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Smith, Joseph Emerson, 1835-1881

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Smith Brothers student letters

 Collection
Identifier: M219
Abstract

Consists of fifty-one letters and three Bowdoin term bills, written by students Joseph (Bowdoin Class of 1854), Samuel (Harvard), and Henry Smith. Letters are primarily addressed to their father Hon. Samuel E. Smith, Sr., of Wiscasset, Maine and reveal an interesting window into ante-bellum college life.

Dates: 1850-1854
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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