_Captain McCausland_:
Will sail from Newport in ten days.—For Passage apply to Messieurs
Clark and Nightingale, in Providence, or the Captain on board.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 29, 1785.
Special attention is called to the fact that “passage” is advertised in
connection with these voyages. This is good evidence that passengers
sailed direct for Rhode Island from Ireland. Some of these were probably
merchants or their agents engaged in the Irish trade. The fact that such
accommodations were provided, likewise justifies the conclusion that
immigrants also came direct from Ireland to Rhode Island, and in
considerable numbers, too. These immigrants, in all probability, landed,
some in Newport and others in Providence. It may be, too, that Warren,
Bristol, Westerly and other places, likewise received direct Irish
accessions from this source. Further on will be found additional
evidence of direct immigration from Ireland.
Another advertisement in the Providence _Gazette_ reads as follows: