Brown University Treasurer Receipts Brown University Treasurer Receipts 1757-1891, undated

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Brown University Treasurer Receipts Brown University Treasurer Receipts 1757-1891, undated

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The Brown University Treasurer Receipts collection is arranged in one chronological series of receipts and invoices representing University expenses from 1757 through 1891. The collection documents the financial administration of the University from it's founding through the nineteenth century. The records comprise salaries, building construction and commencement costs, scholarships, insurance, servants' wages, gymnasium and library expenditures, and printing costs.

12.5 Linear feet

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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