Records of the administration of Francis Brown, 1815-1820.

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Records of the administration of Francis Brown, 1815-1820.

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Correspondence chiefly concerns the Dartmouth College case (Trustees of Dartmouth College v. William Woodward. Correspondents, whose letters primarily relate to the Dartmouth College case, include a number of Dartmouth College trustees including Nathaniel Niles, Israel W. Putnam, Seth Payson, Timothy Farrar, Elijah Paine, and Asa McFarland. Among those opposing the college trustees and supporting Dartmouth University, Brown received letters from Gov. William Plumer, Gov. John Taylor Gilman, William Henry Woodward, John Wheelock, and William Allen. Other correspondents include Joseph Hopkinson, Joseph Perry, Nathan Smith, Benjamin J. Gilbert, Joseph Annance, Alexander Ramsay, Jermiah Mason, Azel Backus, Jeremiah Day, R.D. Mussey, and Erastus Fairbanks. To a lesser extent the records concern fiscal matters of Moor's Charity School and the enrollment of boys from the Stockbridge Indians and the tribe at St. Francis. Other subjects include the loaning of a telescope to Dartmouth by William Thurston, and the leasing of college-owned land in Wheelock, VT. The records include Brown's inaugural address and some accounts.

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