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Early Student Body Drawn from the Political Elite
- When
- from 1794
- Where
- Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
- Part of
- Founding of Bowdoin College
From its founding, Bowdoin attracted sons of the political elite and catered largely to wealthy conservatives from Maine.
From its founding, Bowdoin was popular among the sons of the political elite. The college was described as catering "very largely to the wealthy conservative from the state of Maine," indicating that its earliest students came predominantly from privileged and politically connected families in the region following the 1794 charter.
Sources
- Bowdoin College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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