representatives shall be kept open during the whole time of voting
for the day; and the votes in the several wards shall be sealed up
at the close of the meeting by the wardens and ward clerks, in the
presence of at least ten qualified electors, and delivered to the city
clerks. The mayor and aldermen of said city or cities shall proceed to
count said votes within two days from the day of election; and if no
election, or an election of only a portion of the representatives whom
the representative districts are entitled to elect shall have taken
place, the mayor and aldermen shall order a new election, to be held
not more than ten days from the day of the first election; and so on
till the election of representatives shall be completed. Certificates
of election shall be furnished to the persons chosen by the city clerks.
6. If there be no choice of a senator or senators at the annual
election, the governor shall issue his warrant to the town and ward
clerks of the several towns and cities in the senatorial district
or districts that may have failed to elect, requiring them to open
town or ward meetings for another election, on a day not more than
fifteen days beyond the time of counting the votes for senators. If,
on the second trial there shall be no choice of a senator or senators
the governor shall certify the result to the speaker of the house
of representatives; and the house of representatives, and as many
senators as shall have been chosen, shall forthwith elect, in joint
committee, a senator or senators from the two candidates who may
receive the highest number of votes in each district.
7. If there be no choice of governor at the annual election, the
speaker of the house of representatives shall issue his warrant to
the clerks of the several towns and cities requiring them to notify
town and ward meetings for another election, on a day to be named by
him, not more than thirty nor less than twenty days beyond the time of
receiving the report of the committee of the house of representatives,
who shall count the votes for governor. If, on this second trial
there shall be no choice of a governor, the two houses of the General
Assembly, shall, at their next session, in joint committee elect a
governor from the two candidates having the highest number of votes, to
hold his office for the remainder of the political year, and until his
successor be duly qualified.
8. If there be no choice of governor and lieutenant-governor at
the annual election, the same proceedings for the choice of a
lieutenant-governor shall be had as are directed in the preceding
section; provided that the second trial for the election of governor
and lieutenant-governor shall be on the same day; and also provided,
that if the governor shall be chosen at the annual election and the
lieutenant-governor shall not be chosen, then the last named officer
shall be elected in joint committee of the two houses from the two
candidates having the highest number of votes, without a further appeal
to the electors. The lieutenant-governor, elected as is provided in
this section, shall hold his office as is provided in the preceding
section respecting the governor.
9. All town, city and ward meetings for the choice of representatives,
justices of the peace, sheriffs, senators, state officers,
representatives to Congress and electors of president and
vice-president, shall be notified by the town, city and ward clerks at
least seven days before the same are held.
10. In all elections held by the people under this constitution, a
majority of all the electors voting shall be necessary to the choice of
the person or persons voted for.
11. The oath or affirmation to be taken by all the officers named in
this article shall be the following: You, being elected to the place of
governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, general treasurer,
attorney-general, or to the places of senators or representatives, or
to the office of sheriff or justice of the peace, do solemnly swear,
or severally solemnly swear, or affirm, that you will be true and
faithful to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and
that you will support the constitution thereof; that you will support
the constitution of the United States, and that you will faithfully
and impartially discharge the duties of your aforesaid office to the
best of your abilities and understanding--So help you God! or, this
affirmation you make and give upon the peril of the penalty of perjury.
ARTICLE XI.
OF THE JUDICIARY.
1. The judicial power of this state shall be vested in one supreme
court, and in such other courts inferior to the supreme court as the
legislature may, from time to time, ordain and establish; and the
jurisdiction of the supreme and of all other courts, may, from time to
time be regulated by the General Assembly.
2. Chancery powers may be conferred on the supreme court; but
no other court exercising chancery powers shall be established in this
State, except as is now provided by law.
3. The justices of the supreme court shall be elected in joint
committee of the two houses, to hold their offices for one year, and
until their places be declared vacant by a resolution to that effect,
which shall be voted for by a majority of all the members elected to
the house in which it may originate, and be concurred in by the same
vote of the other house, without revision by the governor. Such resolution
shall not be entertained at any other than the annual session
for the election of public officers; and in default of the passage thereof
at the said session, the judge or judges shall hold his or their place or
places for another year. But a judge of any court shall be removable
from office, if upon impeachment, he shall be found guilty of any
official misdemeanor.
4. In case of vacancy by the death, resignation, refusal, or inability
to serve, or removal from the state of a judge of any court, his place
may be filled by the joint committee until the next annual election;
when, if elected, he shall hold his office as herein provided.
5. The justices of the supreme court shall receive a compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
6. The judges of the courts inferior to the supreme court shall be
annually elected in joint committee of the two houses, except as
herein provided.
7. There shall be annually elected by each town and by the several
wards in the city of Providence, a sufficient number of justices
of the peace or wardens resident therein with such jurisdiction as
the General Assembly may prescribe. And said justices or wardens,
(except in the towns of New Shoreham and Jamestown) shall be
commissioned by the governor.
8. The General Assembly may provide that justices of the peace
who are not re-elected, may hold their offices for a time not exceeding
ten days beyond the day of the annual election of these officers.
9. The courts of probate in this state, except the supreme court,
shall remain as at present established by law, until the General Assembly
shall otherwise prescribe.
ARTICLE XII.
OF EDUCATION.
1. All moneys which now are, or may hereafter be appropriated
by the authority of the state to public education, shall be securely
invested, and remain a perpetual fund for the maintenance of free
schools in this state; and the General Assembly are prohibited from
diverting said moneys or fund from this use, and from borrowing,
appropriating or using the same or any part thereof for any other
purpose, or under any pretence whatsoever. But the income derived
from said moneys or fund, shall be annually paid over by the general
treasurer to the towns and cities of the state, for the support of said
schools in equitable proportions; provided, however, that a portion of
said income may, in the discretion of the General Assembly, be added
to the principal of said fund.
2. The several towns and cities shall faithfully devote their portions
of said annual distribution to the support of free schools; and
in default thereof shall forfeit their shares of the same to the increase
of the fund.
3. All charitable donations for the support of free schools and
other purposes of public education, shall be received by the General
Assembly and invested, and applied agreeably to the terms prescribed
by the donors, provided the same be not inconsistent with the constitution,
or with sound public policy; in which case the donation shall
not be received.
ARTICLE XIII.
AMENDMENTS.
The General Assembly may propose amendments to this constitution
by the vote of a majority of all the members elected to each
house. Such propositions shall be published in the newspapers of
the state; and printed copies of said propositions shall be sent by the
secretary of state, with the names of all the members who shall have
voted thereon, with the yeas and nays, to all the town and city clerks
in the state; and the said propositions shall be by said clerks inserted
in the notices by them issued for warning the next annual town and
ward meetings in April; and the town and ward clerks shall read said
propositions to the electors when thus assembled, with the names of
all the representatives and senators who shall have voted thereon,
with the yeas and nays, before the election of representatives and senators
shall be had. If a majority of all the members elected at said
annual meetings, present in each house, shall approve any proposition
thus made, the same shall be published as before provided and then
sent to the electors in the mode provided in the act of approval; and
if then approved by a majority of the electors who shall vote in town
and ward meetings to be specially convened for that purpose, it shall
become apart of the constitution of the state.
ARTICLE XIV.
OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
1. This constitution shall be submitted to the people for their
adoption or rejection, on Monday, the 27th day of December next, and
on the two succeeding days; and all persons voting are requested to
deposit in the ballot-boxes printed or written tickets in the following
form: I am an American citizen, of the age of twenty-one years, and
have my permanent residence or home in this state. I am (or not)
qualified to vote under the existing laws of this state. I vote for
(or against) the constitution formed by the convention of the people,
assembled at Providence, and which was proposed to the people by said
convention, on the 18th day of November, 1841.
2. Every voter is requested to write his name on the face of his
ticket; and every person entitled to vote as aforesaid, who from
sickness or other causes may be unable to attend and vote in the town
or ward meetings, assembled for voting upon said constitution on the
days aforesaid, is requested to write his name upon a ticket, and to
obtain the signature upon the back of the same of a person who has
given his vote as a witness thereto. And the moderator or clerk of any
town or ward meeting convened for the purpose aforesaid, shall receive
such vote on either of the three days next succeeding the three days
before named for voting on said constitution.
3. The citizens of the several towns in this state, and of the several
wards in the city of Providence, are requested to hold town and ward
meetings on the days appointed and for the purpose aforesaid; and also
to choose in each town and ward a moderator and clerk to conduct said
meetings and receive the votes.
4. The moderators and clerks are required to receive and carefully to
keep the votes of all persons qualified to vote as aforesaid, and to
make registers of all the persons voting; which, together with the
tickets given in by the voters shall be sealed up and returned by said
moderators and clerks, with certificates signed and sealed by them,
to the clerks of the convention of the people, to be by them safely
deposited and kept, and laid before said convention to be counted and
declared at their next adjourned meeting on the 12th day of January,
1842.
5. This constitution, except so much thereof as relates to the election
of the officers named in the sixth section of this article, shall, if
adopted, go into operation on the first Tuesday in May, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
6. So much of the constitution as relates to the election of officers
named in this section, shall go into operation on the Monday before
the third Wednesday of April next preceding. The first election
under this constitution of governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary
of state, general treasurer and attorney-general, of senators and
representatives, of sheriffs for the several counties, and of justices
of the peace for the several towns and the wards of the city of
Providence, shall take place on the Monday aforesaid.
7. The electors of the several towns and wards are authorized to
assemble on the day aforesaid, without being notified as is provided in
section ninth of Article X., and without the registration required in
section seventh of Article II., and to choose moderators and clerks,
and proceed in the election of the officers named in the preceding
section.
8. The votes given in at the first election for representatives to the
General Assembly and for justices of the peace, shall be counted by
the moderators and clerks of the towns and wards chosen as aforesaid;
and certificates of election shall be furnished by them to the
representatives and justices of the peace elected.
9. Said moderators and clerks shall seal up, certify, and transmit
to the house of representatives all the votes that may be given in
at said first election for governor and state officers, and for
senators and sheriffs; and the votes shall be counted as the house of
representatives may direct.
10. The speaker of the house of representatives shall, at the first
session of the same, qualify himself to administer the oath of office
to the members of the house and to other officers, by taking and
subscribing the same oath in presence of the house.
11. The first session of the General Assembly shall be held in the
city of Providence, on the first Tuesday of May, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty-two, with such adjournments as may
be necessary; but all other sessions shall be held as is provided in
Article IV. of this Constitution.
12. If any of the representatives whom the towns or districts are
entitled to choose, at the first annual election aforesaid, shall not
be then elected, or if their places shall become vacant during the
year, the same proceedings may be had to complete the election, or to
supply vacancies as are directed concerning elections in the preceding
sections of this article.
13. If there shall be no election of governor or lieutenant-governor,
or of both of these officers, or of a senator or senators at the first
annual election, the house of representatives and as many senators as
are chosen, shall forthwith elect, in joint committee, a governor or
lieutenant-governor, or both, or a senator or senators, to hold their
offices for the remainder of the political year, and, in the case of
the two officers first named, until their successors shall be duly
qualified.
14. If the number of the justices of the peace determined by the
several towns and wards on the day of the first annual election shall
not be then chosen, or if vacancies shall occur, the same proceedings
shall be had as are provided for in this article in the case of a
non-election of representatives and senators, or of vacancies in their
offices. The justices of the peace thus elected shall hold office
for the remainder of the political year, or until the second annual
election of justices of the peace to be held on such day as may be
prescribed by the General Assembly.
15. The justices of the peace elected in pursuance of the provisions
of this article may be engaged by the persons acting as moderators of
the town and ward meetings as herein provided; and said justices after
obtaining their certificates of election, may discharge the duties of
their office for a time not exceeding twenty days, without a commission
from the governor.
16. Nothing contained in this article, inconsistent with any of the
provisions of other articles of the constitution shall continue in
force for a longer period than the first political year under the same.
17. The present government shall exercise all the powers with which
it is now clothed, until the said first Tuesday in May, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-two, and until their successors under this
constitution shall be duly elected and qualified.
18. All civil, judicial and military officers now elected, or who
shall hereafter be elected by the General Assembly or other competent
authority, before the said first Tuesday of May, shall hold their
offices and may exercise their powers until that time.
19. All laws and statutes, public and private, now in force and
not repugnant to this constitution, shall continue in force until
they expire by their own limitation, or are repealed by the General
Assembly. All contracts, judgments, actions, and rights of action,
shall be as valid as if this constitution had not been made. All
debts contracted, and engagements entered into before the adoption
of this constitution, shall be as valid against the state as if this
constitution had not been made.
20. The supreme court established by this constitution shall have the
same jurisdiction as the supreme judicial court at present established;
and shall have jurisdiction of all causes which may be appealed to or
pending in the same; and shall be held in the same times and places in
each county as the present supreme judicial court until the General
Assembly shall otherwise prescribe.
21. The citizens of the town of New Shoreham shall be hereafter
exempted from military duty and the duty of serving as jurors in the
courts of this state. The citizens of the town of Jamestown shall be
forever hereafter exempted from military field duty.
22. The General Assembly shall, at their first session after the
adoption of this constitution, propose to the electors the question,
whether the word "white," in the first line of the first section of
Article II. of the constitution shall be stricken out. The question
shall be voted upon at the succeeding annual election; and if a
majority of the electors voting shall vote to strike out the word
aforesaid, it shall be stricken from the constitution; otherwise not.
If the word aforesaid shall be stricken out, section third of Article
II. shall cease to be a part of the constitution.
23. The president, vice-president and secretaries shall certify and
sign this constitution, and cause the same to be published.
Done in convention at Providence, on the eighteenth day of November,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and of American
Independence the sixty-sixth.
JOSEPH JOSLIN, _President of the Convention_.
WAGER WEEDEN, } _Vice Presidents_.
SAMUEL H. WALES,}
_Attest_:
WILLIAM H. SMITH,} _Secretaries_.
JOHN S. HARRIS }
The State Seal.
The coat of arms of the State is familiar to every citizen, for it is
impressed on public documents and meets the eye on monuments and in
newspapers. Its simplicity and its significance, as well as its correct
heraldry render it superior to that of any of the other states; and the
words by which it is described in our statute book, have a singular
force and beauty. "There shall continue to be one seal for the public
use of the State; the form of an anchor shall be engraven thereon, and
the motto thereof shall be the word HOPE."
This has been the seal of the State ever since the adoption of the
charter, in May, 1664. Previous to that time the seal consisted of
an anchor only, on a shield, without the motto "Hope." At the first
meeting of the General Assembly under the "parliamentary patent,"
in 1647, it was "ordered that the seal of the province shall be an
anchor," and on the margin of the original manuscript, now preserved
in the office of the secretary of state, is simply an anchor upon a
shield, drawn by the pen of the writer.
But this was not the first seal the State may claim to have possessed.
At a meeting of the Newport Colony at Portsmouth, in 1641, six years
before the establishment of the anchor as the seal, it was "ordered,
that a manual seale shall be provided for the State, and that the
signett or engraving thereof, shall be a sheaf of arrows bound up, and
on the liass or band, this motto: _Amor omnia vincit_."
The seal of the anchor with the motto "Hope," was surrounded by a
circle, in which was inscribed the words COLONIE OF RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, and several impressions of it may be found
among the old records of the State. This seal Andros broke, at the
time of his usurpation in 1686-7. But after his expulsion, and on
the reorganization of the General Assembly, 1689-90, a new seal was
ordered, precisely like the old seal, except that the words "Colonie of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" were omitted; nor did these
words ever again form a part of the seal until this year, (1875), when
they were restored by an act of the General Assembly, in January last,
and the date 1636 added. Of course the word "Colonie" was altered to
the word "State."
No impression of the Newport seal--the sheaf of arrows; nor of the seal
under the parliamentary patent--the anchor alone--exists among the
archives of the State. Perhaps some of the antiquarian readers of the
_Journal_ may know where such impressions may be found. And perhaps
also some one may know why the anchor originally came to be chosen as
the device of the seal. Was this the "bearing" of the shield of the
family of Roger Williams, or of any of the families who accompanied
him? Did the idea arise from the depressing circumstances of the
time? If so, why was the word HOPE not added until seventeen years
afterwards, and in comparatively prosperous times? Was there any reason
why the legend "Colonie of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
was omitted after the expulsion of Andros? Whence came the cable now
surrounding the shank, and thus converting the anchor into a "foul
anchor"? And whence the rock and the waves, with light-house and ship
in the distance, as is now frequently seen? And how came the shield
altered into unmeaning scroll-work? Is there any more authority for
these changes than the ill-informed fancy of the seal-engravers from
time to time?
* * * * *
NOTE.--For this excellent dissertation on the seal of Rhode Island,
I am indebted to my friend, the Hon. T. P. Shepard.
Governors of Rhode Island.
The State originally consisted of four towns: Providence, settled in 1636;
Portsmouth, in 1638; Newport, in 1639; and Warwick, in 1642. Each town was
governed independently until 1647. Providence and Warwick had no executive
head till 1647.
PORTSMOUTH.
JUDGES.
William Coddington, March 7, 1638 to April 30. 1639.
William Hutchinson, April 30, 1639 to March 12, 1640.
NEWPORT.
JUDGE.
William Coddington, April 28, 1639 to March 12, 1640.
PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.[B]
GOVERNOR.
William Coddington, March 12, 1640 to May 19, 1647.
In 1647 the four towns were united under a charter or patent, granted in
1643, by Parliament.
[B] United in 1640.
PRESIDENTS UNDER THE PATENT.
John Coggeshall, May, 1647 to May, 1648.
William Coddington, May, 1648 to May, 1649.
John Smith, May, 1649 to May, 1650.
Nicholas Easton, May, 1650 to Aug., 1651.
In 1651 a separation occurred between the towns of Providence and Warwick
on the one side, and Portsmouth and Newport on the other.
PROVIDENCE AND WARWICK.
PRESIDENTS.
Samuel Gorton, Oct., 1651 to May, 1652.
John Smith, May, 1652 to May, 1653.
Gregory Dexter, May, 1653 to May, 1654.
PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.
PRESIDENT.
John Sandford, Senior May, 1653 to May, 1654.
In 1654 the union of the four towns was reëstablished.
PRESIDENTS.
Nicholas Easton, May, 1654 to Sept. 12, 1654.
Roger Williams, Sept., 1654 to May, 1657.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1657 to May, 1660.
William Brenton, May, 1660 to May, 1662.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1662 to Nov. 25, 1663.
ROYAL CHARTER.
GOVERNORS.
Benedict Arnold, Nov., 1663 to May, 1666.
William Brenton, May, 1666 to May, 1669.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1669 to May, 1672.
Nicholas Easton, May, 1672 to May, 1674.
William Coddington, May, 1674 to May, 1676.
Walter Clarke, May, 1676 to May, 1677.
Benedict Arnold, 1677 to June 20, 1678. Died.
William Coddington, Aug. 28, 1678 to Nov. 1, 1678. Died.
John Cranston, Nov., 1678 to March 12, 1680. Died.
Peleg Sandford, March 16, 1680 to May, 1683.
William Coddington, Jr., May, 1683 to May, 1685.
Henry Bull, May, 1685 to May, 1686.
Walter Clarke,[C] May, 1686 to June 29, 1686.
Henry Bull, Feb. 27, to May 7, 1690.
John Easton, May, 1690 to May, 1695.
Caleb Carr, May, 1695 to Dec. 17, 1695. Died.
Walter Clarke, Jan., 1696 to March, 1698.
Samuel Cranston, May, 1698 to April 26, 1727. Died.
Joseph Jenckes, May, 1727 to May, 1732.
William Wanton, May, 1732 to Dec., 1733. Died.
John Wanton, May, 1734 to July 5, 1740. Died.
Richard Ward, July 15, 1740 to May, 1743.
William Greene, May, 1743 to May, 1745.
Gideon Wanton, May, 1745 to May, 1746.
