First report of the Record Commisssioners relative to the early town records, Part 17

Author: Providence. Record Commissioners
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: [Providence] Snow & Farnham [etc.] City Printers
Number of Pages: 334


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1784 3274


miscellaneous of seizures for executions sued out by collector etc. 1777 1246 1247


of notes and orders received of J. Beverly 1781 2411


of payments to Joseph Clarke general treasurer 1787 15330c


1780 2046


memorial of Martin Seamans as to unpaid taxes


order of town treasurer on tax collector out of tax col- lecting in favor of Paul Allen


1790 5606


Philip and Zachariah Allen


1790 5690


Zachariah Allen


1788 4680


David Angell


1788 4894


Nathan Angell


1790 5392


Caleb Alverson


1790 5655 5658


Joseph Arnold


1789 5345


Welcome Arnold


1788 4693 4696 4698 1790 5635 1789 5354


Benjamin Bourn


1790 5446


Dr. Ephraim Bowen


1788 4650


Daniel Branch


1788 4629


Elizabeth Brown


1790 15089a


Ichabod Brown


1790 5576


John Brown


1789 5118


Moses Brown


1774 629


Nicholas Brown and Co.


1790 5746


Brown and Benson


1785 3542


Bucklin and Jackson


Amos Chafee


1790 5412


[ 156 ]


1775 832


Abraham Belknap


Tax order on collector in favor of Mr. Cole


1788 5027


Benjamin Convers


1788 4889 4927


Daniel Cooke


1785 14540 1788 4717


Samuel Davenport


1785. 3666 1790 5501


Knight Dexter


1790 5533


Dr. Solomon Drown


1790 5451


Arthur Fenner


1773 540


John Field


1790 5531


Martha Field


1785 3543


Thomas Field


1790 5526


Asa Franklin


1788 4902


Jonathan French


1788 4892


Jonathan Gladding


1790 5395


Grinnell and Taylor


1790 5676


Mrs. Sarah Hall


1790 5399


Thomas L. Halsey


1789 5351


John Hammon


1789 5337


Mr. Hammon


1790 5596 5625 5634 5645 5650 5656


Walter Harding


1789 5161


William Harding


1790 5561


Stephen Harris


1785 3716


Mrs. Hope Hawkins


1785 3663 1788 4851 4976


1790 5720


John Holdin


1788 5017


Joseph Hoyle


1790 5420


Robert Hudson


1785 3537 1789 5158 5331


Daniel Jackson


1790 5555


William Larned


1790 5525


John Lasell


1786 3752


Mary Maloney


1788 4872


Dr. James Manning


1790 5544


Sylvanus Martin


1790 5382


Aaron Mason


1790 5419


Masury and Daullis


1788 4680a


Nathan Miller


1790 5424


James Morril Jr


1790 5450


John Mumford


1789 5362


Jabez Olney


1790 5552


James Peckham


1785 3574


1789 5190


Philip Peckham


1786 3778


James Pettis


1790 5408


John Pettis Jr


1790 5422


Nicholas Power


1790 5630


Magg Shackleford


1790 5441


Pardon Sheldon


1790 5500


John Smith ยท


1789 5371


Joshua Smith


1787 4623


James Snow Jr


1790 5536


[ 157 ]


Tax order on collector in favor of


William Snow Daniel Spencer Arthur Stevens Nehemiah Sweet


1790 5477 5557


1788 4975 1788 4788


1788 4945


Paul Tew


1773 494


Ebenezer Thompson


1790 5743


Squire Thurber


1790 5394


Daniel Tourtelot


1785 3656


Jeffrey Turpin


1788 4685


John Walker


1785 3717 3718


William Wheaton


1790 5521


John Whipple


1782 2804


Jacob Whitman 1788 4731


Nathan Williams


1790 5538


order of town treasurer on tax collector out of tax col- lecting for paving notes taken up to Zephaniah An- drews 1785 3582 1786 3756


