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north burial ground providence , rhode island , u.s. 29 july 1791 jonathan maxcy providence , rhode island , u.s. elizabethtown , new jersey , british america baptist university president minister politician american president of brown university 22 october 1738 1st & providence plantations delegate to the continental congress for rhode island 1765 1786 margaret stites james manning head by cosmo alexander.jpg james manning -lrb- minister -rrb-
 1791 1786 james manning the college of new jersey
james manning -lrb- minister -rrb-

james manning -lrb- october 22 , 1738 -- july 29 , 1791 -rrb- was an american baptist minister , educator and legislator from providence , rhode island best known for being the first president of brown university and one of its most involved founders .
he was born in elizabethtown , new jersey .
at the age of 18 , he attended the hopewell academy in hopewell , new jersey under the direction of reverend isaac eaton in preparation for his religious studies .
in 1762 , he graduated from the college of new jersey , which later became princeton university .
at princeton , manning studied under president samuel finley who served under a board of trustees that declared , `` our idea is to send into the world good scholars and useful members of society . ''
one of the 130 graduates finley sent out during his five-year presidency was , notably , the rev. james manning .
he married margaret stites in the year of his graduation from princeton and a few weeks after the marriage he was publicly ordained by the scotch plains , new jersey baptist church .