William Greene, May, 1746 to May, 1747.
Gideon Wanton, May, 1747 to May, 1748.
William Greene, May, 1748 to May, 1755.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1755 to May, 1757.
William Greene, May, 1757 to Feb. 22, 1758. Died.
Stephen Hopkins, March 14, 1758 to May, 1762.
Samuel Ward, May, 1762 to May, 1763.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1763 to May, 1765.
Samuel Ward, May, 1765 to May, 1767.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1767 to May, 1768.
Josias Lyndon, May, 1768 to May, 1769.
Joseph Wanton, 1769 to Nov. 7, 1775. Deposed.
Nicholas Cooke, Nov., 1775 to May, 1778.
William Greene, May, 1778 to 1786.
John Collins, May, 1786 to 1790.
Arthur Fenner,[D] 1790 to 1805. Died.
James Fenner, May, 1807 to 1811.
William Jones, May, 1811 to 1817.
Nehemiah R. Knight,[E] May, 1817 to Jan. 9, 1821.
William C. Gibbs, May, 1821 to 1824.
James Fenner, May, 1824 to 1831.
Lemuel H. Arnold, 1831 to 1833.
John Brown Francis, 1833 to 1838.
William Sprague,[F] 1838 to 1839.
Samuel Ward King, 1840 to 1843.
[C] The charter was suspended till 1689. The Deputy-Governor, John
Coggeshall, acted as Governor during the interval, Governor
Clarke refusing to serve.
[D] Paul Mumford, Deputy-Governor, died. Henry Smith, First Senator,
officiated as Governor. In 1806, no election; Isaac Wilbour,
Lieutenant-Governor, officiated.
[E] Elected United States Senator January 9, 1821, for unexpired term
of James Burrill, Jr., deceased.
[F] In 1839 no choice; Samuel Ward King was First Senator and
Acting-Governor.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
(Adopted in 1842.)
James Fenner, 1843 to 1845.
Charles Jackson, 1845 to 1846.
Byron Diman, 1846 to 1847.
Elisha Harris, 1847 to 1849.
Henry B. Anthony, 1849 to 1851.
Philip Allen,[G] 1851 to 1853.
William Warner Hoppin, 1854 to 1857.
Elisha Dyer, 1857 to 1859.
Thomas G. Turner, 1859 to 1860.
William Sprague, 1860 to March 3, 1863. Resigned.
William C. Cozzens,[H] March 3, 1863 to May, 1863.
James Y. Smith, 1863 to 1866.
Ambrose E. Burnside, 1866 to 1869.
Seth Padelford, 1869 to 1873.
Henry Howard, 1873 to 1875.
Henry Lippitt, 1875 to ----
[G] Resigned July 20, 1853, having been elected United States Senator
May 4, 1853. Lieutenant-Governor, F. M. Dimond, officiated.
[H] Governor Sprague resigned March 3, 1863, and Lieutenant-Governor
Arnold having been elected to the Senate Mr. Cozzens became
Governor by virtue of his office as President of the Senate.
Deputy Governors.
William Brenton, March 12, 1640 to May 10, 1647.
From 1647 to 1663 the colony governed by a president, with four
assistants.
William Brenton, 1663 to 1666.
Nicholas Easton, 1666 to 1669.
John Clarke, 1669 to 1670.
Nicholas Easton, 1670 to 1671.
John Clarke, 1671 to 1672.
John Cranston, 1672 to 1673.
William Coddington, 1673 to 1674.
John Easton, 1674 to 1676.
John Cranston, 1676 to 1678.
James Barker, 1678 to 1679.
Walter Clarke, 1679 to 1686.
John Coggeshall, May to June, 1686.
(Charter suspended, 1686 to 1690.)
John Coggeshall, 1690.
John Greene, 1690 to 1700.
Walter Clarke, 1700 to 1714. Died.
Henry Tew, 1714 to 1715.
Joseph Jencks, 1715 to 1721.
John Wanton, 1721 to 1722.
Joseph Jencks, 1722 to 1727.
Jonathan Nicholls, May to August, 1727. Died.
Thomas Frye, 1727 to 1729.
John Wanton, 1729 to 1734.
George Hassard, 1734 to 1738. Died.
Daniel Abbott, 1738 to 1740.
Richard Ward, May to July, 1740.
William Greene, 1740 to 1743.
Joseph Whipple, 1743 to 1745.
William Robinson, 1745 to 1746.
Joseph Whipple, 1746 to 1747.
William Robinson, 1747 to 1748.
William Ellery, 1748 to 1750.
Robert Haszard, 1750 to 1751.
Joseph Whipple, 1751 to 1753.
Jonathan Nichols, 1753 to 1754.
John Gardner, 1754 to 1755.
Jonathan Nichols, 1755 to 1756.
John Gardner, 1756 to 1764.
Joseph Wanton, Jr., 1764 to 1765.
Elisha Brown, 1765 to 1767.
Joseph Wanton, Jr., 1767 to 1768.
Nicholas Cooke, 1768 to 1769.
Darius Sessions, 1769 to 1775.
Nicholas Cooke, May to November, 1775.
William Bradford, 1775 to 1778.
Jabez Bowen, 1778 to 1780.
William West, 1780 to 1781.
Jabez Bowen, 1781 to 1786.
Daniel Owen, 1786 to 1790.
Samuel J. Potter, 1790 to 1799.
The title was now changed to lieutenant-governor.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS.
Samuel J. Potter, Feb., 1799 to May, 1799.
George Brown, 1799 to 1800.
Samuel J. Potter, 1800 to 1803.
Paul Mumford, 1803 to 1806.
Isaac Wilbour, 1806 to 1807.
Constant Taber, 1807 to 1808.
Simeon Martin, 1808 to 1810.
Isaac Wilbour, 1810 to 1811.
Simeon Martin, 1811 to 1816.
Jeremiah Thurston, 1816 to 1817.
Edward Wilcox, 1817 to 1821.
Caleb Earle, 1821 to 1824.
Charles Collins, 1824 to 1833.
Jeffrey Hazard, 1833 to 1835.
George Engs, 1835 to 1836.
Jeffrey Hazard, 1836 to 1837.
Benjamin B. Thurston, 1837 to 1838.
Joseph Childs, 1838 to 1840.
Byron Diman, 1840 to 1842.
Nathaniel Bullock, 1842 to 1843.
Byron Diman, 1843 to 1846.
Elisha Harris,[I] 1846 to 1847.
Edward W. Lawton, 1847 to 1849.
Thomas Whipple, 1849 to 1851.
William Beach Lawrence, 1851 to 1852.
Samuel G. Arnold, 1852 to 1853.
Francis M. Dimond, 1853 to 1854.
John J. Reynolds, 1854 to 1855.
Anderson C. Rose, 1855 to 1856.
Nicholas Brown, 1856 to 1857.
Thomas G. Turner, 1857 to 1859.
Isaac Saunders, 1859 to 1860.
J. Russell Bullock, 1860 to 1861.
Samuel G. Arnold, 1861 to 1863.
Seth Padelford, 1863 to 1865.
Duncan C. Pell, 1865 to 1866.
William Greene, 1866 to 1868.
Pardon W. Stevens, 1868 to 1872.
Charles R. Cutler, 1872 to 1873.
Charles C. Van Zandt,[I] 1873 to 1875.
Henry T. Sisson,[I] 1875 to -----
[I] Elected by the Assembly: no choice by the people.
MEMBERS
OF THE
Continental Congress
FROM RHODE ISLAND.
Jonathan Arnold, 1782 to 1783.
Peleg Arnold, 1787 to 1789.
John Collins, 1778 to 1782.
Ezekiel Cornell, 1780 to 1782.
William Ellery, 1776 to 1784.
Jonathan J. Hazard, 1787 to 1789.
Stephen Hopkins, 1774 to 1779.
David Howell, 1782 to 1784.
James Manning, Feb., 1786.
Henry Marchant, Feb., 1777 to 1784.
Nathan Miller, Feb., 1786.
Daniel Mowry, 1780 to 1781.
James M. Varnum, 1780, '81, '86.
Samuel Ward, 1774 to 1775.
John Gardner, 1788 to 1789.
William Bradford,[J] Oct., 1776.
John Brown,[J] 1785.
George Champlin,[J] 1785 to 1786.
Paul Mumford,[J] 1785.
Peter Phillips,[J] 1785.
Sylvester Gardner,[J] 1787.
Thomas Holden,[J] 1788 to 1789.
[J] Duly elected, but their names are not in the Journals of Congress.
Towns in Rhode Island,
DATE OF INCORPORATION, ETC.
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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c.
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BRISTOL CO. |Feb'y 17, 1746-47|Incorporated with same county
| | limits as at present. Originally
| | the county consisted of two towns,
| | Bristol and Warren. Afterwards,
| | June, 1770, Warren was divided,
| | and the Town of Barrington was
| | incorporated.
| |
Barrington |June 16, 1770 |Taken from Warren, which see.
| |
Bristol |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|Five towns received from
| | Massachusetts this date. A portion
| | of Bristol annexedto Warren, May
| | 30, 1873.
| |
Warren |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|See Bristol. The territory of the
| | Town of Warren, when admitted to
| | the State, included the Town of
| | Barrington, and a portion of the
| | towns of Swanzey and Rehoboth, in
| | Massachusetts. In 1770 Warren was
| | divided, and one of the original
| | names (Barrington) was given to
| | the new town.
| |
KENT CO. |June 15, 1750 |Taken from Providence County.
| | Incorporated with the same county
| | limits as at present, and same
| | towns.
| |
Coventry |August 21, 1741 |Taken from Warwick.
| |
East Greenwich |October 31, 1677 |Incorporated as the Town of East
| | Greenwich. Name changed to
| | Dedford, June 23, 1686. The
| | original name restored in 1689.
| | The town divided in 1741.
| |
West Greenwich |April 6, 1741 |Taken from East Greenwich, which
| | see.
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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c.
----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------
Warwick |Original town |First settled January, 1642-43.
| | Named from Earl of Warwick, who
| | signed the Patent of Providence
| | Plantations, March 14, 1643. The
| | first action of the inhabitants as
| | a town was August 8, 1647. Indian
| | name, Shawomet.
| |
NEWPORT CO. |June 22, 1703 |Originally incorporated as Rhode
| | Island County, June 16, 1729,
| | incorporated as Newport County,
| | and included Newport, Portsmouth,
| | Jamestown and New Shoreham.
| |
Fall River |October 6, 1856 |Taken from Tiverton. Ceded to
| | Massachusetts in the settlement of
| | the boundary question. March 1,
| | 1862. See Pawtucket and East
| | Providence.
| |
Jamestown |November 4, 1678 |Named in honor of King James.
| | Indian name Quononoqutt
| | (Conanicut).
| |
Little Compton |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received from
| | Massachusetts. Annexed to Newport
| | County February 17, 1746-47.
| | Indian name, Seaconnet.
| |
Middletown |June 16, 1743 |Town in the "middle" of the island.
| | Taken from Newport.
| |
Newport |Original town |Settled in 1639. Line between
| | Newport and Portsmouth established
| | September 14, 1640. Incorporated
| | as a city June 1, 1784. City
| | charter given up March 27, 1787.
| | City incorporated the second time
| | at the May session, 1853, and the
| | charter accepted May 20, 1853.
| |
New Shoreham |November 6, 1672 |Admitted to Colony as Block Island,
| | May 4, 1664. When incorporated in
| | 1672, name changed to New Shoreham
| | "as signes of our unity and
| | likeness to many parts of our
| | native country." Indian name
| | Mannasses or Manisses.
| |
Portsmouth |Original town |Settled in 1638. Indian name
| | Pocasset. "At a quarter meeting of
| | the first of ye 5th month 1639, it
| | is agreed upon to call this town
| | Portsmouth." At the "Generall
| | Courte" at "Nieuport" 12th of 1st
| | month, 1640, the name of
| | Portsmouth was confirmed.
| |
Tiverton |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received this
| | date from Massachusetts. See
| | Bristol, Warren, &c. Indian name
| | Annexed to Newport County,
| | February 17, 1746-47.
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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c.
----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------
PROVIDENCE CO. |June 22, 1703 |Originally incorporated as the
| | County of Providence Plantations,
| | and included the present territory
| | of Providence, Kent and Washington
| | counties, excepting the present
| | towns of Cumberland, Pawtucket and
| | East Providence. The name was
| | changed to Providence County June
| | 16, 1729. See Kent and Washington
| | counties.
| |
Burrillville |October 29, 1806 |Taken from Glocester. The town was
| | first authorized to meet to elect
| | officers, Nov. 17, 1806. Named
| | from Hon. James Burrill.
| |
Cranston |June 14, 1754 |Taken from Providence. Probably
| | named from Samuel Cranston, who was
| | Governor of Rhode Island from
| | March, 1698, to April 26, 1727,
| | when he died. A portion re-united
| | to Providence, June 10, 1868, and
| | March 28, 1873.
| |
Cumberland |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received this
| | date. See Tiverton, Bristol, &c.
| | Until incorporated in Rhode Island
| | it was known as Attleboro Gore.
| | Named from Cumberland, England.
| | Annexed to Providence County,
| | February 17, 1746-47. A portion of
| | Cumberland was incorporated as the
| | Town of Woonsocket, January 31,
| | 1867.
| |
East Providence |March 1, 1862 |The westerly part of Rehoboth,
| | Massachusetts, was incorporated as
| | Seekonk, February 26, 1812. The
| | westerly part of Seekonk was
| | annexed to Rhode Island,
| | incorporated as a town, and named
| | East Providence in the settlement
| | of the boundary question in 1862.
| | See Pawtucket and Fall River.
| |
Foster |August 24, 1781 |Taken from Scituate. Named probably
| | from Hon. Theodore Foster.
| |
Glocester |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. At this date
| | an act was passed "for erecting
| | and incorporating the outlands of
| | the Town of Providence into three
| | towns." These towns were Scituate,
| | Glocester and Smithfield.
| |
Johnston |March 6, 1759 |Taken from Providence, and named in
| | honor of Augustus Johnston, Esq.,
| | the attorney-general of the Colony
| | at that time.
Lincoln |March 8, 1871 |Taken from Smithfield, and named in
| | honor of Abraham Lincoln, late
| | President of the United States.
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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &C.
----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------
North Providence|June 13, 1765 |Taken from Providence. A small
| | portion reunited to Providence
| | June 29, 1767, and March 28, 1873.
| | The town was divided March 27,
| | 1874, a portion was annexed to the
| | City of Providence and a portion
| | to the Town of Pawtucket. The act
| | went into effect May 1, 1874.
| |
North Smithfield|March 8, 1871 |Taken from Smithfield, and
| | incorporated as the Town of
| | Slater. Name changed to North
| | Smithfield, March 24, 1871.
| |
Pawtucket |March 1, 1862 |Name of Indian origin. Part of
| | Seekonk, Mass., was incorporated
| | as the Town of Pawtucket, March 1,
| | 1828. The whole Town of Pawtucket
| | except a small portion lying
| | easterly of Seven Mile River was
| | annexed to Rhode Island, with East
| | Providence, which see. A portion
| | of the Town of North Providence
| | annexed to Pawtucket, May 1, 1874.
| |
Providence | Original town |Settled in 1636. Named Providence
| | by Roger Williams, "in gratitude
| | to his supreme deliverer."
| | Originally comprised the whole
| | county. City incorporated in 1832.
| | Portions of the Town of Cranston
| | were re-annexed to Providence June
| | 10, 1768, and March 28,1873.
| | Portions of North Providence were
| | re-annexed June 29, 1767, March
| | 28, 1873, and May 1, 1874.
| |
Scituate |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. See
| | Glocester.
| |
Smithfield |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. See
| | Glocester. The town was divided
| | March 8, 1871, a portion being
| | annexed to Woonsocket, and the
| | remainder divided into three
| | towns. See Lincoln and North
| | Smithfield.
| |
Woonsocket |Jan'y 31, 1867 |Name of Indian origin. Taken from
| | Cumberland. A portion of
| | Smithfield was annexed to
| | Woonsocket March 8, 1871.
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WASHINGTON CO. |June 16, 1729 |Originally called the "Narragansett
| | country." Named King's Province,
| | March 20, 1654. Boundaries
| | established May 21, 1669.
| | Incorporated June, 1729, as King's
| | County, with three towns and same
| | territory as at present. Name
| | changed to Washington County,
| | October 29, 1781.
| |
Charlestown |August 22, 1738 |Taken from Westerly.
| |
Exeter |March 8, 1742-43 |Taken from North Kingstown.
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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &C.
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Hopkinton |March 19, 1757 |Taken from Westerly.
| |
North Kingstown |October 28, 1674 |First settlement, 1641.
| | Incorporated in 1674, under the
| | name of King's Towne, as the
| | seventh town in the Colony.
| | Incorporation reaffirmed in 1679.
| | Name changed to Rochester June 23,
| | 1686. Name restored in 1689; see
| | East Greenwich. Kingstown, divided
| | into North and South Kingstown,
| | February, 1722. The act provided
| | that North Kingstown should be the
| | oldest town.
| |
South Kingstown |Feb'y 26, 1722-23|See North Kingstown. Pettiquamscut
| | settled January 20, 1657-58.
| |
Richmond |August 18, 1747 |Taken from Charlestown.
| |
Westerly |May 14, 1669 |Original name Misquamicut.
| | Incorporated in May, 1669, under
| | the name of Westerly, as the fifth
| | town in the Colony. Name of
| | Westerly changed to Haversham,
| | June 23, 1686, but soon restored.
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NOTE.--In several cases the exact date of the passage of the act of
incorporation of towns cannot be ascertained. In such cases the date
of the meeting of the General Assembly at which the act was passed is
given.
Total Population of Rhode Island,
FROM 1708 TO 1875.
=================+===========+======+======+======+======+======+======
TOWNS AND |Settled | 1708.| 1730.| 1748.| 1755.| 1774.| 1776.
DIVISIONS |or | | | | | |
OF THE STATE. |Incorpa'td.| | | | | |
-----------------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------
Barrington, | 1770 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 601 | 538
Bristol, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,069| 1,080| 1,209| 1,067
Warren, | 1747 | -- | -- | 680| 925| 979| 1,005
| +------+------+------+------+------+------
BRISTOL CO., | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,749| 2,005| 2,789| 2,610
| | | | | | |
Coventry, | 1741 | -- | -- | 792| 1,178| 2,023| 2,300
East Greenwich, | 1677 | 240| 1,223| 1,044| 1,167| 1,663| 1,664
West Greenwich, | 1741 | -- | -- | 766| 1,246| 1,764| 1,653
Warwick, | 1643 | 480| 1,178| 1,782| 1,911| 2,438| 2,376
| +------+------+------+------+------+------
KENT CO., | 1750 | 720| 2,401| 4,384| 5,502| 7,888| 7,993
| | | | | | |
Fall River, | 1856 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Jamestown, | 1678 | 206| 321| 420| 517| 563| 322
Little Compton, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,152| 1,170| 1,232| 1,302
Middletown, | 1743 | -- | -- | 680| 778| 881| 860
Newport, | 1639 | 2,203| 4,640| 6,508| 6,753| 9,209| 5,299
New Shoreham, | 1672 | 208| 290| 300| 378| 575| 478
Portsmouth, | 1638 | 628| 813| 992| 1,363| 1,512| 1,347
Tiverton, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,040| 1,325| 1,956| 2,091
| +------+------+------+------+------+------
NEWPORT CO., | 1703 | 3,245| 6,064|11,092|12,284|15,928|11,699
| | | | | | |
Burrillville, | 1806 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Cranston, | 1754 | -- | -- | -- | 1,460| 1,861| 1,701
Cumberland, | 1747 | -- | -- | 806| 1,083| 1,756| 1,686
East Providence, | 1862 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Foster, | 1781 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Glocester, | 1731 | -- | -- | 1,202| 1,511| 2,945| 2,832
Johnston, | 1759 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,031| 1,022
North Providence,| 1765 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 830| 813
Pawtucket, | 1862 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Scituate, | 1731 | -- | -- | 1,232| 1,813| 3,601| 3,289
Smithfield, | 1731 | -- | -- | 450| 1,921| 2,888| 2,781
| +------+------+------+------+------+------
TOWNS, Prov. Co.,| 1703 | -- | -- | 3,690| 7,788|14,912|14,124
| | | | | | |
PROVIDENCE CITY, | 1636 | 1,446| 3,916| 3,452| 3,159| 4,321| 4,355
| | | | | | |
Charlestown, | 1738 | -- | -- | 1,002| 1,130| 1,821| 1,835
Exeter, | 1743 | -- | -- | 1,174| 1,404| 1,864| 1,982
Hopkinton, | 1757 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,808| 1,845
North Kingstown, | 1674 | 1,200| 2,105| 1,935| 2,109| 2,472| 2,761
South Kingstown, | 1723 | -- | 1,523| 1,978| 1,913| 2,835| 2,779
Richmond, | 1747 | -- | -- | 508| 829| 1,257| 1,204
Westerly, | 1669 | 570| 1,926| 1,809| 2,291| 1,812| 1,824
| +------+------+------+------+------+------
WASHINGTON CO., | 1729 | 1,770| 5,554| 8,406| 9,676|13,869|14,230
| | | | | | |
WHOLE STATE, | 1636 | 7,181|17,935|32,773|40,414|59,707|55,011
-----------------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------
NOTE.--The permission to use these valuable tables I owe to Hon. J. M.