Philip Allen


1785 3583


Zachariah Allen


1785 4018


Daniel Brayton


1785 3580


Elisha Brown


1785 3581


John Brown


1785 3584


Nicholas Brown


1786 3793


Clarke and Nightengale


1785 3586


Benjamin Comstock


1785 3579


John Demount


1785 3578


Levi Hall


1785 3592


Holroyd and Tillinghast


1785 3591


Michael and Joel Metcalf


1787 4475


Samuel Nightengale


1785 3590


John Smith


1785 3585


Samuel Young


1785 3593


order on town treasurer by assessors for expense of as-


1776 935


Ambrose Page


1773 501


Nathaniel Wheaton


1773 503


by town meeting


1777 1175


on town treasurer connected with taxes by town auditors in favor of Theodore Foster 1781 2485


by Arthur Fenner in favor of Peregrine Foster in favor of Benjamin Hoppin 1784 3107


by Joseph Brown in favor of Ezekiel Burr to be discounted in his account against town being amount of his tax this year 1776 936


on - by Arthur Fenner in favor of Peregrine Foster on account of his father 1785 3500


payment of without collectors fees vote of town as to


1768 403


[158]


1785 3314


sessing by Joseph Brown


Tax


petition of Nicholas Brown for relief and repayment of over taxation and proceedings thereon I779 1621


preamble and resolution in regard to 1778 1443


rate streak, see title Fire Apparatus


receipt by collector from Comfort Barden for his state taxes for 1785 and 1786 with interest 1787 4149


from Henry Bowen for state tax 1785 on estate of William Smith 1787 4213


by collector for town of Barrington from Henry Bowen hard money state tax 1771 14311


by collector for town of North Providence from John Brown


1779 1662


from Sylvanus Martin


1781 14806


by sheriff from collector on account of execution against town


1789 5116


town treasurer in full of execution against town


1781 2441


by general treasurer from town treasurer in part of the deficient taxes due from town 1778 1561


in full of towns proportion of state tax of December 1777 and February 1778 1779 1595


for towns proportion of general tax 1781 2363


in part for towns proportion of state gold and silver tax 1781 2387 2414 2428 2433 2482 2516 2536 2546 2550


in full for towns proportion of state tax for specie 178[ 2560 of tax 1781 2608


in part of towns proportion of state tax made for silver and gold 1782 2767


in full of towns proportion of state tax made for silver and gold 1782 2794


in part of towns proportion of state tax


1783 3039


in full of towns proportion of state tax 1784 3072


in part of state taxes 1785 4282


in full of towns proportion of state tax for 1787 1787 4328


in part of towns proportion of state tax of June 1788 1788 5024 5036 1789 5072 5095


in part of state tax made in March 1789 5213 5217 5318 in full of state tax made in March 1789 5468


by town treasurer from tax collector in part of taxes due town 1781 2522


of silver money tax


1781 2504


of hard money tax 1781 2492 2493


of paper money tax 1781 2496


by taking up sundry accounts, etc. 1781 2497


[ 159 ]


Tax receipt by town treasurer from tax collector


in part of town tax he is collecting 1782 2630 2650 2651 2690 2737 2751 2768 2802 by taking up sundry orders and ac- counts 1782 2715


in part of tax collecting 1783 2909 2927 2941 2947


1784 3085 3121 3319 1787 4357 4537 for discharging Joseph Tillinghasts taxes 1787 4580


in part etc. 1788 4700 4760 4776 4799 4807


4810 4921 5000 5059 1789 5197 5123 5219 in part of balance due on paper money tax 1789 5353


in part of overplus of state taxes ordered paid to town 1789 5257


on account town tax 1790 5487 5508 5708 5709 5795 by sundry orders taken up 1790 5543 5638 for balance due town per settlement with town auditor 1790 5713


for overplus of tax ordered in April 1789


1790 5898


request to call town meeting to choose collector in place of Anthony Westcot who refuses to serve 1781 2451


to order a rate 1750 168


to order a tax 1780 2170


to consider taxation 1784 3074 1787 4261


report of tax collector


1705 33 1772 15049a


1774 700


1778 1535 1780 1909 2190 1781 2442 1784 3124 3125 3126 3127 3277 1786 3805 3806 3807 1787 4200 4293 1789 5201


