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From Brown Universtiy History Part One:
"The first post-Revolutionary Commencement was held in 1786, when a class of fifteen (including Nicholas Brown Jr.) was awarded degrees. The trials of new nationhood were hinted at by one of the debate topics: "Whether it would not have been better for America to have remained dependent on Great Britain." By then, Commencement had become the town's first public holiday, whose high spirits sometimes spilled over into rowdiness. The Corporation tried to lessen the carnival atmosphere by pressuring the Baptist Society in 1790 to crack down on "the erection of Booths, or receptacles for liquors, or other things for sale" on the grounds of the Meeting House. That year's Commencement was a watershed of sorts: It was the largest to date (twenty-two graduated); it was held not long after Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the Constitution; and it conferred an honorary degree on George Washington, who had visited the state a few weeks earlier to give the newest member of the Union his blessings. That Commencement was also the last at which Manning [his uncle, James Manning, brother of his father Jeremiah] presided. He [Uncle James Manning] died of a stroke on July 24, 1791, at the age of fifty-two.
Email from Kevin Jack researching burial places of New York State Assembly Speakers 2-16-2009:
The other information I have comes from Rita Hollenga of the Archives Dept. at Middle Collegiate Church in NYC. Her email address is RHollenga@collegiatechurch.org.
She didn`t have information on Thomas Storm, but she did have a burial record for James Manning (who I had read on the Internet was buried with Thomas Storm). Manning was buried on December 1, 1808 in a vault at the Middle Church Cemetery at Nassau Street (between Cedar and Liberty Streets). The Old Middle Church at Nassau Street was opened for worship in 1729 and the last service was held in 1844. The cemetery surrounded the church building, and the building was demolished in 1861.
The remains were removed from the Old Middle Church, and deposited in new vaults at the Middle Church at Lafayette Place and then in 1864 all remains were deposited in vaults at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. A person at Green-wood`s Administrative Office looked through their chronological book for Thomas Storm. The only statistics they had was that he was a removal from New York City. The funeral director was James Dunshee. His remains were interred March 18, 1864 in Lot 10776 Section 28. Both Thomas Storm and James Manning (but Elizabeth Storm, Thomas`s wife, is not listed) are interred in the same lot, according to Green-wood`s online database (see below)
For all listed:
Date of Interment 3/18/1864 Lot 10776 Section 28 JULIA STORM
THEODORE G. STORM
THOMAS STORM
ELIZABETH MANNING
JAMES MANNING
Note: James Manning IV was practically adopted by his uncle, Dr. James Manning founder of Brown University. He graduated from Brown in 1786 where he was salutatorian and 2nd honor man. He was buried in the vault of his father-in-law, Thomas Storm at Mid
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