Addeman, Secretary of State.
=================+========+========+========+========+========+========
TOWNS AND | 1782. | 1790. | 1800. | 1810. | 1820. | 1830.
DIVISIONS | | | | | |
OF THE STATE. |
-----------------+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
Barrington, | 534 | 683 | 650 | 604 | 634 | 612
Bristol, | 1,032 | 1,406 | 1,678 | 2,693 | 3,197 | 3,034
Warren, | 905 | 1,122 | 1,473 | 1,775 | 1,806 | 1,800
+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
BRISTOL CO., | 2,471 | 3,211 | 3,801 | 5,072 | 5,637 | 5,446
| | | | | |
Coventry, | 2,107 | 2,447 | 2,423 | 2,928 | 3,139 | 3,851
East Greenwich, | 1,609 | 1,824 | 1,775 | 1,530 | 1,519 | 1,591
West Greenwich, | 1,698 | 2,054 | 1,757 | 1,619 | 1,927 | 1,817
Warwick, | 2,112 | 2,493 | 2,532 | 3,757 | 3,643 | 5,529
+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
KENT CO., | 7,526 | 8,848 | 8,487 | 9,834 | 10,228 | 12,788
| | | | | |
Fall River, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Jamestown, | 345 | 507 | 501 | 504 | 448 | 415
Little Compton, | 1,341 | 1,542 | 1,577 | 1,553 | 1,580 | 1,378
Middletown, | 674 | 840 | 913 | 976 | 949 | 915
Newport, | 5,530 | 6,716 | 6,739 | 7,907 | 7,319 | 8,010
New Shoreham, | 478 | 682 | 714 | 722 | 955 | 1,185
Portsmouth, | 1,350 | 1,560 | 1,684 | 1,795 | 1,645 | 1,727
Tiverton, | 1,959 | 2,453 | 2,717 | 2,837 | 2,875 | 2,905
+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
NEWPORT CO., | 11,677 | 14,300 | 14,845 | 16,294 | 15,771 | 16,535
| | | | | |
Burrillville, | -- | -- | -- | 1,834 | 2,164 | 2,196
Cranston, | 1,589 | 1,877 | 1,644 | 2,161 | 2,274 | 2,652
Cumberland, | 1,548 | 1,964 | 2,056 | 2,210 | 2,653 | 3,675
East Providence, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Foster, | 1,763 | 2,268 | 2,457 | 2,613 | 2,900 | 2,672
Glocester, | 2,791 | 4,025 | 4,009 | 2,310 | 2,504 | 2,521
Johnston, | 996 | 1,320 | 1,364 | 1,516 | 1,542 | 2,115
North Providence,| 698 | 1,071 | 1,067 | 1,758 | 2,420 | 3,503
Pawtucket, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Scituate, | 1,628 | 2,315 | 2,523 | 2,568 | 2,834 | 3,993
Smithfield, | 2,217 | 3,171 | 3,120 | 3,828 | 4,678 | 6,857
+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
TOWNS, PROV. CO.,| 13,230 | 18,011 | 18,240 | 20,798 | 23,969 | 30,184
| | | | | |
PROVIDENCE CITY, | 4,310 | 6,380 | 7,614 | 10,071 | 11,767 | 16,836
| | | | | |
Charlestown, | 1,523 | 2,022 | 1,454 | 1,174 | 1,160 | 1,284
Exeter, | 2,058 | 2,495 | 2,476 | 2,256 | 2,581 | 2,383
Hopkinton, | 1,735 | 2,462 | 2,276 | 1,774 | 1,821 | 1,777
North Kingstown, | 2,328 | 2,907 | 2,794 | 2,957 | 3,007 | 3,036
South Kingstown, | 2,675 | 4,131 | 3,438 | 3,560 | 3,723 | 3,663
Richmond, | 1,094 | 1,760 | 1,368 | 1,330 | 1,423 | 1,363
Westerly, | 1,720 | 2,298 | 2,329 | 1,911 | 1,972 | 1,915
+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
WASHINGTON CO., | 13,133 | 18,075 | 16,135 | 14,962 | 15,687 | 15,421
| | | | | |
WHOLE STATE, | 52,347 | 68,825 | 69,122 | 77,031 | 83,059 | 97,210
-----------------+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------
=================+========+========+========+========+========+========
TOWNS AND | 1840. | 1850. | 1860. | 1865. | 1870. | 1875.
DIVISIONS | | | | | |
OF THE STATE | | | | | |
-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Barrington, | 549 | 795 | 1,000 | 1,028 | 1,111 | 1,185
Bristol, | 3,490 | 4,616 | 5,271 | 4,649 | 5,302 | 5,829
Warren, | 2,437 | 3,103 | 2,636 | 2,792 | 3,008 | 4,005
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
BRISTOL CO., | 6,476 | 8,514 | 8,907 | 8,469 | 9,421 | 11,019
| | | | | |
Coventry, | 3,433 | 3,620 | 4,247 | 3,995 | 4,349 | 4,580
East Greenwich, | 1,509 | 2,358 | 2,882 | 2,400 | 2,660 | 3,120
West Greenwich, | 1,415 | 1,350 | 1,258 | 1,228 | 1,133 | 1,034
Warwick, | 6,726 | 7,740 | 8,916 | 7,696 | 10,453 | 11,614
+--------+---------+-------+--------+--------+---------
KENT CO., | 13,083 | 15,068 | 17,303 | 15,319 | 18,595 | 20,348
| | | | | |
Fall River, | -- | -- | 3,337 | -- | -- | --
Jamestown, | 365 | 358 | 400 | 349 | 378 | 488
Little Compton, | 1,327 | 1,462 | 1,304 | 1,197 | 1,166 | 1,156
Middletown, | 891 | 830 | 1,012 | 1,019 | 971 | 1,074
New Shoreham, | 1,069 | 1,262 | 1,320 | 1,308 | 1,113 | 1,147
Portsmouth, | 1,706 | 1,833 | 2,048 | 2,153 | 2,003 | 1,893
Tiverton, | 3,183 | 4,699 | 1,927 | 1,973 | 1,898 | 2,101
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
TOWNS, | 8,541 | 10,444 | 11,388 | 7,999 | 7,529 | 7,859
NEWPORT CO., | | | | | |
| | | | | |
NEWPORT CITY, | 8,333 | 9,563 | 10,508 | 12,688 | 12,521 | 14,028
| | | | | |
Burrillville, | 1,982 | 3,538 | 4,140 | 4,861 | 4,674 | 5,249
Cranston, | 2,901 | 4,311 | 7,500 | 9,177 | 4,822 | 5,688
Cumberland, | 5,225 | 6,661 | 8,339 | 8,216 | 3,882 | 5,673
East Providence, | -- | -- | -- | 2,172 | 2,668 | 4,336
Foster, | 2,181 | 1,932 | 1,935 | 1,873 | 1,630 | 1,543
Glocester, | 2,304 | 2,872 | 2,427 | 2,286 | 2,385 | 2,098
Johnston, | 2,477 | 2,937 | 3,440 | 3,436 | 4,192 | 4,999
Lincoln, | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,889 | 11,565
North Providence,| 4,207 | 7,680 | 11,818 | 14,553 | 20,495 | 1,303
North Smithfield,| -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,052 | 2,797
Pawtucket, | -- | -- | -- | 5,000 | 6,619 | 18,464
Scituate, | 4,090 | 4,582 | 4,251 | 3,538 | 3,846 | 4,101
Smithfield, | 9,534 | 11,500 | 13,283 | 12,315 | 2,605 | 2,857
Woonsocket, | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11,527 | 13,576
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
TOWNS, PROV. CO.,| 34,901 | 46,013 | 57,133 | 67,427 | 80,286 | 84,249
| | | | | |
PROVIDENCE CITY, | 23,172 | 41,513 | 50,666 | 54,595 | 68,904 |100,675
| | | | | |
Charlestown, | 923 | 994 | 981 | 1,134 | 1,119 | 1,054
Exeter, | 1,776 | 1,634 | 1,741 | 1,498 | 1,462 | 1,355
Hopkinton, | 1,726 | 2,477 | 2,738 | 2,512 | 2,682 | 2,760
North Kingstown, | 2,909 | 2,971 | 3,104 | 3,166 | 3,568 | 3,505
South Kingstown, | 3,717 | 3,807 | 4,717 | 4,513 | 4,493 | 4,240
Richmond, | 1,361 | 1,784 | 1,964 | 1,830 | 2,064 | 1,739
Westerly, | 1,912 | 2,763 | 3,470 | 3,815 | 4,709 | 5,408
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
WASHINGTON CO., | 14,324 | 16,430 | 18,715 | 18,468 | 20,097 | 20,061
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
WHOLE STATE, |108,830 |147,545 |174,620 |184,965 |217,353 |258,239
-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
State Valuation.
