John Carter
BROWN
Born
28 August 1797
,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died
11 June 1874
,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Born: 28 August 1797 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Father:
Nicholas BROWN
Mother:
Ann CARTER
Paternal grandparents:
Nicholas BROWN
, Rhoda Scott JENCKES
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John Carter married Sophia Augusta BROWN 24 June 1859 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophia Augusta BROWN was born 29 October 1825 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Sophia Augusta died 28 February 1909 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
John Carter BROWN died 11 June 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
m. Sophia Augusta Browne, 24 June 1859 in Providence, Rhode Island
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Recorded occupation: Book collector
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John Carter BROWN married 
Sophia Augusta BROWN
Marriage date: 24 June 1859
Marriage place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Sophia Augusta BROWNMarriage date: 24 June 1859
Marriage place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Children of John Carter BROWN and Sophia Augusta BROWN
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Birth — 179728 August 1797
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1859 Marriage / PartnerJohn Carter BROWN and Sophia Augusta BROWN 24 June 1859, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
He was 61 years old.
1861 Birth of ChildJohn Nicholas BROWN was born 17 December 1861, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
John Carter was 64 years old.
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Death — 187411 June 1874
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 76.
 as we know it today came into being when it opened its doors to the scholarly world (in 1904) as an independently funded and autonomously administered institution for advanced research, situated within an ornate neo-classical building on a bucolic corner of the Brown University campus...
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John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
John Carter Brown’s famed Americana collection was initially formed in 1846 through a series of three spectacular purchases – in February, June, and November of that year – that made the Brown family residence on Benefit Street the site of a monument to American history writ large...
The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) as we know it today came into being when it opened its doors to the scholarly world (in 1904) as an independently funded and autonomously administered institution for advanced research, situated within an ornate neo-classical building on a bucolic corner of the Brown University campus...
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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
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