Asa Messer papers Messer (Asa) papers (bulk 1796-1836) 1791-1862

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Asa Messer papers Messer (Asa) papers (bulk 1796-1836) 1791-1862

The Asa Messer papers document Messer's activities as President of Brown University; his sermons, prayers and religious essays; and his financial investments and inventions. Materials include letterbooks, correspondence, sermons, speeches, essays, prayers, lecture notes, diaries, and legal papers dating from 1791 to 1862 (bulk 1796 to 1836).

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

First Baptist Church (Providence, R.I.)

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Winchell, James M. (James Manning), 1791-1820

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Baptist minister. From the description of Sermons, 1816-1819. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 12055385 ...

Gano, Stephen, 1762-1828

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Rogers, William, 1751-1824

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Messer, Asa, 1769-1836

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Third President of Brown University, 1804-1826; Acting President of the university (then Rhode Island College) from 1802 to 1804; Baptist clergy. ǂb Messer received an A.B. from Rhode Island College (Brown University) in 1790; he then held various teaching positions at the college: tutor, 1791-1796; professor of learned languages, 1796-1799; and professor of natural philosophy, 1799-1802. From the guide to the Asa Messer papers, Messer (Asa) papers, (bulk 1796-1836), 1791-1862, (John...

Wrentham Manufacturing Co.

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Eddy, Samuel, 1769-1839

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Brown university. Library

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Brown University Library periodically mounts exhibitions highlighting various materials in its collections. These exhibits range from small scale displays to large exhibitions accompanied by events and catalogues. From the guide to the Brown University Library Exhibition Labels, 1945-1986, (John Hay Library Special Collections) Records of the Library of Brown University. From the description of Records of the Library, 1783-1958. (Brown University). WorldCat recor...

Benedict, David, 1779-1874

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Williams, Asa Messer, 1831-1859.

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Evans, John, 1767-1827

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John Evans, British General Baptist minister. From the description of John Evans manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1793 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 183925748 From the guide to the John Evans manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1793, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Furman, Richard, 1755-1825

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Baptist minister of Charleston, S.C., and Stateburg, S.C.; Doctorate of Divinity from Rhode Island College, 1799; member, S.C. General Assembly, 1790; founder, S.C. Baptist Convention, 1821; President of Religious Tract Society, Charleston, S.C.; founder of Claremount Academy, Statesburg, S.C.; son of Wood Furman (d. 1783) and Rachel Brodhead Furman; husband of Elizabeth Haynsworth Furman (d. 1787) and Dorothea Maria Burn Furman; father of Henry H. Furman, James Furman, Wood Furman, and at least...

Jesus Christ

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