Samuel Jones papers, 1760-1794.

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Samuel Jones papers, 1760-1794.

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Consists primarily of letters received that date from 1760 to 1794. There are also copies of the Rhode Island College (Brown University) charter, college subscription books, and subscription receipts and promissory notes. The bulk of the letters are from James Manning, who was President of the college from 1764 to 1791. Jones and Manning became acquainted in the 1750s. both attended Hopewell Academy and were affiliated with the Philadelphia Baptist Association. Subjects related to the Philadelphia Baptist Association are referred to throughout the collection. Manning's letters are concerned with religious studies and his preparation for the ministry, the placement of Baptist clergy in various churches, the refusal by Baptists in Northhampton, Mass., to pay ministerial taxes in 1774, and various topics related to Rhode Island College. Jones was a longtime supporter of Rhode Island College and instrumental in writing its charter.The Corporation of the College offered the presidency to Jones after Manning's death. Of the three copies of the Charter in the collection: one copy is a corrected mss. dated Aug. 1, 1763; and two are printed copies dated Feb. 27, 1764, one having marginalia. One copy was printed by Samuel Hall in Newport; the other was reprinted in London for Blyth and Beevor.

30 items (.25 linear ft.).

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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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...

Hall, Samuel, 1740-1807

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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 ...

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...

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...

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...