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Formal title:
Papers of James Brown (1761-1834)
Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Date range:
1773-1834
Abstract:
The personal papers of James Brown, the son of John (1736-1803) and Sarah (Smith) Brown (1738-1825), who was born on September 22, 1761 and died December 12, 1834.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 310
Formal title:
The Records of James Browne
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1742-1743
Abstract:
James Browne, born in 1724 to James (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Browne (1702-1792) of Providence, took up the family business of trading to the Caribbean. This collection consists of two cyphering and navigation books, dated 1743. The first, dated from January to February 1742/3, is a primer of Geometry and Trigonometry, which also contains lessons in Plain Sailing and Mercators Sailing. The second volume, dating from February 1742/3 to April 1743, is lessons in Mercator’s Sailing, Latitude, and Traverse Sailing, and ends with the day to day journal of his voyage to the island of Barbados in 1742/3.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 948

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