Brown University Corporation to Manning, James and Miller, Nathan : 1786 Sep 9

Instructing the R.I. delegates in Congress (James Manning and Nathan Miller) to bring to the attention of Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, the address of the Corporation to the King, expressing hope that the liberality which the King had extended to Yale and which the latter had declined may be transferred to R.I. College. Signed by David Howell, Benjamin Waterhouse, and Solomon Drown. Instructing the R.I. delegates in Congress (James Manning and Nathan Miller) to bring to the attention of Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, the address of the Corporation to the King, expressing hope that the liberality which the King had extended to Yale and which the latter had declined may be transferred to R.I. College. Signed by David Howell, Benjamin Waterhouse, and Solomon Drown.