. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . mes Brown, an elder brother ofDeputy Governor Elisha Brown, isbest remembered by his four sons,Nicholas, Joseph, John and Moses,who in the Providence annals areknown as the Four Brothers. A 260 The Granite Monthly brief notice of each may be of interest,so is here given. Nicholas was left an orphan at theage of ten years, and the youngest,Moses, was but seven months old whenhis father died, 27 April, 1739; butthey had a remarkable mother, whobrought the boys up to be staunchBaptists and keen b
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . mes Brown, an elder brother ofDeputy Governor Elisha Brown, isbest remembered by his four sons,Nicholas, Joseph, John and Moses,who in the Providence annals areknown as the Four Brothers. A 260 The Granite Monthly brief notice of each may be of interest,so is here given. Nicholas was left an orphan at theage of ten years, and the youngest,Moses, was but seven months old whenhis father died, 27 April, 1739; butthey had a remarkable mother, whobrought the boys up to be staunchBaptists and keen business followed mercantile pursuitsand thereby acquired a very amplefortune. He was liberal with his two years of his life he was Professorof Natural Philosophy, serving with-out pay. John Brown, the third brother, wasthe most energetic of the four andbecame the wealthiest of them all,and it is said that he was the firstmerchant in Rhode Island to carrytrade to China and the East was a leader in the party thatdestroyed the British sloop-of-warGaspee in Narragansett Bay, on. A Side View of Mr. Browns Hall wealth and a generous benefactor ofRhode Island College. Joseph Brown, second of the fourbrothers, was likewise engaged inbusiness and in manufacturing andacquired sufficient wealth to permithim to follow his natural taste forscience. He became an expert inthe knowledge of electricity. He wasalso proficient in astronomy. He wasa warm friend of Rhode Island College,of which he was one of the trusteesfor several years, and during the last 17 June, 1772, and was sent in ironsto Boston on suspicion of having beenconcerned in that affair, but he wasreleased through the efforts of hisbrother, the Quaker member of thefamily. Anticipating the war of theRevolution, he instructed the cap-tains of his ships to freight theirvessels on their return voyages withpowder, so when the war began atLexington and Concord, and the battleof Bunker Hill had been fought, andWash
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