Jasper Adams served as chaplain and professor of geography, history, and ethics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1838 to 1840, and then had charge of a seminary in Pendleton, S. C. for a brief time before his death on October 25, 1841.Adams, Jasper
The Commissioners of the Dexter Donation reported in 1840, "The whole length of the wall is six thousand two hundred and twenty and one-half feet, and contains seven thousand eight hundred and forty cords of stone.Aldrich-Dexter Field
In support of the working man, Allen was instrumental in the founding of the first free evening school in New England in 1840, and in the establishment of the Providence Association of Manufacturers and Mechanics.Allen, Zachariah
The textbooks used were the works of John Gummere and Sir John F. W. Herschel, and after 1840 William Augustus Norton’s treatise on astronomy.Astronomy
James R. Boise spent the year 1837-38 teaching at the academy in Suffield, Connecticut, and graduated from Brown with the class of 1840.Boise, James R.
In 1840, after the building of Rhode Island Hall, gravel walks were laid out and the poplars were removed and replaced by elms.Campus
Samuel Willard Bridgham 1794 (1828-1840) was the first graduate to be named Chancellor.Chancellors
When Rhode Island Hall was built in 1840 to accommstudies, the first chemical laboratory was housed in the basement.Chemistry
In 1840-41 Chace gave lectures on chemistry which were open to the public in Rhode Island Hall.Chemistry
In 1840 John D’Wolf was appointed professor of chemistry at the McDowell Medical College in St. Louis, where he taught until 1844, still returning to Bristol in the summers.D’Wolf, John
Alpha Delta Phi established a chapter in 1836, followed by Delta Phi in 1838 and Psi Upsilon in 1840.Fraternities
Delta Phi (Beta chapter) was established in 1838, when an application of Jonas D. Sleeper 1840 and Edwin C. Larned 1840 for a chapter at Brown was granted by the first chapter at Union College, which had not approved any other extension of the fraternity since its founding in 1827.Fraternities
Psi Upsilon (Sigma chapter) was established in 1840, the third fraternity at Brown, The early members met of President Wayland’s objection to the secrecy of the organization by electing him to honorary membership.Fraternities
Reuben A. Guild was brought up as a Unitarian, but in April 1840 he was baptized by the Reverend Baron Stow and received as a member of the Baldwin Place Baptist Church in Boston.Guild, Reuben A.
Charles C. Jewett graduated from Andover in 1840, and, intending to be a missionary in the East, was about to embark for foreign study and research, but he missed his ship’s sailing and settled for taking charge of Day’s Academy in Wrentham, Massachusetts, for a year.Jewett, Charles C.
The first of the long-term librarians was Horatio Gates Bowen from 1824 to 1840, who was followed by Charles C. Jewett from 1842 to 1848, Reuben A.Library
In 1840, Van Buren appointed Marcy one of the commissioners under the convention with Mexico for the adjustment of claims.Marcy, William L.
In 1840 a new president’s house was erected on land donated by Nicholas Brown at the corner of Prospect and College Street (the present site of the John HayLibrary) at a cost of $7000, which had been raised by subscription along with the funds for the building of Rhode Island Hall.President’s House
It was opened for public inspection on September 3, 1840 and dedicated on the following day, with an address written by Professor William G. Goddard, but read by Nathan B. Crocker because of Goddard’s illness, entitled "The Social Influence of the Higher Institutions of Learning."Rhode Island Hall
In 1840 Francis Wayland visited England, Scotland, and France to study education abroad, and in 1842 wrote "Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States," urging changes in higher education.Wayland, Francis