Guide to the Federal Adelphi Society records , 1796-1833
Brown University Library, University Archives
Box A, John Hay Library
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2148
Fax: 401-863-2093
email: archives@brown.edu
Published in 2009
Collection Overview
| Title: | Federal Adelphi Society records |
| Date range: | 1796-1833 |
| Creator: | Federal Adelphi Society |
| Extent: | 1 linear foot (1 letter-size and 1 legal-size Hollinger document cases) |
| Abstract: | The Federal Adelphi Society records contain records and correspondence of the organization. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Brown University Library, University Archives |
| Collection number: | MS-1Q-F1 |
Scope & content
Consists of correspondence, receipts, records of books purchased, a committee report, and a record book of the Brown University Federal Adelphi. The record book (1797-1833) contains the Petition for an act of incorporation to the State of R.I.; Institutions [Constitution] of the Federal Aldelphi; and minutes of meetings. The society maintained a library which is described in the Institutions of the Federal Adelphi. There are membership certificates (1797) engraved on velum by William Hamlin of ProvidenceAccess Points
Subject Organizations Subject Topics- Brown University--Societies, etc
- Brown University--History
- Students--societies and clubs
- Universities and colleges--Societies, etc
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in two series:
- 1. Records and correspondence (loose items)
- 2. Records (bound, legal-size)
Historical note
The Federal Adelphi Society, founded in 1797, was an organization of holders of college degrees, members of the learned professions, and seniors and juniors of the College, which held public disputations and continued to meet until 1835, having been supplanted by the branch of Phi Beta Kappa established at Brown University in 1830.Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. |
| Use of the materials: | Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: | The Federal Adelphi Society records, MS-1Q-F1, Brown University Archives. |
| Contact information: | Brown University Library, University Archives Box A, John Hay Library Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-2148 Fax: 401-863-2093 email: archives@brown.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The acquisition information for this collection is unavailable. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Martha Mitchell. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Alison Bundy 2009 February 03 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series 1. Records and correspondence (loose items)
Request to call a meeting
Box 1, Folder 11
Signed by Paul Allen, John Holroyd, Nathaniel Searle, Lucius Cary, Philip Crapo, Amos Maine Atwell
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Certificates |
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Members propounded Contents Note: Signatures include: Benjamin Allen (n.d.); Paul Allen (n.d., 1804, 1809); Amos Maine Atwell (n.d., 1803, 1804, 1808); John Bailey (1808); Sumner Barton (n.d.); Samuel W. Bridgham (1806); Sylvester Fuller Bucklin (n.d.); Tristam Burges (n.d.); Thomas Burgess (n.d., 1808); Thomas Carlile (n.d., 1806); Lucius Cary (1803); Thomas Cook (1817); Philip Crapo (n.d., 1803, 1805, 1808); Walter Raleigh Danforth (n.d., 1808, 1809); Israel Day (1808, 1809); Stephen W. Eddy (n.d., 1808, 1809); Ferdinand Ellis (n.d.); James Ellis (1806); Elisha Fisk (n.d.); John Holroyd (1803, 1805) George Jackson (1808); John McKie (n.d., 1804, 1808); Dutee J. Pearce (1808); Nathaniel Searle (1803); John Burgess Snow (1808, 1809); Jonathan Thayer (n.d.); William Randall Theus (n.d.); Daniel Thomas (n.d.); Daniel Turner (n.d.); John Whipple (n.d.); Jabez Whitaker (1803, 1804); Henry Wheaton (n.d., 1808); William Wilkinson (n.d.) |
1803-1817 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Promissory notes Contents Note: Signatures of: Jasper Adams (1815); Benjamin F. Allen (1817); Armand Auboyneau (1808); Isaac Bailey (1810); William Bates (1809); Nicholas Brown (1811); Henry F. Clark (1809); Joseph Clarke (1815); Joshua Dean (1809); Samuel Dexter (1806); Pardon B. Farrington (1817); Philip Manchester Fiske (1808); Benjamin Ives Gilman (1812); Simon Ray Greene (1809); Jacob Hill (1810); Hezekiah Holmes (1809); John Holroyd (1803, 1805, 1806); Warren Lovering (1817); Jonathan Thayer (1806); Daniel Thomas (1806); Charles Turner (1815); Thomas Williams (1809) |
1803-1817 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Undated records and correspondence |
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Cary, Lucius to Henry Wheaton Contents Note: Letter declining oratorial responsiblities Accession Number: A3654(1) |
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | A catalogue of books with their prices... Contents Note: List of books purchased by counselors of Federal Adelphi Accession Number: A3654(6) |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Papers belonging to...Notes in favor Contents Note: Four cover papers describing contents (now dispersed) Accession Number: A3654(7) |
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Records |
1796 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Allen, Benjamin to E.T. Waring Contents Note: Order to pay three dollars to counselors of Adelphi to buy books. Accession Number: A3652(1) |
1796 Aug 30 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Receipt Contents Note: "Received of John Witherspoon for the Political Adelphi Society two dollars for Independent Gazeteer..." Signed Carter and Wilkinson Accession Number: A3200 |
1796 Oct 17 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment $3.50, signed by Benjamin Allen Accession Number: A3652(3) |
1796 Oct 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Records |
1797 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | List of books purchased Contents Note: Signed by J. Sabin and J. Witherspoon Accession Number: A3237 |
1797 Feb 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of five dollars, signed by James Ervin Accession Number: A3652(5) |
1797 Feb 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Receipt for books Contents Note: Signed by Samuel Ervin Accession Number: A3654(2) |
1797 Feb 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of six shllings, signed by James Ervin Accession Number: A3652(6) |
1797 March |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of two dollars, signed by Conrade Webb Accession Number: A3652(8) |
1797 June 7 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of fifty cents, signed by Conrade Webb Accession Number: A3652(10) |
1797 June 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of four dollars, signed by Conrade Webb Accession Number: A3652(9) |
1797 June 17 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of one dollar, signed by Conrade Webb Accession Number: A3652(11) |
