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	James Bowdoin III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Bowdoin III (September 22, 1752– October 11, 1811) was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts.
		He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated from Harvard University in 1771.
		James devoted several years to scholarly pursuits, until he was appointed the United States minister to Spain in 1804.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Bowdoin_III (222 words)

	The Mineralogical Record - Label Archive
		James Bowdoin III was born September 22, 1752 in Boston, Massachusetts.
		His father, James Bowdoin II (1726-1790), a merchant who had emigrated to America from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, became a revolutionary and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1779 and served as an early Governor of Massachusetts (1785-1787).
		James III was very well educated and scientifically inclined, with a strong interest in mineralogy and geology.
	www.minrec.org /labels.asp?colid=228 (291 words)

	James Bowdoin
		James Bowdoin was graduated at Harvard in1745, and on 8 September 1747, the death of his father, an eminent merchant, left him with a large fortune.
		From 1753 till 1756 Bowdoin was a member of the Massachusetts general court, and in 1756 became councilor.
		On the foundation of Bowdoin College, he gave it 6,000 acres of land and £1,100, and at his death left the institution an extensive library, and collections of minerals, philosophical apparatus, and paintings, all of which he had purchased during his stay in Paris.
	www.famousamericans.net /jamesbowdoin (1210 words)

	Bowdoin Family Collection
		Principal correspondents are James Bowdoin II, including letters written during the American Revolution and during his tenure as the Governor of Massachusetts, and James Bowdoin III, whose letterbooks from 1791 to 1811 compliment the series.
		Diary of Sarah Bowdoin, wife of James Bowdoin III, which contains almost daily documentation of the couple's life in Paris and London from the autumn of 1806 to the winter of 1808.
		Also included are Sarah Bowdoin's impressions of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine and her description of the family's stormy, ten-day crossing of the English Channel in the fall of 1807.
	library.bowdoin.edu /arch/mss/jbisd.shtml (831 words)

	James Bowdoin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Bowdoin (August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.
		Bowdoin was elected to the colonial assembly in 1753 and served there until named to the Council in 1756.
		Bowdoin as named as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 but did not attend, citing health reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Bowdoin (644 words)

	Sarah and James Bowdoin Day Address: President Barry Mills, Campus News (Bowdoin) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James II -- who along with John Adams, John Hancock, and others founded the American Academy of Arts and Sciences -- was also a man with a profound interest in learning.
		In fact, one of the deeds transferring the lands of the College from the Bowdoin family to the president and trustees of the College, dated January 7, 1795, was signed by both James and Sarah Bowdoin.
		Bowdoin is an educational learning community committed to academic freedom -- freedom for our faculty to teach and study, and freedom for our students to learn.
	www.bowdoin.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /news/archives/1bowdoincampus/002589.shtml (1648 words)

	2006 Sarah and James Bowdoin Day Address: President Barry Mills, Campus News (Bowdoin) (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James II — who along with John Adams, John Hancock, and others founded the American Academy of Arts and Sciences — was also a man with a profound interest in learning.
		The scholars sitting among us are the Bowdoin students who in the prior academic year achieved a grade point average in their course of study that places them in the top 20 percent of the class.
		Bowdoin is an educational learning community committed to academic freedom: Freedom for our faculty to teach and to study and freedom for our students to learn.
	www.bowdoin.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /news/archives/1bowdoincampus/003488.shtml (1541 words)

	Bowdoin College Captures Classic - NCAA Sports.com
		Sophomore James Gadon was named MVP of the Tournament thanks to a hat trick in the title tilt, while Bryan Ciborowski and netminder George Papachristopoulos were also tabbed for the All-Tournament squad.
		On Tuesday, Bowdoin broke into the scoring column thanks to Gadon at 16:18 of the opening frame and doubled their lead when he scored his second goal of the contest just 17 seconds into the second period to extend the Polar Bear lead to 2-0.
		Curry, who was penalized 26 times on the night, was victimized again by the Bowdoin powerplay at 17:31 of the second when Ciborowski found the back of the net to make it a 4-1 game.
	www.ncaasports.com /icehockey/mens/story/8046872 (368 words)

	Bowdoin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		was commissioned in 1805 by James Bowdoin III, son of Governor James Bowdoin II of Massachusetts, for whom Bowdoin college was named.
		In addition to being the college's first benefactor and patron of the arts, the younger Bowdoin was an avid Jeffersonian.
		In a letter to his friend in Washington, General Henry Dearborn (secretary of war), Bowdoin stated: "I shall be much obliged to you to procure me the portraits of Mr.
	www.maineartmuseums.org /bowdoinp2.html (142 words)

