Papers of the Chamberlain-Adams family, 1827-1931 (inclusive).

Bowdoin College

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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914

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Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, the son of Sarah Dupee (née Brastow) and Joshua Chamberlain, on September 8, 1828. Chamberlain was of English ancestry and could trace his family line back to twelfth-century England, during the reign of King Stephen. Chamberlain's great-grandfather Ebenezer, was a New Hampshire soldier in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Chamberlain's grandfather Joshua, was a ship builder, and colonel during the War of 1812, before moving his...

Chamberlain, Frances Adams, 1825-1905

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Allen, Grace Chamberlain, 1856-1937.

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Clark, Mary P.

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Chamberlain family.

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), soldier, educator, and politician, married Frances Caroline Adams (1825-1905) in 1855. He taught religion, rhetoric, and languages at Bowdoin College (1856-1862), became a Major General in the Union Army, was governor of Maine (1866-1870), and president of Bowdoin (1871-1883). He also wrote military histories, developed Florida railroads and industry, and was Surveyor of Customs for Portland, Me. (1900-1914). Adams was raised by her cousin in Brunswick, M...

Folsom, Deborah G.

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Adams family.

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Allen, Horace Gwynn.

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Abbott, Jennie

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Adams, Charlotte Amelia, 1817-1855.

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Farrington, Sarah Chamberlain, 1836-1921

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Keene, Annie Chamberlain.

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