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PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Brown University. 



Address. Providence, R. I. President: W. H. P. Faunce. 



History. Chartered in 1764 as the "College or University in the English 



colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England 



in America" (called Rhode Island College). Opened at Warren, R. I. ; 



moved to Providence and first building erected in 1770. Present name 



adopted in 1804. 



Ref.: Early history of Brown University, by R. A. Guild, Providence, 1897. 

 History of Brown University, by R. A. Guild, Providence, 1867. 

 History of higher education in Rhode Island, by W. H. Tolman. Wash- 

 ington, 1894. 8. p. 93-199- (U. S. Bureau of education. Circular of 

 information, no. I, 1894.) Brief history of Brown University, 1764-1901. 

 Providence, 1902. (Reprinted from the Annual catalogue.) 

 Publications. 

 Contributions from the Anatomical laboratory, v. 1-4. Providence, 



1898-1905. 8. 



Papers from the Historical seminary . . . I-X. Providence, R. I. 

 1894-99. 8. 



Mainly reprints. No more published. 

 Distribution. Obtainable, if at all, by application to the departments. 



Brown university bibliography, 1756-1898. Providence, 1898. 8. 

 Historical catalogue . . . 1764-1904. Providence, 1905. 8. $i. 



Club for Colonial Reprints. 



Address. P. O. Box 1275, Providence, R. I. 

 History. Formed in 1903. 5 members. 

 Publications. 



ist-3d publication . . . Providence, 1903-06. 8. 



Contents: no. I. The fourth paper presented by Major Butler, with other 

 papers, ed. and pub. by Roger Williams in London, 1652; with an in- 

 troduction and notes by C. S. Brigham. 1903. no. 2. Boston in 1682 and 

 1699 ; A trip to New England, by Edward Ward, and A letter from New 

 England, by J. W. Reprinted with an introduction and notes, by G. P. 

 Winship. 1905. no. 3. The American village, by Philip Freneau. 1906. 

 Distribution. Each edition 100 copies, 25 for club members, and 75 for sale. 



Roger Williams Park Museum. 



Address. Providence, R. I. Curator: C. Abbott Davis. 

 Publications. 

 MONOGRAPH, no. I-XVII. Providence, 1904-07. 8. 



1st editions of earlier numbers entitled Bulletin. 

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