valuation book 1785 3588


value of old tenor in taxes 1768 403


vote of town meeting assessing tax


1789 5280


1790 5759


payable in gold and silver 1781 2305 2306 2431


authorizing issue of town notes and certificates receivable in payment of taxes 1790 5763


as to collecting interest on state tax 1787 4249


as to payment of taxes 1787 4256


to prosecute collector for deficiency in 1768 412


as to surplus taxes arising from rates 1772 458


warrant town treasurer to collector 1777 1246 1247


of tax collector Pomfret Conn. 1789 5380


to warn town meeting in relation to 1748 157 1781 2451 2499


1784 3070 3075 1785 3466 1787 4248 4255 1789 5267


1790 5749 5762


vote of town meeting for town treasurer to prosecute col- lector 1768 412


Test Act subscribed 1782 2696 list of inhabitants of Providence who signed 1776 15058-1 who did not sign 1776 15058-2


Tide Mill at Weybossett bridge report of committee on 1789 5202 Town Clerk bill of James Angell against town for services 1774 674


[ 160 ]


Town Clerk bill of Dwight Foster


1780 1904


warrant to warn freemen to meet and elect new 1744 119 Town Council Minutes mutilated and illegible 1772 468


for other minutes of town council see titles of matters to which they refer


Town of Johnston accounts in settlement with 1757 290 Town Meetings and their action on different matters see the titles under which such action is classified Town Pump Broad street petition for 1788 4954


Town of Scituate order of town treasurer on town treasurer of Providence for certificates for payment of Scituate's quota of men to do duty on Rhode Island 1782 2744


Town Sergeant bill of against town for services


Henry Bowen 1785 3690 3710 14535 14536 14541 14544


14551 1786 3737 3743 14564 14566 14577 14584 14585 14586 14587 1787 4146 4156 4185 4273 4275 4276 4277 4555 4556 4557 4558 1788 4796 4886 4913 4981 5038 1789 5088 5128 5182 5184 5186 5187 5242 5244 5262 5271 5290 5294 5328 1790 5467 5505 5514 5593 5609 5629 5637 5651 5667 5707 5717 5722 5738 5767 5778 5949


Daniel Branch 1787 4127


William Compton 1771 14993 1772 462 15040 15048 15054 1773 526 527 528 543 556 564 568 592 1774 617 709 710 1775 811 1776 917 928 940 942 943 976 1031 1067 1088 1099 1777 1125 1199 1213 1221 1229 1239 1261 1330 1350 1778 1374 1392 1407 1408 1422 1428 1453 1481 1491 1493 1519 1530 1548 1559 1560 1568 1779 1587 1594 1605 1609 1653 1661 1668 1673 1676 1682 1702 1743 1773 1792 1796 1804 1813 1838 1780 1867 1885 1931 1946 1993 2005 2090 2172 2261 1781 2370 2373 2392 2393 2394 2406 2436 2438 2457 2478 2501 2543 2569 1782 2621 2664 2707 2720 2736 2772 2801 2814 1783 2833 2869 2876 2893 2894 2918 2974 2990 3034 1784 3049 3060 3076 3098 3131 3138 3204 3221 3238 1785 3447 3463 3645 1787 4370


Peregrine Foster 1784 3123 3258 1785 3639


William Givens 1788 4770


Wheeler Martin 1789 5236


1785 3281 Rufus Sprague


1784 3217 15080


against town sergeant Henry Bowen Daniel Branch for use of horse 1787 4297


William Peckham for padlock 1789 5222


bond of to town treasurer by Henry Bowen 1785 3469 by William Compton 1766 393 1767 400 1768 408 1769 353


1770 424 1771 435 1772 451 1773 525 1774 675 1775 813 1776 982 1777 1279 1778 1499 1779 1734 1781 2409 1783 2999


