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Aldridge, Joseph and J., Jr. 123 Assembly, General, arranged for, Alexander, Cosmo 277 43; Jews appear before, 69; Almy, William, ships a ton of tobacco, 193 royal commission for guidance of, 87; special session of, Anabaptists 36, 68, 88, 204, 270 called, 93; rates determined Andrews, John 227 by, 101; powers of, 116; pe- Andros, Sir Edmund 179, 180 titioned by Jews, 118; bills of Angell and Smith, merchants, 321 credit issued by, 186; acts on legal tender, 238
Angell, Captain Abraham, in- Austin, William 113, 129
ventory of, 238
Angell, James 227, 325 Babcock, Colonel Harry 296, 297
Angell, John
. 63, 129, 221 Babcock, Captain James
295
Angell, Nathan 316, 33? Babcock, Dr. Joshua 995, 296 Angell, Samuel, inventory of, Bacon, Leonard 20
326
Baker, William 55
Angell, Thomas 28 Balston, William 51, 55, 95 Antinomians, 22, 47, 50, 51, 61, Bancroft, George, quoted 19, 71 68, 88, 201 Banns, of matrimony 81, 99
Apprenticing, system of, 76, Baptists, in Rhode Island, 113, 114, 177, 214 22, 59, 83, 135, 205, 207
Aquidneck, 38, 39; cattle in, Baptist, Church, first, 35, 37, 135 42; purchased by Coddington, Baptists, Seventh Day 135
51; patent of, obtained, 58; Barbados, trade with the, heresies at, 59, see Newport 114, 115, 175, 317
Arnold, Benedict 30, 34, 37, 67, Barny, Jacob 286 105 Bass, Dr. John, inventory of 326 363 6 7
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Bassett, John Baster, Deborah, inventory of
335 Boundaries of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Is- 325 land, 71; laid out by town or-
Bates, Richard 100 dinance in Providence, 86; disputes with Connecticut set- tled, 218
Beds and bedding, 122, 125; see also inventories Beecher, Lyman 20 Bowen, Captain Ephraim 244 Beef 101, 115 Bowen, Dr. Jabez 202, 332
Beer, 54; use of diminishes 189
Bowen, Rev. William 279
Bellomont, Lord
183, 184 Brattle, Mary 106, 107
Bellows, Mary
100
Bread 54
Bennett, S
108 Brenton, Governor William 58, 176
Berkeley, Dean 146, 267, 268, 270
Bernon, Gabriel 35, 138, 208, Bridge, built over the Weybos- 209, 231 set, 41, 88; over the Moshas- suck, 77; over the Pawcatuck, 138
Bernon, Emanuel, negro, 224, 225; inventory of, 264
Bernon, Eve
343 Brinley, Francis 80, 180, 184
Bernon, Mary, negress
221 Bristol, slave trade at, 90
276
ventories
Brown, Chad 30, 35, 41, 42
Bills of credit 186, 211, 237, 238 Brown, Elisha 349
Bill of divorce
Bill of lading, for sloop Sally
319
Brown, Geoorge 262 -
Blacksmith 66, 284 Brown, James 221, 222, 923, 227,
Blackstone, William
134
228, 250, 252, inventory of, 234
Blackstone, John
214 Brown, John 22, 250, 251, 252,
Blandin, William
117 253, 316, 320, 333, 336, 338, 339, 345, 346, 352, 357, 358
Block Island, 71 130; vessels
built at, 293, 294
Block Island "turkey " 293
Bluefield, the pirate 65
Boats, travel by 122
Bogman, Jacob, orders sup-
plies for his plantation 320
Books 91, 110, 245, 246, 273; see also inventories
Brown, Nicholas 228, 244, 332,
Bookstore, first 246
333, 338, 345, 346, 352
Borden, Mary 200 Brown, Nicholas and Company
Borgeaud, Dr. quoted 5, 6, 13
Boston 12, 36, 38, 41, 47, 58, 80,
250, 316, 317, 318, 319, 321, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 335,
106, 181, 187, 293, 268, 276 345, 348, 350, 352