	York Weekly Community News: Academics
		Bowdoin College held its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony Friday, Oct. 28, to honor undergraduates who distinguish themselves by excellence in scholarship.
		Local Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are David Kelley Thomson from Kittery, Class of 2008, and Gerald Joseph Cresta from York, Class of 2008.
		James Bowdoin III was the earliest patron of the college and was instrumental in its founding in 1794.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2005news/yorkweekly/11162005/communit/73469.htm (248 words)

	Bowdoin Family Collection
		James Bowdoin I and James Pitts to Messrs.
		James Bowdoin III to Jesse Putnam, Esq., Boston.
		James Bowdoin II and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple to Miss Thacher, Boston.
	library.bowdoin.edu /arch/mss/jbicl.shtml (1823 words)

	Heritage Health Index Case Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III.
		For nearly 200 years, visitors to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine have been able to enjoy stunning portraits of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
		Executed circa 1805 by American portraitist Gilbert Stuart and bequeathed to the college in 1813 by its founder, James Bowdoin III, the paintings form the centerpiece of the college museum's collection of colonial and federal portraiture.
	www.heritagepreservation.org /HHI/case261.html (244 words)

	Bowdoin's Libby Barney Honored As NCAA's Woman of the Year For Maine
		Bowdoin College was honored as Elizabeth Barney '03 (Troy, Ohio) was named as Maine's recipient.
		Her numerous academic awards included being the winner of the Bowdoin Cup, a Book Award Winner as well as being a Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar.
		She owns Bowdoin indoor records in the 1,000 meter run and distance medley relay and was an All-NESCAC honoree.
	www.nescac.com /Releases/Honors/Bowdoin_Barney.htm (419 words)

	Bowdoin's Dann Receives 2006 Joe Concannon Award - 3/27/06
		BOSTON - Bowdoin College senior forward Adam Dann has been named this year's winner of the sixth annual Joe Concannon Award by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston.
		Dann, a resident of Burlington, Vt., finished his career at Bowdoin with an outstanding season in which he scored 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points in just 24 games.
		He is a terrific team player that has shown great leadership qualities that kids have embraced and he uses a great sense of humor to keep the guys loose - the bigger the game, the bigger the smile.
	www.nescac.com /Releases/2005-06/Bowdoin_Dann_032706.htm (682 words)

	National Gallery of Art - The Edgar P. Richardson Symposium: Gilbert Stuart
		Late in 1804, James Bowdoin III received a long-sought political appointment as American minister to the court of Spain.
		Bowdoin's diplomatic mission proved a failure, however, and the pictures presumably intended for the official residence in Madrid were transferred in 1807 to his Boston home.
		In contrast to the elaborate Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, which alludes to a burgeoning alliance between Great Britain and her former colonies, the sober Bowdoin commission was designed to complement a diplomatic assignment in which American and European interests were at odds.
	www.nga.gov /programs/abstracts/stuart.shtm (1564 words)

	Bowdoin College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bowdoin has a strong academic reputation, and is consistently ranked among the top ten liberal arts colleges in the United States by U.S. News and World Report.
		In the 2007 edition of the rankings, Bowdoin was ranked 7th, behind Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Carleton and Middlebury, and tied with Pomona.
		Bowdoin offers thirty varsity teams, including men's teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, Nordic skiing, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, and track, and women's teams in field hockey, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, Nordic skiing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and rugby.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Bowdoin_College (2362 words)

	Decades History Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Germany Friedrich Wilhelm III began the construction of Museum Island in Berlin.
		James Wilson Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, was born.
		The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick was begun as a bequest from James Bowdoin III, son of a college benefactor.
	www.decades.com /ByDecade/1810-1819/1.htm (953 words)

	Hamilton College - News, Sports, Events - Bowdoin Museum of Art Director Discusses The College Museum
		Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Katy Kline gave a lecture on November 2 titled "The College Museum: Bowdoin" in the Science Auditorium.
		Kline highlighted Bowdoin's collection as well as drew attention to the college's recent efforts to renovate and expand its current museum facility.
		Kline began by saying that Bowdoin's collection predates the construction of the current museum by nearly 100 years, during which time the artwork was kept in storage across campus.
	www.hamilton.edu /news/more_news/display.cfm?id=10013 (879 words)

	Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James assisted the Phi in the purchase of furniture and the commissioning of the portrait of Benjamin Franklin (#5) in 1826.
		In 1826, the Phi purchased the Franklin portrait (#5) for $25.00 as part of a $240.00 expenditure for furniture and decorations,[xli] and in 1859, the year the DI spent $400.00 for the portrait of James Phillips (#25) and Willie P. Mangum (#26), the society's income for the first three months alone was $1,219.30.
		Cornelia Phillips Spencer, the daughter of James Phillips (#25), and champion for reopening the University, visited the Phi library on June 10, 1873, and reported its sad condition.
	www.unc.edu /di_phi/reference_desk/docs/reckford/Introduction.htm (6668 words)

