Dartmouth College. Office of the President, Francis Brown, 1784-1820
Dates
- Existence: 1784 - 1820
- Usage: 1784 - 1820
Biography
Francis Brown, (born January 11, 1784, Chester, NH. [U.S.] – died July 27, 1820, Hanover, NH. [U.S.]), graduated from Dartmouth College in 1805 and from 1806-1809 held tutorship there. Brown served as the College’s third president.
Brown was removed from his presidency at the college as part of the actions that resulted in the Dartmouth College case but was reinstated following the 1819 decision in favor of the college.
Brown, a pastor from Yarmouth, Maine, presided over Dartmouth College during the famous Supreme Court hearing of the Trustees of Dartmouth College v. William H. Woodward or more commonly called the Dartmouth College Case.
Under the leadership of President Brown, the Trustees resisted the effort, and the case for Dartmouth was argued by Daniel Webster before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1818.
While the outcome was a tremendous victor for Dartmouth, the turmoil of the four-year legal battle left the college in perilous financial condition and took its toll on the health of President Brown. His condition steadily deteriorating, the Trustees made provisions, in 1819, for “the senior professors… to perform all the public duties pertaining to the Office of President of the College” in the event of his disability. Francis Brown died in July 1820 at the age of 36.
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letter
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Francis Brown letters
Papers of Francis Brown prior to his assuming the Presidency of Dartmouth College in 1815, primarily correspondence with Dartmouth-related people concerning religious issues and the College.
Francis Brown letters
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Francis Brown letters
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Francis Brown power of attorney
Francis Brown in Hanover, New Hampshire, giving power of attorney to Benjamin J. Gilbert.
Francis Brown system of plane trigonometry
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Hordis Bellows letter
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James Ripley Wheelock certificate
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Jeremiah Mason letter
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John Codman letter
Letter from John Codman of Dorchester to Roswell Shurtleff in Hanover, telling him about the method to be employed by the executors of President Brown to collect his bill against the Society in Scotland.
John Holmes letter
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Josiah Quincy letter
Letter from Josiah Quincy in Boston to Francis Brown in Hanover, transmitting, as corresponding secretary for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a volume of its "Memoirs" for the Dartmouth College Library.
J.W. Morse letter
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Rev. J. Codman letter
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