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Mr. Edwards' house was spacious, of two stories, high be- tween joints, carpeted and finely furnished with sofas and large mirrors, as well as sconces for lights, which were rare at that time. There was a large entry through the house and he carried us into it to shew us a fine view of a mount in the distance, the bay and the city. The garden was extensive and finely arranged, the tulips being all in bloom. At church we were introduced to Colonel Ingersoll, wife and family and were invited to take tea with them, this same Sunday after- noon. The party was my brother and myself, Mr. Ingersoll, his wife, one son and two daughters, under eight years of age. Mrs. Ingersoll was a tall, handsome woman and very dressy. She was the daughter of a Mr. Ralph Isaacs, a Jew of New- port. Mr. Evan Malbone, of Pomfret, married her sister, an- other daughter of Ralph Isaacs. Mrs. Malbone was a very handsome woman, but more corpulent than Mrs. Ingersoll. I knew both of these ladies. They were the handsomest la- dies that I ever saw. Mr. Ingersoll was the attorney-general of Connecticut and laboured under a palsical affection. He was quite an indifferent person in appearance.
On Monday morning, we left New Haven for New Lon- don, by the sea-shore road, passed Dragon's Bridge, Saybrook and Lyme Ferry, and arrived at New London about eight o'clock in the evening. Having ridden fifty-seven miles, I was much fatigued. We put up at Miner's public house and tar-
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Alfred Updike
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ried all night. On that evening a social club assembled there, which disturbed the rest I so much needed, after so long a ride. But for the great ease, with which my pacer carried me, I could not have performed it. Dr. Wolcott, of New London, being acquainted with my brother, insisted upon being introduced. I reluctantly consented, owing to my fa- tigue. He was a fine, agreeable gentleman of accomplished manners. The next morning, Mr. Nichols Fosdick, cousin to my father, called and took us to his house and we were treated with much attention and kindness by himself and family. The next day, Mr. Saltonstall (if I remember right, his Christian name was Roswell,) invited us to pass the day at his house, which we did. His wife was a Stewart and sister to Mrs. Colonel John Handy, of Newport, and of Mrs. John Robinson, of Narragansett. We passed the next day with William Stewart. Several were invited, among others Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop, who lived in a beautiful situation on the north border of the town. Bishop Seabury and his daughter called on us and solicited a visit, but we were forced to re- sist their entreaties, on account of our anxiety to return home. I regretted that I could not visit Mr. Seabury, as I was acquainted with him. He had often visited my father's house and was cousin to my mother.
On Friday of the second week, we left New London and reached the house of our old friend, Matthew Robinson, Esquire, in South Kingstown. On the next day, we arrived at home, at "Smith's Castle," my father's place of residence, and narrated to him the incidents of our novel, pleasant and interesting excursion.
ANSTIS LEE
I was born the 20th of June 1765.
Ghington,
States of America:
ESENTS, GREETING :
fent of the SENATE, I HAVE appointed,
of the Port of 'and anal Sto exercife and fulfil the Powers Plantations and DuITED STATES: And to have and to hold thuments thereunto of Right appertaining, during he Time being.
GIVEfourteenth
Day of fine ...
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George Washington,
PRESIDENT of the United States of America:
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
NOW YE, That by and with the Advice and Confent of the SENATE, I HAVE appointed, and DO appoint William Ellery to be Collector of the Port of New-Port. in the State of Providence Plantations)
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Rhode Island and to exercife and fulfil the Powers and Duties of that Office, according to the Laws of the UNITED STATES: And to have and to hold the fame, with the Authorities, Privileges and Emoluments thereunto of Right appertaining, during the Pleafure of the Prefident of the United States for the Time being.
GIVEN under my Hand, at the City of New-York, the Fourteenth Day of June
in the Year of our Lord, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety.
Appendix G [Sce Vol. I. p. 416] Letter from William Ellery, of Newport, Rhode Island, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, to Daniel E. Updike, Wickford.
Newport, Sept. 15th 1804
DEAR SIR:
I ACKNOWLEDGE, with gratitude, the receipt of your letter and am happy to hear that Wanton has continued to behave so well as to merit your good opinion. My great wish is that he may be an honest and a useful member of so- ciety, a lover of God and Mankind.
Johnny was with us a few days and behaved well. I ob- served that he had a cough and cautioned him against the night air and immoderate exercise. He is an active boy and his parts are bright; but his constitution is tender and re- quires care. I am glad to hear that his cough has abated. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and so small a thing as a grape-stone, a pea or a water-melon seed may disorder and weaken, if not destroy, the whole corporeal frame.
Mr. Elam should be, by adjournments and in any other way, accommodated, for he deserves everything of the Wash- ington Academy. He is possessed of good qualities, has evi- denced his regard for learning and for the happiness of the poor and afflicted.
I am obliged to you for the invitation you have given Wan- ton to tarry with you until the Academy opens and for the kindnesses he has received at your house. He takes this letter to you and, I trust, has a proper sense of gratitude to you and Mrs. Updike. I may not be at home, when you and your Lady make your visit to Newport this fall; for I meditate a journey to the Eastward the very beginning of October and expect to be absent a month at least ; but my daughters will be at home and give you a friendly reception. I beg you and Mrs. Up- dike to take up your abode with us. Sukey tells me that you drink my health sometimes in water. A cup of cold water taken or given in love is infinitely, in my estimation, preferable to
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glasses even of Madeira, formally drunk to the health of others, and a dinner of herbs, with affection and peace, to a stalled ox with contention.
Mr. Baker has been uncommonly attentive to me. He has called upon me twice and dined with me once, and was very sociable and agreeable. I value these attentions the more be- cause they deprived him, probably, of the conversation of a young lady, whom, it is said, he is courting. I say "it is said," because it had been said that he was courting Miss Deblois, when, it seems, there was nothing in it, and there may be no more intended in his notice of Miss Dennis than an expression of his regard for the civilities, received from her father and the family. When young men and young women ride out together and are seen frequently together, young people are very apt to say they are courting. Whether Mr. Baker and his Dulcinea are in earnest or not, time will discover. Marriage is honourable, where there is a voluntary agreement and mutualaffection between the parties. . . . Early marriages have a tendency to keep young people steady and regular in their conduct .... Wherefore I should think such marriages are best. But says somebody, in Cato's tragedy, with a sneer or ironically, ".Cato is a pretty fellow to trust a love- tale with," and I, who am, although not so wise or virtuous, yet older than he was, should have nothing to do with any other courtships or marriages than those of my own children.
I am authorized to procure measuring-tubs for the Port of North Kingstown and I would have you charge those, you have procured, to the United States of America, taking care that the account is dated some time in this month.
With regards to your wife and children, I am yrs in the bond of friendship,
WM ELLERY
If you have tried the newly invented machine for washing cloaths, let me know what advantages may be derived from the use of it. What time and what soap is saved, and labour. Whether it answers for washing fine linen & cotton, and what the price of a well-made one is, in Wickford.
This letter is one of a series in the possession of Mr. Daniel Berkeley Updike.
Appendix H [See Vol. I. p. 137] Letter from Dr. Sylvester Gardiner from Poole, England, to James Bowdoin, Boston.
