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Although the Brown family had been acquiring books since early in the eighteenth century, the present collection was not fully launched until the mid-nineteenth century when John Carter Brown (1797â1874) began avid pursuit of
Americana, an area of interest he termed "the Great Subject." His son, John
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Nicholas Brown II (1900â1979) was born February 21, 1900. Two months later, his father John Nicholas Brown I died of typhoid fever, followed shortly by the unexpected death of his uncle Harold Brown. Thus, as an infant JNB became heir of his family's fortune and was dubbed by the public the
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378:. Both Harold and his brother willed their estates to his nephew, who became the heir of his family's fortune and was referred to as the richest child in the world at the time. His widow continued to live in Newport, until her death in 1960.
1028:"WILLED HEIRLOOMS TO WEALTHIEST BOY; Mrs. John Carter Brown Left No Money to Master John Nicholas Brown. BIG ESTATE TO DAUGHTER Mrs. William Watts Sherman and Her Daughters the Principal Beneficiaries -- Gifts to Churches"
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Nicholas Brown (1861â1900), actively continued this tradition and before his untimely death had conceived the idea of giving the
Library to the world of historical research as a memorial to his father.
370:. After hearing of his brother's death, Harold immediately headed home from a trip in Europe with his wife, only to himself die a few days, aged 36, later upon his return to America. He died at the
780:"THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE"
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Nicholas Brown I and his brother both died in 1900, they left their fortune to John's three-month- old son, who became the richest baby in the world.
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684:. November 21, 1985
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