1Thomas Jefferson to Sarah Bowdoin (Dearborn), 24 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
, and left bequests to that and other charities, as well as funds to establish a French professorship at Bowdoin College
2Thomas Jefferson to Sarah Bowdoin (Dearborn), 4 February 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
...An Eulogy, illustrative of the life, and commemorative of the beneficence of the late Hon. James Bowdoin, Esquire, with notices of his family; Pronounced in Brunswick, (Maine) at the request of the Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College, on the Annual Commencement, Sept. 2d, 1812
3Thomas Jefferson to Ashur Ware, 22 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
served as a trustee of Bowdoin College, 1820–44, and was a founder in 1826 of the
4Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum on James Bowdoin’s Letter, 18 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
, and sizable donations of land and money to Bowdoin College in