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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

Formal title:: Nathan Fellows Dixon Family papers
Extent:: 6.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1721-1938 (bulk 1825-1900)
Abstract:: The Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers consist of letters, legal documents, personal and political memorabilia and photographs relating to the Dixon Family of Westerly, Rhode Island. The bulk of the papers date from 1825 to 1900, with some pre-Revolutionary as well as twentieth-century documents included. The majority represent the domestic and political lives of three generations of men named Nathan Fellows Dixon, all of whom served in the United States Congress.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.04

Formal title:: Thomas Wilson Dorr Papers
Extent:: 600 items
Date range:: 1790-1897 (bulk 1826-1854)
Abstract:: The Dorr Papers consist of approximately 600 letters, speeches, notes, drafts, pamphlets, clippings and other items for the period 1826-1854. Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854) was the central figure in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842. The papers include material pertaining to the equal suffrage movement, electoral politics, legislative apportionment, state militia, banking, and the adoption of a state constitution in Rhode Island.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Dorr

Drowne family papers

Formal title:: Drowne family papers
Extent:: 10 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1728-1936 (1750-1885)
Abstract:: The Drowne family papers encompass the correspondence and documents of several generations of an old and distinguished Rhode Island family, with the bulk of the materials consisting of writings and other materials pertaining to the life of Solomon Drowne, M.D. (1753-1834).
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Drowne

Formal title:: Federal Adelphi Society records
Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 letter-size and 1 legal-size Hollinger document cases)
Date range:: 1796-1833
Abstract:: The Federal Adelphi Society records contain records and correspondence of the organization.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: MS-1Q-F1

Fenner (Edward) papers

Formal title:: Edward Fenner papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1724-1802
Abstract:: The Edward Fenner papers consist of correspondence, family records, deeds, accounts, receipts, orders, invoices, and other documents relating to Fenner's family background, his life and his service on the Town Council of Johnston, Rhode Island during the latter half of the eighteenth century.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Fenner

Formal title:: Frost Currency collection
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1751-1929
Abstract:: This collection contains examples of 26 bank notes issued in Rhode Island between 1775-1929, one bank note issued in Delaware in 1759, and 5 documents related to the history of 18th century Rhode Island.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.031

Formal title:: Rush Hawkins collection
Extent:: 71 linear feet
Date range:: 1750-1951 (1830-1917)
Abstract:: The Rush Hawkins collection (1750-1951(bulk 1830-1917)) contains personal, family, financial, and military correspondence and documents; photographs; and a variety of museum objects ranging from dinnerware and household items to clothing and personal accessories belonging to the Hawkins and Brown families. Most of the collection reflects the life and interests of Hawkins himself, with some items related to his wife Annmary Brown Hawkins and her family. Included in the papers are two significant sub-collections of correspondence: a collection of antebellum historical letters and documents from earlier generations of the Brown family, as well as individual letters from Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Greene, Edgar Allan Poe, and Napoleon I; and a collection of Civil War-related correspondence and documents that contains records of Hawkins' Zouaves and much Confederate material, including a subseries of Jefferson Davis's communications to the Senate of the Confederate States.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2006.05

Jones (Samuel) papers

Formal title:: Samuel Jones papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1760-1794
Abstract:: These papers consist primarily of correspondence from James Manning, first president of Brown University, discussing issues relating to the founding of the college, such as fundraising, the charter, and the use of University Hall as barracks by the United States government during the American Revolutionary War.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1E.2

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

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