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    John Carter Brown

    Birth: 8-28-1797

    Death: 6-10-1874

    Nickname: Carter

Biography

Possibly found in 18330915BJS_WHS1. BJS has read Carters tour of Europe and finds WHS's more informative. 
John Carter Brown wrote a travel journal of his tour of Europe from 1823-1824. 
"He was born in 1797 to Nicholas Brown, Jr., the namesake patron of Brown University. Collecting American books in the mid-19th century, John Carter Brown amassed thousands of early American volumes. He was the first American to join the Hakluyt Society as a charter member in 1846. He fathered a son at age 64, John Nicholas Brown I (1861–1900) continued his father's collection and in his testament assigned funds for the library building. John Carter Brown died in 1874.[1]"

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Biography: 
Possibly found in 18330915BJS_WHS1. BJS has read Carters tour of Europe and finds WHS's more informative. John Carter Brown wrote a travel journal of his tour of Europe from 1823-1824. "He was born in 1797 to Nicholas Brown, Jr., the namesake patron of Brown University. Collecting American books in the mid-19th century, John Carter Brown amassed thousands of early American volumes. He was the first American to join the Hakluyt Society as a charter member in 1846. He fathered a son at age 64, John Nicholas Brown I (1861–1900) continued his father's collection and in his testament assigned funds for the library building. John Carter Brown died in 1874.[1]"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_Brown http://www.amazon.com/YOUNG-JOHN-CARTER-BROWN-EUROPE/dp/B00EOAOBZ2
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