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College of William and Mary

Bray Papers

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Negative photostats of papers, 1730-1817, of the Bray Associates, a division of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which was instrumental in providing libraries for the churches in America and setting up schools for the Christian education of free and enslaved Black children.

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Bray Papers 201.00 Linear Feet

Associates of Dr. Bray (Organization)

Negative photostats of papers, 1730-1817, of the Bray Associates, a division of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which was instrumental in providing libraries for the churches in America and setting up schools for the Christian education of free and enslaved Black children.

Catalogue of Books Supplied by Dr. Bray's Associates Box 1, Folder 1

12 photostat pages with lists of books, entitled "Catalogues of Books for Home and Foreign Libraries, AD 1753 to AD 1817." One list is headed "1760/61 Books sent to the Rev. Dr. Dawson at Williamsburg, Virginia....for the use of the negroe schools founded there..."

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