Knowledge (XXG)

James Bowdoin

Source 📝

708:
both involved in the administration of Harvard, where their feud sometimes became ugly. For example, in 1776, while Hancock was simultaneously treasurer of Harvard and president of the Second Continental Congress, a committee headed by Bowdoin decided that securities physically held by Hancock were at risk because of the war, and a delegation was sent to Philadelphia to receive an accounting of them and physical custody of the papers. Hancock's dilatory responses and refusal to produce an accounting of the college books dragged on for several years, as a result of which Bowdoin orchestrated his censure by the Harvard board of overseers. The matter reached a peak of sorts in 1783 when the college's issues with Hancock were read and discussed in an open meeting at which Hancock was the presiding officer. Both Bowdoin and Hancock attended the
700: 371: 856:, Bowdoin worked hard for its ratification, bringing a skeptical Samuel Adams and his supporters into the fold by inviting him to a dinner with other pro-ratification delegates, and offering Federalist support to John Hancock in future elections. Bowdoin's Federalist supporters backed Hancock in the 1789 election, even though Bowdoin also stood for election. He remained active in his charitable and scientific pursuits in his later years, continuing his leadership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as that of the Humane Society. He also continued to engage in new business ventures, buying in 1789 an interest in one of the first American merchant ships to sail to China. 737:. The campaign was at times nasty. Bowdoin and Samuel Adams went after the Hancock-Cushing faction, seizing on the recently established and locally controversial social club (known either as "Sans Souci" or the "Tea Assembly"), at which card play and dancing took place (these activities had previously been banned in socially conservative Boston), as a sign of moral decay that took place under Hancock's term. Cushing supporters accused Bowdoin of cowardice in the war and insulting the people for refusing the lieutenant governorship in 1780. The electorate gave no candidate a majority, and the General Court ended up choosing Bowdoin over the others in bitterly divisive voting. 2409: 51: 419: 760: 841:, giving the governor broad powers to act against the rebels. It also authorized state payments to reimburse Lincoln and the merchants who had funded the army, and authorized the recruitment of additional militia. On February 12 the legislature passed the Disqualification Act, seeking to prevent a legislative response by rebel sympathizers. This bill expressly forbade any acknowledged rebels from holding a variety of elected and appointed offices. 865: 224: 779:, and began protest marches that shut down the state's court system, which enforced tax and civil forfeiture judgments and had become a focus of the discontent. Bowdoin issued a proclamation in early September denouncing these actions, but took no overt steps to immediately organize a militia response (unlike governors in neighboring Connecticut and New Hampshire). When the foreclosure court in 2199: 625: 549: 316:. In 1785, following Hancock's resignation, he was elected governor. Due to the large debts of Massachusetts, incurred from the Revolutionary War, Bowdoin ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility. During his two years in office, the combination of poor economic conditions and his harsh fiscal policy laid down by his government led to the uprising known as 1616: 684:. Bowdoin was cast by Hancock supporters as unpatriotic, citing among other things his refusal to serve in the First Continental Congress (even though it was due to his illness). Bowdoin's supporters, who were principally well-off commercial interests from Massachusetts coastal communities, cast Hancock as a 513:, where he was frequently involved in legal proceedings with squatters on the land, and with competing land interests. The dealings with squatters in particular left Bowdoin with a dislike of the lower classes in Massachusetts society, something that affected his politics. His inheritance also included 751:
Governor Hancock had, during his time in office, refused to vigorously act to collect delinquent taxes. Bowdoin, seeking to make payments the state owed against the nation's foreign debt, raised taxes and stepped up collection of back taxes. These actions, which were combined with a general post-war
671:
head of the Massachusetts government. Citing his ongoing poor health, he resigned the post and withdrew from public view. He continued to correspond with other revolutionaries, and enjoyed their confidence, although his absence from the war effort would lead to later political difficulties. He began
728:
In 1785, apparently sensitive to rising unrest in western Massachusetts over the poor economy, Hancock offered to resign, expecting to be asked to stay in office. However, the legislature made no such request, and he eventually did resign, pleading poor health. The gubernatorial race that year was
679:
In the first gubernatorial election, held in 1780, Bowdoin ran for the office against John Hancock. In the absence of formal party politics, the contest was one of personality, popularity, and patriotism. Hancock was immensely popular, and unquestionably patriotic given his personal sacrifices and
525:) that he sold in 1770, apparently because it was too time-consuming to manage. Despite the upheavals of the Revolution, Bowdoin was careful to always manage his financial affairs. He supported the cause of independence financially, but he did so without damaging his own business interests, unlike 707:
Bowdoin ran against Hancock in subsequent elections, but was never able to overcome Hancock's enormous popularity. The contest between the two men was just one element of a long-running rivalry that encompassed business, politics, and religion, and was apparently deeply personal. The two men were
572:
in the 1760s. By 1769 Bowdoin was one of the principal spokesmen of the opposition to the governor on the council. In that year Bernard rejected Bowdoin's renewed election to the council. Bowdoin, however, was instrumental in causing Bernard's downfall from office. Private letters critical of the
783:
was shut down by similar action on September 5, the county militia (composed mainly of men sympathetic to the protestors) refused to turn out, much to Bowdoin's chagrin. The closure of the Worcester court was followed by closings in Concord and Taunton, and when the militia marched into Great
563:
in 1756. Although at first supportive of the royal governor, his politics became more radical as British colonial policy became increasingly unpopular, and Bowdoin believed those policies would have a negative effect on the New England economy. Personal factors may also have played a role in
817:
Because the federal government had been unable to raise any significant number of troops and Bowdoin could no longer trust local militias in the western counties, he proposed in early January 1787 the creation of a private militia to be funded by eastern merchants. Revolutionary War General
844:
The crushing of the rebellion and the harsh terms of reconciliation imposed by the Disqualification Act all worked against Governor Bowdoin politically. In the election held in April 1787, Bowdoin received few votes from the rural parts of the state and was trounced by John Hancock.
1620: 401:), before finally settling in Boston in 1690. James Bowdoin I had a modest inheritance from his parents, but greatly expanded his father's merchant business and land holdings to become one of the wealthiest men in the province. Young James attended the South Grammar School (now 787:
These court closings mirrored closings in 1774, when colonists had shut down the King's business everywhere west of Boston. Fearing a new Revolution, and continuing to ignore the farmers' petitions, Bowdoin and Samuel Adams and their legislature enacted a Riot Act, suspended
784:
Barrington to force court open there, one of the Judges, William Whiting asked the militiamen to take sides. 800 of the 1,000 men took the people's side of the road. By October, one correspondent wrote, "We are now in a state of Anarchy and Confusion bordering on Civil War".
