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Tillinghast Papers
Formal title:
Tillinghast Family Business Records
Extent:
5.5 Linear Feet
Date range:
1747-1880 (1796-1840)
Abstract:
The Tillinghast family business records consist of correspondence, accounting records, ships' papers and business books documenting the maritime trade and other commercial activities of Providence sea captain and merchant, Joseph Tillinghast (1734 – 1816) and his son, William E. Tillinghast (1777-1817). The records also include documentation for the firm Gorton & Tillinghast, founded by Joseph Tillinghast and William E. Tillinghast with Benjamin E. Gorton (1765-1822). Other business ventures include real estate investments and involvement with the Potowomut Mill.
Repository:
John Carter Brown Library
Collection call no:
Ms. Tillinghast
Brown Family Business Records, Part Two
Formal title:
Brown Family Business Records, Part Two
Extent:
605 boxes
Date range:
1750-1890
Abstract:
This is Part Two of the Brown Family Business Papers, consisting solely of accounting records for each iteration of the Brown family business. For correspondence and maritime records, please refer to Part One of the finding aid.
Repository:
John Carter Brown Library
Collection call no:
BFBR02
(untitled)
Formal title:
Brown Family Business Records, Part One
Extent:
881 boxes
Date range:
1750-1900
Abstract:
This is the first half of the finding aid for the Brown Family Business Records. The aid is divided into three series: accounting (which is mostly preliminary; please see Part Two for more robust accounting records), correspondence, and Maritime and Shipping records.
Repository:
John Carter Brown Library
Collection call no:
BFBR01
Letters and documents relating to Samuel Winsor and Rhode Island Baptists
Formal title:
Letters and documents relating to Samuel Winsor and Rhode Island Baptists.
Extent:
50 item(s)
Date range:
1760-1802
Abstract:
Predominantly letters to Winsor; with other letters signed by him. Includes documents and records generated from church business and membership concerns. Also includes material about Winsor and his work as a Baptist minister.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 89.22
Newport Insurance Company records
Formal title:
Newport Insurance Company records
Extent:
12 oversized bound volumes and 2 folders
Date range:
1799-1835 (bulk 1799-1802)
Abstract:
This collection contains the business records of the Newport Insurance Company.
Repository:
Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:
MS-2012-1
Adams (George James) papers
Formal title:
George James Adams papers
Extent:
15 linear feet
Date range:
1795-1890
Abstract:
These papers span much of George James Adams’s long career as a textile manufacturer at various mills in Rhode Island and chief agent at the Narragansett Print Works. Included are personal, family, and business correspondence, invoices and receipts, inventories, payroll and supply lists, deeds and contracts, and photographs. A large set of letters are from Thomas P. Richmond, a banker of Bristol, Rhode Island, probably affiliated with the Bank of Bristol. They communicate Richmond’s strong abolitionist feelings and include descriptions of slave uprisings such as the insurrection on the ship La Amistad in 1839, meetings of abolitionist societies, etc. Also discussed are Richmond’s other interests, including phrenology, electricity, epidemiology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, and ships.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2010.021
Rodney (Thomas) papers
Formal title:
Thomas Rodney papers
Extent:
0.5 linear feet (103 items)
Date range:
circa 1774-1810
Abstract:
Personal papers and records of Thomas Rodney, including letters, essays, notes on court cases in Mississippi and Delaware (1791 to 1810), a journal about personal matters and Delaware politics (1792-1800), and manuscript poetry.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Rodney
Prices Current
Formal title:
Prices Current Collection
Extent:
9 folders
Date range:
1766-1825
Abstract:
Repository:
John Carter Brown Library
Collection call no:
MD2.1-9
Rhode Island Manuscripts Collection
Formal title:
Rhode Island Manuscripts Collection
Extent:
.5 linear feet
Date range:
1723-1939
Abstract:
The Rhode Island Manuscript Collection contains papers having to do with, or related to, the state of Rhode Island. This can include documents related to the governance of the state, and personal manuscripts owned or created by residents, businesses and organizations of Rhode Island.
Repository:
Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:
MSS010
John Brown Papers
Formal title:
John Brown Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1743-1829
Abstract:
John Brown (1736-1803) was born in Providence, R.I., the fourth son of merchant James Brown II (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Brown (1702-1792). He began his working life in partnership with his three brothers (Nicholas, Joseph and Moses) and his uncle as Obadiah Brown & Co., a mercantile firm that traded in rum, slaves, molasses and other goods. The firm was renamed Nicholas Brown & Co. after the death of Obadiah in 1762.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 312

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