Poole [ England] April 10, 1782
DEAR SIR:
I "T is now six years since this cruel and unhappy contest has separated us from prosecuting a laudable undertaking in settling a wild and uncultivated country and, by that means, increasing its Population, the two grand sources of riches and wealth in every State. The remembrance of the many happy hours, we spent together in this laudable design make not the least part of my misfortunes. I think myself hardly [done? ] by, since I left my country, in which I broke no law. I never bore arms against her, nor entered into any association, declara- tion, or subscription against her during the Blockade, of which there were many had since. My leaving the Province was rather a Misfortune than a fault. Had I lived in any other Town in the Province, except Boston, there would not have been the same inducement for my leaving it. Our accounts were then very disagreeable from the country. Whether true or false, I don't pretend to say, they breathed nothing but punishment to those, that did not leave the Town during the blockade. This is the true and only reason for my leaving the Province at the time I did and removing into a neighbouring one. In this I broke no law. There cannot be any transgression in this. My conduct was regulated by the strictest rules of freedom and liberty, as we then enjoyed it, and for this innocent ac- tion I have been proscribed, my estate seized, without even being heard in my own defence. Is this the liberty my coun- trymen are seeking after? If so, I am afraid it will end rather in tyranny. It has been said of the Dutch, and I believe with too much truth, that they were fighting so long for their re- ligion and liberty, until they had neither the one or the other left. I hope this will not be the unhappy fate of my own good countrymen, who, when they reflect coolly and will suffer rea- son to take the place of party rage and prejudice, they will,
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I am sure, make me such restitution that I am entitled to by the laws of God and my country, in which, I am sure, no one will more readily join them than yourself. I daresay, from your penetration, you have long ago seen through the artful de- sign of the French, that they have not been moved to your assistance by any principle either of love or regard, but from their own interest and their national and inveterate hatred to Great Britain, the only power that stopped her in her career to universal Monarchy and by weakening both countries in such a manner as to give an opportunity to seize on yours and becoming your masters. And if they don't throw off the mask too soon, they will succeed. If so, there is not another power on earth that can protect and rescue you from the all- devouring jaws of that despotic monster and bloody persecu- tor, but Great Britain, and how long that may be in her power, God only knows. God grant my dear countrymen may see through her dark and black designs, before it is too late. There is now an entire change of our Ministry, which you will hear of long before this can reach you, and by them, most likely, a change of political measures. God grant us all grace to put an end to this devouring war, so contrary to our most holy religion, and unite us all once more in that bond of Peace and brotherly Union, so necessary to the happiness of both countries. Which God grant may soon take place and give us all an opportunity to greet [one ] another as friends.
I remain, yours, SYL. GARDINER
To Mr. James Bowdoin
Appendix I [See Vol. I. p. 615]
An Interesting Ceremony in the Narragansett Coun- try. Unveiling of the MacSparran Monument in North Kingstown. Extract from " Providence four- nal," Friday, June 25, 1869.
T HE impressive and interesting ceremonies of unveiling the beautiful granite monument recently erected to the memory of the Rev. James MacSparran, D.D., under au- thority of the Protestant Episcopal Convention of this Dio- cese, took place yesterday, St. John Baptist's Day, in accor- dance with the appointment made at the recent convention. A special car was attached to the New York express train, leaving this city at 12.35 o'clock, for the accommodation of those desiring to visit the interesting and sacred spot, and to participate in the inaugural services. The car was amply filled, and beyond its seating accommodations in fact, by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, among whom were the Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, Bishop, and several of the clergy of the Diocese. The car was detached at Wickford station, where stage-coaches and carriages, which had been provided, were found in waiting to convey the party to the site of the monument. The latter place was reached at about half past two o'clock, after a delightful and invigorating ride of five or six miles, through a beautiful and interesting country, one particularly enjoyable to those of the passengers going out from the closely populated city streets,-the pleasure of the trip only marred by the heat of the midday sun, which seemed, under the circumstances, to have poured forth with an increased fervour, and the dust from the country roads, which also, in quantity and quality, was not found lacking. These were, indeed, trivial considerations, however, when the happy experiences of the afternoon as a whole are called to mind.
Upon arriving at the scene it was found that numbers of the people from the villages of the town and from the sur- rounding country had gathered at the monument, coming in
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from the different directions in carriages and on foot, so that, at the time of the commencement of the exercises, the as- sembly probably numbered at least four or five hundred per- sons. The site of the monument is one of great historic in- terest and impresses the visitor at once with its venerable and sacred associations. It stands upon an elevated mound in the centre of the old church-yard, surrounded by the graves of many long since gone to their rest, the old stone slabs which mark them-the oldest quite moss-grown and the in- scriptions obliterated-bearing dates through the period of years during which the ancient church edifice occupied the site. The oldest legible inscription that we noticed was that of December 10, 1725, the child whose grave it marks thus having died nearly a century and a half ago. The spot is an elevated region and the view therefrom beautiful and far- extending. The monument is visible from a considerable dis- tance on either side.
