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Rhode Island Bible Society Records
Records, 1813-1913 Size: 0.25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 922 Processed by: Rick Stattler, January 1999 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The Rhode Island Bible Society was founded in 1813. It was known alternately as the Bible Society of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Its mission was to distribute free Bibles to poor Rhode Islanders. Among the early leaders were Jabez Bowen (the first president), Moses Brown, his son Obadiah M. Brown (the first treasurer), and Moses Brown's son-in-law William Jenkins (the second treasurer).
Provenance:
The ledger was donated by the RIBS in 1920. The two minute books were placed on deposit by the RIBS in 1924. The loose papers were probably donated by John H. Wells in 1924.
Volume 1. Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1813-1851
Volume 2. Constitution and minutes of annual meeting, 1813-1884
Volume 3. Ledger, 1813-1913.
Mostly accounts with the treasurers and with the American Bible Society.
Folder 1. Memorandum, 1813-1816. One page of notes on the early days of the RIBS.
Folder 2. Treasurer's records, 1822-1829.
Accounts and correspondence kept by William Jenkins as treasurer of the RIBS.
Subjects:
Bible - Publication and Distribution - Rhode Island
Bible Society of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Jenkins, William (d.1846)
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