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first schoolmaster of, 119; Rates, of taxation 75, 101, 102, 103, 178, 182
ship-building at, 65, 122, 320; 169 first public post at, 128; in- Ray, Simon, inventory of crease of commerce at, 130, Reynolds, Thomas, inventory of 163 224
132, 316; exports from, 193, 191, 209; religious denomina- Read, John, negro tions in, 204, 207; shipping in, Real estate, value of, 101, 217; see also inventories
210; paper currency in, $10;
bounty paid for wolves heads, Reed, Martin, "a remarkable 212; prices of realty in, 217; man," 283 109
lottery in, 232; streets of, sur- Reep, Samuel veyed, 265; slavery in, 319, 339; Redwood Library, the 147, 270, trade with West Indies, 319, 272, 273, 278 10 321; opposes English govern- Reformation, the
ment, 336; merchants of, 228, Rehoboth 129, 131, 194, 202 250, 263, 320, 324, 330, 331, Religious meetings, 35; changes 333, 335, 339, 316, 351 in, 201
Providence Gazette, issued, 246; Reprisal, privateer sloop 226
describes a whipping, 323; Rhoades, Mary, inventory of 442 quoted from, 354 Rhoades, Zachary 99
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Rhode Island, 1; called kernel Rhode Island College 333
of a state, 5; contrasted with Richman, quoted 5, 10, 47, 59, Massachusetts and Connecti- 64, 72, 101, 104
cut, 6, 25; practical democracy Richmond, Barzillai 262
developed in, 11; noted for Ridge, Valentine 282
individualities, 24; name of Right, Adam 178
adopted, 58; trade with Con- Rings, mourning, 160; gold, 163; necticut, 66; religious freedom
see also inventories
decreed for, 70; boundaries Road, John, inventory of 256
between Massachusetts, Con- Roades, Captain Joseph 221
necticut' and, 71; significant Roberts, William 218
dates in history of, 72; Robinson, Hannah, "the unfor- Quakers in, 88; disputes with tunate," 279, 280
Connecticut, 94, 219; disturbed Robinson, Matthew 150
by King Phillip's War, 96, Robinson, Rowland, 141; inven- 97; exports from, 114, 176; tory of, 142; slaves of, 143; dress of, 160, 279, 280 judicial system of, 115; Hu-
guenots in, 137, 208; Church Robinson, Governor William, in- of England in, 138; agricul-
ventory of, 171; slaves of, 173 ture in, 152, 153; Irish in, 156, Rogers, Abigail, inventory of 350 286; culture in, 158; comforts Rome, George 291, 292, 293, 329, of living increase in, 161, 253; 334
slavery in, 173, 187, 189, 305, Rope walks, at Newport, 224; 306; population of, 175, 180, primitive, 344 185, 191, 194, 219, 226; adopts Rum 186, 188, 189, 190, 222,
new colony seal, 180; com- 276, 316 merce of, extends, 181, 186, Russell, Joseph and William 246 201; privateering in, 183, 340; government of criticized, 184; Sabeere, Stephen 117
first census of, 185; bills of Sabine, Thomas 324
credit issued, 186; manufac- Sachems, The 3, 92, 133
tures of compared with those Sairles, Edward and Ann 113
12
of Massachusetts and Con- Salem necticut, 189; division of col- Salisbury, a port of entry, 181,
ony, 191; aids in expedition 194 against Louisbourg, 227; anec- Salisbury, Experience 242
dotes of Rhode Island charac- Sanford, John 54
ters, 303, 304, 305; college of, Sanford, Restand, inventory of founded, 333; General Assem- 176 bly renounces allegiance to the Savage, quoted 14
crown, 337; effect of Revolu- Say and Sele, Lord 14
tionary War on, 345, 353, 354, Saybrook
355, 356; summing up of place Sayings and idioms in Rhode of, in the Union, 359
Island, 303, 304, 305
Index 377
Sayles, John
Scoakequanoisett, lime kiln at 87
113 Signatures, of men and women 127, 199, 217, 242 Silk grass beds 122
Schooners, Alexander and Mar- Simons, Peter tha, 136; William, 339; Felic- Slander, action for 54, 106 Slate Rock 28
ity, 339
Scituate 229, 230 Slaves, see Negroes
Scogan's Jest Book 96
School, first supported by taxa- tion, 60; parish attempted, 146; better public, 245; Mrs.