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21


Town Sergeant


report of committee to settle accounts of H. Bowen 1790 14592 vote of town meeting as to services of William Compton and his reward 1786 3816 1789 5251


as to payment of account of II. Bowen


Town Treasurer accounts of certificate of town clerk as to settlement of in town meeting 1782 2799


vote of town meeting as to settlement of 1786 3957


bills against town treasurer see titles under which such bills are respectively classified


bond of town treasurer, see titles under which such bonds are respectively classified


Clarke's shop, town treasurer directed to buy 1773 489


order on town treasurer in favor of Paul Tew for purchase money 1773 494


receipt by Giles Peckham from town treasurer on account 1772 455


due bills issued by town treasurer, see Due Bill


minutes of deed of William Creed in trust


1783 2921


notes of, see title Note


order on where the nature of the account settled is not apparent by town auditor in favor of Dr. Joseph Hewes 1788 4669 by town committee in favor of Sarah Stebbins 1780 2230


by town council in favor of Ephraim Carpenter 4970


1788 4943


in favor of Daniel Lawrence 1788 4997 in favor of William Compton for attending commit- tee in taking the estimate 1779 1844


of Daniel Mowry for " money for them plank " memorandum of orders on


1771 15001 1786 4015


for other orders on town treasurer see titles under which such orders are respectively classified according to the nature of the accounts


receipt of from Nicholas Brown for money raised on N. Brown's gold and silver note to Anthony Kinnecut 1780 2084


for endorsements on town treasurer's notes 1788 4870


from Joseph Sheldon for balance due as town treas- urer 1772 460


for other receipts of town treasurer see titles under which such receipts are respectively classified according to the subject matter of the transactions


report of 1748 151 152 1756 283 1758 314 1759 327 [766 399 1768 409 1774 729 1782 2719 2771 1786 3814 Town Watch, see Watch


Town Wharf petition for leave to extend 1749 163


Train Band, see Militia


[ 162 ]


Treasure Trove action as to in case of an anchor 1783 2976


Turf and Twig delivery of possession by Gideon Craw- ford to William Browne 1732 14678


United States, see Congress Constitution of the United States Foreign Relations


United States Chronicle Extraordinary notice of legal payments of sundry debts in paper currency of paper money bank of 1786


Vendue Master bond to town treasurer James Angell


John Angell Jr


1747 145


Benjamin Hoppin


1782 2722 1787 4259


John Lawrence


1759 328


Isaac Olney


Benoni Pearce 1780 1997


John Whipple


1744 114 1781 2502


Vendue Public bill of Daniel Branch against Henry


1788 5070


Bowen for notifying sale of household furniture


Vagrancy Proceedings bill against town for services


in of Henry Bowen 1785 3690 14541 14551 1786 3737 3743 14566


14577 14584 14585 14586 1787 4146 4156 4185 4274 4556 4557


4558 1788 4666 4671 4727 4795 4909 4929 4981 5038 1789 5184


5187 5243 5260 5271 5328


1790 5514 5609 5637 5667 5707 5722


5949 Jabez Bowen 1774 720


Taber Bowen


1774 626 742


William Compton 1772 462 15040 15048 15053 1775 772


1776 944 946 1067 1777 1213 1778 1453 1560 1779 1587


1792 1780 1867 1885 1946 1781 2543 1782 2621 2707


2801 2814 1783 2869 2894 2918 2974 3034 1784 3049


3073 3098 3138 3204 3238


1785 3439 3489


Isaac Corry 1758 320


Peregrine Foster


1784 3123


John Gorham 1774 607


Nathaniel Jenks


1784 3217 1785 3281 3443 3452


Gideon Young Jr 1774 721 1775 757 1776 896 970 of Crapon and Hall against town sergeant for pass-


1788 5025 ages to and from Newport


bond of Daniel Brown and Benjamin Hearnton on ac- count of Mary Clarke and child 1692 28


1758 306


John Owens on account of Sarah Hammett


1683 26


certificate of Dr. Truman as to condition of Abigail Fletcher alias Smith 1784 3260


deposition of Eleazer Harding as to Anne Carrel


1758 317


Sobriety Dwier as to Abigail O'Brian 1779 1685


examination of Stephen Addams 1780 1934


[163]


