Correspondence concerning the design of the Bowdoin medal, 1814- 1822 (inclusive).

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Correspondence concerning the design of the Bowdoin medal, 1814- 1822 (inclusive).

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Includes six letters from President Kirkland to David P. Hall, A.B. 1820, 29 January 1821-7 August 1822, and twelve letters from David Hall to Charles H. Hall and one to Charles H. and John M. Hall concerning the design and manufacture of the Bowdoin medal, 1814-1821. One letter from Charles Hall to David Hall, 24 June 1821. A few early letters deal entirely with family matters. Included in an archival category entitled Chronological miscellany, which consists of materials relating to or created by the Corporation, organized by date.

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