Drowne family papers (Ms.Drowne)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
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| Related material: | RESOURCES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY Solomon Drowne was an instrumental figure in the early life of Brown Univeristy. The Brown University Archives holds notes from his botany lectures, as well as a number of collections that contain materials on Drowne's career at Brown. Further details are contained in the following entries pertaining to Solomon Drowne from the Encyclopedia Brunoniana: Encyclopedia Brunoniana entry: "Drowne, Solomon" Encyclopedia Brunoniana entry: "Botany" The Brown University Library holds a number of works authored by Solomon Drowne, M.D.:Drowne, Solomon, 1753-1834 The John Hay Library also holds the library collection of the Rhode Island Medical Society, of which Solomon Drowne was a founder. See entry in the Brown University Library Collections A-Z:Rhode Island Medical Society Collection RESOURCES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS Excerpts from Solomon Drowne's journal of a privateering voyage on the Sloop Hope in 1780, during the Revolutionary War (published in: American History Told by Contemporaries, Vol. II, p. 497-499, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart): Privateering during the American Revolution (excerpt from Solomon Drowne's journal) The American Revolution Digital Learning Project site includes two letters, one from Solomon Drowne to William Drowne (July 13, 1776), and a second from William Drowne to Mrs. Johnston of New York about the death of Capt. Joshua Sawyer (Sept. 25, 1781): Letter from Solomon Drowne, M.D. to William Drowne, Esq., Providence, dated July 13, 1776, General Hospital, N.Y. Letter from William Drowne to Mrs. Johnston of New York, dated Sept. 25, 1781, Jersey Prison Ship The Massachusetts Historical Society has several letters of Solomon Drowne in its Foster Family Autograph Collection: Foster Family Autograph Collection (Massachusetts Historical Society) The Rhode Island Historical Society has an extensive collection of the papers of Theodore Foster (Brown Class of 1770), a close friend and neighbor of Solomon Drowne: Theodore Foster Papers, MSS 424 (Rhode Island Historical Society) |
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A number of items were removed and catalogued individually as part of the Broadside Collection, John Hay Library:
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