[Letter] 1874 Feb. 4, Newport, [Rhode Island] / Charles T. Brooks.

Old Stone Mill (Newport, R.I.)

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Tisdale, Benjamin.

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Hammett, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1832-1902

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Brooks, Charles Timothy, 1813-1883

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Clergyman. From the description of Charles Timothy Brooks correspondence, 1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451563 American clergyman, poet and translator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, to Harper & Brothers, 1855 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133560 Charles Timothy Brooks was a minister, translator, and editor of Dial magazine. From the description of Charles Timothy Brooks letters, hymns, a...

Melville, David, 1773-1856

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David Melville (1773-1856) was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on March 21, 1773. Melville (sometimes spelled Melvill), was an inventor, pewterer, and pioneer of gas lighting in America. Melville was able to manufacture gas light for his house and street by 1805-1806, but it wasn’t until 1853 when gas lighting was used regularly in Newport. He married Patience S. Sherman (1791-1880) on March 4, 1812, and had six children: Elizabeth (1813-1893), Mary (1818-1838), Benjamin...

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...