Special Collections Research Center
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Electronic Format:
Negative photocopy. Washington : Library of Congress.
Preferred Citation:
Bray Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Scope and Contents
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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Subjects and Indexing Terms
- African Americans--Education--Virginia
- African Americans--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Church of England--History--18th century
- Church of England--Virginia--History--18th century
- Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century
- Photostats
- Slavery--Virginia--18th century
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century
Container List
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..."
25 photostats of letters of Dr. Bray's Associates about subscriptions to the Negro School in Williamsburg, Virginia. Letters addressed to Robert Carter Nicholas, Rev. Dr. Dawson, William Hunter, and Rev. Dr. Josiah Johnson. Correspondents include Rev. Mr. Waring and others. Topics include subscriptions, rules to be observed by the owners of negroes and other matters. Includes Vol. 48 of the "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society" article entitled "Thomas Bray's Associates and Their Work Among the Negroes" by Edgar Legare Pennington, dated 1939.
Photostat copies of Vol. 1, years 1745-1767 of Dr. Bray's Associates Minute Book. Includes pages 54 - 271, with many gaps.
Photostat copies of Vol. II, years 1768-1808 of Dr. Bray's Associates Minute Book. Includes pages 22, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 64 and 67.
Photostat copies of Vol. III, years 1730-1731 of Dr. Bray's Associates Minute Book. Includes pages 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.