Author : Brown University
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332085736
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (857 download)
Book Synopsis Sketch by : Brown University
Download or read book Sketch written by Brown University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketch: Of the History and the Present Organization of Brown University This Institution, which was founded in 1764, owes its origin to the desire of the Baptists in the American Colonies to secure for members of their denomination a liberal education, without subjection to any sectarian tests. At the suggestion of the Rev. Morgan Edwards, the Pastor of the First Baptist church in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Baptist Association, in the year 1762, resolved to establish a College in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, where Roger Williams had first recognized the principle, and enjoyed the blessings of soul liberty; and where, "because the legislature was chiefly in the hands of the Baptists, was therefore the likeliest place to have a Baptist College established by law." The Rev. James Manning, a graduate of the College of New Jersey, was commissioned by them to travel through the Northern Colonies, for the purpose of furthering this project. In the year 1763, Mr. Manning visited Newport, then the most flourishing commercial town of the Colony of Rhode Island. 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.