Valuation of the several towns and cities in the State as returned by
the town and city clerks to the Secretary of State, October, 1875.
=================+==============+=============+=============+==========
| | | | Rate of
| | Personal | | Tax on
TOWN OR CITY. | Real Estate. | Estate. | Total. | each
| | | | $100.[K]
-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------
Barrington, | $985,505 | $509,300 | $1,494,805 | $0.55
Bristol, | 3,210,700 | 1,900,400 | 5,111,100 | .78
Warren, | 2,052,950 | 2,115,150 | 4,168,100 | .64
+--------------+-------------+-------------+
BRISTOL COUNTY, | $6,249,155 | $4,524,850 | 10,774,005 |
| | | |
Coventry, | $2,616,300 | $1,437,100 | $4,053,400 | .40
East Greenwich, | 1,465,402 | 372,550 | 1,837,952 | .50
West Greenwich, | 362,030 | 143,140 | 505,170 | .90
Warwick, | 7,577,500 | 2,840,900 | 10,418,400 | .50
+--------------+-------------+-------------+
KENT COUNTY, | $12,021,232 | $4,793,690 | $16,814,922 |
| | | |
Jamestown, | $785,300 | $273,400 | $1,058,700 | .50
Little Compton, | 830,950 | 435,600 | 1,266,550 | .50
Middletown, | 1,596,000 | 398,200 | 1,994,200 | .60
Newport, | 20,831,000 | 8,040,200 | 28,871,200 | .77
New Shoreham, | 287,384 | 45,304 | 332,688 | 2.25
Portsmouth, | 1,556,400 | 674,500 | 2,230,900 | .58
Tiverton, | 1,262,913 | 484,285 | 1,747,198 | .60
+--------------+-------------+-------------+
NEWPORT COUNTY, | $27,149,947 | $10,351,489 | $37,501,436 |
| | | |
Burrillville, | $1,853,600 | $896,800 | $2,750,400 | .74
Cranston, | 5,864,550 | 934,200 | 6,798,750 | .50
Cumberland, | 3,671,250 | 2,084,050 | 5,755,300 | .65
East Providence, | 4,565,700 | 817,800 | 5,383,500 | .70
Foster, | 535,300 | 148,900 | 684,200 | .94
Glocester, | 824,555 | 450,550 | 1,275,105 | .80
Johnston, | 3,686,600 | 784,900 | 3,871,500 | .80
Lincoln, | 5,474,350 | 1,732,800 | 7,207,150 | .80
North Providence,| 803,705 | 199,500 | 1,003,205 | .80
North Smithfield,| 1,270,550 | 966,400 | 2,236,950 | .70
Pawtucket, | 12,648,774 | 3,603,656 | 16,252,430 | 1.25
Providence, | 82,862,900 | 39,091,800 | 121,954,700 | 1.45
Scituate, | 1,571,300 | 776,600 | 2,347,900 | .85
Smithfield, | 1,366,600 | 728,900 | 2,095,500 | .85
Woonsocket, | 6,979,900 | 2,533,370 | 9,513,270 | 1.20
+--------------+-------------+-------------+
PROVIDENCE CO., | $133,379,634 | $55,750,226 |$189,129,860 |
| | | |
Charlestown, | $612,800 | $88,450 | $701,250 | .70
Exeter, | 546,860 | 123,580 | 670,440 | .50
Hopkinton, | 1,326,850 | 438,450 | 1,765,300 | .65
North Kingstown, | 1,869,905 | 969,630 | 2,839,535 | .52
South Kingstown, | 3,002,490 | 1,458,610 | 4,461,100 | .60
Richmond, | 1,006,800 | 257,400 | 1,264,200 | .65
Westerly, | 3,113,800 | 1,379,175 | 4,492,975 | .60
+--------------+-------------+-------------+
WASHINGTON CO., | $11,479,505 | $4,715,295 | $16,194,800 |
| | | |
WHOLE STATE, | $190,279,473 | $80,135,550 |$270,415,023 |
-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------
[K] Including highway tax.
The Corliss Engine
AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
This engine was furnished by George H. Corliss, of Providence, Rhode
Island, and was especially designed for supplying motive power at
the International Exposition of 1876. This engine is of fourteen
hundred horse-power, but is capable of doing the work of twenty-five
hundred horses if necessary. With its appurtenances it weighs over
seven hundred tons, and furnishes power to all the machinery in the
building. Miles of shafting lead away from it along the aisles from
end to end. Of these are eight main lines of shafting, four on each
side of the central transept where the engine stands, extending
lengthwise. Seven have a speed of one hundred and twenty revolutions,
and one a speed of two hundred and forty revolutions a minute. A line
of shafting is also provided for carrying power into the pump _annex_,
and counter shafts are introduced into the aisles at different points.
The power is transmitted by the _spur-gear_ fly-wheel, thirty feet
in diameter, weighing fifty-six tons; the jack-wheel ten feet in
diameter on the main shafting, which being run under the floors to the
pulleys, the power is transmitted thence to the eight main lines of
shafting above the floor, aggregating more than a mile in length, from
which the machinery of the Exposition derives its power. The engine
makes thirty-six revolutions per minute, and for driving them there
are twenty Corliss boilers capable of developing fourteen hundred
horse-power, and of standing a pressure of one hundred pounds to the
square inch. The platform on which the engine stands is breast high.
From this, on either side, a long iron staircase mounts to the top of
the A frames, where narrow walks with brass railings lead about among
the moving masses aloft in the air. It is five times a man's height
from the platform to the top of the walking-beam.
It is a tamed monster with unresistable power. To see a man walk calmly
around among the great beams and cranks is a sight to make one shiver.
He caresses a polished crank of steel that would crush him to bits if
he should stop in its path. He pats the ends of the beams as they fly
up and down past him, and touches the joints with his oiler. Aside from
the fact that the engine is one of the largest of its kind, it is so
unique in construction and form that it is all new to beholders. It is
a model of simplicity and picturesqueness.
Index.
A.
Adams, John, 98, 224.
Adams, Samuel, 98.
Aix-la-Chapelle, 170, 176.
Albany Congress, 176.
Almy, Christopher, 110.
Almy, William, 272.
Anabaptists, 140.
Andros, Sir Edmond, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110.
Angell, 231.
Annapolis, 129.
Annapolis Royal, 168.
Anne, Queen, 135.
Ann, Fort, 132.
Antinomians, 140.
Anti-Sabbatarians, 140.
Aquidneck, 15, 17, 19, 38, 62, 70, 75, 84, 97, 129.
Arminians, 140.
Arnold, 225.
Arnold, Governor, 80.
Ashurst, Sir Henry, 122.
Atherton, Humphrey, 46, 47, 49, 50, 84, 101, 106, 114.
B.
Bailey, Richard, 80.
Baptists, 30, 105, 120, 159, 196.
Barbadoes, 127.
Barber, Henry, 248.
Bartlett, J. R., 286.
Beaver, The, 206.
Beaver Tail Light, 173, 246.
Bellemont, Lord, 118, 119, 122.
Berkeley, George, 146, 147, 179, 203.
Block Island, 55, 56, 112, 121, 125, 151, 156.
Bloody Brook, 72.
Borden, John, 70.
Boston, 2, 3, 4, 7, 17, 22, 31, 69, 73, 77, 100, 101, 103, 107, 115,
116, 119, 128, 138, 144, 149, 152, 154, 203, 211, 219, 228, 236.
Boston Port Bill, 211, 215.
Bowen, Ephraim, 208.
Bowler, Metcalf, 192, 206.
Bradford, (printer,) 129.
Bradford, William, 220.
Brenton, Jahleel, 117.
Brenton's Point, 245, 246.
Breton, Cape, 170.
Bridge, Rev. Christopher, 121.
Bridgham, Samuel W., 275.
Brinley, Francis, 108.
Bristol, 38, 168, 230.
Bristol, County of, 11.
Bristol, Town of, 70, 144, 224, 227, 235, 249.
Brookfield, 71.
Brown, John, 196, 274.
Brown, Moses, 272.
Brown, Smith, 272.
Brown University, 147, 196.
Bucklin, Joseph, 208.
Bull, Henry, 110, 111.
Bunker Hill, 221, 223.
C.
Callender, John, 173.
Calvinists, 140.
Cambridge, 98.
Canada, 129, 130, 170.
Canonchet, 75, 76.
Canonicus, 11, 12, 20, 28.
Careless, Thomas, 199.
Carolina South, 135, 243.
Carr, Sir Robert, 57, 59.
Carteret, Lord, 146.
Carthagena, 157.
Cartwright, George, 57.
Champlin farm, 266.
Charles I., 47.
Charles II., 39, 41, 47, 51, 95, 98, 277.
Charlestown, 171.
Charter House, 2.
Chepachet, 281.
Church, Benjamin, 70, 76.
Church's Harbor, 188.
Clarke, Jeremy, 25.
Clarke, John, 18, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56,
57, 61, 63, 64, 65, 85, 124, 141, 277, 287.
Clarke, Walter, 99, 104.
Clawson, John, 92.
Coddington, Nathaniel, 117.
Coddington, William, 18, 25, 30, 31, 32, 37, 87.
Coggeshall, John, 25, 94.
Coke, Sir Edward, 2.
Collins, Governor, 263.
Conanicut, Island of, 11, 20.
Congregationalists, 120, 175.
Connecticut, 22, 30, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65,
66, 72, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 96, 100, 104, 105, 106, 109, 114,
122, 124, 130, 138, 152, 163, 171, 186, 242, 243, 261.
Connecticut River, 71.
Cook, Colonel, 230.
Cooke, Esek, 225.
