John Marshall Brown correspondence, 1853-1864.

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John Marshall Brown correspondence, 1853-1864.

Letters of Brown to his brother Philip and his sister Ellen, some of which were written while he was a student at Gould Academy and Bowdoin College, but most of which relate to his military activities during the Civil War.

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Bowdoin College

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Clifford, Ellen Greely Brown, 1841-1904

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Brown, Philip Henry, 1831-1893

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Portland, Me., banker and bibliophile. From the description of Philip Henry Brown private manuscripts, ca. 1848-1856. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979020 ...

Gould Academy

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Brown, John Marshall, 1838-1907

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Son of John Bundy Brown and Ann Matilda (Greely) Brown, of Portland, Me.; attended Gould Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, and Bowdoin College (class of 1860); studied law but after graduation became a U.S. Army officer, participating in various Civil War battles; returned to Portland in 1864 after being wounded and joined his father's business J.B. Brown & Sons, with his older brother Philip Henry Brown; also involved in the Portland Sugar Company and the management of a hotel; m. Alida Ca...