Brunswick Region Resources

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as business, financial, and political documents, including wills and other materials concerning James Bowdoin, his wife Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, and the Bowdoin estate. Some family history materials appear as Bowden or Baudouin.

Bound volume comprising membership lists and meeting minutes of the second church in Bowdoin, Maine

This series contains original and some photocopied documents from 1788-1955 related to lands owned by the College. There are receipts, deeds, statements of sale, correspondence, promissory notes, writs of possession, bonds, mortgage notes, contract disputes, appraisals, and surveys. Additional documents are held in the Office of the Treasurer.

John Thomas was born in Bowdoinham, Maine. He married Mary Harward of Bowdoinham, daughter of shipbuilder Thomas Harward. He became the master of Harward Ships the Maragaret and the Hannibal.Thomas spent a great deal of time at sea while Mary managed the farm and took care of their two children. Captain Thomas died of yellow fever on December 9, 1832, aboard a ship off the west coast of Africa. The bulk of this collection comprises personal and professional correspondence, primarily between Captain John Thomas and his wife, Mary, between the Thomas and Harward families, and with Sam G. Bowman concerning details of shipments to be carried out by Captain Thomas. The collection also contains ships' documents and an account book pertaining to several ships including the Margaret and the Hannibal; as well as miscellaneous writings, receipts,
and deeds and documents concerning the Purington estate.