RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

James Brown II (1698-1739) Papers (MSS 309)

Rhode Island Historical Society

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

Inventory

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Deed, James Browne Senior (1666-1732) to James Browne Junior (1698-1739); signed 1724/5, recorded 1731/2
May 1724
Box 1, Folder 2 Cyphering and navigation book
1719
Box 1, Folder 2 Journal of a voyage on sloop Truth and Delight
1727
Box 1, Folder 3 Agreement to build sloops
1720 Jan, 1735
Box 1, Folder 4 Obadiah Browne to James Browne regarding sales of cargo from St. Eustatius
1735 Mar 30
Box 1, Folder 4 John Field to James Browne from Surinam reporting loss of 39 hogsheads of molasses
1736 May 25
Box 1, Folder 4 James Browne to his wife Hope, advise on business operations in case he does not return
1737 Aug 23
Box 1, Folder 4 Obadiah Browne to James Browne on cargo sales on St. Eustashe (St. Eustatius)
1738 Mar 05
Box 1, Folder 4 Copy of public statement made by James Browne giving permission to examine his body after his death to determine cause of death, and a complaint about ministers (copy written by Moses Brown)
1738 May 26
Box 1, Folder 4 Obadiah Browne to James Browne regarding cargo sales at Surinam
1739 Jun 15
Box 1, Folder 5 Letter book, outgoing business correspondence
1735-1739
Box 1, Folder 5 Letter book, outgoing business correspondence
1736-1738
Box 2, Folder 1 Ledger, James Brown's first
1723-1737
Box 2, Folder 2 Receipts
1734-1735
Box 2, Folder 3 Receipts
1735-1739
Box 2, Folder 4 Will, estate papers and receipts written to Hope Browne for payment of debts owed by James’ estate
1737, 1739-1741
Box 2, Folder 5 Receipts removed from ledger
1735-1748
Box 3, Folder 1 Ledger with a few entries by James' brother Obadiah after 1739, includes a name index (bulk 1735-1739)
1735-1748
Box 3, Folder 2 Account book with the births of James’ children recorded inside the front cover
1731-1734