756:, wrought havoc throughout the rural parts of the state. Conventions organized in the rural parts of the state submitted letters of protest to the state legislature, which was dominated by Bowdoin and the conservative wholesale merchants of the coastal portions of the state. 607:
troops that were stationed in Boston, and is characterized by historian Francis Walett as one of the major propaganda pieces influencing public opinion in the colonies. Bowdoin's opposition to British policies continued during the Hutchinson administration, and when
573:
provincial government that Bernard had written were published in 1769 to great outrage. Bowdoin rebutted the charges and claims made in Bernard's letters, and published a highly polemic pamphlet arguing for Bernard's removal that was sent to the colonial secretary,
360: 492:
Bowdoin also had extensive business interests. Although he was often characterized as a merchant, and he engaged in the Atlantic trade, his principal interest was in land. His inheritance included major tracts of land, most of which he kept, in present-day
794:, and passed a bill that unsuccessfully attempted to address the financial reasons for the protests. By January 1787, the protests, which began as demands for reform, had grown to become a direct attack on the "tyrannical government of Massachusetts". 320:. Bowdoin personally funded militia forces that were instrumental in putting down the uprising. His high-handed treatment of the rebels may have contributed to his loss of the 1787 election, in which the populist Hancock was returned to office. 695:
offered Bowdoin either the lieutenant governorship or a seat in the state senate, but Bowdoin declined both on account of his poor health. After the election Hancock appointed him to a commission to revise and consolidate the state's laws.
288:
from the 1750s to the 1770s. Although he was initially supportive of the royal governors, he opposed British colonial policy and eventually became an influential advocate of independence. He authored a highly political report on the 1770
716:
captured the differences between the two men: "I don't envy either of them their feelings. the Vanity of one will Sting like an Adder if it is disappointed, and the Advancements made by the other if they dont succeed will hurt his
409:
in 1745. When his father died in 1747, he inherited a considerable fortune. He married Elizabeth Erving, sister of his Harvard roommate, in 1748. They had two children. That same year, he received his master's degree from Harvard.
875:
He died in Boston on November 6, 1790, of "putrid fever and dysentery". Bowdoin's funeral was one of the largest of the time in Boston, with people lining the streets to view the funeral procession. He was interred in Boston's
3138: 442:. Through the offices of Franklin, some of Bowdoin's letters were read to the Society. Bowdoin was instrumental in gaining support in the provincial assembly for an expedition to Newfoundland to observe the 1761 584:
acquiesced to Bowdoin's return to the council, reasoning that he was less dangerous there than as an outspoken critic in the lower house. However, the seat Bowdoin vacated in the assembly was taken by
3103: 672:
to return to public life in 1778, and when Massachusetts wrote its own constitution in 1779, he was president of the convention called to create it, and chairman of the committee that drafted it.
3128: 3168: 2274: 612:
to outrage similar to the Bernard letters affair, Bowdoin again penned works highly critical of the governor and calling for his removal. Hutchinson's successor, General
676:, also a committee member, is generally credited as the major author of the new constitution, although Bowdoin and Samuel Adams likely made significant contributions. 438:
to meet with Franklin. Bowdoin was interested in Franklin's experiments on electricity, and Franklin solicited his advice on papers he prepared for submission to the
3173: 430:
as early as 1743, and the two became frequent collaborators and correspondents on scientific subjects. During his Harvard years, he was educated in the sciences by
699: 3098: 899:
constructed by clockmaker Joseph Pope, now in Harvard's science department, includes bronze figures of Bowdoin and Benjamin Franklin that were supposedly cast by
3133: 305: 1590: 580:
Bowdoin won reelection to the assembly in 1770, and was promptly reelected to the council the same year, soon after Bernard left the province. Acting Governor
712:, where they competed with each other over the size and quality of the improvements to the building (and even the location of a new one) that they funded. 3093: 2816: 663:.) Despite his convalescence he was kept apprised of events occurring in and around Boston, and was elected president of the executive council of the 599:
to serve on a committee that investigated the affair. The committee took depositions and produced a report describing the event that was published as
2866: 2826: 2810: 2267: 2528: 293:
that has been described by historian Francis Walett as one of the most influential pieces of writing that shaped public opinion in the colonies.
3158: 692: 775:
After the legislature adjourned on July 18, 1786, without substantively addressing these complaints, rural Massachusetts protestors organized
3108: 2146: 2038: 1969: 1923: 1877: 1780: 1753: 1705: 574: 470: 336: 3153: 3143: 2473: 370: 88: 3118: 3088: 2749: 2727: 2667: 2577: 2498: 2486: 2260: 560: 473:. He served as its first president until his death and left the society his library. Bowdoin published not only scientific papers, but 3163: 588:, another leading political opponent of the royal governors, and Hutchinson was faced with the prospect of opposition on both fronts. 2088: 1811: 664: 297: 268: 616:, vetoed Bowdoin's reelection to the council in 1774, citing "express orders from His Majesty" that he be excluded from that body. 2595: 853: 569: 553: 3123: 3113: 2856: 795: 223: 803: 332: 2449: 799: 284:
and the following decade. He initially gained fame and influence as a wealthy merchant. He served in both branches of the
151: 2600: 2589: 656: 581: 537: 681: 285: 1594: 849: 644: 636: 522: 309: 2678: 2479: 2467: 2283: 2234: 713: 652: 609: 70: 880:. Among his bequests was a gift to Harvard College for awards that are now known as the Bowdoin Prizes. His son 3148: 2291: 831: 830:
on January 25 resulted in the death of several rebels, and Lincoln broke the main rebel force on February 4 in
823: 780: 518: 431: 2733: 2417: 907: 486: 482: 540:(an organization initially devoted to rescuing survivors from shipwrecks and other water-based disasters). 2861: 2846: 2705: 2323: 2318: 915: 877: 869: 837:
The same day that Lincoln arrived at Petersham, the state legislature passed bills authorizing a state of
639:
in 1774 but did not attend, citing the poor health of his wife. A bout of poor health, probably caused by
565: 514: 50: 733:(who was widely viewed as a stand-in for Hancock but lacked his charisma), and Revolutionary War General 568:, the local customs commissioner and Bowdoin's son in law, was embroiled in nasty disputes with Governor 2881: 709: 691:
who pandered to the populace. Hancock won the election easily, receiving more than 90% of the vote. The
501:
off the state's south coast. Bowdoin expanded his holdings, eventually acquiring property in all of the
323:
In addition to his political activities, Bowdoin was active in scientific pursuits, collaborating with
3083: 3078: 2946: 2936: 2024: 942: 2851: 2804: 746: 443: 402: 317: 281: 469:
Bowdoin maintained a lifelong interest in the sciences. In 1780 he was one of the founders of the
381:
James Bowdoin II was born in Boston to Hannah Portage Bowdoin and James Bowdoin, a wealthy Boston
2956: 2891: 2841: 2789: 2784: 2764: 2388: 2378: 2338: 2123: 2065: 2012: 2004: 1854: 1846: 903:. (Bowdoin was responsible for having the device rescued when Pope's house caught fire in 1787.) 827: 533: 478: 2106:
Woolf, Harry (October 1956). "British Preparations for Observing the Transit of Venus of 1761".