A stand was provided for the accommodation of the clergy conducting the services, just at the south of the monument, and seats were also provided for a portion of the audience. The exercises were commenced at three o'clock by the sing- ing of a beautiful and- impressive hymn, after which a very brief address was made by the Rev. S. A. Crane, D.D., of East Greenwich, as chairman of the committee of arrange- ments, welcoming his hearers to the sacred spot upon which they had gathered. The monument was then unveiled, disclos- ing to the assemblage an imposing shaft of Westerly granite, fourteen feet in height and bearing appropriate inscriptions, which are elsewhere noted. The upper portion of the monu- ment consists of a plain massive and significant cross, its shaft measuring ten inches square. Prayers were then said by the Rev. Daniel Goodwin, rector of St. Paul's Church, Wick- ford, which were followed by a second hymn. An historical and biographical address, commemorative of the distinguished labours of Dr. MacSparran and of the nursing, care, and pro- tection for which the Diocese is indebted to the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, was then delivered by the Bishop.
Rev. Mr. Goodwin then made a few closing and appro- priate remarks in relation to a better protection of the monu-
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ment erected, and warmly appealed to those present to contri- bute before leaving the scene, in order that a substantial wall might be erected to enclose the yard, in place of the dilapi- dated one now seen there, and promising that all that might be contributed would be expended by the committee as wisely as that already given for the enterprise. The Gloria in Excelsis was then sung, when collects were read by the Rev. Dr. Henry Waterman, of St. Stephen's Church, this city, and the Bene- diction was pronounced by the Bishop.
Returning to the depot, the Old Narragansett Church, re- moved in 1800 from the site upon which the monument now stands to the village of Wickford, was visited by the party, who alighted from their conveyances and obtained a view of its ancient looking interior, as well as its plain and weather- beaten exterior. The Providence party then repaired to the depot and returned to the city by the express train, arriving here before eight o'clock.
The monument was designed, made, and erected by the Messrs. Tingley, of Providence. The material is Westerly granite. On the four sides of the die are the following in- scriptions :
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF JAMES MACSPARRAN, D.D., BY AUTHORITY OF THE DIOCESE OF RIIODE ISLAND, IN 1868. MISSIONARY OF TIIE VENERABLE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF TIIE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, AND RECTOR OF THE CHURCH THEN HERE FROM 1721 TO HIS DEATH IN 1757. HE WAS BURIED BENEATH THIS STONE. HERE ALSO LIE THE REMAINS OF SAMUEL FAYERWEATHER, HIS SUCCESSOR FROM 1760 TO 1781. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, NARRAGANSETT, WAS BUILT HERE IN 1707 AND REMOVED TO WICKFORD IN 1800.
Appendix J Woodcuts in the Original Edition of the "History of the Narragansett Church"
1. Dean Berkeley's Chair
II. Birth-place of Gilbert Stuart
III. St. Paul's Church, Narragansett
IV. Colonel Whalley's Residence
Appendix K
Original Subscription List for the First Edition of "The History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island," by Wilkins Updike, Esq. [1847].
T HE work now proposed to be published, besides a his- tory of everything relating to the Church, will contain a full account of the early settlement of the King's Province, with sketches of the state of society, and biographical sketches of the men who have been distinguished in its religious and political concerns. There will be an Appendix, containing at full length, Dr. MacSparran's interesting work, entitled "America Dissected; or, the Early History of the Colonies," -which work has now become very scarce; and also ab- stracts of the reports of the missionaries of the Church to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, established in London. The proposed work is said by competent judges, to contain the greatest collection of genealogical and family history that has ever been published in the State.
It will make a thick octavo volume, and will be published as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is obtained, at $2.50 a volume.
We engage to take the number of copies affixed to our names, at the above price.
Names
Residence
Number of Copies
John Carter Brown
Providence
50
Philip Allen, Jun.
Providence
3
Zachariah Allen
Providence
10
Scott Greene
Providence
1
George Gibbs
New York
1
N. Y. Historical Society
New York
1
Sarah Gibbs by G. Gibbs
New York
1
Rowland G. Hazard
So Kingstown
4
Samuel Farmar Jarvis, D.D.
Middletown
1
Tho' W. Coit, D.D.
New Rochelle, N. Y.
5
T. A. Taylor Wm Davis
Brooklyn, N. Y.
I
Nº Kingstown
I
Josiah Quincy
Boston
2
Charles Hart
Providence
1
Abraham Payne
Providence
1
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Names
Residence Number of Copies
Samuel Ames Edward H. Hazard
Providence
I
Providence
1
John P. Knowles
Providence
1
Jesse L. Tourtellot
Gloucester, R. I.
1
Joseph M. Blake
Bristol
Samuel Curric
Providence
William A. Robinson
Providence
John Kingsbury
Providence
Allen O. Peck
Providence
I
Stephen Tripp
Providence
I
Wm F. Greene
Providence
I
Samuel B. Tobey
Providence
3
Stephen Branch
Providence
I
Elisha Dyer, Jun.
Providence
3
Dr Stephen Harris
Providence
2
John Brown Francis
Warwick
1 2
John Whipple
Providence
IO
A. D. & J. Y. Smith
Providence
4
William Rhodes
Providence
-
Amasa Manton
Providence
10
Charles F. Tillinghast
Providence
I
Henry Marchant
l'rovidence
2
Thomas Burgess
Providence
2
Thomas M. Burgess
Providence
5
Owen Mason
Providence
2
Job Durfee
Tiverton
I
Lauriston Hall
Wickford
I
Charles Allen
Wickford
1
Philip Allen
Providence
1
Candace Allen
Providence
1
Wm Sprague
Providence
20
Shubael Hutchins
Providence
2
Resolved Waterman
Providence
2
John H. Clarke
Providence
15
Samuel Dexter
Providence
4
John D. Brown
Providence
2
S. Sterry Smith
Providence
1
Charles Potter
Providence
4
J. D. Giddeon
Providence
I
Vincent Carr
Providence
2
Edward Walcott
Providence
2
Earl P. Mason
Providence
5
Lewis L. Miller
Providence
2
Jonathan Draper
Providence
1
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Residence
Number of Copies
Augustus J. Arnold
Providence
I
R. Greene, Jun.
Providence
1
Albert P. Ware
Providence
1
Wm E. Richmond
Providence
2
Thos C. Hoppin
Providence
2
Thomas Davis
Providence
2
William Grosvenor
Providence
1
Isaac P. Hazard
Newport
6
M. Sweet
Providence
I
Isaac Hartshorne
Providence
1
Usher Parsons
Providence
2
Charles M. Parsons
Providence
1
Walter Payne, Jun.
Providence
I
Henry Bowen
Providence
1
Thomas P. Shepard
Providence
1
Athenaeum by W. S. Patten
Providence
2
William S. Patton
Providence
1
George F. Man
Providence
1
John Wilson Smith
Providence
2
Rev. James Eames
Providence
1
Roger Williams Potter
Providence
1
John O. Waterman
Providence
1
John C. Hoskins
Providence
I
James H. Carpenter
Wakefield
2
Tully D. Bowen
Providence
4
Powell Helme
Kingston
1
Jonah Titus
Scituate
1
Rev. A. B. Chapin
New Haven
I
Robert H. Ives
Providence
IO
A. Caswell
Providence
I
J. Barstow
Providence
I
Thos L. Halsey
Providence
1
William S. Child
Providence
I
.
Anne A. Ives
Providence
IO
Francis Wayland
Providence
2
Alexander Duncan
Providence
10
William Gammell
Providence
1
C. C. Jewett
Providence
1
[H. N. ? ] Slater
Providence
20
B. B. Thurston
Hopkinton
4
Mrs. Wm G. Goddard
Providence
10
Rev. Thos A. Vail
Westerly
6
Burnett
Providence
20
D' Mauran
Providence
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Names
Residence
Number of Copies
Warren & Henry Lippitt
Providence
2
Ezra W. Howard
Providence
4
Henry Barton
Providence
1
A. D. Lippitt
Providence
2
Gov. Elisha Harris
Providence
2
Gen. James Anthony
Providence
1
John J. Stimpson
Providence
I
D' Balch
Providence
1
Richard Waterman
Providence
5
Charles Dyer
Providence
5
Wm R. Watson
Providence
I
Gov. N. R. Knight
Providence
2
Isaac H. Cady
Providence
6
Wanton R. Hazard
Providence
I
Charles Sabin
Providence
I
Cyrus Dyer
Providence
I
Hezekiah Sabın
Providence
I
John D. Williams
Newport
2
Edward M. Robinson
New Bedford
I
Stephen Chase
Salem
I
Samuel Rodman
So Kingstown
2
Gen. Fisk
So Kingstown
I
R. I. Historical Society.
Providence
5
Daniel Rodman
So Kingstown
I
William Sheldon
Providence
1
Ned Aldrich
Providence
1
Edward l'. Knowles
Providence
I
Isaac Thurber
Providence
I
George B. Holmes
Providence
2
James T. Rhodes
Providence
3
James T. Harris
Exeter
2
Cyrus Harris
Warwick
1
Benoni Harris
Cranston
2
Nathaniel B. Durfee
Warwick
I
James F. Simmons
Johnson
5
Wmn Harris
West Greenwich
I
Simon R. Sands
New Shoreham
I
Wm S. Cranston
Newport
I
Wm R. Staples
Providence
2
Sheldon Knight
Cranston
I
Peleg Wilbur
Coventry
I
Ariel Ballou
Cumberland
I
Olney Ballou
Cumberland
I
Thos T. Hazard
West Greenwich
I
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Names
Residence
Number of Copies
Gov. N. Bullock
Bristol
I
Rev. Jas. W. Cooke
Bristol
1
Rev. John Bristed
Bristol
1
Capt. Wm P. Munro
Bristol
1
Serj' Jacob Babbitt, Jun.
Bristol
1
Ensign Edwd Spalding
Bristol
1
Lieut. George Pearce
Bristol
1
Rev. Horatio Potter
Albany
3
Wm Thaddeus Harris
Cambridge
I
Charles M. Park man
Cambridge
I
Rodman Wharton
Philadelphia
I
Hannah B. Allen
Gardiner, Maine
I
Mrs. Alexander Ladd
Portsmouth, N. H.
I
D' Martin Gay
Boston
I
R. H. Gardiner
Gardiner, Maine
2
Robert H. Gardiner, Jun.
Gardiner, Maine
2
Rev. Wm R. Babcock
Gardiner, Maine
I
Mrs. Robert Hare
Philadelphia
I
Hail Collins
Warren
I
Alfred Bosworth
Warren
2
Charles E. Bennett
Warren
1
Stephen Driscoll
Warren
1
Guy M. Fessenden
Warren
1
Wm H. Turner
Warren
1
James Gardner
Warren
I
Robert R. Stafford
Providence
I
Henry W. Lathrop
Providence
1
Charles Holden
Providence
1
John Larchar
Providence
I
Randall Holden, 2nd
Providence
I
E. E. Manton
Providence
1
G. E. Nightingale
Providence
1
- Christopher Rhodes
Pawtuxet
I
J. H. Gilliat
Newport
2
R. B. Hall
Newport
I
Sarah Baily
Newport
1
S. Engs
Newport
I
O. G. Perry
Newport
I
John Sterne
Newport
1
Rowland R. Hazard T. C. Dunn
Newport
1
George Gordon King
Newport
I
Thomas R. Hazard
Newport
4
Edward Clarke
Newport
1
Newport
1
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