1782 2654 1786 3736


Rufus Sprague


Samuel Tift on account of Mary Bellow and child


1786 4011


1750 167


1773 529 1758 315


report of sale by


Vagrancy Proceedings examination of


Benjamin Addison Nathaniel Allen Hannah Baley John Beasly


1775 872


1770 427


1770 427


1787 4280


Margaret Benson


1770 427


Eunice Barber


1780 1929


Ruony Barker


1780 1929


Polly Bartlett


1780 1929


James Cadell


1785 3442


Mary Carder


1775 754


Anne Carrel


1758 318


John Carter


1785 3648


Jude Casco


1770 427


Daniel Case


1766 391


John Clemence


1758 281


Benjamin Coates


1770 427


Sarah Cockings


1780 1930


Vashti Colson


1789 5302


William Cooke


1787 4253


Mary Crosing


1764 384


Elizabeth Crow


1780 1930


Henry Field


1770 427


Polly Fitch


1788 4857


Amos Fitz Simons


1770 427


Gideon Franklin


1775 848


Sarah Gardner


1780 1930


Josiah Gifford


1770 427


Glasscow a manumitted slave


1763 379


Titus Guinea


1770 427


William Henderson


1780 1930


Elizabeth Hodges


1763 378


Isabell Hope


1756 279


Tower Humphrey


1784 15330a


Benjamin Jones


1787 4280


Lawrence Kelley


1770 427


Rebecca Killey


1764 385


Thankful King


1780 1930


Francisco Kinsley


1770 427


Phebe Lawrence


1788 4762


Vesty Layland


1770 427


Peter Norton


1763 379


Jacob Noumus


1785 3440


Olive Pero


1767 396


Penelope Price


1785 3689


Grace Record


1764 385


William Rogers


1763 379


Benjamin Sampson


1788 4857


[164]


Vagrancy Proceedings examination of


Elizabeth Shaw


1768 410


Lydia Shepard


1769 415


Ephraim Smith


1769 420


Elizabeth Stonehouse


1785 3538


Ann Stringer


1770 427


Susanna Tripp


1780 1900


James Wamsley


1770 426


Coley Wells a freed slave


1787 4280


Nathaniel Wells


1787 4280


John Wheirs


1770 427


John Wicker


1770 427


Wait Whiting


1780 1930


examination and judgment of Hopestill Mowry


1780 1923


Phebe Newcomb


1780 1923


Abigail O'Brien


1779 1688


Thomas Phelps


1787 15084a


Nicholas Parker


1780 1923


Polly Poor


1785 3427


Martha Simons


1780 1923


Judah Wanton 1780 1929


information as to Elizabeth Freeman by overseer of poor to town council 1778 1556


letter as to Cato Freeman from town of Cumberland to town of Cranston 1787 4560


Esther Heradon from select men of Windham to town of Providence 1790 5646 5639


Eli Luther insane vagrant from governor to town council


1784 3167


Mrs. Stonehouse from city council of Newport to town council 1785 3727


1756 285


memorandum as to summoning vagrants before council notice from town of Abington to town of Providence to take care of a Providence vagrant there


1774 734


order of overseer of poor on town treasurer in favor of John Field for carrying vagrant to Newport 1789 5107


of town council on town clerk to bring before them copy of laws as to settlements in towns 1780 1900


of town council that Nathaniel Bowdich be prose- cuted unless he departs the town in 24 hours 1775 872


petition of Christopher Stocken twice ordered out of town for leave to return and live in Providence 1787 4386


printing laws respecting bill for of John Carter against town 1785 3322


1790 5475


Bennet Wheeler


1785 3324


punishment of for returning to town without leave after being ordered removed case of Jonathan Benjamin 1788 4875


Zolph Carpenter, a free " muster " woman 1787 4280


[ 165 ]