759: 631:(British mezzotint, 1775) was a perennial opponent of Bowdoin in matters political and personal. 418: 2187:
The colonists' account of the Boston Massacre, which Bowdoin was partly responsible for writing
2941: 2871: 2821: 2794: 2178: 2152: 2142: 2094: 2084: 2034: 1975: 1965: 1948: 1929: 1919: 1902: 1883: 1873: 1817: 1807: 1786: 1776: 1759: 1749: 1728: 1711: 1701: 1684: 923: 881: 498: 427: 348: 324: 31: 2078: 1987:
Stearns, Raymond (April 1951). "Colonial Fellows of the Royal Society of London, 1661–1788".
1942: 1680: 2981: 2966: 2951: 2906: 2886: 2769: 2759: 2722: 2690: 2684: 2547: 2439: 2398: 2203: 2172: 2115: 2057: 1996: 1838: 885: 864: 819: 734: 276:; August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from 242: 559:
Bowdoin was elected to the provincial assembly in 1753 and served there until named to the
462:'s theory that light was transmitted by "corpuscles", citing both natural observations and 3006: 2996: 2991: 2921: 2916: 2911: 2836: 2831: 2799: 2654: 2564: 2552: 889: 722: 648: 592: 406: 340: 290: 155: 926:(incorporated 1762) was named either for his grandfather Pierre or his brother William. 659:, where he resided until 1778. (Bowdoin's Beacon Street mansion was occupied by General 3001: 2971: 2926: 2901: 2774: 2739: 2710: 2695: 2633: 2583: 2541: 2534: 2522: 2510: 2220: 2136: 1800: 919: 911: 730: 510: 434:, and developed an interest in electricity and astronomy. In 1750, Bowdoin traveled to 105: 93: 603:. The work was highly critical not only of the governor, but also the behavior of the 359: 17: 3072: 3038: 3033: 3016: 2986: 2976: 2961: 2931: 2876: 2779: 2754: 2744: 2716: 2615: 2570: 2558: 2504: 2492: 2461: 2434: 2429: 2393: 2383: 2373: 2368: 2363: 2358: 2353: 2348: 2343: 2333: 2328: 2313: 2308: 2303: 2016: 1896: 1867: 1858: 1742: 1674: 1650:
Adams, p. 10; Adams makes incorrect statements about their relationships and origins.
848:
In 1788 Bowdoin served as a member of the Massachusetts convention that ratified the
790: 776: 660: 647:
broke out, and the family was relocated from British-occupied Boston (which was then
439: 328: 172: 3043: 2700: 2673: 2649: 2644: 2627: 2516: 2244: 807: 768: 764: 640: 628: 604: 596: 585: 526: 506: 459: 435: 364: 313: 119: 2028: 3028: 2896: 2605: 900: 838: 624: 613: 502: 375: 56: 3022: 2660: 2198: 1829:
Greene, John (December 1954). "Some Aspects of American Astronomy 1750–1815".
673: 2252: 2182: 1933: 1821: 1790: 1715: 3011: 2156: 1979: 688: 548: 455: 2000: 1906: 1763: 1688: 2098: 1952: 1887: 1732: 327:
in his pioneering research on electricity. He was elected a Fellow of the
2048:
Walett, Francis (September 1950). "James Bowdoin, Patriot Propagandist".
811: 451: 386: 382: 643:, at the time also affected him. Bowdoin was again ill in 1775 when the 2127: 2008: 721:
pride." The rivalry between the men was so bitter that the founding of
394: 2069: 1850: 304:
head of the Massachusetts government. He was elected president of the
1773:
Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History
896: 509:. He was one of the managing proprietors of a large territory on the 489:
was the first such honor bestowed on an American after independence.
474: 390: 277: 147: 2119: 2061: 1842: 863: 758: 725:, named in his honor, had to be delayed until after Hancock died. 698: 623: 547: 494: 463: 447: 398: 369: 358: 344: 752:
economic depression and a credit squeeze caused by a shortage of
814:
beginning to organize for an attack on government institutions.
753: 312:
in 1779, and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1780, losing to
2256: 3139:
Members of the colonial Massachusetts House of Representatives
806:
Counties) had become a hotbed of rebellion, with leaders like
685: 1324: 1322: 763:
This contemporary woodcut depicts two of the rebel leaders,
30:
For his son, the American philanthropist and statesman, see
458:. In 1785 he published a series of memoirs arguing against 251: 822:
raised funds and men for the effort, and had 3,000 men in
2030:
Shays's Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection
1962:
Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
1744:
Maine Place Names and the Peopling of its Towns, Volume 5
257: 922:, incorporated 1788, was named for Bowdoin; neighboring 667:. This position, which he held until 1777, made him the 1914:
Manuel, Frank Edward; Manuel, Fritzie Prigohzy (2004).
