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View of the COLLEGE in Providence, together with the PRESIDENT’S HOUSE & GARDENS," which was drawn by David Leonard 1792 and engraved by Samuel Hill of Boston.Campus
Solomon Drowne came back to Providence in 1792, but soon moved on to Union, Pennsylvania, and Morgantown, West Virginia.Drowne, Solomon
In 1792 the Corporation authorized the president to employ one of the students to ring the bell and to allow him tuition and room rent.Financial aid
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
In 1852 John Hay went to the college at Springfield, and in 1855 was sent to Brown, where his grandfather David Augustus Leonard had graduated in 1792.Hay, John
Upon the death of James Manning, Howell served as president "ad interim" until the election of Jonathan Maxcy in 1792.Howell, David
In September 1792 Jonathan Maxcy was elected president "pro tempore," being given a trial period because of his youth.Maxcy, Jonathan
Asa Messer was also librarian from 1792 to 1799.Messer, Asa
Asa Messer was licensed to preach by the First Baptist Church in Providence in 1792 and ordained in 1801, but was never a pastor.Messer, Asa
From 1783 to 1792 the Grammar School was conducted by William Wilkinson, first in the College Edifice until 1786, and thereafter again in the Brick School House.University Grammar School
New windows with small panes were installed, as were new chimneys, exact copies made of hand-moulded brick to simulate the chimneys shown in the print of the College Edifice which was produced in the 1790s from a drawing by David Leonard 1792.University Hall
When the modern cupola was removed, remnants of the eight-sided original cupola were revealed, with the names of two former students and their classes, "Amos Hopkins 1792" and "Henry D’Wolfe 1803," carved on one of its uprights.University Hall