Brown, Joseph 252, 333, 337 Brown, Martha, inventory of, 344
Brown, Moses 42, 188, 227, 229, 230, 234, 245, 246, 252, 333 Brown, Nathaniel 193, 194, 230, 232, established ship-building industry 114
Blast Furnace 330
55 Brown, "Four brothers," 29'8, 250, 252, 263, 316, 333
Bible, the, 91, 111, 118, see in- Brown, Arthur
: 4
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Brown, Obadiah, 189, 227, 228, Carter, John, buys Providence 250, 252, 316, inventory of, Gazette 323 197, 263
Catering, first in Providence 224
Brown, Robert, inventory of, 290 Cattle, prices of 42, 56, 101; Brown, Samuel 22 ear-marks of 54, 75, 142, 182;
Browne, Jabez 217
Brown University, see Rhode
right of pasturaage for, 91; stray, 130; see also inven- tories
Island College Bryant, Ruth 269, 270 Census, first official 185; ordered
Buckles, first record of silver shoe, 143; gold and silver, 254, 312
by Board of Trade, 190; King's census taken, 219 Chace, Samuel 246
Bull, Henry
Bull, Katharine, inventory of, 141
Bunday, Mary, inventory of, 166
Burnyeat, John 175 Charles II 8, 11; gives southern Burial grounds 36, 128, 129 Narragansett to Connecticut, Burroughs, James 317 69; favors colony of Rhode Island, 174, 184
Butter, price of 101, 102, 115, 318
Buttons, silver
Button wood tree 101
Cadman, William 181
Calvin, John 6, 7, 96
Calvinism, defined
Cambridge 47, 135 Checkley, William, inventory of 350
and lot sold by, 109; made by Cheese, an export, 115; manu- hand 222; sperm, 331 facture of in Rhode Island, 152, 156; bequeathed in will, 172
Canonicus 28, 39, 51, 91, 101, 151
Carew, Dr. Samuel, inventory of 341
China, see inventories
Carpenter, Ephraim 101, 123, Church, Captain Benjamin 178 209
Church, separation of law and,
20; First Baptist, 35, 37, 135; good done by the, 117; of England, 138; first Congrega- tional, 207; St. John's, built, 208; in Providence, 231 Cider 209
Carpenter, Sarah, inventory of 243
Carpenter, William 87, 123 Citizenship, curious form of 56
Carter, Edwin 187 Clark, Elisha, inventory of 312
51 Champlin, Captain Christopher 148
Champlin, Tony, inventory of 169
Charles, William 55
, 124 Charter, accepted by Rhode Is- land, 5; of Charles II, 8; of Massachusetts Bay, 12; defin- ition of ordinary, 16; of royal, 16; secured by Williams, 43; 7 demanded by Andros, 180
Candles, bayberry 100; house
Carpenter, Esther Bernon 302 Carpenter, James 282, 284 Carpenter, Mehitable, inventory of 322
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Clark, Jeremiah, inventory of Community, developed by Wil- 164 liams, 11; evolution of plan- tations into, 131
Clark, Thomas 106, 107
Clark and Nightingale, mer- Conanicut, ferry to 137, 156 chants, 246, 324 Congdon, William, inventory of 290
Clarke, Dr. John 50, 59, 64, 69,
70, 71, 89, 93, 101, 116, 359, Congregationalism 7, 58, 59, 244 death of, 98
Clarke, Nicholas, inventory of Connecticut, 1; contrasted with 349
Clarke, Governor Walter 180
Clausen, John 84
Clerk, Town, 32; "of the mea- suers," 54; of the market, 120
Cloth 111, 113, 115, 127, see also inventories
Coal 285
" Coaster's Harbor " 57
Coddington, Arnold, inventory of 243
Coddington, William 45, 48, 51, Conscience, freedom of, 7; con- cern for, 44
58, 59, 61, 62, usurpation of,
64, 65, 97; death of, 106; in- Constitution, first written 17
Constitution Hill 34
Code of laws, 31; formed by Cook, George, inventory of 139
General Assembly, 43; made Cook, Nicholas 332
by Coddington, 106
Cooking of cornbread 285
Coke
Colvill, Bethiah, inventory 140
of
Copley, the artist 150
Commerce, well-established, 65; Copper pennies 217
of Newport attracts Jews, 69; Corn, scarcity of, 64; corn religious organization depend- grown, 152; price of, 182; ex- portation of forbidden, 215; stored by Indians, 285; corn- husking a festival, 307 ent on growth of, 83; with Barbados, 114 ; increase of, 130, 132, 175, 186, 233; slavery a factor in, 187; rapid growth Correy, William 56, 178 of, 194, 265, 330, 331, 335, 346; Costume, of Rowland Robinson, at Newport, 275
160; of Nicholas Gardiner, 309; of "Parson " Fayer- weather, 313
Common Lands, 55; privilege of pasture on, 75; right of pro- prictors to vote on, 84; Cotton, Rev. John 14, 22, 46, 48, 49, 78
troubles over, 95, 182; afford exports, 195
Cotton wool 101, 123
Conland, Alice, inventory of 177
Rhode Island, 6, 25; an ex- ample of Puritanism, 16; be- ginnings of government in, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; Charter for southern Narragansett given and repealed, 69; boundaries between Rhode Island and, 71, 219; disputes with Rhode Is- land, 94; claims jurisdiction extends to Narragansett Bay, 134, 136
fluence in the colony, 132
5 Cooper, Thomas, 100, will of, 197
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Court, First American Court of Dexter, Mary, inventory of 257 Assistants convened, 12; Gen- Distilleries in Rhode Island 189. eral Court organized, 115; 222
" Ancient Court of last Re- Dorr, Henry C. quoted 33, 34, sort," 117 40, 73, 81, 83, 85, 100, 101, 104, 114, 131 Crandall, Astress 233
Crawford, Mrs. Abijah, inven- Dudley, Governor Josiah 13, 14, tory of 312 44, 47, 48, 184, 185
Crawford, ffreelove, inventory Dunbar, George, inventory of of 196
255
Crawford, Gideon, 114, 129, 194, Durfee, Job 1, 63, 64 195, 209, 232; inventory of, Durfee, Thomas, defines soul- 196
liberty, 3; states criticisms of Williams, 26
Crawford, Captain John, inven- 200, 209 Dwellings, type of, 66, 73, 120; tory of
Crawford, Major William, in- historic, 66, 74, 121; descrip- ventory of 201 tion of better class, 166, 171; Culverwell, Thomas, has first changes in type of, 221
fulling mill 139 Dyre, Mary, 35, 51, 67, is exe- cuted, 68
Currency, see Money
Curry, Robert, chosen "Town Dyre, William, 35, 67, 118; in- Sarjant " 212 ventory of, 254
Dairies 152 Earle, William 178
Day, Joshua 335 Ear-marks, of cattle 54, 75, 143,
Deeds, from Williams to plan- 155, 182
ters, 29; of "Pawtuxet pur- Easton, Nicholas 57, 89, 175 chase"" 37 Eddy, Barnard 319
Deerskins exported 115 Education 158, 245, 347, 348
Delpech, James
146 Endicott, John 13, 22, 44
Democracy, constituted in Rhode England 5, 15, 19, 24, 39, 43, 70,
Island, 1; of Providence es- 79, 83, S8, 89, 103, 180, 274
tablished, 8; practical, devel- Emerson, R. W. 19
oped by Williams, 11; work- ings of, in New England, 13; at Portsmouth, 53; Newport
Emigration, to Rhode Island, of Jews, 69; of Huguenots, 137, 20S
is a, 58; various movements Episcopalians in Rhode Island tending toward, 82, 159 138, 207
Dennis, Captain John 227 Europe 5, 7, 70, 176, 225, 246 Dexter, Aaron 84 Exports, from Rhode Island,
Dexter, Abigail 100 115, 152, 176, 193, 210; grow less, 307
Dexter, Gregory 35, 78, 83, 84
Dexter, John 118, 119, 124; in- ventory of, 198, 325
Fairs, held in Providence 120
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Families, prominent in Rhode Freeborne, William
Island, 150
Faneuil, Peter 191
Farming, methods of 131, 152, 154
Free-holders, differences between proprietors and, 84, 101; con- troversy between Harris and, 91
Farming utensils, 42, 57, 153, Freeman, Captain Isaac 189 154; see also inventories Free-masonry, three first degrees of brought by Jews to Rhode Island, 69
Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel, 291, 295, 296, 298, 312; inventory of 313
Funeral, details of 160, 164, 289
Fenner, Major Thomas 121, 212, Furnace, Hope 329, 331, 335 $20 Furniture 57, 74, 124, 200; see also inventories
ffenner, Arthur, 75, 92, 93, 103 116, 119; inventory of, 124, 218
Game, plentiful in the colony 4€
Ferries 41, 137, 211, 226 Garden, the, of George Rome 56 292
Few, Richard
Field, John
30, 80 Gardiner, Elizabeth, inventory 121 of, 166
Field, Thomas
76, 114 Gardiner, Miss Hannah 145
Fire-arms, 126, 339; see also in- Gardiner, John, inventory of 291
ventories
Fire buckets, leather
227, 313 Gardiner, Peregrine 119
Fire engine
Fish 42, 115, 294, 306, 307, 318
Flax 101, 112, 200 Gardiner, William, of Boston
Flour 186
Neck, inventory of 164
56 Geneva 5, 88
Food, 42, 155; price of, 101; Gervinus 5
menu of Dr. Babcock, Gibbs, Robert Ginnings, Peter 289
296
"Four Brothers," portage bill Glass, see inventories of sloop, 317
Fowler, George 153
Fowler, Henry
81 Goddard, Sarah and William 246 Fox, George 89, 90, 111, 175, 269 Godfrey, Richard, inventory of Foxe's Hill 28, 41 342
Fox hunting, in the colony 173, Gorton, Samuel, 24, 32; moves 30S
Frank, Andrew, negro, inven- tory of, 261
Franklin, Benjamin, post-office of, 240; book on electricity, 247; ancedote of, 997
to Shawomet, 37, 38; visits Canonicus, 39; writes pamph- let, 40; modern by nature, 61; migrates to Providence, 62; death of, 105
Government, Japanese view of
55
Field, William
Gardiner, Nicholas 308
227 Gardiner, William, inventory of 160, 170, 312
Folger, Peter
233
" Glebe House," built by Dr. McSparran, 147
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369
representative, 12; beginnings Hazard, Jeffrey, inventory of of popular, 14; beginnings of, 289 examined, 16, 17; first in col- Hazard, Jonathan, inventory of ony, 53; recognition sought 169, 302 for Island, 64; changes in Hazard, "Shepherd Tom " 285, judicial, 116; of Rhode Is- 305, 307 land called a scandal by Gov- Hazard, Stephen, inventory of ernor Dudley, 181; of Rhode 161 Island, under the Union, 353 Hazard, Susannah, inventory of 291 Grain, see inventories
Great Salt River 41, 42, 114, 193, Hazard, Robert, 142, 150; ex- 209, 232
Green, Benjamin Jr., inventory of, 198
Green, James
Greene, John 136
Grenville, George 222
Guinea, slave trade with 122, 181, 305
Hannah, Robert, inventory of 140
"Hard money " party 302
Hardin, Abraham 115
Harris, Elisha, inventory of 126
Harris, Thomas, 30, 91; inven- Hitchcock, Rev. Gad
344
tory of, 126, 239
Holden, Randall 51
Harris, William, 78, 80, 88, 90, Holmes, Obadiah 84
91, 92, 93; imprisoned, 94; Holston, Mary, apprenticed 177 death of, in England, 103; in- Holway, Benjamin, inventory of ventory of, 109 290
Harrison, Peter, builder of the Home-lots, 32, 35; system of Redwood Library, 146
Hart, Joseph 329
Hawkins, Job 330
Hawkings, Isaiah
262 Honeyman, Rev. James 207, 267, 276
Hooker, Thomas 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 44, 247
books of, 280, 281; slaves of, Hopkins, Esek, first admiral of 285, 309
the American navy, 234, 317, 318, 319, 321, 330
Hazard, Colonel George, 139; house of, 166; inventory of, Hopkins, Stephen, born, 228; in- 167 fluences which moulded, 229;
creates local attachment, 82'; term altered to house-lots, 233 Homesteads 35
Hazard, Caleb, inventory of 162, 164
Hazard, "College Tom," account
ports pacers, 157; inventory of, 147, 311
Heeth, Betty 167
324 Helme, Christopher, inventory of, 163 Helme, James 287
Helme, Powel 281
Helme, Rowse, inventory of 141 Highways 41, 75, 80, 131, 133, 211, 267
Higinbotham, Charles, inventory of, .165
Hitchcock, Daniel, inventory of 343
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ability recognized, 230; exten- sion of commerce encouraged
plantations, 115; store corn, 285
by, 233; catalogued library, "Indian Trail " 138
244; political advancement of, Indigo 115, 281 247; elected governor, 248; Industry, French ship, captured member of the Literary and by privateer, 226 Philosophical Society, 271; Industries, Tanning 81; lime- prevails in local politics, 332; burning, 87; at Westerly, 136; woolen, 139; distillery of rum an important, 221 one of committee of corres- pondence, 336; resigns from Congress, 341; death of, 352 Inheritance 124
Hopkins, Major William 120, "Initial Deed " of Williams 29, 229
78, 79, 91
Horses, prices of, 101, 981; ex- Inns, first, licensed, 95; poor ac- ported to West Indies, 152; commodations in, 158; Tur- pin's, 219 Inman, Joanna, inventory of 216 Narragansett pacer described, 157; bred by Governor Robin- son, 172; 100 gallons of rum Inman, Mary 200
offered for a, 222; pacing Inman, Tabitha, inventory of races, 307 216 Ipswich, a port of entry 181, 194
Hospitality, in the colony 158
Houses, see Dwellings
Household utensils, see inven- Irishmen in Rhode Island 156, tories . 286
House, John, inventory of 216, Irish butter
318
220
Iron 330, 331, 335
Howard, Jack, negro 224 Inventories 56, 109, 111, 112, 120,
Hoyden, Elizabeth 99 124, 125, 126, 127, 139, 140, 141,
Huguenots, settle in Rhode Is- land, 137, 208
143, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171,
Hull, John, mint master 69
176, 177, 195, 196, 198, 199,
Hunt, Benjamin, inventory of 322
200, 203, 216, 238, 239, 240, 241, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258,
Hussey, Sylvanus 336
261, 262, 989, 290, 291, 311,
marriage of, 46; trial of, 48; fate of, 49
342, 313, 350, 351
Hutchinson, William, 46; elected Jackson, Stephen 245
judge, 53 Jakwise, Lowes 287
Jakwise, Nathan, inventory of 14.3
Idioms and sayings in Rhode Is- land, 303, 304, 305 Jellinek, quoted 7, S
Indians, 37, 42, 50, 69, 73; testi- Jenckes, Daniel 223, 246, 316, 336 mony of, 96; a menace to Jenckes, D. and Son 321, 332
312, 322, 325, 326, 327, 341,
Hutchinson, Anne, 36, 45, 59;
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371
Jenckes, Captain John, inven- Knowles, the widow, inventory tory of, 202, 203 of 164
Jenckes, Governor Joseph, 218; inventory of, 238
Jennings, T. 182
Labor, 42; male and female, 286; slaves, 288
Jews, immigration of, to Rhode Lafayette 7
Island, 69; petition General Land, system, of Newport, 58
Assembly, 118; in Newport, at Providence, 60; division of, 82; price per acre, 101
274; contractors in oil trust, 329; purchasers of iron, 330 Jewelry, see inventories
Joanes, John, inventory of 109 Johnson, Rev. Samuel
Jones, Dr. John, first physician of Providence, 202
$71 Law-suits 15, 106, 107, 108, 109, 117, 118
Lawton, George 55
Joslin, Thomas and Hannah 113 Lee, Mrs. Anstis 305
Joy, Moses 335 Lenthall, Robert, 59; public school of, 60
Judges, early, of Rhode Island 53, 116
Judicial system, organized in
Rhode Island, 115; develop- ment of, 119
Jullien, John, inventory of 166
Keayne, Captain, Mrs. Shaw's suit, against, 15
Kelly, Ann 169
of
Kelton, Joseph, inventory 261
" Kernel of a State," William's community in Rhode Island called, 5; kept unimpaired, 8 King, Amos, inventory of 241 King Philip's War 91, 96, 111, 120, 136
Kingstown, ferry at, 137; popu- lation of, 191; taxes of, 309 Kinnicut, Colonel Edward 234, 260
Kinnicut, Roger 23.2
Kitchen utensils, see inventories Knight, Madam, journeys on horseback, 121, 138, 158; de- scribes a "Hutt," 144
Liberty, religious, 7, 41, 42; ad- mits Jews, 69; recognized in law, 174; new ideas of, 206
Liberty, soul-defined by Durfee, 3; pushed toward Anarchism in Rhode Island, 8; led by Williams, 11; Rhode Island hampered in search after, 14; at last established, 46; over- spreads theocracy, 206
Liberty tree, dedicated by Jo- seph Olney, 332
Library, of William Harris, 101; of John Updike, 149; Public subscription, for.ned, 244; the Redwood, 270, 978; of Trinity Church, $72; of John Merrett, 377; the first public, 328 Liddeason, Job 113
Lime, made from stone and
shells, 87
Linen, 57, 139; see also inven- tories
Linen wheel 162
Landon, Daniel inventory of 162 Land titles, disputes over 78, 98, 102
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Lippetts, Ann 227
Lippetts, Moses 113, 149, 153
Liquor, sale of, 75; sale to In- dians forbidden, 76; sale of regulated by local authority, 95
Literary and Philosophical So- ciety, formed at Newport, 270, 271
Logwood 115
Looms, see inventories
London 6, 40, 66, 69, 103, 238 Massachusetts Bay 33
Lottery, in Providence 226, 232, Mather, Cotton 13, 22, 80, 191, $45, 335
204, 220, 225
16 Mawney, John, inventory of 258 Mayhew, Jonathan 206
181
Medicine 202
Magistrates, in the colony 12, Maze, William 14, 15
Magna Charter
Man, Thomas, legacies of 123
Manchester, Captain Thomas, in- ventory of, 262
7, 31 Merchants of Rhode Island 135, 148, 194, 195, 223, 228, 233, 246, 250, 263, 319, 324, 351 Merrett, John, inventory of 326
Manhattan, trade with 65 Miantonomi 28, 51, 92, 151 Manners, regulated by rule 85 Mill, John Smith's, 8, 41; town,
Manton, Edward, 121; inven- tory of, 216
42; sugar, 65; fulling, 139; wind, 178; saw, 194
Manton, Shadrach 260 Milton, John 6
Manufactures 189, 330 Misquamicut, see Westerly
Marbury, Anne, see Anne Molasses 186, 189, 221, 223, 276, 320
Hutchinson
Marine Insurance 246, 262 Money, Spanish, 123; "N. E.
Marriage, banns of, 81; consent of parents to, 99; settlement
of marital differences, 107, 108; mixed, 310
Marsh, Mary @13
Martin, John, inventory of 326
Mason, Major John 9, 78
Mason, Jeremiah F. 324
Mason, Noah
Coyne," 123; scarce, 182; pa- per, 186; 210, 237; value of Spanish milled dollars, 290; depreciation of Old Tenor, 237, 238; values of " real," 312, 314; depreciation of, af- ter Revolutionary War, 354, 355
223 Morris, Captain Richard 54
Massachusetts, 1; contrasted Moshassuck River 28, 41, 42, 77, with Rhode Island, 6, 25; ex- 194 ists under royal charter, 12; Mott, Adam, 51; inventory of organization of colony of, 15; 56
early struggles in, 22, 23; sends armed force against Gorton, 38; Gorton's pamphlet against, 40; persecution of Quakers in, 67; boundaries between Rhode Island and, 71; disturbed by King Philip's War, 96, 97; arrests citizens of Rhode Island, 134 ; manu- factures of, compared with those of Rhode Island, 189
Lowell, James Russell
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Index
Mourning rings 160
Mumford, Benjamin 310
Mumford, John 267
Mumford, Thomas 145
McSparran, Dr. James, 145, 147; diary of, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156; death of, 160
Names, use of titles and 76, 310 Narragansett Bay, see Rhode Island
267; Literary and Philosophi- cal Society founded at, 270; exports to West Indies from, 275; artists of distinction at, 277; culture at, 270, 277, 278, 348; a port of entry, 325; effect of Revolutionary War on, 347
Niantic Indians 134
Nicholls, Andrew 284
Narragansett Indians 28, 39, 97, 134, 285
Oil, spermaceti 316, 329, 335, 346
Nash, Ebenezer 170 Old Tenor, see Money
Negroes, population, 135, 151; Olney, Epenetus, inventory of prices of, 143; see also inven- 242 tories
Olney, Lieutenant James 213
New England, origin and work- Olney, Jonathan
269
ings of democracy in, 6, 13; Olney, Joseph 332
sources of Puritanism in, 16; Olney, Thomas Sr. 110, 116, 130, struggles in, 22; apprenticing 131, 194, 202, 214, 215; inven- tory of, 111 in, 112; sheep in, 114; best cheese in, 152; living in Rhode Olney, Thomas Jr. 35, 81, 120, Island compared with other 136, 137 communities in, 173; exten- Olney, Richard 324
sion of commerce throughout, Onion, John 310
180; distilling in, 189, 221; Osborn, N., inventory of 162
prayer for well-being of, 205; Oxen 42, 80, 101
public libraries in, 244; de- Palatine, legend of Dutch ship velopment in, 265 295
New Englander, the, characteris- Palatine Light, scientifically de- tics of, 305
"New Lights " 288
scribed, 994; tradition of, 295 Palfrey 12, 22
Newport, settlement of, 57; po- Pamphlets 40, 90, 92, 255, 322 litical ascendancy
church fellowship of, 58; Pasturage 36, 91, 152
at, 59; first school supported
gathered Patent, of Newport, 58; royal, 69
by taxation at, 60; commerce Patten, Mary, inventory of 344 thrives at, 66, 189, 967; immi- Pawtuxet 37, 38
29, 37
101, 102
gration of wealthy Jews to, "Pawtuxet purchase " 69, 274; Quakers at, 89; Peas Roger Williams rows to, 90; Peage 51
slavery a factor in commerce Peat, used for fuel 294
of, 187, 188, 190; distilleries Peck, John 390
at, 189; Berkeley arrives at, Peck, Jonathan 319
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Pequot Indians 28
Pequot Path, The 133
Perry, Samuel, inventory of 141
ordered built at, 55; shipbuild-
ing at, 65; first inn at, 95
Post, first public, 128; B. Frank- lin's, 246
Pewter, 110, 235; see also inven- tories
Physician, the first 202
Potter, Ichabod 167
Pigs, of iron 330
Potter, John, inventory of 313
Pillion 121, 124, 161, 199
Potter, Rachel 108
Pioneer, living described, 74; Potter, Captain Simeon 190
interest attaches to, 195
Potter, William 215
Pirates, fear of attacking com- Poultry 162 merce, 55; "too kindly enter- Powder and shot 55
tained in Rhode Island," 183 Power, Nicholas 41, 86, 222, 316,
Pitchwood, tar made from 100
317, 318
Plantation, meaning of term, 36; Prey, Ephraim
99
troubles of, 38; of Newport Price, Bridget
106
established, 57; north and Prices, of land, cattle, commod-
south, contrasted, 60; evolu- tion of, into community, 131; of large land-holders exten- sive, 150
Primogeniture 185
Planters, the 17, 29, 72 Prison, ordered built at Ports-
Plymouth 28, 33, 36, 61, 180
Point Judith 136, 151, 308
Politics, as developed by free- Privateers, 225, 227, 346; slave
dom, 84, 85; controlled by
trade of, 188, 189, 190, 276
Quakers, 90; changes in, 116; Probate, customs peculiar 123 described as seething, 224; af- Progress, slow in attaining to fects social movements, 333; wealth and culture, 11; steady in Rhode Island, 23; expands settlements, 83 after Revolutionary War, 353 Poor, the, care of 107, 213, 289
Population increases, 41; char- Property, institutes are based acter of, 42, 180; continued on, 52 growth of, 192, 219
Pork 101, 102 Portage bill, of sloop Defiance 335
Proprietors, 29, 32, 78; differ- ences between free-holders and, 84
Providence, brig 243, 251
Portrait painting introduced by Providence, democracy of, estab- Smibert, 150
Ports of entry, 181; Newport a, 325
Portsmouth, committee sent to,
43; first settlement at, 53; records of, 54, 56, 57; prison
Pettaquamscutt 133, 146, 147, 172, 298
Potter, George 108
ities, etc., 75, 101, 102, 289, 290, 346; see also inventories ; difficulty of adjusting, 237
mouth, 55; at Newport, 77; at Providence, 128, 219
lished, 8; aims of settlers of, described by Williams, 9; founding of, 28; proprietors of, 29, 30, 32, 37, 79, 102, 119;
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" second comers " in, 30, 75; Punishments, 38, 55, 68; for im- division of lands in, 32, 35; morality, 99, 100; for debt, 117; for theft, 118; of slaves, 153, 155 plantations at, 36, 79; First Baptist Church in, 37; streets laid out in, 41; Williams se- Puritanism, Connecticut an ex- cures charter for, 43; Code ample of, 16; defined, 19; challenged by Antinomianism, 47 of Laws made by General As- sembly, 44; exiles from Bos- ton received at, 50; compact of, based on "civil things Quakers, 22; persecution of, 67; an important factor in pros- perity of Rhode Island, 68; flock to Newport, SS; an in- fluence for good, SS; yearly meetings of, 175; oppose slav- ery, 188 only," 31, 52; troubles at, 60; Dutch trade with, 66; historic dwellings in, 73, 121; pioneer living in, 74; ordinances of, 75, 86, 95; taxation in, 77, 82, 226, 308; "Initial Deeed " of, 78, 91; religious organization Quaker Meeting house, a, built at Providence, 96; bequest for a, 242 at, 83; votes of free-holders, 84; crude law-making at, 86; industries of, 87, 221, 222, 283, 320, 330, 334, 337; Quaker Racing, horse 157, 307 meeting house built at, 90; Randolph, John, of Roanoke 307 Williams berates, 91; system Ransom, paid for William Har- of apprenticing in, 113, 214; ris, 103
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