532:
In later years he served as the first president of the
485:
and made a fellow of Harvard. His 1788 election to the
1944:
The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800
543: 906:
Landmarks bearing the Bowdoin name in Boston include
335:
in 1787. He was a founder and first president of the
269: 260: 3104:
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
254: 248: 2614: 2448: 2416: 2290: 1898:
James Bowdoin, Patriot and Man of the Enlightenment
1698:
Samuel Adams: the Life of an American Revolutionary
595:on March 5, 1770, Bowdoin was chosen by the Boston 245: 218: 210: 187: 179: 161: 134: 129: 113: 99: 87: 68: 41: 1964:. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1872:. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1799: 1741: 347:was named in his honor after a bequest by his son 1869:Politics Without Parties: Massachusetts 1780–1791 544:Governor's Council and opposition to British rule 450:across the sun, and in the same year published a 296:From 1775 to 1777, he served as president of the 3129:Huguenot participants in the American Revolution 1989:Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 1918:. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. 1676:The History of the Town of Bowdoinham, 1762–1912 798:in particular (which then included what are now 536:in 1784 and was also the first president of the 1679:. Fairfield, ME: Fairfield Publishing. p.  1285: 1283: 1135: 1133: 1131: 1156: 1154: 3169:Members of the American Philosophical Society 2268: 1947:. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 947:American Philosophical Society Member History 477:in both English and Latin. He was awarded an 397:, then to eastern Massachusetts (present-day 8: 966: 964: 888:, as well as funds and books, to establish 2275: 2261: 2253: 2209: 1916:James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers 729:dominated by Bowdoin, Lieutenant Governor 385:. His grandfather, Pierre Baudouin, was a 331:of London and was elected a member of the 49: 38: 2174:A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre 1700:. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 1591:"Harvard University: Prize Descriptions" 884:donated lands from the family estate in 601:A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre 529:, whose business suffered from neglect. 417: 2138:A People's History of the United States 1103: 1101: 1099: 934: 3174:18th-century Massachusetts politicians 693:Massachusetts House of Representatives 635:Bowdoin as named as a delegate to the 497:as well as in the agriculturally rich 3099:18th-century deaths from tuberculosis 2080:The Life and Service of James Bowdoin 2033:. University of Massachusetts Press. 1026: 1024: 987: 985: 471:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 339:, to whom he bequeathed his library. 337:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7: 3134:Tuberculosis deaths in Massachusetts 1619:. Harvard University. Archived from 1593:. Harvard University. Archived from 610:letters by Hutchinson were published 83:May 27, 1785 – May 30, 1787 1901:. Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College. 393:. Pierre took his family first to 363:Portrait of Bowdoin as a child by 25: 3094:Burials at Granary Burying Ground 834:, ending large-scale resistance. 826:by January 19. A standoff at the 665:Massachusetts Provincial Congress 298:Massachusetts Provincial Congress 2407: 2197: 1748:. Portland, ME: B. Wheelwright. 949:. American Philosophical Society 374:Portrait of Elizabeth Erving by 241: 222: 1775:. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 1725:John Hancock: Patriot in Purple 454:suggesting improvements to the 200: 27:American politician (1726–1790) 2108:The William and Mary Quarterly 1298:Manuel and Manuel, pp. 143–145 1241:Manuel and Manuel, pp. 109–110 333:American Philosophical Society 1: 3159:18th-century writers in Latin 3059:indicate acting officeholders 1093:Manuel and Manuel, pp. 53, 84 422:Coat of Arms of James Bowdoin 414:Scientific and other pursuits 152:Province of Massachusetts Bay 3109:Fellows of the Royal Society 2177:. London: W. Bingley. 1770. 1960:Richards, Leonard L (2002). 1806:. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1205:Manuel and Manuel, pp. 96–97 1084:Manuel and Manuel, pp. 52–57 538:Massachusetts Humane Society 280:, Massachusetts, during the 3154:18th-century American poets 3144:People from colonial Boston 2141:. New York: HarperCollins. 682:Second Continental Congress 620:Government of Massachusetts 286:Massachusetts General Court 3190: 3119:Governors of Massachusetts 3089:Boston Latin School alumni 2284:Governors of Massachusetts 850:United States Constitution 744: 651:by area militia) first to 645:American Revolutionary War 637:First Continental Congress 564:Bowdoin's shift in views: 300:'s executive council, the 29: 3164:American writers in Latin 3052: 2405: 2241: 2235:Governor of Massachusetts 2232: 2217: 2212: 2083:. Boston: Little, Brown. 2077:Winthrop, Robert (1852). 