Bowdoin College Bulletin

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Excerpt from Bowdoin College Bulletin: Catalogue Number, Sessions of 1942-1943The College was named for the Hon. James Bowdoin, a distinguished Governor of Massachusetts, of Huguenot descent. The government has been, from the first, vested in two concurrent Boards, the Trustees and the Overseers, the Trustees initiating legislation and the Overseers concurring or vetoing. Since 1870 half the vacancies occurring in the Board of Overseers have been filled from nominations from the body of the Alumni.The earliest patron of the College was the Hon. James Bowdoin, a son of the Governor. He gave land, ' money, and apparatus during his lifetime, and at his death made the College his residuary legatee. His library, collected during his residence in Europe as Minister to Spain and France, contained some volumes and as many more pam phlets. It was rich in French literature and history and rare tracts on American history, and included almost everything in print on Miner alogy. His art collection, also bequeathed to the College, contained seventy paintings, originals and copies, and one hundred and forty two drawings by old and modern masters, among the paintings were the portraits of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison by Gilbert Stuart.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.