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Formal title:: Birckhead collection of Redwood family papers
Extent:: 0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:: 1730-1866 (bulk 1730-1774)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts relating to Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library, and his business dealings in Newport, Rhode Island. Also included are documents concerning the Redwood Library, Abraham Redwood’s contemporaries in Newport, and later letters from David King, a former president of the Redwood Library.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.025

Formal title:: Brown University Registrar's accounts
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1826-1882
Abstract:: The Brown University Registrar's accounts consist of one series. The collection includes Steward accounts from 1826 to 1838; accounts of Lemuel H. Elliott, registrar, from 1858/1859 to 1861/1862 (arranged chronologically); Registrar financial accounts (1844-1864) and reports (1864-1882). The collection also contains "Charitable Account" and account of "Beneficiaries," from 1836 to 1843.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS-1D-R3

Formal title:: Brown University Treasurer subscription accounts
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1831-1898
Abstract:: The Brown University Treasurer subscription accounts is a collection of subscription books containing the names of supporters of various university funds and campaigns, dating from 1831 through 1898.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS-1D-S2

Formal title:: William H. Cameron Civil War papers
Extent:: 1.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1862-1886
Abstract:: The William H. Cameron papers consist of approximately 100 items, most of which pertain to Cameron's service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Cameron

Formal title:: Guide to the Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., collection of manuscripts
Extent:: 0.42 linear foot (1 document case)
Date range:: 1711-1920 and undated (bulk 1711-1870)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts from 1711-1920 that were collected by Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1910-2009). The majority of these documents regard various people, places, and events in Newport, Rhode Island, from the colonial period through the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.040

Formal title:: Collection of Redwood family papers
Extent:: 1.8 linear feet (1 half document case, 1 flat box)
Date range:: 1710-1999 and undated (bulk 1729-1796)
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters, legal documents, accounts, family histories, and other papers related to the Redwood family and its descendants, particularly Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.029

Formal title:: Thomas A. Jenckes papers
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (116 items in 1 clamshell box)
Date range:: 1834-1870
Abstract:: One box, chiefly correspondence to Thomas Allen Jenckes, Congressional Representative from Rhode Island, about legal matters and legislative affairs for the period of 1837 to 1870.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Rider.Jenckes

Newton Family Papers

Formal title:: Newton Family Papers
Extent:: .25 linear feet (ca. 50 items)
Date range:: circa 1780-1856
Abstract:: Manuscript copies of 18th and 19th century broadside verse, made by members of the Newton family, chiefly Mrs. Miriam Newton and Miss Nancy Newton, with an occasional original piece; accounts, genealogies, verse and prose; copies of sermons; excerpts from religious books; biographies of famous people; accounts of local weather; newsworthy local events. Compiled mostly in Southboro, Massachusetts, and Marlboro, New Hampshire.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Newton

Formal title:: Rhode Island College miscellaneous papers
Extent:: 250 items
Date range:: 1763-1804
Abstract:: A collection of historical documents from the petition for a charter in 1763 to the change of name from Rhode Island College to Brown University in 1804. Titles of the papers and folder numbers are taken from the two volumes in which the papers had previously been mounted.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1E.1

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