2050:The New England Quarterly 1641:Manuel and Manuel, p. 237 1571:Manuel and Manuel, p. 247 1562:Manuel and Manuel, p. 240 1553:Manuel and Manuel, p. 238 1517:Manuel and Manuel, p. 241 1328:Manuel and Manuel, p. 249 1316:Manuel and Manuel, p. 146 1307:Manuel and Manuel, p. 142 1223:Manuel and Manuel, p. 101 306:constitutional convention 230: 125: 76: 71:Governor of Massachusetts 64: 48: 1895:Kershaw, Gordon (1976). 1802:The Baron of Beacon Hill 1798:Fowler, William (1980). 1740:Chadbourne, Ava (1955). 1696:Alexander, John (2011). 1268:Manuel and Manuel, p. 39 1196:Manuel and Manuel, p. 93 1125:Manuel and Manuel, p. 88 1107:Manuel and Manuel, p. 86 1030:Manuel and Manuel, p. 74 991:Manuel and Manuel, p. 44 852:. A strong supporter of 740: 310:the state's constitution 1866:Hall, Van Beck (1972). 1771:Danver, Steven (2010). 1727:. New York: Macmillan. 1723:Allan, Herbert (1948). 487:Royal Society of London 483:University of Edinburgh 405:), then graduated from 3124:Harvard College alumni 3114:Independent scientists 2001:10.1098/rsnr.1951.0017 1382:Szatmary, pp. 38–42,45 878:Granary Burying Ground 872: 870:Granary Burying Ground 868:Bowdoin's tomb in the 772: 704: 703:James Bowdoin portrait 680:his leadership of the 632: 556: 423: 378: 367: 18:Governor James Bowdoin 2135:Zinn, Howard (2005). 1941:Morse, Anson (1909). 1673:Adams, Silas (1912). 1481:Szatmary, pp. 102–105 1066:Kersaw, pp. 62, 66–69 867: 762: 710:Brattle Street Church 702: 627: 551: 426:Bowdoin may have met 421: 373: 362: 1057:Stearns, pp. 243–244 916:Bowdoin MBTA station 655:, and eventually to 109:(as acting governor) 1623:on December 5, 2014 1508:Richards, pp. 38–39 1472:Szatmary, pp. 84–86 1463:Szatmary, pp. 98–99 1409:Szatmary, pp. 79–80 1373:Richards, pp. 87–88 1232:Winthrop, pp. 60–61 1214:Winthrop, pp. 58–60 1148:Walett, pp. 324–325 1048:Greene, pp. 355–356 979:Winthrop, pp. 91–94 403:Boston Latin School 282:American Revolution 2668:Governor's Council 2578:Governor's Council 2499:Governor's Council 2487:Governor's Council 2227:as acting governor 2213:Political offices 2025:Szatmary, David P. 1659:Chadbourne, p. 241 1535:Allan, pp. 328–329 1039:Woolf, pp. 501–502 873: 828:Springfield Armory 773: 705: 633: 561:governor's council 557: 534:Massachusetts Bank 479:honorary doctorate 424: 379: 368: 3066: 3065: 2251: 2250: 2242:Succeeded by 2230: 2202:Works related to 2148:978-0-06-083865-2 2040:978-0-87023-419-4 1971:978-0-8122-1870-1 1925:978-0-87169-247-4 1879:978-0-8229-3234-5 1782:978-1-59884-221-0 1755:978-0-87027-112-0 1707:978-0-7425-7033-7 1391:Richards, pp. 6–9 1355:Hall, pp. 137–138 1346:Hall, pp. 136–137 1139:Alexander, p. 112 924:Bowdoinham, Maine 582:Thomas Hutchinson 575:Lord Hillsborough 499:Elizabeth Islands 428:Benjamin Franklin 325:Benjamin Franklin 234: 233: 32:James Bowdoin III 16:(Redirected from 3181: 2620: 2454: 2422: 2411: 2410: 2296: 2277: 2270: 2263: 2254: 2224: 2218:Preceded by 2210: 2201: 2186: 2160: 2131: 2102: 2073: 2044: 2020: 1983: 1956: 1937: 1910: 1891: 1862: 1825: 1805: 1794: 1767: 1747: 1736: 1719: 1692: 1660: 1657: 1651: 1648: 1642: 1639: 1633: 1632: 1630: 1628: 1613: 1607: 1606: 1604: 1602: 1597:on June 19, 2017 1587: 1581: 1580:Winthrop, p. 130 1578: 1572: 1569: 1563: 1560: 1554: 1551: 1545: 1542: 1536: 1533: 1527: 1524: 1518: 1515: 1509: 1506: 1500: 1497: 1491: 1488: 1482: 1479: 1473: 1470: 1464: 1461: 1455: 1452: 1446: 1443: 1437: 1434: 1428: 1425: 1419: 1416: 1410: 1407: 1401: 1398: 1392: 1389: 1383: 1380: 1374: 1371: 1365: 1362: 1356: 1353: 1347: 1344: 1338: 1335: 1329: 1326: 1317: 1314: 1308: 1305: 1299: 1296: 1290: 1287: 1278: 1277:Winthrop, p. 111 1275: 1269: 1266: 1260: 1257: 1251: 1250:Morse, pp. 21–22 1248: 1242: 1239: 1233: 1230: 1224: 1221: 1215: 1212: 1206: 1203: 1197: 1194: 1188: 1185: 1179: 1176: 1170: 1167: 1161: 1160:Winthrop, p. 104 1158: 1149: 1146: 1140: 1137: 1126: 1123: 1117: 1114: 1108: 1105: 1094: 1091: 1085: 1082: 1076: 1073: 1067: 1064: 1058: 1055: 1049: 1046: 1040: 1037: 1031: 1028: 1019: 1016: 1010: 1007: 1001: 998: 992: 989: 980: 977: 971: 968: 959: 958: 956: 954: 939: 886:Brunswick, Maine 860:Death and legacy 820:Benjamin Lincoln 796:Hampshire County 747:Shays' Rebellion 741:Shays' Rebellion 735:Benjamin Lincoln 318:Shays' Rebellion 272: 267: 266: 263: 262: 259: 256: 253: 250: 247: 237:James Bowdoin II 226: 204: 202: 193:Elizabeth Erving 168: 165:November 6, 1790 144: 142: 130:Personal details 116: 102: 81: 53: 39: 21: 3189: 3188: 3184: 3183: 3182: 3180: 3179: 3178: 3149:Neo-Latin poets 3069: 3068: 3067: 3062: 3048: 2618: 2617: 2610: 2452: 2451: 2444: 2420: 2419: 2412: 2408: 2403: 2294: 2293: 2286: 2281: 2247: 2238: 2223: 2194: 2171: 2168: 2166:Further reading 2163: 2149: 2134: 2120:10.2307/1917021 2105: 2091: 2076: 2047: 2041: 2023: 1986: 1972: 1959: 1940: 1926: 1913: 1894: 1880: 1865: 1828: 1814: 1797: 1783: 1770: 1756: 1739: 1722: 1708: 1695: 1672: 1668: 1663: 1658: 1654: 1649: 1645: 1640: 1636: 1626: 1624: 1615: 1614: 1610: 1600: 1598: 1589: 1588: 1584: 1579: 1575: 1570: 1566: 1561: 1557: 1552: 1548: 1543: 1539: 1534: 1530: 1525: 1521: 1516: 1512: 1507: 1503: 1499:Richards, p. 33 1498: 1494: 1490:Richards, p. 32 1489: 1485: 1480: 1476: 1471: 1467: 1462: 1458: 1454:Szatmary, p. 97 1453: 1449: 1444: 1440: 1436:Szatmary, p. 92 1435: 1431: 1426: 1422: 1418:Szatmary, p. 80 1417: 