Vagrancy Proceedings receipt from town sergeant for vagrants and warrants en route of removal by constable of Cranston 1788 4941


1789 5150 of Johnston 1788 4916 1790 5674 of North Providence 1787 4195 4283 4308 4488 4494 4597 1788 4732 4773 4845 1789 5232 1790 5615 5624 5768 by town treasurer of fine paid by vagrant for return- ing to town without leave of town council after having been sent out of town by warrant 1788 4873


return of officer on warrant to remove Joanna McDonald to Newport 1775 745


resolution of town council case of Zolph Carpenter John Cooper


1787 4391


Thomas Field


1789 5255


Cynthia Holden a negro


1786 4078


Joseph Leonard 1763 369


vote of town meeting to pay William Compton for ser- vices 1771 15034


warrant to bring before town council Eliezer Albro et al


1754 247


John Anthony et als


1747 146


Miriam Birch


1783 2916


Anne Borden


1784 3199


Margaret Bowler et als


1782 2745


Marcy Bragg et al


1775 823


William Carpenter


1754 270


Thomas Eldridge


1748 155


Sampson Freeman


1784 3134


Richard Fuller et al


1783 2915


Wait Godfrey et als


1784 3205


Elizabeth Griffes


1757 300


Mrs. Sarah Johnston et al


1783 2935


Betsy Kiah


1779 1699


Jeremiah Lawton


1783 2891


Joana McDonal


1774 698


Widow O'Brian et al


1779 1686


Samuel Thayer et als


1774 616


John Treby


1775 824


Duke Waterman et als


1774 639


Amey Whipple et al


1758 316


Molly Whitaker


1777 1161


warrant to remove vagrant to Providence John Byrrns from East Chester Westchester Co. N. Y. 1785 3494


Esther Haraden et als from Windham Conn. 1790 5648 from Voluntown Conn. 1790 5687


Susanna Mathewson from Rehoboth Mass.


1778 1437


from Providence to Bellingham John Pitts et als to Boston Mary Billings and child


1771 429


1781 15067


[166]


