Author: Brown University

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-05

Total Pages: 910

ISBN-13: 9780260370303

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Excerpt from Brown University Historical Catalogue, 1764-1904 In 1762 the Philadelphia Baptist Association, in view of the disabilities attaching to Baptist students in most of the existing American colleges, welcomed a proposal offered by the Rev. Morgan Edwards, a clergyman of Welsh birth, at that time pastor of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, to found in Rhode Island a college that Should be under the control of their own denomination. James Manning, who had just been graduated from Princeton, was appointed by the Association as its agent to establish a seminary of polite literature subject to the government of the Baptists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Brown University Historical Catalogue, 1764-1904 (Classic Reprint) written by Brown University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Brown University Historical Catalogue, 1764-1904 In 1762 the Philadelphia Baptist Association, in view of the disabilities attaching to Baptist students in most of the existing American colleges, welcomed a proposal offered by the Rev. Morgan Edwards, a clergyman of Welsh birth, at that time pastor of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, to found in Rhode Island a college that Should be under the control of their own denomination. James Manning, who had just been graduated from Princeton, was appointed by the Association as its agent to establish a seminary of polite literature subject to the government of the Baptists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.