1413: 1408: 1404: 1400:Szatmary, p. 38 1399: 1395: 1390: 1386: 1381: 1377: 1372: 1368: 1364:Richards, p. 85 1363: 1359: 1354: 1350: 1345: 1341: 1336: 1332: 1327: 1320: 1315: 1311: 1306: 1302: 1297: 1293: 1288: 1281: 1276: 1272: 1267: 1263: 1258: 1254: 1249: 1245: 1240: 1236: 1231: 1227: 1222: 1218: 1213: 1209: 1204: 1200: 1195: 1191: 1186: 1182: 1177: 1173: 1168: 1164: 1159: 1152: 1147: 1143: 1138: 1129: 1124: 1120: 1115: 1111: 1106: 1097: 1092: 1088: 1083: 1079: 1074: 1070: 1065: 1061: 1056: 1052: 1047: 1043: 1038: 1034: 1029: 1022: 1017: 1013: 1008: 1004: 1000:Winthrop, p. 94 999: 995: 990: 983: 978: 974: 969: 962: 952: 950: 943:"James Bowdoin" 941: 940: 936: 932: 890:Bowdoin College 862: 749: 743: 723:Bowdoin College 622: 593:Boston Massacre 570:Francis Bernard 554:Francis Bernard 546: 416: 407:Harvard College 357: 341:Bowdoin College 291:Boston Massacre 270: 244: 240: 206: 203: 1748) 198: 194: 180:Political party 170: 166: 156:British America 146: 140: 138: 114: 108: 100: 82: 77: 60: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3187: 3185: 3177: 3176: 3171: 3166: 3161: 3156: 3151: 3146: 3141: 3136: 3131: 3126: 3121: 3116: 3111: 3106: 3101: 3096: 3091: 3086: 3081: 3071: 3070: 3064: 3063: 3061: 3060: 3053: 3050: 3049: 3047: 3046: 3041: 3036: 3031: 3026: 3019: 3014: 3009: 3004: 2999: 2994: 2989: 2984: 2979: 2974: 2969: 2964: 2959: 2954: 2949: 2944: 2939: 2934: 2929: 2924: 2919: 2914: 2909: 2904: 2899: 2894: 2889: 2884: 2879: 2874: 2869: 2864: 2859: 2854: 2849: 2844: 2839: 2834: 2829: 2824: 2819: 2814: 2807: 2802: 2797: 2792: 2787: 2782: 2777: 2772: 2767: 2762: 2757: 2752: 2747: 2742: 2737: 2730: 2725: 2720: 2713: 2708: 2703: 2698: 2693: 2688: 2681: 2676: 2671: 2664: 2657: 2652: 2647: 2642: 2637: 2630: 2624: 2622: 2612: 2611: 2609: 2608: 2603: 2598: 2593: 2586: 2581: 2574: 2567: 2562: 2555: 2550: 2545: 2538: 2531: 2526: 2519: 2514: 2507: 2502: 2495: 2490: 2483: 2476: 2471: 2464: 2458: 2456: 2446: 2445: 2443: 2442: 2437: 2432: 2426: 2424: 2414: 2413: 2406: 2404: 2402: 2401: 2396: 2391: 2386: 2381: 2376: 2371: 2366: 2361: 2356: 2351: 2346: 2341: 2336: 2331: 2326: 2321: 2316: 2311: 2306: 2300: 2298: 2288: 2287: 2282: 2280: 2279: 2272: 2265: 2257: 2249: 2248: 2243: 2240: 2231: 2221:Thomas Cushing 2219: 2215: 2214: 2208: 2207: 2193: 2192:External links 2190: 2189: 2188: 2167: 2164: 2162: 2161: 2147: 2132: 2114:(4): 499–518. 2103: 2089: 2074: 2062:10.2307/361420 2056:(3): 320–338. 2045: 2039: 2021: 1995:(2): 178–246. 1984: 1970: 1957: 1938: 1924: 1911: 1892: 1878: 1863: 1843:10.1086/348356 1837:(4): 339–358. 1826: 1812: 1795: 1781: 1768: 1754: 1737: 1720: 1706: 1693: 1669: 1667: 1664: 1662: 1661: 1652: 1643: 1634: 1617:"Grand Orrery" 1608: 1582: 1573: 1564: 1555: 1546: 1537: 1528: 1526:Fowler, p. 268 1519: 1510: 1501: 1492: 1483: 1474: 1465: 1456: 1447: 1438: 1429: 1427:Manuel, p. 219 1420: 1411: 1402: 1393: 1384: 1375: 1366: 1357: 1348: 1339: 1330: 1318: 1309: 1300: 1291: 1279: 1270: 1261: 1252: 1243: 1234: 1225: 1216: 1207: 1198: 1189: 1180: 1178:Walett, p. 327 1171: 1169:Walett, p. 333 1162: 1150: 1141: 1127: 1118: 1116:Walett, p. 321 1109: 1095: 1086: 1077: 1068: 1059: 1050: 1041: 1032: 1020: 1018:Kershaw, p. 10 1011: 1009:Kershaw, p. 11 1002: 993: 981: 972: 970:Danver, p. 217 960: 933: 931: 928: 920:Bowdoin, Maine 912:Bowdoin Square 908:Bowdoin Street 892:in his honor. 861: 858: 745:Main article: 742: 739: 731:Thomas Cushing 621: 618: 545: 542: 511:Kennebec River 505:states except 415: 412: 356: 353: 232: 231: 228: 227: 220: 216: 215: 212: 208: 207: 196: 192: 191: 189: 185: 184: 181: 177: 176: 169:(aged 64) 163: 159: 158: 145:August 7, 1726 136: 132: 131: 127: 126: 123: 122: 117: 111: 110: 106:Thomas Cushing 103: 97: 96: 94:Thomas Cushing 91: 85: 84: 74: 73: 66: 65: 62: 61: 54: 46: 45: 42: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3186: 3175: 3172: 3170: 3167: 3165: 3162: 3160: 3157: 3155: 3152: 3150: 3147: 3145: 3142: 3140: 3137: 3135: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3125: 3122: 3120: 3117: 3115: 3112: 3110: 3107: 3105: 3102: 3100: 3097: 3095: 3092: 3090: 3087: 3085: 3082: 3080: 3077: 3076: 3074: 3058: 3055: 3054: 3051: 3045: 3042: 3040: 3037: 3035: 3032: 3030: 3027: 3025: 3024: 3020: 3018: 3015: 3013: 3010: 3008: 3005: 3003: 3000: 2998: 2995: 2993: 2990: 2988: 2985: 2983: 2980: 2978: 2975: 2973: 2970: 2968: 2965: 2963: 2960: 2958: 2955: 2953: 2950: 2948: 2945: 2943: 2940: 2938: 2935: 2933: 2930: 2928: 2925: 2923: 2920: 2918: 2915: 2913: 2910: 2908: 2905: 2903: 2900: 2898: 2895: 2893: 2890: 2888: 2885: 2883: 2880: 2878: 2875: 2873: 2870: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2858: 2855: 2853: 2850: 2848: 2845: 2843: 2840: 2838: 2835: 2833: 2830: 2828: 2825: 2823: 2820: 2818: 2815: 2813: 2812: 2808: 2806: 2803: 2801: 2798: 2796: 2793: 2791: 2788: 2786: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2751: 2748: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2735: 2731: 2729: 2726: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2718: 2714: 2712: 2709: 2707: 2704: 2702: 2699: 2697: 2694: 2692: 2689: 2687: 2686: 2682: 2680: 2677: 2675: 2672: 2670: 2669: 2665: 2663: 2662: 2658: 2656: 2653: 2651: 2648: 2646: 2643: 