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Jabez Bowen letter to James McEver, 1794

Title: Jabez Bowen letter to James McEver 1794

Letter concerning stocks from the Rhode Island Loan Company and policies on certificates lost by fire (October 6, 1794).

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7607 View

Stephen Hopkins receipt, Hopkins (Stephen) receipt, 1775

Title: Stephen Hopkins receipt Hopkins (Stephen) receipt 1775

This collection consists of one receipt from Stephen Hopkins on February 20, 1775, to Joseph Clarke (1719-1792), general treasurer of the colony of Rhode Island, with Hopkins’ request that Clarke pay the money granted to Hopkins during the eighth session of the Rhode Island General Assembly to Jabez Bowen (1739-1815).

ArchivalResource: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RNR-ms538&view=title View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866

Title: Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 .

Documents copied or collected by American historian and president of Harvard Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00303/catalog View

Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1796-1799.

Recipt, Newport, 17 July 1799, for shot delivered by Jabez Bowen; requisition, 14 June 1796, for stationery supplies to be used by the Corps of Artillerists at West Point.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8637888 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Rhode Island College (1764-1804). Miscellaneous papers concerning Rhode Island College, 1763-1804.

Title: Miscellaneous papers concerning Rhode Island College, 1763-1804.

Consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, a charter, lists of subscribers, lists of members of the corporation, accounts, and library catalogs, dating from 1763 to 1804. The collection documents the grant from the General Assembly and the Governor of the Colony of R.I. for the establishment of a college, first located in Warren, R.I., in 1764, and then moved to Providence in 1770; the early history of the College's Corporation; the appropriation of financial support; students; the college library; and the impact of the Revolution on the College. The College was governed by a Corporation of two boards, Fellows and Trustees, each comprised of specific numbers of members from various Protestant denominations. However, there were no religious requirments for students and in 1770 the Corporation expressly stated that Jewish students would be admitted to the College. Stephen Hopkins was Chancellor of the College from 1764 to 1785; Jabez Bowen was Chancellor from 1785 to 1815. James Manning was President of the College from 1765 to 1791; Jonathan Maxcy served as the second President from 1792 to 1802. Collecting financial support for the College was of major concern for the Corporation and money was usually raised through subscriptions. Baptist clergy, including Morgan Edwards, who traveled to Great Britain, and Hezekiah Smith in Ga. and S.C., solicted subscriptions on behalf of the college. The competition between R.I. towns, especially Newport and Providence, for the final location of the college is documented in the collection. Members of the Brown family (Nicholas, Joseph, John, and Moses) were instrumental in the the 1770 decision to locate the College in Providence and were responsible for building the college edifice. Nicholas Brown (1769-1841) gave a $5000 endowment in 1804 and the College was subsequently named Brown University. The development of the college library is documented through orders for books, letters related to the donation of books,and library catalogs. Student conduct, admissions, commencements, tuition, and fees for commons and boarding are documented through the Corporation minutes and correspondence. During the Revolution the College was closed. The college edifice was used as a barracks for American troops from 1776 to 1780 and was a hospital for French militia from 1786 to 1792. After the war, the College sought compensation from Congress for the damages done during the occupation. A speech given by George Washington at the College on Aug. 19, 1790, is in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 350 items (.8 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122546037 View

Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973. Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943

Title: Alma Lutz collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943

Correspondence of Alma Lutz, author and suffragist, and others involved in the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

ArchivalResource: 1 file box, 1 folio folder

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00064/catalog View