Slavery, 114, 143, 173, 178; slave trade a factor in com- merce, 87, 189, 190, 223; af- fects life and conduct, 305
Wilkinson's, at Newport, 348 Sloops, 210, Mary, 223; Tartar,
Schoolmaster, first 119 227; Dolphin, 196, 201, 228, Scott, Edward 272 262; Mary Godfrey, Rainbow, Scott, Captain George 190 Pellican, Mary Gould, Shear- Scott, Richard 30, 35, 36 water, 228; Sally, 262, 339; Seaflower, brigantine 187 Charming Molly, Charles, 316; Seaver, Richard, inventory of 350 Four Brothers, 317; George, 320; Liberty, 334; Defiance, " Second comers " 4, 30, 31, 75, 79 335; Enterprise, Polly, 339; Ranger, 340; Diamond, 340, 345
Seekonk River 29, 36, 41, 211, 234
Smibert, John
146, 150, 277
Sermons 326 Smith's Castle 134, 149
Sessions, Darius
Sewall, Judge 188
255
Smith, Ephraim, inventory of 143
Smith, Joseph
109
Smith, John, 8, 28, 41, 74; in- ventory of, 112, 166
Sheep, 101, 114, 176; see also Smith, Richard, of . Smith's Cas- inventories
tle, 133, 131, 136, 156
Sheldon, Pardon, inventory of Smuggling 181, 222
240
Shepherd, Thomas
Sherman, Josiah, inventory of 163
Social life 144, 147, 158, 309 2 Society, established by Williams 5 Soul-liberty, see Liberty
Shipbuilding, 65, 114, 122, 136, Spinning 282, 283
146; stimulates all industries, Spinning wheels, 126, 127, 140, 194; method of payment for, 320; continues, 358
161; see also inventories Spinsters, under family control, Shipping 181, 210
98; inventory of a, 216
Sibley, Abigail 100 Sponsors, called "gossips " 298 Signs, swinging, 247; eccentric, Sprague, Bethiah, inventory of 323, 324 257
227 Smith, Hesekiah, inventory of
Sewall, Samuel 151
Shaw's, Mrs., suit against Cap- tain Keayne, 15
Shaw's Ford, see Westerly
Shawomet, see Warwick
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Sprague, Obadiah
332 Tefft, Elizabeth, inventory of 168
Squirrels, premium offered for 212
Stage coach, runs to Boston 324 Stamp Act
331 Thacher, Peter, inventory of 253
Standing Council, in Mass. Theocracy, Massachusetts, a, 1; created and abolished, 13, 14 Stanton, Col. Joseph 151 root of system of, 2; Connecti- cut a modified, 1, 19; type of, contemplated at Aquidneck, 52
Staples, Judge, quoted 29, 44, 86, 87, 119
Starbuck, Christopher 346, 349 Thornton, Samuel, inventory of 127
State house, in Providence, built 247
Thornton, James 130
Stocks 54, 118, 178 Throckmorton, John 35
Stone ware, see inventories
Thurston, Edward 56
Straight, Henry, inventory of Tifft, Samuel, inventory of 161 177
Tillinghast, Daniel 332
Straus, quoted
Stuart, Gilbert
277, 310
Succotash
155 Tillinghast, Nicholas 259
Suffrage, restricted to married Tillinghast, Pardon, 41, 84, 117, men, 84
Sugar 115, 186, 189, 922
Sugar mills 65
Sutton, Bartholomew 343
Swamp Fight, the
Swanton, David, mariner
Synod, at Cambridge 48
Tanning 284
Tar, made from pitchwood 100 Toleration, present conception
Taulbary, John 171
Taverns, 75; social functions of colonial, 95 ; famous, 219 ; li- censes of, 220
Toll Bridge, built at Weybossett 88
Taxation, first for schools, 60; for bridge over Moshassuck, Tools 87, 123
77; for bridge over Pawtuxet, Torrey, Rev. Joseph 313
82; rates of, 101, 102; town Tower Hill, 158; shopping at, tax of Providence, 211; colony 287 and town, 226, 309
Taylor, George 245
Taylor, Thomas, inventory of 240
132, 176, 193, 194; inventory of, 199; church under, 204 Tillinghast, Captain William,
inventory of, 254
134 Titles, use of 221, 261, 310, 329 227 Tobacco, 101, 123, 152; ton of, exported, 193; shipments of, 210; a factor in West Indian trade, 321; see also inventories
of, compared with that of Williams' time, 2; religious, decreed by King, 70
Town clerk, 32; council, 128; divisions, 148; "sarjant," 129, 212; treasurer, 30 Town meetings, 8; first record
Tenor, old and new, 237, 238; see also Money
5 Tillinghast, Mercy, inventory of 258
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of, 30; scope of, 30, 60; sale Vital statistics, record of, kept, of liquor to Indians prohibited 143, 182 at, 76
Town Mill, a club center, 42, Walker, Captain William 239
73, 85; gatherings at, afford Walmsley, Thomas 310
Wampum 55
Towne Street, 32, 34, 35, 41, Wanton, Governor 336, 337 106, 109, 120, 130, 193, 219, Wanton, Captain William 269, 232 270
Trade, see Commerce War, King Philip's 91, 96, 111, 120, 136
Trades, 66, 87, 113; weaving as a, 199; leather dressing as a, Ward, Governor Richard 186, 178
Training, 80; field, 129
Travel, on horseback, 121; by Warehouses 130
boat, 122, 136; is difficult, 308; Warming pans, see inventories by stage coach, 324 Warner, John 214
Trencher 74 Warner, Susannah 214
Turpin, William, first schoolmas- Warner, William 76 ter, 119, 219; inventory of, 125 Warwick, settled, 33, 37, 41, 43, Tutoring 158 72; disputes at, 93, 94; cattle Union, the 11, 24, 69, 249, 359 at, 42; suffers from Indian Unthank, Christopher 41 warfare, 98; population of, 191 Watches, see inventories
Updike, Captain Daniel 149
Updike, Lodowick 269
Ustick, Thomas 347
" Usurpation " the, of Codding- ton, 64, 65, 66, 106
Utensils, crude state of farm- ing, 42; see Household, and Kitchen
Waters, Anne 118
Watts, John 321
Wayte, Joseph, inventory of 177 Wearing apparel, 56, 57, 124, 166, 216, 243, 309; see also in- ventories
Weaving 113, 129, 282
Varnum, James Mitchell 333, Webb, George, inventory of 165 335, 336
Weeden, John 355
22 Welde, Joseph 44, 49, 50
121 Wells, Joseph 136
Verin, Joshua 28, 33, 34 Westcott, Josiah, inventory of 165
Vessels, type of, built, 186, 195, 210; Block Island, 293
Vileat, Mary
Vincent, William, inventory of 123
Westcott, Prizilah 257
169 Westerly 134, 135, 136, 144, 249, 296
West Indies, the, 65, 101, 115;
Waterman, Nathaniel 197
Waterman, Resolved 76, 122, 202 Waterman, Richard 76, 122, 208, 260
Value of estates, see inventories Vane, Sir Harry 6, 43, 44, 46, 47, 60, 67
Vassall, William
Vehicles
debate, 95, 112
224 Ward, Samuel ₡49, 334, 339
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exports from Rhode Island to, 152, 176, 181, 209; slave trade with, 187, 223; commerce with, 186, 187, 188, 193, 319, 335; trade in tobacco with, 321
Weybosset 41, 88
Whale oil 316, 329, 346
Whaling 329, 334, 335
Wharves, 190; first in Provi- dence, 176; town wharf in
Providence, 139, 209
Wheaton, Dr. Levi 296
Wheelright, Rev. John 46
Whipping, as a punishment, 118; of a convict, 323
Whipple, Abraham 317, 332, 336
Whipple, Eleazar 121
Whipple, John, 74, 229; inven- tory of, 255
Whipple, John Jr., 106, 107
Whipple, Colonel Joseph $21
Whipple, Samuel, 118; inventory of, 126
Whitefield, George 153
Wickes, Francis 28
Wickenden, William 30
Wickford 26, 88, 133, 134, 147
Widows, remarriage of 123
Wigs, see inventories
Wightman, Valentine 123
Wilkinson, Israel 330
Wilkinson, Samuel 208, 229
Wilkinson, William 208
Wilkinson's, Mrs., school at Newport, 348
Will, of Nicholas Power made Williams, Thomas 217
at town meeting, 56; arrange- Wilson, James, inventory of 139 ments for spinsters in, 99; Windsor, Samuel 122
peculiar customs regarding, Wine, Madeira 334
122
Willey, Aaron C. 294
Williams, Roger, 1, 9; writes
Governor Winthrop, 3, 4, 38, 62; views of historians con-
cerning, 5, 10, 26, 104; associ- ates in London, 6, 43; first apostle of religious liberty, 7; writes Major Mason defining liberty, 9; develops a democ- racy, 11; compared with Thomas Hooker, 21; charac- ter and principles of, 25, 26, 27, 29, 52, 77, 184; founds Providence 28; conveys land to proprietors, 29; prepares a double subscription 30; de- scribes "peace," 32; influence of, 34, 42, 46, 70, 80, 85, 174, 359, 360; religious meetings held in house of, 35, 74; bap- tism of, 36; secures charter for Providence, 43; receives exiles from Boston, 51; styled "time spirit," 59; comment of, on King's decree of religious liberty, 71; house of, 73; ap- pears as moderator at town meeting, 70; berates town of Providence, 77, 93; leads “ sec- ond-comers," 78; weak points of, 79; a Seeker, 83, 89; “ wit- nesses " against casting lots, 87; rows to Newport, 90; cited in connection with lands for pasturage, 92, 103; death of, 112 ;- one of the early judges of Rhode Island, 116; trading house built by, 133; preaches to Indians at Smith's Castle, 134
Winthrop, Governor, Roger Wil- liams writes to, 3, 4, 38, 62; alluded to or quoted, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, 33, 36, 4-1, 46, 47, 50, 58, 59
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Index 381
101, 115, 282, 283
Winthrop, John, the younger 69 Wool Woddell, Gershom 177, 178 Woonasquetucket River 29, 32, Wolves heads, bounty paid for, 41 Wright, Samuel 200 130, 212 Women, employments of 127, 286, 287 Young, Captain Archibald, in- Woodin, John
99
ventory of, 351
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