2641: 2638: 2636: 2635: 2631: 2629: 2626: 2625: 2623: 2621: 2616:Commonwealth 2613: 2607: 2604: 2602: 2599: 2597: 2594: 2592: 2591: 2587: 2585: 2582: 2580: 2579: 2575: 2573: 2572: 2568: 2566: 2563: 2561: 2560: 2556: 2554: 2551: 2549: 2546: 2544: 2543: 2539: 2537: 2536: 2532: 2530: 2527: 2525: 2524: 2520: 2518: 2515: 2513: 2512: 2508: 2506: 2503: 2501: 2500: 2496: 2494: 2491: 2489: 2488: 2484: 2482: 2481: 2477: 2475: 2472: 2470: 2469: 2465: 2463: 2460: 2459: 2457: 2455: 2447: 2441: 2438: 2436: 2433: 2431: 2428: 2427: 2425: 2423: 2415: 2400: 2397: 2395: 2392: 2390: 2387: 2385: 2382: 2380: 2377: 2375: 2372: 2370: 2367: 2365: 2362: 2360: 2357: 2355: 2352: 2350: 2347: 2345: 2342: 2340: 2337: 2335: 2332: 2330: 2327: 2325: 2322: 2320: 2317: 2315: 2312: 2310: 2307: 2305: 2302: 2301: 2299: 2297: 2289: 2285: 2278: 2273: 2271: 2266: 2264: 2259: 2258: 2255: 2246: 2237: 2236: 2229: 2228: 2222: 2216: 2211: 2206:at Wikisource 2205: 2204:James Bowdoin 2200: 2196: 2195: 2191: 2184: 2180: 2176: 2175: 2170: 2169: 2165: 2158: 2154: 2150: 2144: 2140: 2139: 2133: 2129: 2125: 2121: 2117: 2113: 2109: 2104: 2100: 2096: 2092: 2090:9780608394275 2086: 2082: 2081: 2075: 2071: 2067: 2063: 2059: 2055: 2051: 2046: 2042: 2036: 2032: 2031: 2026: 2022: 2018: 2014: 2010: 2006: 2002: 1998: 1994: 1990: 1985: 1981: 1977: 1973: 1967: 1963: 1958: 1954: 1950: 1946: 1945: 1939: 1935: 1931: 1927: 1921: 1917: 1912: 1908: 1904: 1900: 1899: 1893: 1889: 1885: 1881: 1875: 1871: 1870: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1852: 1848: 1844: 1840: 1836: 1832: 1827: 1823: 1819: 1815: 1813:0-395-27619-5 1809: 1804: 1803: 1796: 1792: 1788: 1784: 1778: 1774: 1769: 1765: 1761: 1757: 1751: 1746: 1745: 1738: 1734: 1730: 1726: 1721: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1703: 1699: 1694: 1690: 1686: 1682: 1678: 1677: 1671: 1670: 1665: 1656: 1653: 1647: 1644: 1638: 1635: 1622: 1618: 1612: 1609: 1596: 1592: 1586: 1583: 1577: 1574: 1568: 1565: 1559: 1556: 1550: 1547: 1544:Allan, p. 333 1541: 1538: 1532: 1529: 1523: 1520: 1514: 1511: 1505: 1502: 1496: 1493: 1487: 1484: 1478: 1475: 1469: 1466: 1460: 1457: 1451: 1448: 1442: 1439: 1433: 1430: 1424: 1421: 1415: 1412: 1406: 1403: 1397: 1394: 1388: 1385: 1379: 1376: 1370: 1367: 1361: 1358: 1352: 1349: 1343: 1340: 1337:Allan, p. 317 1334: 1331: 1325: 1323: 1319: 1313: 1310: 1304: 1301: 1295: 1292: 1286: 1284: 1280: 1274: 1271: 1265: 1262: 1256: 1253: 1247: 1244: 1238: 1235: 1229: 1226: 1220: 1217: 1211: 1208: 1202: 1199: 1193: 1190: 1184: 1181: 1175: 1172: 1166: 1163: 1157: 1155: 1151: 1145: 1142: 1136: 1134: 1132: 1128: 1122: 1119: 1113: 1110: 1104: 1102: 1100: 1096: 1090: 1087: 1081: 1078: 1075:Kersaw, p. 62 1072: 1069: 1063: 1060: 1054: 1051: 1045: 1042: 1036: 1033: 1027: 1025: 1021: 1015: 1012: 1006: 1003: 997: 994: 988: 986: 982: 976: 973: 967: 965: 961: 948: 944: 938: 935: 929: 927: 925: 921: 917: 913: 909: 904: 902: 898: 893: 891: 887: 883: 879: 871: 866: 859: 857: 855: 851: 846: 842: 840: 835: 833: 829: 825: 821: 815: 813: 809: 805: 801: 797: 793: 792: 791:habeas corpus 785: 782: 778: 777:direct action 770: 766: 761: 757: 755: 754:hard currency 748: 738: 736: 732: 726: 724: 720: 715: 711: 701: 697: 694: 690: 687: 683: 677: 675: 670: 666: 662: 661:John Burgoyne 658: 657:Middleborough 654: 650: 646: 642: 638: 630: 626: 619: 617: 615: 611: 606: 602: 598: 594: 589: 587: 583: 578: 576: 571: 567: 562: 555: 550: 541: 539: 535: 530: 528: 524: 520: 516: 512: 508: 504: 500: 496: 490: 488: 484: 480: 476: 472: 467: 465: 461: 457: 453: 449: 445: 441: 440:Royal Society 437: 433: 432:John Winthrop 429: 420: 413: 411: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 389:refugee from 388: 384: 377: 372: 366: 361: 354: 352: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 329:Royal Society 326: 321: 319: 315: 311: 308:that drafted 307: 303: 299: 294: 292: 287: 283: 279: 275: 274: 265: 238: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 209: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 173:Massachusetts 164: 160: 157: 153: 149: 137: 133: 128: 124: 121: 118: 112: 107: 104: 98: 95: 92: 90: 86: 80: 75: 72: 67: 63: 58: 52: 47: 43:James Bowdoin 40: 37: 33: 19: 3056: 3021: 2809: 2732: 2715: 2683: 2666: 2659: 2639: 2632: 2619:(since 1776) 2588: 2576: 2569: 2557: 2540: 2533: 2521: 2509: 2497: 2485: 2478: 2466: 2245:John Hancock 2233: 2226: 2225: 2173: 2137: 2111: 2107: 2079: 2053: 2049: 2029: 1992: 1988: 1961: 1943: 1915: 1897: 1868: 1834: 1830: 1801: 1772: 1743: 1724: 1697: 1675: 1655: 1646: 1637: 1627:February 24, 1625:. Retrieved 1621:the original 1611: 1601:February 23, 1599:. Retrieved 1595:the original 1585: 1576: 1567: 1558: 1549: 1540: 1531: 1522: 1513: 1504: 1495: 1486: 1477: 1468: 1459: 1450: 1441: 1432: 1423: 1414: 1405: 1396: 1387: 1378: 1369: 1360: 1351: 1342: 1333: 1312: 1303: 1294: 1289:Hall, p. 136 1273: 1264: 1259:Hall, p. 134 1255: 1246: 1237: 1228: 1219: 1210: 1201: 1192: 1187:Morse, p. 22 1183: 1174: 1165: 1144: 1121: 1112: 1089: 1080: 1071: 1062: 1053: 1044: 1035: 1014: 1005: 996: 975: 951:. Retrieved 946: 937: 905: 894: 874: 847: 843: 836: 816: 808:Daniel Shays 789: 786: 774: 769:Job Shattuck 765:Daniel Shays 750: 727: 718: 714:James