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John Pitman 1799, and celebrated at dinner.Associated Alumni
Walter C. Bronson's mother was the daughter of Jeremiah Chaplin 1799, the first president of Waterville (Colby) College.Bronson, Walter C.
In 1799, the Providence Insurance Company was founded, at the initiative of the Browns."Brown family
His ticket won him two thousand dollars and opportunity to read law full time until Tristam Burges was admitted to the bar in Rhode Island in 1799 at the age of twenty-nine.Burges, Tristam
One by Clarissa Daggett done in November 1799 is of University Hall only.Campus
Alexis Caswell (1799-1877), sixth president of Brown University, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on January 29, 1799, with his twin brother Alvaris.Caswell, Alexis
Six graduates have been president of Colby College; Jeremiah Chaplin 1799, Rufus Babcock 1821, Eliphaz Fay 1821, James Tifft Champlin 1834, Charles Lincoln White 1887, and Benaiah Longley Whitman 1887.College and University Presidents
In 1799 he purchased land in Foster, and in 1801 his old friend Solomon Drowne 1773 purchased an adjoining farm, and the two of them settled in the country in search of a quiet and studious life.Foster, Theodore
The professors of mathematics during the first hundred years included Benjamin West, who lectured from 1786 to 1798, Asa Messer whose title was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy from 1799 to 1802 and who continued to teach after becoming president in 1802, Jasper Adams from 1819 to 1824, Alva Woods from 1824 to 1828, Alexis Caswell from 1828 to 1863, and Samuel Stillman Greene from 1855 to 1864.Mathematics
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
Asa Messer was also librarian from 1792 to 1799.Messer, Asa
The first meeting of the Rhode Island branch was held on July 3, 1799, the last recorded meeting in November of 1810.Philandrian Society
At some time the school was established and Jeremiah Chaplin 1799, later president of Waterville College, was engaged as master.University Grammar School