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Cohen (William S.) Papers, 1955-2001, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine Jan 2023

Cohen (William S.) Papers, 1955-2001, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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William S. Cohen was born on August 28, 1940 in Bangor, Maine. His father Reuben, a baker, was a Russian-Jewish immigrant and his mother, Clara, is of Irish-Protestant extraction. Cohen graduated from Bangor High School in 1958, and from Bowdoin College with an A.B. cum laude in Latin in 1962. An accomplished athlete, he was named to the Maine all-state high school and college basketball teams, and, while at Bowdoin, he was inducted into the New England All-Star Hall of Fame. In 1965, he received his LL.B cum laude from Boston University Law School and, during that same year, he …


Maine Statehood Broadside, 1803, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine Dec 1802

Maine Statehood Broadside, 1803, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Broadside signed by residents of Pittston, Maine, arguing for the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts and suggesting that the legislature authorize a convention of delegates from all towns in the district "to declare the sense of their constituents, to frame a constitution ... and to do and transact all things ... necessary to the ... establishment of a separate and independent state."