Ambassadors and ministers to foreign countries have included Brown men since the early nineteenth century, among them: Jonathan Russell 1791, ambassador to Sweden and Norway; Henry Wheaton1802, minister to Prussia; Christopher Robinson 1825, minister to Peru; George Van Ness Lothrop 1838, minister to Russia; Lewis Richmond 1842, minister to Portugal; Samuel Sullivan Cox 1846, minister to Turkey; James Burrill Angell1849, minister to China and Turkey; John Hay1858, ambassador to Great Britain; John Meredith Read 1858, minister to Greece; Frederick M. Sackett 1890, ambassador to Germany; Leland Howard Littlefield 1892, ambassador to Great Britain; Noble B. Judah ’04, ambassador to Cuba; Ely E. Palmer ’08, ambassador to Afghanistan; Roy Tasco Davis ’10, minister to Guatemala and Costa Rica, and Panama; Warren Randolph Burgess ’12, ambassador to NATO; Dana Gardner Munro ’12, minister to Haiti; Willard L. Beaulac ’20, ambassador to Paraguay, Columbia, Cuba, Chile, and Argentina; John J. Muccio ’21, ambassador to Korea, Iceland, and Guatemala; Will Mercer Cook A.M.’31, ambassador to Niger and Senegal; Clinton E. Knox A.M.’31, ambassador to Dahomey; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37, ambassador to the U.S.S.R.; Taylor G. Belcher ’41, ambassador to Cyprus; William H. Sullivan ’43, ambassador to Laos; and Nathaniel Davis ’46, ambassador to Guatemala.Ambassadors and ministers
In 1791, John and Moses founded the Providence Bank.Brown family
A number of the Brown family attended the University, among them Nicholas Brown 1786, for whom the college was named in 1804, and his brother, Moses Brown 1790, who died in 1791.Brown family
They were the sons of Nicholas Brown, 1729-1791, treasurer, builder and benefactor of the College.Brown family
Later annotations of the names of student actors indicate that "The Cheats of Scapin" was also performed sometime in 1791-92 and again by the Class of 1805 in the third term of 1803.Dramatics
Other Brown presidents who served as pastor were Jonathan Maxcy, who served for one year, 1791-1792, resigning when he became president of the college, and Francis Wayland, who was acting pastor from March 1857 to June 1858.First Baptist Church
On August 1, 1791, four days after the death of Manning, Fobes was requested by the Corporation to "attend the College from this time ’till Commencement to supervise the instruction of the Students & perform prayers &c." The efficacy of his prayer is recorded in "The Ministry of Taunton" by Samuel Hopkins Emery: Fobes allowed the College the benefit of the scientific apparatus which he owned while he was a professor, and on resigning in 1798 left behind the instruments, for the use of which the College paid him fifty dollars a year.Fobes, Perez
James Manning (1738-1791), first president of Brown University, was born October 22, 1738 in Piscataway, New Jersey, the son of James and Grace (Fitz-Randolph) Manning.Manning, James
After Manning’s death on July 29, 1791, Jonathan Maxcy was requested by the Corporation at the annual meeting in September "as often as he conveniently can without interfering with his duties as Pastor of the Church he serves to attend & accasionly (sic) Lecture on Sundays Morning & Eveng.Maxcy, Jonathan
Asa Messer was named tutor in the College in 1791, professor of learned languages in 1796, and professor of natural philosophy in 1799.Messer, Asa
Through the years misconceptions about the history of the chair have arisen, including a popular story that it was President Manning’s chair, given to him by Hopkins, and left to the College by Manning in 1791.President’s chair
Benjamin Waterhouse continued in this position until 1791, and prior to 1788 delivered the first course of lectures on the subject of natural history in the United States at the State House in Providence.Waterhouse, Benjamin