Isaac Backus papers (Ms.Backus)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
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| Related material: | RESOURCES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY Brown University has many works by Isaac Backus in its collections that may be located using the Library's Online Catalog (JOSIAH): Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806 There is a related collection of Isaac Backus papers in the Sidney S. Rider Collection on Rhode Island History. An important local Baptist clergyman and writer, Isaac Backus had deep connections to Brown University and its Baptist founders. Additional materials pertaining to Isaac Backus may be found in the early records of Brown University, of which Backus was a Trustee from 1765 until 1799. These include the Miscellaneous Papers concerning Rhode Island College, the Papers of James Manning, the Papers of Samuel Jones, and other manuscript collections found in the Brown University Archives: Miscellaneous Papers concerning Rhode Island College, 1763-1804 James Manning Papers Samuel Jones Papers Prof. William G. McLoughlin prepared an edited textual edition of Isaac Backus' diary, published by the Brown University Press in 1979, as well as textual editions of Backus' other writings. These can be found through JOSIAH. In addition, Prof. McLoughlin gave to the Brown University Library the working notes he compiled in the course of preparing his edition of the Backus diary: William Gerard McLoughlin Papers WEBSITES AND RESOURCES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS Related collections or materials at other institutions include: Isaac Backus Papers, MSS 273, Rhode Island Historical Society Isaac Backus' important arguments in favor of religious liberty and the separation of church and state are included in: Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, an online exhibition from the Library of Congress The Founder's Constitution, a website of documentary sources for the Constitution of the United States Religion & Liberty, an online publication of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty |
| Location/Existence of copies: | Digital facsimiles of items from this collection are available from within the online finding aid. |
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