Brown, Joseph [Manning, James] to Viomenil, Antoine Charles de Roux : 1782 Dec 12

Copy of letter. The letter, though sent in the name of Joseph Brown, was probably composed by Manning. It solicits the General's aid in diverting to Rhode Island College the offer of a library of 2000 volumes and a professorship in French which had been made by the French king to Yale College and which that institution had declined.Rough draft of letter sent by Chevalier Chatterlein. Copy of letter. The letter, though sent in the name of Joseph Brown, was probably composed by Manning. It solicits the General's aid in diverting to Rhode Island College the offer of a library of 2000 volumes and a professorship in French which had been made by the French king to Yale College and which that institution had declined.Rough draft of letter sent by Chevalier Chatterlein.