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Joshua Chamberlain document signed, ''J L Chamberlain'' as president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Dated 5 April 1876, partially-printed document is a bill for one of the pupils, one Frank R. Kimball of Salem, Massachusetts. Itemized bill lists costs of tuition and room and board, totaling $51.26. Chamberlain worked as a professor at the college before volunteering in the Union army, where he distinguished himself at Gettysburg before returning to Bowdoin. Single-page document measures 8'' x 10''. Creasing, pinholes to left edge from binding and light adhesive to verso, else near fine.
Gettysburg Hero Joshua Chamberlain Signed Bowdoin College Document -- Chamberlain Signs as the School's President
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