1797 Oct 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Order for payment Contents Note: Order for payment of 4/6, signed by James Ervin, Pres. Accession Number: A3652(7) |
undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Report of the Committe for devising a Name Contents Note: Statement declaring the name of the Impartialist for the society's first periodical publication, signed by Jeremiah Howell, Tristam Burges, Elisha Fisk |
1797 Dec. 23 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Records and correspondence |
1800 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Dodge, Paul to William Wilkinson Contents Note: Declining honor of oration Accession Number: A3238 |
1800 Nov 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Receipt Contents Note: Signed by Samuel Williams Accession Number: A3184 |
1800 Nov 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Bill Contents Note: For printing Allen's oration Accession Number: A3654(3) |
1800 Nov 07 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Records and correspondence |
1801 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Thompson, Otis to the Society of Federal Adelphi Contents Note: Declining honor of oration Accession Number: A3239 |
1801 Mar 02 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Eddy, Zachariah to William Wilkinson Accession Number: A3251 |
1801 June 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Dexter, Andrew to William Wilkinson Contents Note: Declining honor of oration Accession Number: A3240 |
1802 July 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Doggett, Simeon to William Wilkinson Contents Note: Declining honor of oration Accession Number: A3241 |
1803 May 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Mackie, John to John Whipple Contents Note: Declining honor of oration Accession Number: A3242 |
1808 Feb 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Records and correspondence |
1810 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Kidder Reuben to the Federal Adelphi Society Contents Note: Response on hearing the Society has awarded hima gold medal for best dissertation Accession Number: A3243 |
1810 Oct 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Kidder Reuben to the Federal Adelphi Society Contents Note: Requesting Society to deliver gold medal to Dr. Bullard of Boston Accession Number: A3244 |
1810 Oct 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Records |
1813 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Bill Accession Number: A3196 |
1813 Sept 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Bill Accession Number: A3193 |
1813 Sept 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Records |
1814 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Receipt Accession Number: A3192 |
1814 July 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Bill Accession Number: A3178 |
1814 Sept 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Bill Accession Number: A3170 |
1814 Sept 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Records and correspondence |
1815 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Receipt Accession Number: A3188 |
1815 Apr 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Carlile, Thomas to Thomas Rivers Contents Note: Letter accepting oratorial duties in lieu of Wheaton. Accession Number: A3248 |
1815 July 30 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Receipt Accession Number: A3187 |
1815 Sept 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Records |
1816 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Receipt Accession Number: A7194 |
1816 Sept 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Receipt Accession Number: A7193 |
1816 Sept 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Records and correspondence |
1817 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Goddard, C. to Federal Adelphi Contents Note: Declines oratorial duties due to poor health. Accession Number: A3250 |
1817 Aug 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Receipt Accession Number: A3174 |
1817 Sept 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Receipt Accession Number: A3235 |
1817 Sept 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Receipt Accession Number: A3172 |
1817 Nov 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Receipt Accession Number: A3185 |
1817 Nov 7 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Records |
1818 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Two bills Contents Note: Signed by John Hammond, Thomas Cook, James Olney Accession Number: A3173 |
1818 Sept 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Receipt Accession Number: A3171 |
1818 Nov 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Receipt Accession Number: A3191 |
1818 Dec 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Records and correspondence |
1819 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Six bills Contents Note: Signed by James Olney, Thomas Cooke,G. Hammond, W. Goddard Accession Number: A3181, A3554(5), A3179, A3181, A3186, A3175 |
1819 Sept |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Hallett, Benjamin Franklin to Peter Pratt Contents Note: Will not be able to answer his appointment before the society. Accession Number: A3245 |
1819 Oct 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Records and correspondence |
1820 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Four bills Contents Note: Signed by Thomas Cook, Henry Alexander, William Danforth Accession Number: A3182, A3194, A3189, A3177 |
1820 Sept |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Darling, Collins to Peter Pratt Contents Note: Requesting information regarding posing of questions in discussion Accession Number: A3246 |
1820 July 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Records |
1821-1822 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Four bills Contents Note: Signed by Thomas Cook, G. Hammond, Henry Alexander, William Danforth Accession Number: A3195, A3176, A3198, A3190, |
1821 Sept |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Receipt Accession Number: A3197 |
1822 July 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Records and correspondence |
1825-1828 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Howland, John to the Federal Adelphi Contents Note: Letter sent with printed copy of the biography of James Manning Accession Number: A3247 |
1825 Sept 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Bailey, John to B. F. Hallett Contents Note: Regrets he is unable to attend literary anniversary. Accession Number: A3249 |
1826 Sept 2 |
Series 2. Records (bound, over-sized)
Box 2x
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 2x, Folder 1 | Bonds Contents Note: Signed by Andrew Dexter, Abdrew Dexter, Jr., John Milton Mann, John Padelford, Seth Padelford, Samuel Bridgham, Philip Crapo, Nathaniel Searle, Jr. |
1797-1803 |
| Box 2x, Folder 1 | Minutes |
1797-1833 |
| Box 2x, Folder 2 | Records (loose, over-sized) Contents Note: Includes minutes and order of business |
1797-1832 |