John Brown Papers (MSS 312)

Rhode Island Historical Society

121 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
Tel: 401-273-8107
Fax: 401-751-7930
email: reference@rihs.org

Series 1. Correspondence and documents

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1		1757 Sep 15-1775 Oct 09
Box 3, Folder 1	Oversized items, photostats of letters	1768-1775
Box 1, Folder 2		1776 Aug 15-1780 Apr 09
Box 3, Folder 2	Oversized items, deeds and account of rateable estate	1777-1783
Box 1, Folder 3		1780 May 25-1782 Nov 03
Box 1, Folder 4		1782 Nov 11 - 1783 Jan 24
Box 1, Folder 5		1783 Feb 07-1783 Sep 15
Box 1, Folder 6		1784 Feb 03-1785 Nov 24
Box 3, Folder 3	Oversized deeds	1785-1798
Box 1, Folder 7		1785 Nov 25- 1786 Nov 14
Box 1, Folder 8		1786 Nov 22-1787 Aug 26
Box 1, Folder 9		1787 Sep 29-1788 Apr 15
Box 1, Folder 10		1788 Apr 29-1788-Dec 29
Box 1, Folder 11		1789 Feb 16 - 1790 Oct 21
Box 1, Folder 12		1791 Jan 17-1791 Apr 14
Box 1, Folder 13		1791 May 30-1793 Apr 25
Box 3, Folder 4	Oversized letters and deeds	1792-1800
Box 1, Folder 14		1793 Jun 23-1795 Mar 31
Box 1, Folder 15		1795 Apr 11-1797 Jan 11
Box 1, Folder 16		1797 Jan 22-1797 Oct 18
Box 1, Folder 17		1797 Oct 27-1798 Jun 30
Box 1, Folder 18		1798 Jul 18-1798 Oct 20
Box 1, Folder 19		1799 Feb 05-1799 Aug 05
Box 1, Folder 20		1799 Nov 26-1799 Dec 29
Box 1, Folder 21		1799 Dec 30-1800 Feb 03
Box 1, Folder 22		1800 Feb 04-1800 Apr 13
Box 1, Folder 23		1800 Apr 17-1800 Dec 18
Box 1, Folder 24		1801 Jan 05-1801 Mar 27
Box 1, Folder 25		1801 Apr 10-1803 Jul 31

Series 2. Maritime business records (formerly called Merchant Marine)

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 12	Invoice memorandum, brig Hope	1781
Box 2, Folder 1	Journal and account Book, ship General Washington	1788-1789
Box 2, Folder 2	Instrument of protest, of schooner L	1789
Box 2, Folder 2a	Certificate, clarifying that the vessel described as the schooner L was actually named the N. Contents Note: (NOT MICROFILMED)	1789
Box 3, Folder 13	Cargo manifest, ship General Washington	1791
Box 2, Folder 3	Cargo accounts, ship George Washington	1795

Series 3. Estate records

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 5	Schedules of John Brown's Estate	1802 Jun 08, 1813 Jan 28
Box 1, Folder 26	Will (Attested copy)	1802 Jun 12
Box 3, Folder 6	Will	1802 Sep 13
Box 3, Folder 7	Power of attorney documents	1803
Box 3, Folder 11	Obituary	1803 Sep 20
Box 2, Folder 11	Description of land shares, Ohio lands	1813
Box 1, Folder 27	Estate papers	1812, 1819
Box 2, Folder 12	Bill to Sarah Brown from Peter Wheaton for wood	1820
Box 2, Folder 13	Will of Sarah Brown	1824 Nov 03
Box 3, Folder 9	Map of Township 6, New York tract	1807-1835

Series 4. Family records and miscellaneous

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 10	Broadside advertisement: Turlington’s Balsam of Life	1743
Box 2, Folder 4	Cyphering book	1749-1752
Box 2, Folder 9	Letter copied by Ruth Smith [sister of Sarah (Smith) Brown]: sewn together.	1752 Feb 02-1767 Apr 02
Box 2, Folder 5	Cyphering and navigation book	1753-1755
Box 2, Folder 6	Visiting card
Box 2, Folder 7	John Brown's receipt for 2 counterfeit bills of John Mason	1770
Box 3, Folder 8	List of Massachusetts state soldier notes	1781-1784
Box 2, Folder 8	French bill of exchange	1784
Box 2, Folder 10	Ruth Smith’s day book [sister of Sarah (Smith) Brown)	1785
Box 2, Folder 14	Republic of Haiti currency, Billet for Deux Gourdes, in French.	1827