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Esek Aldriclı,
Andrew Cory.
William H. Potter,
Providence :
Bradford F. Knapp,
Henry Martin,
John C. Tower,
Charles Hodges,
Edward N. Davis,
Jolın P. Jones,
Abraham Payne,
Charles Holden, Jr.,
Dean Kimball,
George Rivers,
Charles F. Searle,
Gamaliel L. Dwight,
David Millard, Fenner Smith,
Edward D. Pearee,
Thomas A. Jenckes,
Andrew A. Angell,
Nathaniel Searle,
James Bushee,
Samuel W. Peekham,
Edwin C. Larned,
Walter W. Updike,
Benjamin Lindsey,
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625
1845. May.
Providence :
Joseph S. Pitman, Christopher Robinson, Edward E. Evans,
Nicholas Peckham, Joseph K. Angell, Benjamin T. Eames, George H. Brown,
Massadore T. Bennett, Jonathan R. Bullock, Joseph C. Pearce.
Kent :
Albert G. Greene,
David G. Wilbur,
Martin S. Paine,
William G. Bowen,
David Daniels,
Herman C. Fisher,
William N. Rhodes.
William B. Merrill,
Washington :
Robert B. Hall,
William B. Robinson,
Jolin C. Sweet,
Thomas Perry,
Robert H. Niles,
Nathan F. Dixon,
Russell Briggs,
Sylvester G. Shearman,
Lemuel Burge.
Asa Potter, June. Newport :
Thomas Phillips, Josiah S. Peckham,
Stephen Smith, Jr.,
George W. Ellery.
Alfred J. Reynolds,
Horatio N. Campbell,
Powell Helme,
William Knowles, Benjamin M. Lapham,
Sabin Allen,
Amasa S. Westcott,
Peleg F. Hopkins,
Lemuel Angell, John Burnham.
Washington : Francis Chappell.
Kent:
Bennett L. Holden,
Joseph Winsor.
Providence :
Henry L. Bowen, Steplien Martin, William F. Green, George Rivers,
Edward H. Hazard,
Gamaliel L. Dwight, Charles Holden, Jr.,
Franklin Greene,
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Marinus W. Gardner, William N. Sherman, John J. Reynolds,
Horatio N. Reynolds, Timothy R. Peckham. Bristol :
Lewis B. Smith,
Alfred Bosworth,
Samuel Randall,
Nathaniel P. Smith,
Charles Randall, George T. Gardner,
June. Justices of the Peace : Newport : Josialı C. Shaw, Daniel C. Denham, William Gilpin, Christopher E. Robbins, Timothy Coggeshall, Benjamin B. Howland. Providence : Robert Knight,
Bristol : Emerson Humphrey, William C. Vandoorn, William Throop,
Providence : Edwin Metcalf,
626
1845. June.
Providence :
Walter W. Updike,
Samuel Currey, Jabez J. Potter, Walter Paine, Jr., Samuel W. Peckham,
Israel G. Manchester,
James C. Hidden, Samuel Brown,
Smithfield : Emor Coe, Edward Evans, David Daniels, Daniel Pearce.
Scituate : Benjamin Wilbur,
Moses Potter,
Joseph Potter, 2nd,
Owen Battey,
Horace Martin,
Richard Lapham,
Alanson Steere, Daniel Gould.
Glocester :
Abramı Baker,
Leonard R. Williams,
Anson Smith,
Philip C. Scott,
Cyrus Cook,
Elisha S. Winsor.
Alvyn V. Dyke,
William Knowles,
Amasa S. Westcott,
William J. Pabodie,
Edward P. Knowles,
William P. Greene,
James M. Clarke, Rufus Smith.
North Kingstown : Sylvester G. Shearman, Peter Phillips.
Smithfield :
George Aldrich, 2nd,
Samuel Howard.
Sessions Mowry,
Bristol :
Billings Waldron,
William Throop,
Rhodes B. Chapman,
William C. Vandoorn,
Jonathan Russell Bullock,
Samuel Greene,
Bennett J. Munro,
George F. Jenckes, Sabin Allen,
Little Compton :
Arnold Wakefield,
Otis Wilbur,
Metcalf Marsh,
Oliver C. Brownell,
Robert Harris,
Peleg Sanford,
Lorenzo L. Brown,
Joseph Gifford.
Barzillai Cranston, Francis E. Hoppin, Joseph S. Pitman, Edwin C. Larned, Joseph Hodges, Thomas A. Jenckes, Charles Hart,
Abraham Payne,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Edwin Metcalf,
Charlestown :
Asa Church,
Joshua Clarke,
Joseph H. Griffin.
West Greenwich : Benjamin R. Hoxsie,
Samuel Kettle,
Charles Tillinghast,
Gideon B. Whitford,
Albert M. Wait,
Thurston Hall,
Varnum Weaver,
Simon A. Sayles,
Spencer Mowry,
Eathan Harris,
Samuel Bradford.
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1845. June. Cumberland : Christopher Robinson, Ariel Cook, Alfred Arnold.
Cranston : Amos Collins, Thomas Remington, Charles Goodwin.
Coventry : Obadialı Potter. Johnston :
Abel G. Tripp,
Paris Mathewson, Peleg G. Thurston, William Richardson.
North Providence : Samuel Greene, Jabel Ingraham, Fenner Angell, John Harris, Joseph P. Claflin, Elisha Olney.
Burrillville : Ephraim Thayer, Joel Paine, Daniel S. Mowry.
Exeter : Samuel Phillips.
Justices of the Peace Appointed by Certain Towns and Commissioned :
Middletown : John Gould, James Chase, 3d, Joseph W. Chase.
Scituate :
Edmund V. Randall,
William B. Kimball,
George Sarle,
Warren : Samuel Randall,
John Hill,
Joseph Tisdell,
Elias Magown,
William T. Wheaton,
Hezekiah Bosworth, Alfred Bosworth.
North Providence : John H. Weeden,
John Bayley,
Joseph T. Sisson,
Lemuel Angell,
Levi C. Eaton,
Asel Steere.
Eddy Walker,
Warwick :
William Harrison,
Thomas R. Greene,
Nathaniel B. Durfee,
Gideon Burgess, Jr.,
Cyrus Holden,
Ira Winsor,
Samuel Tillinghast,
George Walker,
John J. Wood,
Joseph B. Hopkins.
Scituate :
Jonah Titus, Emor Angell, William Roberts, Luther C. Warner,
Daniel Maguire,
Sterry B. Fenner,
Henry Hamilton,
Thomas W. Gardner,
William B. Spencer,
Barrington : Job Wheaton, John Kelley, Henry Smith.
Foster :
William G. Stone,
Richard Howard,
Casey B. Tyler,
George S. Tillinghast,
Job Angell,
George Yeaw, Jeremiah Angell, Jr.
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1845. June.
Warwick :
Benjamin Arnold, Burrel Arnold, Joseph H. Arnold, John S. Colgrove, Ray G. Andrews. Coventry : Asa Stone,
Ebenezer Johnson,
Jonathan Whaley, Benjamin H. Horton, Asa D. Kasson, Jeffrey S. Lewis, Asa Stone, Jr., Robert Perry.
East Greenwich :
Jeremiah S. Slocum,
William Bailey,
William W. Shippee,
Caleb R. Hill, Christopher Jolison.
Tiverton :
Charles Durfee,
Asa Gray,
Edmond Estes, .
William P. Sheffield,
William G. Borden, Frederick Boomer. Johnston :
Robert Willson, William Bailey,
Serill Winsor.
Westerly :
Nathan F. Dixon,
John Hancock Cross,
Jedediah W. Knight, Paul Babcock, . Mumford G. Knowles. South Kingstown : Benjamin Hull, Joseph P. Babcock, Wilkins Updike, Elisha R. Potter,
Matthew Waite,
Powell Helme,
South Kingstown : Thomas P. Wells, Matthew Chappell, John P. Whitford, William Nichols, Thomas A. Hazard. Glocester :
Jesse S. Tourtellot, Charles A. Slocum, Jesse Phetteplace, Artemas Smith,
Thomas Irons,
John W. Wood,
Hiram Salisbury, Enos Lapham.
Cranston :
William M. Cooke,
Joseph S. Budlong,
William H. A. Aldrich,
Henry B. Turner,
Ambrose B. Bailey,
Richard Greene,
John Beattie, Remington Arnold.
Exeter :
James Sheldon,
Simon Lillibridge.
Ambrose Brown,
Beriah H. Lawton,
Gershom P. Shearman.
Hopkinton :
Joseph T. Barber,
John C. Perry,
Nathan K. Lewis, Jesse Brown.
Cumberland :
Joseph A. Scott,
Lewis B. Arnold,
Dexter Clarke,
Leonard Wakefield,
Bailey E. Borden,
George L. Dana,
Millard H. Whiting,
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1845. June.
Cumberland : Levi T. Ballon, Mowry Taft. North Kingstown :
Portsmouth : John Cory, Lawton Taylor, Samuel Cory. Richmond : Nathan Moore,
Francis Chappell,
Richaad Thomas,
Isaac C. Champlin,
John Olney,
Benjamin S. Williams,
Reynolds James,
James Shearman, Jr.,
George L. Hazzard, Jonathan Colegrove.
Joseph Arnold,
Benjamin T. Clark,
West Greenwich : Jason P. Stone,
William S. Arnold,
Charles Tillinghast,
Joseph Nichols,
Burrillville :
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Smith Mowry,
Eddy Keech, Ara Paine, Martin S. Salisbury.
Samuel Stanton,
Thomas Clark,
Smithfield :
Job Taylor, George Browning.
Orin Wright, Theophilus Crowell.
Little Compton : George C. Bailey.
May. Inspector-General of Beef and Pork: Rufus W. Kimball. Inspector-General of Lime: Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. Inspector of Scythe Stones: Thomas A. Paine.
Inspectors of Ferries :
Richard K. Randolph,
George Brown,
George Bowen,
Joseph I. Bailey,
Benjamin Hall,
Joseph T. Perry.
Elisha Watson, Jr.,
Agent Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike : Thomas Burgess :
Inspectors of State Prison :
Christopher Rhodes, Rufus W. Kimball,
Barzillai Cranston, Isaac Thurber,
Amherst Everett, James Y. Smith.
Thomas M. Burgess,
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries : John W. Vose, Thomas J. Branch, Remington Arnold.
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John Hall, Pardon Tillinghast.
Oliver Matteson, Thurston Hall, Layton Hopkins.
Charlestown : 1
Asa Winsor,
Daniel Sayles,
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1845. May. Rail Road Commissioners :
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Gideon Spencer, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Rufus W. Kimball.
Commissioners Washington Bridge: Edward S. Wilkinson, Stephen Randall, Isaac Thurber.
Representatives 29th Congress : Henry Y. Cranston, Lemuel H. Arnold.
Militia of the State:
Quartermaster-General Thomas J. Stead, vice Samuel Ames, resigned. June.
Adjutant-General Thomas A. Jenckes, vice Elisha Dyer, Jr., resigned.
3d Brigade-Washington County :
Brig .- Gen. George W. Eccleston, vice J. B. M. Potter, resigned.
Brigade Inspector Anthony Dixon.
Brigade Quarter-Master Rowland G. Rodman.
May.
Independent Companies :
The Providence Artillery Company :
Col. William G. Meriwether, Lieut .- Col. Lucien B. Kendall, Maj. Thomas Green, Capt. Charles H. Waterhouse, Lieut. Charles H. Dexter.
The Train of Artillery in the Town and County of Bristol : Capt. William R. Taylor, 1st Lieut. Crawford Easterbrooks, 2nd Lieut. Jacob Babbitt, Jr., Ens. Martin D. Bonney, Quarter-Master Alexander V. G. D'Wolf.
The Pawtuxet Artillery : Col. George L. Tucker, Lieut .- Col. Henry J. Wightman, Maj. David G. Wilbur, Capt. Christopher Thornton.
The National Cadets :
Col. Joseph S. Pitman, Lieut .- Col. Henry W. Gardner, Maj. John W. Butts, Capt. James S. Lincoln, Lieut. John S. Slocum.
The Rifle Rangers :
Col. Samuel P. Champlin, Lieut .- Col. William G. Rose,
Maj. George W. Eccleston. 1
The First Light Infantry Company in the 2nd Regiment of Militia : Col. William W. Brown, Lieut .- Col. Ferdinand Barber, Maj. John T. Pitman, Capt. Nathaniel W. Brown, Lieut. Joseph Martin. -
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1845. May. The Narragansett Guards :
Col. Isaac P. Rodman, Lieut .- Col. Edwin A. Peckham, Maj. John G. Clark, Jr. The Sea Fencibles in the 2nd Regiment of Militia :
Col. John H. Richmond, Lt .- Col. Wm. T. Pullen, Maj. Chas. Hayford. The Providence Horse Guards:
Col. George W. Hallett, Lient .- Col. Samuel G. Arnokl,
Maj. Henry L. Kendall, Capt. Jolin W. Smith, Lieut. Philip Case. The Wickford Pioneers :
Col. George B. Thomas, Lieut .- Col. John R. Greene, Maj. George C. Sanford.
The Rhode Island Guards :
Col. Lewis C. Merrill, Lieut .- Col. George G. Wilbur, Maj. William Chace, Capt. Robert A. Kuor, Lieut. Edmund D. Randolph.
The Warren Artillery : Col. Joseph M. Smith, Lieut .- Col. Joseph Burt, Jr., Maj. Erastus R. Reynolds. June.
The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport:
Capt. Christopher Grant Perry, 1st Lieut. William H. Henderson, 2nd Lieut. George Burroughs, Ens. Benjamin A. Mason, Quarter-Master Thomas E. Townsend. The Kentish Guards : Col. John P. Roberts, Lieut .- Col. Benjamin L. Spencer, Maj. Thomas M. Matthewson.
The Providence Marine Corps of Artillery :
Col. Augustus M. Tower, Lt .- Col. William Larcher,
Maj. Henry Lippitt.
The Johnston Guards in the 14th Regiment of Militia : Capt. Joseph S. Lockwood, Lieut .- Charles B. Duey, Maj. Warren S. Simmons, Capt. Henry S. Burton, Lieut. James Brown.
The Woonsocket Guards : Col. Lebbeus C. Tourtellot, Lieut .- Col. Jolin Glackin,
Maj. William O. Bisbee.
The Providence Horse Guards : Lieut. William W. Hoppin. Oct.
The Sea Fencibles in the 2nd Regiment of Militia : Capt. William H. Pike, Lieut. William H. Pullen.
1846. May. Speaker: Robert B. Cranston, of Newport. Clerk of the Senate: Joseph S. Pitman.
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1846. May. Clerks of the House : Francis E. Hoppin and Benjamin T. Eames.
Oct. Clerks of the House : Edwin C. Larned and Benjamin T. Eames. May. Supreme Court :
Clerk Newport County, William Gilpin.
Providence Walter Paine, Jr.
Washington " Powell Hehe. ..
Kent " Joseph J. Tillinghast.
June. Bristol William Throop.
Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas :
Providence County : Josiah Westcott, John W. Smith, Clerk.
Daniel Howard. Roger Williams Potter, Sheriff.
Washington County : George D. Cross,
John G. Clarke, Jr., Clerk.
Harris Smith. Abial Sherman, Sheriff.
Bristol County : Ephraim Gifford, June. Massadore T. Bennett, Clerk.
. Stephen Mason. May. Stephen Johnson, Sheriff. Kent County :
Samuel Gibbs, Jeremiah S. Slocum, Clerk.
William S. Harris, Thomas Bateman, Sheriff.
Newport County : Joseph Childs, May. Daniel C. Denham, Clerk.
Theophilus Topham. William H. Douglas, Sheriff.
May. Public Notaries for the Several Counties :
Newport : Providence :
Eleazer Trevett,
Gamaliel L. Dwight,
Christopher E. Robbins, Edward D. Pearce,
Daniel C. Denham,
Nathaniel Searle,
Josiahı C. Shaw, Walter W. Updike,
Benjamin Mumford,
Albert B. Phillips,
William P. Sands,
James C. Hidden,
William Gilpin, Williams A. Burt,
George Munford,
. William P. Sheffield, Josiah S. Peckham, George W. Ellery, Augustus Bush.
Daniel Wilkinson,
Simon A. Sayles,
Henry S. Mansfield, Jr.,
Moses Richardson,
Providence :
, Samuel Brown, Esek Aldrich,
Henry Martin,
William H. Potter,
Bradford F. Knapp,
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John P. Jones, Charles Holden, Jr.,
Amos Cooke, Jr.,
633
1846. May.
Providence :
Jolin C. Tower, Dean Kimball, Charles F. Searle, William Ham, James Bushee,
Washington : Benjamin Hull, Simeon F. Perry, Thomas P. Welles, Matthew Waite.
Bristol :
Alfred Bosworth,
Samuel Randall,
Nathaniel P. Smith,
Charles Randall,
Fenner Smith, Edwin C. Larned,
George T. Gardner,
Christopher Robinson,
William C. Vandoorn, William Throop,
Nicholas Peckham,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Massadore T. Bennett,
Albert G. Greene,
Jonathan R. Bullock,
David Daniels,
William H. S. Bailey, Henry Smitlı.
Edwin Metcalf,
Kent :
William Knowles,
William G. Bowen,
Amasa S. Westcott,
Herman C. Fisher,
Rollin Mathewson,
John C. Sweet,
William M. Cooke,
Robert H. Niles,
James M. Clarke,
Russell Briggs,
William A. Bradley,
Lemuel Burge,
Philip C. Scott,
Joseph Winsor,
George H. Brown,
William B. Spencer.
Benj. N. Lapham. June. Providence :
Washington :
Ira Marvel,
William B. Robinson,
Sylvester Hartshorn,
Thomas Perry,
Bailey E. Borden,
Nathan F. Dixon,
Emor Smith,
Sylvester G. Shearman, Asa Potter,
Enoch Dexter,
Thomas Phillips,
Richard Howard.
Horatio N. Campbell,
Washington :
Powell Helme,
Joseph H. Griffin, Hiram Arnold,
John J. Reynolds,
Kent:
Horatio N. Reynolds, Timothy R. Peckham,
Moses Fifield.
. Francis Chappell, George Larned,
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Rufus Arnold,
William N. Sherman,
Oct. Senator in Congress for Six Years from March 4th Next : John H. Clarke.
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George Aldrich,
Simeon Newton,
David Millard,
William N. Rhodes,
634
1846. May. Justices of the Peace : Providence :
Smithfield :
Robert Knight,
Simon A: Sayles,
Henry L. Bowen,
Spencer Mowry, Ethan Harris,
Stephen Martin, William F. Greene,
Samuel Greene,
Gamaliel L. Dwight, Charles Holden, Jr.,
Sabin Allen, Elisha Olney,
Franklin Greene,
Preston H. Clarke,
Walter W. Updike,
Austin Sawyer,
Samuel Currey,
Edward C. Evans,
Jabez J. Potter,
Joseph Almy,
Walter Paine, Jr.,
Bradbury C. Hill,
Samuel W. Peckham,
David Daniels, George F. Jenckes.
James C. Hidden,
Scituate: Benjamin Wilbour,
Barzillai Cranston,
Moses Potter,
Francis E. Hoppin,
Owen Battey,
Joseph S. Pitman,
Horace Martin,
Abraham Payne,
Richard Lapham,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Alanson Steere,
Philip C. Scott,
Daniel Gould,
Edwin Metcalf,
William B. Kimball,
Alvyn V. Dike,
James Yeaw.
William Knowles,
Glocester :
Amasa S. Westcott,
Abram Baker,
William J. Pabodie,
Cyrus Cooke,
Rufus Smith,
Leonard R. Williams,
Rollin Mathewson,
Emor Smith,
Wingate Hayes,
Samuel W. Hunt,
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Samuel Steere,
James M. Clarke, Edwin C. Larned.
Hiram Salisbury.
Newport :
Joseph H. Griffin,
Josiah C. Shaw,
Joshua Clarke.
Daniel C. Denham,
Little Compton :
William Gilpin,
George C. Bailey.
Christopher E. Robbins, Cumberland :
Benjamin B. Howland.
Christopher Robinson,
Providence :
Ariel Cooke,
Sylvester Hartshorn, Willard Sayles.
Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Arnold.
Smithfield :
Johnston :
George Aldriclı,
Peleg G. Thurston.
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Charlestown :
June.
Israel G. Manchester,
Samuel Brown,
635
1846. June.
North Providence : Samuel Greene, Fenner Angell. Burrillville : Daniel S. Mowry, Daniel M. Salisbury.
East Greenwich :
William Bailey, William W. Shippee, Caleb R. Hill,
Christopher Johnson, Thomas R. Dawley.
Exeter :
Cumberland :
Leonard Wakefield,
Willard Whiting,
Abner Jillson,
Mowry Taft,
Middletown :
George C. Coggeshall,
Samuel Gould,
Jolın C. Barker.
Levi T. Ballou,
Warren :
Samuel Randall,
Elias Magown,
Alfred Bosworth,
Seth Peck,
Stephen Davol, Jr.
Bristol :
Billings Waldron,
Crawfon Easterbrooks,
William C. Vandoorn,
Sterry B. Fenner,
William Throop,
Henry Hamilton,
Samnel Bradford,
Thomas W. Gardiner,
William H. S. Bailey,
William B. Spencer,
Benjamin Arnold,
Burrill Arnold,
Joseph H. Arnold,
John S. Colegrove, Ray G. Andrews.
Glocester :
Jesse S. Tourtellot,
Charles A. Slocum,
George Smith,
Joseph C. Medbury, Solomon Sweet.
South Kingstown :
Benjamin Hull,
Joseph P. Babcock,
Wilkins Updike,
Elisha R. Potter,
Gardner Tillinghast. Warwick : Samuel L. Tillinghast.
(Appointed by Towns and Commissioned) :
Lewis B. Arnold,
Bailey E. Borden,
George L. Dana,
Jerauld O. Wilcox,
William Whipple, Abner Haskell.
Warwick :
William Harrison,
Nathaniel B. Durfee,
Cyrus Holden,
Samuel Tillinghast,
John J. Wood,
Daniel Maguire,
Mason W. Pierce,
Joseph C. Pearce,
J. Russell Bullock.
Cranston :
William M. Cooke,
Joseph S. Budlong,
Remington Arnold,
Ambrose S. Bailey, Thomas Remington, William H. A. Aldrich, Henry B. Turner, John Beattie,
Willard Jolinson, Robert Lawton, Jr.
East Greenwich : Jeremialı S. Slocum,
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1846. June.
South Kingstown : Matthew Waite, Powell Helme, Thomas P. Wells, Matthew Chappell, John P. Whitford, William Nichols, Thomas A. Haszard. Foster :
William G. Stone, Eddy Walker,
Richard Howard, George S. Tillinghast, Sterry K. Foster, Esek Seamans, Samuel Hopkins.
North Providence :
John H. Weeden,
Lemuel Angell,
Levi C. Eaton,
Frederick A. Sumner,
Charles E. Davis,
Samuel Sisson.
Scituate :
Jonah Titus,
Job Angell,
George Sarle,
William Bailey,
John H. Barden,
Abel G. Tripp,
Flavel Patterson,
William Richardson,
Nehemiah S. Fenner,
Nelson Barnes.
Arnold Knight,
Coventry :
Asa Stone,
Ebenezer Johnson,
Jonathan Whaley,
Benjamin H. Horton,
Asa D. Kasson,
Jeffrey S. Lewis,
Asa Stone, Jr.,
Nathan K. Lewis.
Robert Perry, Jason J. Potter.
Tiverton :
Charles Durfee,
Portsmouth :
Asa Gray,
John Cory,
William P. Sheffield,
Job Estes,
Asahel W. Coggeshall,
Tiverton : William G. Borden, William P. Bateman, Luther E. Borden. North Kingstown : Francis Chappell, Sylvester G. Shearman, Richard Thomas, Isaac C. Champlin, Benjamin Lawton,
George Larned, Peter Phillips.
Westerly :
Nathan F. Dixon, John Hancock Cross,
Jedediah W. Knight, Paul Babcock, Oliver Babcock.
Burrillville : Martin S. Salisbury,
Amasa Ballou,
Daniel S. Mowry,
Manning Arnold. .
Johnston :
Robert Wilson,
Paris Matthewson,
Charles A. Harris,
Arthur F. Aldrich, Joseph Tisdel.
Hopkinton :
Joseph T. Barber,
John C. Perry,
Jesse Brown,
Seth R. Anthony, Albert G. Cook.
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1846. June.
Little Compton : Otis Wilbor, Ephraim W. Brownell, Oliver C. Brownell. Barrington : Henry Smith. Charlestown : Samuel Stanton,
Smithfield
Isaac A. Matteson, Israel B. Purrington, Ulysses Mowry. West Greenwich : Jason P. Stone,
Joseph Nichols,
Joseph Tillinghast,
Albert M. Waite,
Varnum Weaver,
Thurston Hall,
Smithfield :
Samuel Howard,
Asa Winsor,
Benjamin R. Hoxsie, Nathan Carr.
Daniel Pearce,
Seth Arnold,
Exeter :
Theophilus Crowell,
James Sheldon,
Stafford Mann,
Simon Lillibridge,
Emor Coe,
Ambrose Brown,
Alanson Vose,
Beriah H. Lawton,
Ira Marvell, James M. Arnold,
Gershom P. Shearman.
May. Inspector of Scythe Stones : Hanson Arnold.
Inspectors of Ferries : William French, John A. Hazard, Jacob Babbitt, Jr.
Agent Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike : ' Thomas Burgess.
Inspectors of State Prison : Christopher Rhodes,
Rufus W. Kimball,
Barzillai Cranston, Isaac Thurber,
Amherst Everett, James Y. Smith.
Thomas M. Burgess,
Commissioners of Providence Washington Bridge : Edward S. Wilkinson, Stephen Randall, Isaac Thurber.
June. Inspector-General of Beef and Pork : Rufus W. Kimball. Inspector-General of Lime: Jesse Hutchinson, Jr.
Rail Road Commissioners : Gideon L. Spencer, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Rufus W. Kimball.
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Thomas Clark, Job Taylor, George Browning.
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1846. May. Independent Companies :
The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport:
Capt. Christopher Grant Perry, 1st Lieut. Charles D. Weeden, 2nd Lieut. George Burroughs, Ens. Benj. A. Mason, Quarter-Master Thomas E. Townsend.
The Providence Artillery Company : Col. William G. Meriwether, Lieut .- Col. Lucian B. Kendall, Maj. Charles H. Waterhouse, Capt. Charles H. Dexter, Lieut. James N. Hopkins.
The Train of Artillery in the Town and County of Bristol : Capt. William R. Taylor, 1st Lieut. Crawford Easterbrooks, 2nd Lient. Jacob Babbitt, Jr., Ens. Martin D. Bonney, Quarter-Master A. Sidney D'Wolf.
The Pawtuxet Artillery : Col. George L. Tucker, Lieut .- Col. David G. Wilbour, Maj. Christopher Thornton, Capt. Hiram Hart.
The National Cadets :
Col. Joseph S. Pitman, Lieut .- Col. James S. Lincoln, Maj. John S. Slocum, Capt. William M. Hale, Lieut. William H. Sweet.
The Providence Marine Corps of Artillery : Col. Augustus M. Tower, Lieut .- Col. Henry Lippitt, Maj. Walter C. Simmons, Capt. Edward C. Mauran, Lieut. Joseph P. Balch.
The First Light Infantry Company in the 2nd Regiment of Militia : Capt. William W. Brown, Lieut .- Col. Ferdinand Barber, Maj. John T. Pitman, Capt. Nathaniel W. Brown, Lieut. Joseph Martin.
The Narragansett Guards : Col. Isaac P. Rodman, Lieut .- Col. Edwin A. Peckham, Maj. John G. Clarke, Jr., Capt. John C. Peckham, Lieut. James P. Peckham.
The Sea Fencibles in the 2nd Regiment of Militia :
Col. William T. Pullen,
Maj. Laban T. Rogers, Capt. Robert L. Kelly, Lieut. William H. Pullen.
The Providence Horse Guards : Col. George W. Hallett, Lieut .- Col. Henry L. Kendall, Maj. John W. Smith, Capt. Thomas L. Dunnell, Lieut. Philip Case.
The Wickford Pioneers : Col. John J. Reynolds, Lient .- Col. George C. Sanford, Maj. Abial Sherman.
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The Rhode Island Guards :
Col. Lewis C. Merrill, Lieut .- Col. George C. Wilbur, Maj. William Chace, Capt. Robert A. Knox, Lieut. Edmund D. Randolph.
The Rhode Island Horse Guards :
Col. John Gould, Lient .- Col. Gideon Palmer, Jr., Maj. Benjamin A. Sayer, Capt. William Munroe.
The Warren Artillery :
Col. Joseph M. Smithi, Lieut .- Col. Joseph Burt, Jr., Maj. Erastus N. Reynolds, Capt. William B. Snell,
Lieut. Allen Cole.
The Woonsocket Guards in the 6th Regiment of Militia :
Col. Lebbeus C. Tourtellot, Lieut .- Col. Jolin Glackin, Maj. William O. Bisbee, Capt. Oren A. Ballou, Lieut. Olney Arnold.
June.
The Johnston Guards in the 14th Regiment of Militia :
Col. Joseph S. Lockwood, Lt .- Col. Charles B. Duey, Maj. Henry S. Burton, Capt. John O. W. Brown, Lieut. Reuben A. Keech.
The Kentish Guards :
Col. John P. Roberts, Lieut .- Col. Benjamin L. Spencer, Maj. Samuel R. Tillinghast, Capt. David C. Potter,
Lieut. William Bodfish.
The Train of Artillery in the Town and County of Bristol : 2nd Lieut. Martin D. Bonney, Ens. Massadore T. Bennett.
Rhode Island Officers in active service during the Mexican War : U. S. Engineers :
1st Lt. James Lewis Mason, 1st Lt. Isaac Ingalls Stevens.
1st U. S. Artillery :
June 18. 2nd Lt. Asher Robbins Eddy.
3d U. S. Artillery :
May. Capt. John Rogers Vinton.
May 28. Capt. Thomas West Sherman. Capt. David Hammond Vinton.
Sept. 23. Maj. John Rogers Vinton for gallant conduct at Monterey. Ist U. S. Dragoons :
May. Capt. William Eustis.
July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor.
2nd U. S. Dragoons :
May. Maj. Lloyd James Beall, Paymaster. 2nd U. S. Infantry :
May. Capt. Silas Casey.
July 18. Capt. George Waynefleet Patten.
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1846. May. 4th U. S. Infantry :
May 9. Brevet Maj. Charles H. Larnard, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. 2nd Lt. Christopher Raymond Perry.
U. S. Subsistence Department :
Oct. Capt. Francis M. Dimond Asst. Commissary.
Medical Department :
May. Maj. Robert C. Wood Surgeon.
1st New York Volunteers :
Aug. 1. Capt. Francis J. Lippitt.
2nd New York Infantry :
Aug. 15. 2nd Lt. George Douglass Brewerton.
1847. May. Speaker: William S. Patten of Providence. Clerk of the Senate: Christopher G. Perry. Clerks of the House: Benj. T. Eames, Edwin C. Larned.
June. Clerks of the House: Benj. T. Eames, Wingate Hayes. May. Supreme Court :
Clerk Newport County, William Gilpin.
Providence Walter Paine, Jr.
Washington Powell Helme.
Bristol William Throop.
Kent Joseph J. Tillinghast.
Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas:
Newport County : Theophilus Topham, Daniel C. Denham, Clerk.
Samuel Clarke, William H. Douglas, Sheriff.
Providence County : Josiah Westcott, John W. Smith, Clerk.
Daniel Howard. Roger Williams Potter, Sheriff.
Washington County : George D. Cross, Asa B. Waite. Thomas Wilcox, Sheriff.
John G. Clarke, Jr., Clerk.
Bristol County : Ephraim Gifford, Massadore T. Bennett, Clerk.
Stephen Mason. Stephen Johnson, Sheriff.
Kent County : Samuel Gibbs, Jeremiah S. Slocum, Clerk.
Wm. T. Harris. Thomas Bateman, Sheriff. Public Notaries for the Several Counties : Newport : Eleazer Trevett, Daniel C. Denham,
Christopher E. Robbins, Benjamin Mumford,
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May. 1847. Newport : William Gilpin, Williams A. Burt, William P. Sheffield,
Providence : Rollin Mathewson, William M. Cooke, James M. Clarke,
Josialı S. Peckham, George W. Ellery, Angustus Bush, John E. Sands,
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