Cooke, Nicholas, 198, 220, 225, 235, 254.
Copley, 147.
Cornberry, Lord, 125.
Coweset, 79, 81.
Coweset Bay, 93, 229.
Cranston, 197.
Cranston, John, 156, 166.
Cranston, Samuel, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 135, 141.
Cranfield, 96, 97.
Crary, Colonel, 244.
Cromwell, 39.
Cromwell, Richard, 39.
Culpepper, Lord, 106.
Cumberland, 168.
Cygnet, The, 191.
D.
Davenport, Captain, 73.
Dedford, 101.
Deerfield, 71.
Delaware, 11, 261.
D'Estaing, 236, 237, 238, 239.
Dexter Asylum, 275.
Dexter, Ebenezer Knight, 275.
Dickinson, John, 199.
Dorr Rebellion, 279, 282.
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 280, 281.
Douglass, David, 180.
Downer, Silas, 199.
Duddingston, Lieutenant, 206, 208.
Dudley, 100, 108, 122, 124, 125.
Dudley, Charles, 226.
Durfee, Colonel Joseph, 236.
Dutch Island, 158.
Dyer, William, 25.
E.
Eastern, John, 111.
Edwards, Mr., 50.
Edwards, Rev. Morgan, 196.
Eliot, John, 58, 59, 69.
Ellery, William, 166, 253.
Endicott, John, 55.
England, 7, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 47, 64, 82, 83, 88, 92,
95, 102, 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, 119, 127, 128, 131, 138, 141,
143, 149, 153, 156, 157.
England, Church of, 2, 3, 103, 153.
Episcopalians, 120, 140, 175.
Exeter, 163, 196.
Exposition, Centenary, 286.
F.
Fall River, 236.
Familists, 140.
Famme Goose Bay, 165.
Farmer's Letters, 197, 199.
Fellowship Club, 176.
Fitch, Governor, 192.
Flagg, Major Ebenezer, 251.
Fones, Captain, 165.
Fothergill, Samuel, 159.
France, 64, 86, 110, 159.
Franklin, Benjamin, 176, 190, 213, 214, 261.
Franklin, James, 144, 147.
Freemasonry, 181.
Freetown, 121.
French Residents, 178.
Frenchtown, 107, 111.
G.
Gage, General, 215.
Galloway, Mr., 130.
Gardiner's Island, 250.
Gaspee, 194, 206, 207, 211, 212, 221.
George I., 135, 142.
George II., 143, 142.
George, Fort, 156, 159, 216, 223.
Goat Island, 123.
Goddard, William, 180, 214, 222.
Godfrey, John, 112.
Goffe, 72.
Gorton, Samuel, 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, 85.
Goulding, Roger, 110.
Greene, Christopher, 218, 226, 231, 234, 250.
Greene, Governor, 248.
Greene, James, 162.
Greene, John, 61, 82, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 111, 114, 115, 119, 121.
Greene, Nathanael, 218, 219, 220, 236, 239, 250.
Greene, William, 158, 235.
Greenwich, 233.
Greenwich, East, 79, 82, 88, 101, 151, 163, 174, 192, 212, 215, 218,
244, 245, 256, 258, 282.
Greenwich, West, 132, 163, 174, 226.
Gregorian Calendar, 175.
H.
Hadley, 71.
Hall, Benoni, 206.
Hamilton, 261.
Hancock, John, 236.
Hannah, The Sloop, 207.
Harris, Thomas, 37.
Harris, William, 33, 82, 85, 86.
Hartford, 35, 76, 79, 105.
Hartford Convention, 276.
Harvard College, 121.
Hatfield, 72.
Haversham, 101.
Hays, 246.
Hazard's, Isaac P., farm, 267.
Hazard's, Robert, farm, 266.
Helme, James, 206.
Henry, Patrick, 191.
Herendeen, 92.
Hill, David, 205, 206.
Hill, Lieutenant, 193.
Hillsborough, Lord, 201.
Hog Island, 38.
Holden, Randall, 25, 82, 97.
Holland, 32, 64, 95, 149.
Holmes, Obadiah, 30.
Honeyman's Hill, 121.
Honeyman, James, 121.
Hooker, Dr., 105.
Hope Bay, Mount, 70.
Hope Island, 226, 254.
Hope, Mount, 11, 69, 70, 76.
Hopkins, Captain William, 157.
Hopkins, Samuel, 204.
Hopkins, Stephen, 106, 176, 178, 179, 180, 188, 198, 200, 206, 212,
216, 224, 233, 273.
Hopkinton, 182.
Howard, Martin, Jr., 176.
Howell, 253.
Howland, John, 273.
Hutchinson, Anna, 17.
Hutchinson, Captain, 49.
Hutchinson, Governor, 171, 205.
Hutchinson Letters, 213.
Huguenots, 107, 135.
J.
Jackson, Daniel, 259.
James, Fort, 62.
James II., 98, 100, 105, 106, 107.
Jamestown, 88, 158.
Jenckes, Joseph, 134, 142, 148, 152.
Jews, 98, 256.
Johnson, Captain, 73.
Johnston, 182.
Johnston, Augustus, 191.
Judith, Point, 237.
K.
Katy, The, 222.
Keeler, Captain, 212.
Kent County, 58, 174.
Kentish Guards, 218.
Kidd, Captain, 119.
King, Governor, 281.
King's Province, 58, 59, 79, 80, 96, 101, 104, 106, 107, 122, 252.
Kingston, 73, 88, 93, 101, 121, 139.
Kingstown, North, 163.
Kingstown, South, 151, 247, 258.
L.
Lafayette, 236, 239, 240, 248.
Languedoc, The, 238.
Lee, General, 226, 233.
LeFavour, Heber, 284.
Leister, 112.
Lenthall, Robert, 54.
Lexington, 219.
Liberty, The Sloop, 202.
Lincoln, President, 282.
Lindsey, Captain, 207.
Little Compton, 121, 127, 168.
Lockman, Leonard, 164.
London, 109.
Long Island, 62.
Long Island, Indians of, 35.
Lopez, 246.
Lopez, Moses, 175.
Louisburg, 165, 166, 170.
Lovelace, Governor, 62.
Lutherans, 140.
Lyndon, Josias, 198.
Lynn, 30.
Lyon, The Ship, 2.
M.
Madison, 261.
Maidstone, 193.
Maine, 61, 75.
Malmedy, 233.
Manhattan, 32.
Marchant, 205, 254.
Martha's Vineyard, 62.
Martindale, Major, 124.
Massachusetts Bay, Colony of, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 50, 53, 55, 57, 58,
61, 64, 66, 70, 72, 75, 84, 87, 96, 100, 102, 105, 107, 109, 114,
118, 122, 125, 126, 133, 134, 144, 152, 161, 171, 179, 186, 212,
254, 261.
Massasoit, 5, 8, 11, 12, 66.
Mather, Cotton, 140.
Mather, Dr. Increase, 109.
Maverick, Samuel, 57.
Mayflower, 13.
Miantonomi, 5, 11, 20, 22.
Middletown, 163.
Milton, John, 16.
Mohegans, 21, 22, 47, 76.
Montague, Admiral, 207.
Mooshausick Hill, 65.
Mooshausick River, 9, 10, 12, 13, 97, 183, 184.
Moravian Mission, 174.
N.
Namcook, 46.
Nantasket Roads, 2, 129.
Nantucket, 62.
Narragansett, 31, 45, 50, 58, 79, 80, 84, 89, 96, 106, 115, 124, 128,
175.
Narragansett Bay, 7, 15, 19, 23, 45, 46, 48, 58, 62, 70, 80, 81, 96,
150, 227, 236, 241, 254.
Narragansett River, 48, 51.
Narragansetts, The, 11, 20, 21, 22, 28, 35, 46, 72, 73, 75.
Neale, Thomas, 116.
Newburyport, 236.
New England, 23, 40, 45, 53, 58, 75, 77, 88, 95, 96, 98, 100, 105,
107, 114, 118, 131, 133, 145, 154, 159.
New Haven, 22.
New Jersey, 11, 105.
New London, 112.
New Netherlands, 62.
Newport, 18, 25, 27, 29, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 53, 61, 64, 65, 75, 88,
90, 104, 108, 112, 121, 123, 124, 126, 129, 130, 133, 136, 140,
142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 154, 157, 159, 163, 172, 174, 179,
189, 191, 195, 199, 203, 204, 207, 215, 218, 222, 223, 224, 225,
226, 227, 235, 236, 237, 238, 243, 245, 247, 250, 253, 255, 259,
264, 273, 275, 278.
Newport Artillery, 164.
Newport Marine Society, 176.
Newport Mercury, 180, 248.
New York, 11, 15, 57, 62, 105, 112, 115, 119, 125, 152, 157, 202, 249.
Niantics, 76, 128.
Nichols, Colonel Richard, 57.
Niles, Samuel, 121.
Ninigret, 35, 128, 137.
Nipmucks, 71.
Norris, Matthew, 155.
O.
Oleron, laws of, 25.
Olney, Colonel, 231, 234.
Olney's Tavern, 199.
Olneys, The, 231.
Olney, Thomas, 37.
Otis, James, 89, 98.
P.
Paine, John, 62.
Paine, Thomas, 112.
Pappoosquash Point, 249.
Paris, Peace of, 177.
Partridge, Richard, 158, 181.
Patience, Island of, 19.
Pawcatuck, 112, 114, 132.
Pawcatuck River, 49, 51, 101.
Pawtucket, 132.
Pawtuxet River, 162, 197.
Pawtuxet, 12, 29, 38, 45, 76, 82, 83, 96.
Pedobaptists, 140.
Penn, William, 125.
Pennsylvania, 261.
Peoples' Constitution, 279.
Pequots, 20, 21, 22, 55, 66, 76.
Perry, Oliver H., 276.
Pettaquamscott Pond, 105.
Philadelphia, 226.
Philip, King, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77.
Philip's, King, War, 66, 89, 120.
Phipps, Sir William, 114.
Pigot, Sir Robert, 237, 238.
Pitt, William, 177.
