Samuel Jones papers Jones (Samuel) papers 1760-1794
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Manning, James, 1738-1791
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James Manning (October 22, 1738 – July 29, 1791) was an American Baptist minister, educator and legislator from Providence, Rhode Island. He was the first president of Brown University and one of its most involved founders, and served as minister of the First Baptist Church in America. Born in Elizabethtown in the Province of New Jersey (now Elizabeth, New Jersey), he attended the Hopewell Academy in Hopewell, New Jersey under the direction of Reverend Isaac Eaton in preparation for his relig...
Howell, David, 1747-1824
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David Howell (January 1, 1747 – July 30, 1824) was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Attorney General of Rhode Island and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Born on January 1, 1747, in Morristown, in the Province of New Jersey, Howell attended Eaton's Academy in Hopewell, Province of New Jersey, then graduated from the College of New Jer...
Philadelphia Baptist Association
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Organized in 1707, the Philadelphia Baptist Association was comprised of churches chiefly in New Jersey and Philadelphia, as well as elsewhere in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and Washington D.C. The primary purpose of this Association was to support local churches by providing collective meetings where churches would exchange information and work collaboratively. The Philadelphia Association was believed to have been a dominant force in influencing Baptist w...
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...
Maxcy, Jonathan, 1768-1820
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President of Rhode Island College. From the description of Letter, 1800. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522003 First president of S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., 1804-1820; graduate, Rhode Island College, 1787; president, Brown University, 1792-1802; president, Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.), 1802-1804; licensed to preach, 1790, and ordained, 1791; son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth Newell Maxcy; husband of Susannah Hopkins; grandfather of Confederate General Maxc...
Jones, Samuel, 1735-1814
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Samuel Jones was a prominent member of the Philadelphia Association and was instrumental in the founding of Brown University. He was born in 1735 and educated at Hopewell Academy. He was the pastor of the Baptist church at Pennepek in Pennsylvania for fifty-one years and conducted an academy for the education of young men. He was a friend of President James Manning and on Manning's death was aked to be president of the College, but declined because of his advanced age. He died on February 7, 181...
Stillman, Samuel, 1738-1807
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Samuel Stillman was minister at the First Baptist Church, Boston; delegate to U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1788. From the description of ADS : Marriage certificate [of] William Vernon and Sarah Steuart, 1784 Aug. 20. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37585599 ...
Rhode Island College (1764-1804)
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Founded as Rhode Island College in 1763; the college name was changed to Brown University in 1804. From the description of Miscellaneous papers concerning Rhode Island College, 1763-1804. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122546037 ...
