1. Mentored by: Dr. Susan Smulyan and Ron Potvin
A Place at the Table
A Public History Interpretation of the Dining Room in the Nightingale-Brown House
Emily P. Taylor
Mentored by: Dr. Susan Smulyan and Ron Potvin

2. The Nightingale-brown House

3. John Rhoda Nicholas I Moses Joseph Nicholas II Ann Carter
John Carter I
Sophia
Augusta
Natalie
Bayard
John
Nicholas I
Sophia
Augusta
Harold
John
Nicholas II
Anne
Kinsolving
John Carter II
Nicholas III
Angela

5. Library
Parlor
Music
Room
Hall
Dining
Room

8. Rhoda Nicholas I John Moses Joseph Ann Carter Nicholas II
John Carter I
Sophia
Augusta
Natalie
Bayard
John
Nicholas I
Sophia
Augusta
Harold
John
Nicholas II
Anne
Kinsolving
John Carter II
Nicholas III
Angela

12. Bibliography
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John Nicholas Brown II Papers. John Hay Library, Brown University.
Lamar, Christine, Ancestry of Tenth Generation Browns with Allied Maternal Lines. Providence, R.I.: Christine Lamar, 1998.
Rappleye, Charles, Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution, 2006
Reciept to John Nicholas Brown II from Gill & Reigate Ltd., August 16, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Material Culture.
Correspondence from the Newark Museum to the John Nicholas Brown Center, May 2nd, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.
Memo recording a phone call from the Hon. Georgiana Stonor, January 22, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.
Steering Committee On Slavery and Justice. Brown University, 2003.
Ames, Kenneth L. Death In the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992.
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13. Research sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Thank You
Research sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation