board the "John of Dublin" bound for New England, 1686-Theory by Daniel Joseph Bowden
Potter, Elisha R.-Memoir Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island
"Prince Subscribers"-Stephen Boutineau-William Bowdoin
Pierre Baudouin sentence for bringing prisoners to Boston from Canada
Pierre Baudouin-New England Historical and Genealogical Record-his signature-Bowdoin genealogy
Xerox of ms document
Pierre Baudouin-Brief biography-Maine Historical Society
Pierre Baudouin-Noyes Biographical Article-Genealogical Dictionary of Maine-New Hampshire
Bowdoin Coat of Arms (Mass.)-Bowdoin College (Maine)
Elizabeth Fixe Baudouin-Last Will and Testament
Baudouin-Baudouyn-Ancient La Rochelle, France-Genealogy in French
"Huguenot Pedigrees"/by Charles E. Lart
Master
Warren County, North Carolina records
Virginia Local History-A Bibliography
Photocopy of portraits of Edward Robins, Thomas Robins, William Bowdoin Robins, Arthur de Berdt Robins, Arthur de Berdt Robins, Jr.
Letter-WB to Ms. V. Nelle Bellamy, July 16, 1985
"Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Bowden, Bodine, Beaudoin, (Boden, Bodin, Bowdoin) Family" (clean copy, original for electrostatic copying)
Bowdens-Bowdoins-National Cyclopaedia
Bowdoin College-1823: A faculty member introduces the blackboard as an educational tool
History of Robins Family, table of contents and index
History of Robins Family, pp. 1-208
Letter-Benjamin Franklin to JBII
"Washington, Bowdoin, and Franklin As Portrayed in Occasional Addresses" by Robert C. Winthrop
Baudouin Coat of Arms
JBI-II-III-Temple-Winthrop Papers (Mass. Historical Society)
James Bowdoin's letter ordering the building of the Cape Cod Canal
Robins family
Papers relating to the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Bowdoin, d. 1720
Contains the incomplete manuscript for Walett's unpublished biography, "James Bowdoin: Massachusetts Patriot and Statesman," and version published by the Bostonian Society. Also consists of other writings by Walett, including "James Bowdoin, Patriot Propagandist" [New England Quarterly, 3 September 1950], "The Diary of Ebenezer Parkman, 1703-1782" [Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1974-] and Walett's doctoral dissertation, "James Bowdoin and the Massachusetts Council" [Boston, Boston University, 1948].
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Notes, ms fragments, ts with corrections
Chapter 1 and preface, ms
Chapter 2, ms
Chapter 3, ms
Chapter 4, ms
Chapter 5, "A Colonial Revenue", ms
Chapter 6, "Purging The Council", ms
Chapter 7, ms
Typed drafts of Chapters 1-9
Bibliography
James Bowdoin, Massachusetts Patriot and Statesman, in Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, January, 17, 1950
The Diary of Ebenezer Parkman, by F. Walett
James Bowdoin, Patriot Propagandist, New England Quarterly, 3 September 1950. [reprint]
Economic History of the United States, by F. Walett
Governor Bernard's Undoing: An Earlier Hutchinson Letters Affair, by F. Walett
Patriots, Loyalists & Printers, by F. Walett
[Photograph of Francis Walett]
[Picture of James Bowdoin]
[Print of James Bowdoin]
Shadrack Ireland and the "Immortals" of Colonial New England, by F. Walett
Vita, etc.
Dissertation: James Bowdoin and the Massachusetts Council, by F. Walett
Most of the images in this series are plates from Colonial & Federal Portraits at Bowdoin College [by] Marvin S. Sadik and published by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1966. The plates are of paintings done in the 1700's and very early 1800's by such artists as Robert Feke and Gilbert Stuart.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Bowdoin, James I
Bowdoin, James II
Bowdoin, James II - framed silhouette of "Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq. L.L.D., F.R.S.," n.d.
Bowdoin, James III
Bowdoin, Mrs. James II (Elizabeth Erving)
Bowdoin, Mrs. James II (Elizabeth Erving) - photographic reproduction of work by Robert Feke, 1748
Bowdoin, Mrs. James III (Sarah Bowdoin)
Bowdoin, Mrs. William (Phebe Murdock)
Bowdoin, William