Excerpt from Final Report of the Library Building Committee: With the Exercises at the Dedication of the Fire Proof Library Building; Presented to the Corporation of Brown University, June 20th, 1878 The second records the fact that Rhode Island College was founded in 1764, and that the name was changed in 1804 to Brown University in honor of Nicholas Brown. The third records that this building was built under the care of a committee of the Corporation; was begun in 1875, and finished in 1877. The Latin of these three inscriptions is from the grace ful pen Of John L. Lincoln. The accomplished Professor of the Latin language and literature in this University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.