http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=John_Brown&feed=atom&action=historyJohn Brown - Revision history2024-03-28T20:46:13ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.5http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=John_Brown&diff=49134&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 16:03, 13 March 20162016-03-13T16:03:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the winter of 1780, Brown attended [[George Wythe|George Wythe’s]] law lectures at William & Mary, despite financial difficulties that led him to drop other courses. <ref>"Glimpses of Old College Life," ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 2 (October 1900), 76.</ref> While at the school, Brown participated in Wythe’s newly created moot court and moot legislature, finding that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“</del>[t]hese exercises serve not only as the best amusements after severer studies, but are very useful & attended with many important advantages.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” </del><ref>Ibid., 80</ref> At William & Mary, he was also a member of the parent chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.<ref>Tyler, "Glimpses of Old College Life," 19.</ref<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><br /</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the winter of 1780, Brown attended [[George Wythe|George Wythe’s]] law lectures at William & Mary, despite financial difficulties that led him to drop other courses. <ref>"Glimpses of Old College Life," ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 2 (October 1900), 76.</ref> While at the school, Brown participated in Wythe’s newly created moot court and moot legislature, finding that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>[t]hese exercises serve not only as the best amusements after severer studies, but are very useful & attended with many important advantages.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins><ref>Ibid., 80</ref> At William & Mary, he was also a member of the parent chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.<ref>Tyler, "Glimpses of Old College Life," 19.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After completing his education, Brown settled in Kentucky in 1782 and became one of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">state’s </del>preeminent leaders and a leading statehood proponent.<ref>Coulter, "John Brown," 131.</ref> In 1787, he had discussions with Spain in which the Spanish minister agreed to provide Kentucky free navigation of the Mississippi if Kentucky became independent of the United States.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Nevertheless, in 1787, Brown represented Kentucky in the Virginia legislature and the following year was elected a delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He was also elected a delegate to the Virginia Convention where his Jeffersonian leanings led him to vote against ratifying the federal Constitution.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1792, when Kentucky entered the Union, Brown became a United States Senator for the new state, a position he held until 1805.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Brown died in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1837.<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ibid</del>.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After completing his education, Brown settled in Kentucky in 1782 and became one of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">state's </ins>preeminent leaders and a leading statehood proponent.<ref>Coulter, "John Brown," 131.</ref> In 1787, he had discussions with Spain in which the Spanish minister agreed to provide Kentucky free navigation of the Mississippi if Kentucky became independent of the United States.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Nevertheless, in 1787, Brown represented Kentucky in the Virginia legislature and the following year was elected a delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He was also elected a delegate to the Virginia Convention where his Jeffersonian leanings led him to vote against ratifying the federal Constitution.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1792, when Kentucky entered the Union, Brown became a United States Senator for the new state, a position he held until 1805.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Brown died <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in his home </ins>in Frankfort, Kentucky<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>in 1837.<ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lewis Collins, [https://books.google.com/books?id=XFlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308 ''Historical Sketches of Kentucky''] (Cincinnati, OH: J.A. & U.P. James, 1848), 308-309</ins>.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>John Brown, 1757-1837, Kentucky statesman, was born in Staunton, Virginia.<ref>Ellis Merton Coulter, "John Brown" in ''Dictionary of American Biography'' ed. Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958), 2, pt.1:130.</ref> He was the brother of James Brown, United States Senator for Louisiana, and related to the Clay and Breckinridge families.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Brown’s father, a distinguished Presbyterian minister, provided his early education.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "Glimpses of Old College Life," ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 1 (July 1900): 19.</ref> Brown attended Princeton College, but his education was interrupted when the school closed due to the hostilities of the American Revolution.<ref>Ibid.</ref>  He joined Washington’s forces and later served under Lafayette.<ref>Ellis Merton Coulter, "John Brown," 131.</ref> After his service, Brown resumed his education at William & Mary.<ref>Ibid.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the winter of 1780, Brown attended [[George Wythe|George Wythe’s]] law lectures at William & Mary, despite financial difficulties that led him to drop other courses. <ref>"Glimpses of Old College Life," ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 2 (October 1900), 76.</ref> While at the school, Brown participated in Wythe’s newly created moot court and moot legislature, finding that “[t]hese exercises serve not only as the best amusements after severer studies, but are very useful & attended with many important advantages.” <ref>Ibid., 80</ref> At William & Mary, he was also a member of the parent chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.<ref>Tyler, "Glimpses of Old College Life," 19.</ref><br /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the winter of 1780, Brown attended [[George Wythe|George Wythe’s]] law lectures at William & Mary, despite financial difficulties that led him to drop other courses. <ref>"Glimpses of Old College Life," ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 2 (October 1900), 76.</ref> While at the school, Brown participated in Wythe’s newly created moot court and moot legislature, finding that “[t]hese exercises serve not only as the best amusements after severer studies, but are very useful & attended with many important advantages.” <ref>Ibid., 80</ref> At William & Mary, he was also a member of the parent chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.<ref>Tyler, "Glimpses of Old College Life," 19.</ref><br /></div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>John Brown, 1757-1837, Kentucky statesman, was born in Staunton, Virginia.<ref>Ellis Merton Coulter, "John Brown" in vol. II, part 1 of ''Dictionary of American Biography'' ed. Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958),130.</ref> He was brother to James Brown, United States Senator for Louisiana, and related to the Clay and Breckinridge families.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Brown’s father, a distinguished Presbyterian minister, provided his early education.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, “Glimpses of Old College Life,” ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 1 (July 1900), 19.</ref> John attended Princeton College, but his education was interrupted when the school closed due to the hostilities of the American Revolution.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He joined Washington’s forces and later served under Lafayette.<ref>Ellis Merton Coulter, “John Brown,” 131.</ref> After his service, Brown resumed his education at William & Mary.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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In the winter of 1780, Brown attended George Wythe’s law lectures at William & Mary, despite financial difficulties that led him to drop other courses. <ref>”Glimpses of Old College Life,” ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 2 (October 1900), 76.</ref> While at the school, Brown participated in Wythe’s newly created moot court and moot legislature, finding that “[t]hese exercises serve not only as the best amusements after severer studies, but are very useful & attended with many important advantages.” <ref>Ibid., 80</ref> At William & Mary, he was also a member of the parent chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.<ref>”Glimpses of Old College Life” ''William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine'' 9, no. 1 (July 1900), 19.</ref><br /><br />
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After completing his education, Brown settled in Kentucky in 1782 and became one of the state’s preeminent leaders and a leading statehood proponent.<ref>Ellis Merton Coulter, “John Brown,” 131.</ref> At times, Brown’s support of Kentucky exceeded his loyalty to the United States.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1787, he had discussions with Spain in which the Spanish minister agreed to provide Kentucky free navigation of the Mississippi if Kentucky became independent of the United States.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Nevertheless, in 1787, Brown represented Kentucky in the Virginia legislature and the following year was elected a delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He was also elected a delegate to the Virginia convention where his Jeffersonian leanings led him to vote against ratifying the Federal Constitution.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1792, when Kentucky entered the Union, Brown became a United States Senator for the new state, a position he held until 1805.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Although Brown was on close terms with each of the first five presidents, he remained, throughout his life, an ardent supporter of Thomas Jefferson.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He died in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1837.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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