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Excerpt from Wikipedia entry: "Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown D.D. (June 16, 1810 – June 20, 1880) was an American missionary to China and Japan with the Reformed Church in America. After nine years' service, his wife's health failing, Brown returned to the United States and became a pastor at Sand Beach Church and teacher of boys at Owasco Outlet, near Auburn (1851–59). He worked for the formation of a college for women, which was situated first in Auburn and then in Elmira, New York and now known as Elmira College.[1] Brown was responsible for sponsoring Yung Wing (1828-1912); the first Chinese student to graduate from a U.S. university, graduating from Yale College in 1854.[1]
  • Frances Miller Seward discusses sending her son, William H. Seward, Jr., to Mr. Brown's school in a letter dated October 20, 1851 to her eldest son, Augustus.
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    Excerpt from Wikipedia entry: "Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown D.D. (June 16, 1810 – June 20, 1880) was an American missionary to China and Japan with the Reformed Church in America. After nine years' service, his wife's health failing, Brown returned to the United States and became a pastor at Sand Beach Church and teacher of boys at Owasco Outlet, near Auburn (1851–59). He worked for the formation of a college for women, which was situated first in Auburn and then in Elmira, New York and now known as Elmira College.[1] Brown was responsible for sponsoring Yung Wing (1828-1912); the first Chinese student to graduate from a U.S. university, graduating from Yale College in 1854.[1]
  • Frances Miller Seward discusses sending her son, William H. Seward, Jr., to Mr. Brown's school in a letter dated October 20, 1851 to her eldest son, Augustus.
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    Website
    Citation URL: 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Robbins_Brown
    Title of Webpage: 
    Wikipedia - "Samuel Robbins Brown"
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    Citation for Birth Info:
    Citation Type: 
    Book or Book Chapter
    Book or Monograph Title: 
    A maker of the new Orient : Samuel Robbins Brown, pioneer educator in China, America, and Japan : the story of his life and work
    Author(s) or Editor(s): 
    William Elliot Griffis
    Publisher Location: 
    New York
    Publisher Name: 
    F.H. Revell
    Year: 
    1902
    Start Page: 
    16
    Citation Notes: 
    https://archive.org/stream/makerofneworient00grif#page/16
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    Citation Type: 
    Website
    Citation URL: 
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58499367/samuel-robbins-brown
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    Find-A-Grave
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