	James
		The first English reference for James is one to the Biblical St. James in 1148.
		But James did not become really common in England until the early 17th century, when King James VI of Scotland became King James I of Great Britain in 1603.
		Illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland, and briefly regent for his nephew, King James VI of Scotland (King James I of Great Britain).
	www.geocities.com /edgarbook/names/j/james.html (504 words)

	Masterful insight \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		In 1811, James Bowdoin III, member of a prominent and wealthy New England family, left them to the college in Maine he founded.
		Somehow, they languished in a box housed in the school library, until a pair of students came upon them toward the end of the 1870s.
		Bowdoin, no artist himself, knew these fellows well.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050707/news_lz1w07art.html (801 words)

	Gilbert Stuart's Iconic Portraits
		As National Gallery director Earl A. Powell III put it, "Washington didn't enjoy Stuart's talk." The artist eventually succeeded in engaging Washington by discussing one of his favorite subjects, horses.
		Two fine portraits, dating to 1805-07, of President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison were commissioned by their admirer and supporter, James Bowdoin III.
		They are now prized possessions of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the college he established in his father's honor in Brunswick, Maine.
	www.antiquesandthearts.com /CS-2005-05-10-11-59-51p2 (1937 words)

	Biography Base Letter B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Boleslaus III of Bohemia - (999-1002), Czech ruler
		Boleslaus III of Poland - (1107-1138), Polish ruler
		Bowdoin, James III - (1752-1811) American philanthropist and diplomat
	www.biographybase.com /bio/b-5.html (652 words)

	Hamilton College - News, Sports, Events - Women's Hockey Blanked by Bowdoin
		Bowdoin (5-2 conference, 6-5 overall) is the second ranked team the Continentals played away from home in the last five days.
		However, Bowdoin scored three goals in the second period and clinched the victory with two more in the third.
		Hamilton's men's and women's rugby teams have both won state championships in Division III rugby and will now advance to regional play.
	www.hamilton.edu /news/more_news/display.cfm?id=10215 (589 words)

	James Fittler ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		James Fittler, Titians Schoolmaster, twelfth plate in the book, [Buchanans Gallery], an untitled collection of engravings primarily from Select Work of Engravings (London: Historic Gallery, 1813-14)], 1813
		James Fittler, Spanish Officer, sixteenth plate in the book, [Buchanan*s Gallery], an untitled collection of engravings primarily from Select Work of Engravings (London: Historic Gallery, 1813-14)], 1813
		John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
	www.wwar.com /masters/f/fittler-james.html (606 words)

	Timeline 1811-1820 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lawrence was buried with honors on Jun 8 and his remains were later sent to NYC for burial in Trinity churchyard.
		President James Madison and his wife fled from the advancing enemy, but not before Dolly Madison saved the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.
		1816 Dec 4, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.
	www.timelines.ws /1811_1820.HTML (15139 words)

	Timeline Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries—these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of Time, not Time itself.
		1811 The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick was begun as a bequest from James Bowdoin III, son of a college benefactor.
		1975 Jun 2, James A. Healy, 1st fl Roman Catholic bishop, was consecrated in Maine.
	timelines.ws /states/MAINE.HTML (2162 words)

	Planning your Visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is widely regarded as having one of the best college art collections in America.
		Maine State Music Theater, which presents professional musical theater during the summer, and the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, which brings musicians from across the country and around the world, and which presents weekly concerts during the summer at Bowdoin and elsewhere in Brunswick.
		In Augusta, about half an hour's drive to the north, is the Maine State Museum and the State Capitol Complex, which feature free exhibits on maine's history, art and culture (Be sure to view the portrait of Joshua L. Chamberlain as governor in the Maine State House).
	www.curtislibrary.com /pejepscot/drive2.htm (1184 words)

	MIT Men's Indoor Track
		The Engineers followed this up with a fourth place finish in the New England Division III Championship, a tie for ninth in the All New England Championship, a tie for 21st in the IC4A Championship and a very nice 8th at the NCAA Division III Championship.
		Nate re-set the varsity record at 16-6 in the pole vault and won the All New England title with a 16-3 vault in that championship.
		He easily won both in the New England Division III Championship but lost the shot in both the All New England and IC4A Championship, finishing second and fifth respectively.
	web.mit.edu /hwtaylor/mtfxc/indoor.html (541 words)

	B - Information about Everything and Everybody (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Biography of Boleslaus III of Bohemia - (999-1002), Czech ruler
		Biography of Boleslaus III of Poland - (1107-1138), Polish ruler
		Biography of James III Bowdoin - (1752-1811) American philanthropist and diplomat
	b.qardinalinfo.com /b5.html (1700 words)

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