John Bracken was an American

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of the Episcopal Church who was the rector of

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and the ninth president of the

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, serving from 1812 to 1814. In 1792, Bracken helped to reestablish the

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at the

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Finding aid for the John Bracken PapersSCRC Wiki entry for John Bracken
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