Plainfield, 132.
Plymouth, Colony of, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 15, 22, 57, 61, 67, 69, 70,
72, 76, 77, 84, 97, 114, 126, 236.
Pocasset, 17, 19, 71.
Port Royal, 129, 131, 166.
Portsmouth, 24, 25, 27, 29, 41, 44, 63, 75, 88, 116, 124, 135, 136,
144, 156, 158, 193.
Portsmouth Grove, 285.
Potter, Simeon, 218.
Potter, Stephen, 206.
Potowomut, 93, 101, 256.
Potowomut River, 136.
Presbyterians, 140.
Prospect Hill, 223.
Proud, John, 159.
Providence, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33,
39, 41, 43, 44, 54, 64, 65, 75, 78, 82, 83, 88, 90, 94, 120, 130,
135, 136, 148, 151, 153, 172, 174, 195, 199, 200, 201, 203, 207,
209, 216, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224, 229, 230, 233, 249, 253, 258,
262, 264, 271, 273, 275, 278, 279, 280.
Providence Bank, 274.
Providence Court House, 179.
Providence Cove, 188.
Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 180, 214.
Providence Institution for Savings, 274.
Providence Library Association, 171.
Providence Plantations, 23, 24, 40, 232.
Prudence Island, 62, 227.
Puritans, 2, 3, 105, 120.
Q.
Quakers, 39, 76, 103, 105, 120, 140, 148, 152, 158, 159, 181.
Quebec, 226.
Quidnesset, 46.
Quincy, Josiah, 98.
R.
Randolph, 96, 97, 100, 104, 119.
Ranters, 140.
Ray, Simon, 55.
Redwood, Abraham, 200.
Redwood Library, 147, 171, 200, 250.
Rehoboth, 248.
Reid, Captain William, 202.
Rhode Island, 7, 11, 17, 18, 19, 22, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42,
44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
66, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 87, 92, 95, 96,
97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113,
114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 134,
135, 138, 144, 152, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 166, 168,
171, 177, 181, 201, 205, 206, 211, 212, 213, 227, 228, 231, 232,
235, 242, 247, 248, 250, 255, 256, 259, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274,
275, 276, 277, 279, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287.
Rhode Island Army of Observation, 221, 223.
Rhode Island, Island of, 15.
Riveiras, 246.
Robinson, John, 3.
Rochambeau, 249, 250.
Rochester, 101.
Rogers, James, 175.
Roman Catholics, 140, 150, 256.
Rome, George, 213, 224.
Rose, Frigate, 221.
Roxbury, 73.
Ryswick, Treaty of, 117, 118, 123.
S.
Sabbatarians, 81, 120.
Salem, 4, 5, 7, 8, 85, 236.
Sandford, Peleg, 80, 117.
Sanford, John, 25.
Say and Seal, Lord, 47.
Scituate, 178, 258.
Scituate Furnace Company, 200.
Scott, John, 49, 50.
Seekonk, 16.
Seekonk River, 8, 9.
Senegal, 199.
Separatists, 105.
Sequasson, 22.
Shawomut, 19, 20, 29.
Sheffield, Captain Joseph, 157.
Sherwood Joseph, 181, 205.
Shoreham, New, 56, 88, 156.
Simpson, Joseph, 216.
Skelton, Mr., 4, 5.
Slate Rock, 9.
Slater, Samuel, 272.
Smibert, 147.
Socinians, 140.
Spain, 86, 156, 159.
Sparker, Henry, 199.
Spencer, General, 236.
Springfield, 72.
Stamper's Hill, 39.
Stanton Farm, 266.
Stanwix, Fort, 188.
Star Chamber, 2.
Stiles, Ezra, 200, 203.
Stirling, Earl of, 62.
Stonington, 76.
Sullivan, 236, 237, 239.
Sutton Hospital, 2.
Swanzey, 69.
T.
Talbot, Silas, 242.
Tartar, Ship, 155, 162, 165.
Taunton River, 70.
Taylor, George, 153.
Ternay, 249, 250.
Tew, Henry, 134.
Thayer, Simeon, 226, 231.
Theatres in Rhode Island, 180.
Thurston, 150.
Tiverton, 71, 121, 168, 230, 236, 249.
Tiverton Heights, 229.
Trinity Church, 200, 250.
Touros, 246.
Turpin, William, 153.
U.
Uncas, 22.
Underhill, Captain, 7.
United Colonies, 22, 34, 35, 39, 46, 50.
Utrecht, Treaty of, 131.
V.
Vane, Sir Henry, 17, 20, 34.
Varnum, General, 233, 234, 254.
Varnum, James M., 218.
Venus, Transit of, 200.
Verin, Joshua, 14.
Virginia, 110, 116.
W.
Wallace, Sir James, 221, 223, 224, 227.
Walpole, 189.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 143.
Wamponoags, 11, 12, 66.
Wamsutta, 67.
Wanasquatucket, 12.
Wanton, Captain John, 126, 153, 158.
Wanton, Captain William, 124, 152.
Wanton, Governor, 220, 221, 224, 227.
War of Independence, 202.
Ward, Henry, 192.
Ward, Major, 234.
Ward, Richard, 158, 160, 178, 179, 188, 192, 195, 198, 216.
Ward, Samuel, 226, 228, 231.
Warren, 98, 168, 227, 236.
Warren Association of Baptist Churches, 196.
Warwick, Colony of, 15, 20, 24, 25, 27, 31, 34, 41, 43, 44, 58, 65,
75, 76, 79, 82, 83, 88, 93, 94, 96, 101, 111, 132, 163, 174.
Warwick, Earl of, 23.
Warwick Neck, 229.
Washington, 248, 261, 274.
Washington, The, 222.
Waumaion, 92.
West, 147.
West, General, 227, 230.
West Indies, 128, 149, 153, 158, 271.
Westerly, 88, 101, 121, 124, 138, 144, 151, 182, 215.
Weybosset Bridge, 165, 188.
What Cheer Square, 9.
Whipple, Captain Abraham, 208, 222, 226.
Whipple Hall, 200.
Whipple, Joseph, 175.
Whitefield, Governor, 159.
Wickford, 74, 121.
Willard, Captain, 36.
William and Mary, 109, 110.
Williams, Roger, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42,
45, 46, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 75, 82, 85, 86, 92, 141, 184, 256,
277, 287.
Winslow, 29.
Winslow, Major, 67.
Winthrop, John, 46, 47, 49, 51, 62, 124.
Wolf, 77.
Wonumytomoni Hill, 65.
Worcester, 179.
Y.
Yale College, 147.
Yemassee War, 135.
York, Duke of, 62.
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
HISTORICAL STUDIES.
One vol., 12mo., 1850.
BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES.
One vol., 12mo., 1860.
NATHANAEL GREENE.
AN EXAMINATION OF SOME PASSAGES IN THE 14TH
VOLUME OF MR. BANCROFT'S "HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES."
Eight vo., 1866.
THE LIFE OF NATHANAEL GREENE,
MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION.
Three vols., 8vo., 1871.
THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE WAR
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
One vol., 12mo., 1876.
Transcriber's Note
The paragraphs of the Dedication were printed in mixed case using
small capitals. In the interest of readability, this portion of the
text is simply left as mixed case.
There are several errors in the chronology given in the Analytical
table. The entry for Chapter XVII is missing the year of the death
of Governor Cranston (1727) which is mentioned on p. 141. This has
been added. The page number for the last entry for Chapter XXXIX
was printed as 228, but should have been 282. This has been corrected
as well.
Minor inconsistencies of punctuation in the Analytical Table and the
Index have been corrected silently. In the Index, the entry for
Roger Williams includes an out-of-sequence reference to p. 39, which
should have been p. 29.
Some words appear both with and without hyphens. Where the hyphen is
used at a line break, the most common usage is followed.
The word 'seized' was misprinted twice (pp. 30, 79) as 'siezed'.
It appears correctly more than a dozen times. These have been
corrected.
On p. 112, an opening quotation mark in the final paragraph is never
closed. A page later, an unbalanced closing quotation mark appears, but
it is very unlikely that they correspond, since they span multiple
topics. Both have been removed. See the entries for pp. 112-113 in the
table below.
The Author's Note, which refers to p. 196, is a clarification of remarks
on the foundation and re-naming of Brown University. The paragraph
begins with the phrase "The foundation of a university".
On the final page, the description of "NATHANAEL GREENE",
includes a misprinted reference. The original referred to:
Mr. Bancrofts "History of the United" States.
This has been corrected:
Mr. Bancroft's "History of the United States."
The following table contains other typographical issues, most likely
printer's errors, and their resolution. Idiosyncratic spellings,
where no other correct instances are to be found, are allowed to
stand. Non-standard spelling which appear in quoted material are also
given here as printed, unless an error can be confirmed by comparison
with original sources.
p. viii Mass[as]oit Added.
success[s]ful Removed.
p. xiii bes[ei/ie]ged Transposed.
p. xvii [1727] Death of Governor Cranston Added.
p. 43 Deputy-Govern[e/o]r Corrected.
p. 61 struck a familiar cord _sic._
p. 74 victors and vanquishe[r/d] were driven Corrected.
p. 81 con[s]cientious Added.
p. 95 parapheranalia _sic._
p. 102 his a[r]bitrary will Added.
p. 112 The war pressed so ["]heavily on the Removed.
p. 113 says a cotemporary letter.["] Removed.
p. 117 admiral[i]ty Removed.
p. 167 the conquest of New Eng[l]and Added.
p. 176 to har[r]ass the enemy's commerce Removed.
p. 233 the rank of Brigadier[.]" Added.
p. 254 the begin[n]ing of the war Added.
p. 259 degredation _sic._
p. 263 enthusia[s]m Added.
p. 268 (Various companies in Pawtucket.[)] Added.
p. 292 enlarge the [the] territories Removed.
p. 293 suc[c]essors Added.
p. 295 ensu[s]ing Removed.
in any [of] their assemblies Added.
p. 329 mi[s]demeanor Added.
p. 356 27, [3/2]9, 31 Corrected.