Warren 706: 678: 668: 641:tuberculosis 634: 629:John Hancock 605:British Army 600: 597:town meeting 590: 586:Samuel Adams 579: 558: 531: 527:John Hancock 515:an ironworks 507:Rhode Island 491: 468: 460:Isaac Newton 436:Philadelphia 425: 380: 365:John Smibert 322: 314:John Hancock 301: 295: 236: 235: 167:(1790-11-06) 120:John Hancock 115:Succeeded by 78: 55:Portrait by 36: 3084:1790 deaths 3079:1726 births 2947:Saltonstall 2805:W. Washburn 2775:E. Washburn 2723:Lincoln Jr. 2685:Lincoln Sr. 2453:(1692–1776) 2421:(1686–1689) 2295:(1629–1686) 1445:Zinn, p. 93 953:December 8, 901:Paul Revere 839:martial law 649:under siege 614:Thomas Gage 566:John Temple 523:Bridgewater 503:New England 376:Robert Feke 101:Preceded by 57:Robert Feke 3073:Categories 2862:Greenhalge 2601:Hutchinson 2590:Hutchinson 2440:Bradstreet 2399:Bradstreet 2389:Bellingham 2379:Bellingham 2339:Bellingham 2239:1785–1787 1666:References 914:, and the 854:Federalism 674:John Adams 653:Dorchester 591:After the 355:Early life 141:1726-08-07 89:Lieutenant 2734:Armstrong 2505:J. Dudley 2493:J. Dudley 2480:Stoughton 2474:Bellomont 2468:Stoughton 2450:Province 2430:J. Dudley 2418:Dominion 2369:T. Dudley 2354:T. Dudley 2334:T. Dudley 2314:T. Dudley 2183:510892519 2017:145506021 1934:231993575 1859:145808158 1822:163369557 1791:475446571 1716:678924183 882:James III 832:Petersham 824:Worcester 781:Worcester 689:demagogue 552:Governor 519:Attleboro 464:Scripture 456:telescope 349:James III 219:Signature 79:In office 3017:Cellucci 2957:Bradford 2912:Coolidge 2852:Brackett 2842:Robinson 2770:Clifford 2765:Boutwell 2679:Sullivan 2571:S. Phips 2559:S. Phips 2462:W. Phips 2394:Leverett 2384:Endecott 2374:Endecott 2364:Endecott 2359:Winthrop 2349:Endecott 2344:Winthrop 2329:Winthrop 2309:Winthrop 2304:Endecott 2157:61265580 2027:(1980). 1980:56029217 812:Luke Day 804:Franklin 669:de facto 452:treatise 387:Huguenot 383:merchant 302:de facto 211:Children 171:Boston, 69:2nd 3057:Italics 3034:Patrick 3007:Dukakis 2997:Dukakis 2992:Sargent 2982:Peabody 2972:Furcolo 2882:Douglas 2867:Wolcott 2857:Russell 2800:Claflin 2795:Bullock 2780:Gardner 2740:Everett 2645:Hancock 2640:Bowdoin 2634:Cushing 2628:Hancock 2596:Bernard 2584:Pownall 2565:Shirley 2553:Shirley 2548:Belcher 2292:Colony 2128:1917021 2009:3087199 1907:3117145 1764:1231296 1689:5816084 800:Hampden 686:foppish 481:by the 444:transit 395:Ireland 205:​ 197:​ 3044:Healey 3029:Romney 2967:Herter 2942:Hurley 2937:Curley 2922:Fuller 2907:McCall 2892:Draper 2837:Butler 2827:Talbot 2817:Gaston 2811:Talbot 2790:Andrew 2760:Briggs 2755:Morton 2745:Morton 2717:Morton 2711:Eustis 2706:Brooks 2701:Strong 2674:Strong 2655:Sumner 2542:Tailer 2535:Dummer 2529:Burnet 2523:Dummer 2511:Tailer 2435:Andros 2319:Haynes 2181:  2155:  2145:  2126:  2099:296634 2097:  2087:  2070:361420 2068:  2037:  2015:  2007:  1978:  1968:  1953:718724 1951:  1932:  1922:  1905:  1888:315459 1886:  1876:  1857:  1851:226781 1849:  1820:  1810:  1789:  1779:  1762:  1752:  1733:424881 1731:  1714:  1704:  1687:  897:orrery 719:Modest 475:poetry 391:France 278:Boston 188:Spouse 175:, U.S. 148:Boston 59:, 1748 3039:Baker 3023:Swift 2987:Volpe 2977:Volpe 2962:Dever 2952:Tobin 2927:Allen 2902:Walsh 2887:Guild 2877:Bates 2872:Crane 2785:Banks 2750:Davis 2728:Davis 2696:Gerry 2650:Adams 2517:Shute 2124:JSTOR 2066:JSTOR 2013:S2CID 2005:JSTOR 1855:S2CID 1847:JSTOR 930:Notes 521:(now 495:Maine 448:Venus 399:Maine 345:Maine 199:( 195: 3012:Weld 3002:King 2897:Foss 2847:Ames 2832:Long 2822:Rice 2691:Gore 2661:Gill 2606:Gage 2324:Vane 2179:OCLC 2153:OCLC 2143:ISBN 2095:OCLC 2085:ISBN 2035:ISBN 1976:OCLC 1966:ISBN 1949:OCLC 1930:OCLC 1920:ISBN 1903:OCLC 1884:OCLC 1874:ISBN 1831:Isis 1818:OCLC 1808:ISBN 1787:OCLC 1777:ISBN 1760:OCLC 1750:ISBN 1729:OCLC 1712:OCLC 1702:ISBN 1685:OCLC 1629:2012 1603:2012 955:2020 810:and 802:and 767:and 273:-din 183:None 162:Died 135:Born 2932:Ely 2917:Cox 2116:doi 2058:doi 1997:doi 1839:doi 895:An 517:in 446:of 343:in 271:BOH 3075:: 2151:. 2122:. 2112:13 2110:. 2093:. 2064:. 2054:23 2052:. 2011:. 2003:. 1991:. 1974:. 1928:. 1882:. 1853:. 1845:. 1835:45 1833:. 1816:. 1785:. 1758:. 1710:. 1683:. 1681:10 1321:^ 1282:^ 1153:^ 1130:^ 1098:^ 1023:^ 984:^ 963:^ 945:. 918:. 910:, 577:. 466:. 351:. 252:oʊ 201:m. 154:, 150:, 2276:e 2269:t 2262:v 2185:. 2159:. 2130:. 2118:: 2101:. 2072:. 2060:: 2043:. 2019:. 1999:: 1993:8 1982:. 1955:. 1936:. 1909:. 1890:. 1861:. 1841:: 1824:. 1793:. 1766:. 1735:. 1718:. 1691:. 1631:. 1605:. 957:. 771:. 264:/ 261:n 258:ɪ 255:d 249:b 246:ˈ 243:/ 239:( 214:2 143:) 139:( 34:. 20:)

Index

Governor James Bowdoin
James Bowdoin III

Robert Feke
Governor of Massachusetts
Lieutenant
Thomas Cushing
Thomas Cushing
John Hancock
Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
British America
Massachusetts

/ˈbdɪn/
BOH-din
Boston
American Revolution
Massachusetts General Court
Boston Massacre
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
constitutional convention
the state's constitution
John Hancock
Shays' Rebellion
Benjamin Franklin
Royal Society
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bowdoin College

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.