James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers.James Bowdoin James Bowdoin (August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution. He served in both the colonial council (senate) and house and was President of the state's constitutional convention. And The Patriot Philosophers Frank E. Manuel & Fritzie P. Manuel American Philosophical Society American Philosophical Society, first scientific society in America, founded (1743) in Philadelphia. It was an outgrowth of the Junto formed (1727) by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the first secretary of the society, and Thomas Hopkinson the first president. 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387 0871692473 $40.00 www.amphilsoc.org A welcome and unique addition to American History reference and resource shelves, James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank and Fritzie Manuel is a close examination of the early years of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as offering the life story of James Bowdoin II, the Academy's first president. Drawn from the unpublished records of the AAAS AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science. , the personal papers of many of the Fellows, documents archived in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. , and a great deal more, James Bowdoin And The Patriot Philosophers superbly presents a realistic picture of the society, its contributions to America, and the times it flourished in. |
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