1787 4489


Vagrancy Proceedings warrant to remove from Providence to Boston


James Burke et al Felix Holbrook 1790 5583


1785 15079


Phyllis Merritt 1790 5662


Sarah Wood


1790 5730


to Brainham Ruth Smith 1790 5685


to Braintree Betsy Fowler et al 1790 5442


to Bristol Elizabeth Phillips 1772 467 Lydia Shepard 1769 417


to Cambridge Cato Freeman ct als 1790 5671


to Cranston Rosabella Bradshaw


1788 4968 4971


Sarah Mores 1788 4612 4613


Susanna Potter


1787 4235


Jedediah Stone et al


1790 5485


Israel Tyler et als 1774 669


to Cumberland Obadiah Blanding et ux


1788 4716


Jane Whipple 1787 4384 4385


to Dracut Zebulon Bateman et als


1790 5741


to East Greenwich Wait Godfrey


1784 3208


to Grafton Esther Short


1783 15073


to Hartford John Conley


1 790 5584


to Ipswich Titus Guinea


1789 5296


to Johnston Mary Anthony


1786 3791


Sarah Frank and child 1779 15065


1789 5109


to Litchfield Thomas Osborne et als 1790 5488


to Little Compton Samuel Grinnell et als 1788 4820 4821 Sarah Johnson 1787 4355


1774 713


to Middleborough Martha Simons


1780 15084


to Newport Abigail Chadwick


1787 4490


Betty Chadwick


1788 5023


Deborah Ellwood


1790 5582


Olive Goddard et als


1762 368


William Goddard


1768 413


Sarah Hogan


1786 3781


Mary Kennedy


1789 5292


Clarke Pike


1790 5688


Penelope Price et als


1785 3712


Benjamin Read's son


1780 15066a


William Townsend's children


1775 835


John Treby


1775 827


Margaret Wanton


1789 5156


Richard Whitehorn


1786 4028


to North Kingstown Judith Hazard


1780 15066


to North Providence Huldah Abbey and child 1787 4498 Susanna Guinea 1788 4772


Prudence Hawkins and son


1788 4736


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Katharine an orphan


to Mendon Samuel Thayer et als


Vagrancy Proceedings warrant to remove from Providence to North Providence


Joshua Smith et als 1788 4651


to Oxford Mrs. Rhoda Hill 1789 5297


to Philadelphia William Davenport et als 1789 5301


to Portsmouth N. H. James Furlong 1789 5336


to Rehoboth Susanna Allen


1790 5474


Miriam Burch


1784 3150


Susanna Mathewson


1778 1438


Jonathan Paine et als Olive Pero


1767 397


to Salem Elizabeth Howard Mary Ratford


1790 5586


to Sherburne Sally Fitch


1788 4934


to Smithfield Sarah Arnold


1771 434


to South Kingstown Freelove Franklin 1786 15083b Isabell Hope 1756 280


to Swansea Abigail O'Brian et als 1782 2698 Ephraim Smith et als 1772 452


1774 688


to Taunton James Andrews Elijah Cobb Benjamin Fales


1774 641


to Warwick Ruth Finch et al Sarah Gardner et als


1787 4438


to Westerly Sarah Palmoter and child


1745 123


to Weymouth Vashti Colson and child


1788 4626


writ of arrest to compel John Hoyle to give bond to sup- port his family before leaving town 1728 14666


Vagrancy Proceedings in Newport examination of Gamaliel Richmond 1771 430


Venture fishing in schooner Ranger account between Henry Bowen and Ambrose Page 1790 15330f


certificate of right of Henry Bowen in 1790 15330d


in West India voyage receipt for 1778 14293


Vote of General Assembly on petition of town for Assembly to call convention to consider Constitution of the United States


1788 4785


Vote of Town Meeting appointing committee to assist town treasurer to hire money to discharge execution against town 1781 2437


directing town treasurer to buy a shop


1772 484


extract from as to payment of "abstracts "


1778 1552


to prevent ingrossing of prices


1777 1297


see also for other votes the titles under which the subject matter of such votes is classified e. g. as to paving streets see Highways as to taxation see Taxes


Voters Lists of, see Freemen


Ward-Hopkins Controversy proposals 1761 343


[ 168 ]


1775 844


1787 4157


1772 469


1774 711


Warrant, see the titles to which the warrants respectively


relate e. g. for warrants in vagrancy see Vagrancy Proceedings for warrants for town meetings to impose taxes see Taxes for warrants for town meetings to raise feed or clothe troops see Revolution


Warrant Search for stolen goods


1783 3044


Watkins lots resolution of town council as to sale of 1788 4766


Washington General address of Town of Providence to 1790 5703 answer of General Washington to address of town of Providence 1790 5704


bill of James Arnold against town for candles supplied the poor for illuminating town 1781 2443


of Henry Bowen for repairing court house


1790 5717


of Daniel Branch for notifying the inhabitants to clear the streets 1790 5712


of John Carter for printing order of procession and tickets for the entertainment at reception


1790 5797


of Caleb Ormsbee for preparations for illumination at reception 1790 5725


request to call a town meeting to arrange reception warrant to call a town meeting to arrange a greeting


1790 5700


1790 5701


Watch bill of Elijah Bacon against town for moving a watch house from Mumford's to Bridge


1776 1204


of Nathan Brown for making and fixing six watch poles


1776 1047


of Jonathan Hammon for making three watch boxes


1776 947


of John Nichols for taking charge of town watch for sixteen weeks 1776 1066


for taking care of town watch and a watch house bought for use of town 1777 1138


of Daniel Tefft for six pole hooks for watches 1776 1048


of William Wheaton materials and building chim- ney for watch house 1777 1133


list of names with the number of nights each person is to watch for six months and vote of town as to same 1775 803


order of Jabez Bowen on town treasurer per order of council in favor of Beriah Curtis and Co. for watching report of committee to draw up regulations for the town watch


1776 977


1764 386


Water lots on flats a little north of Weybosset hill receipt from Richard Brown for payment (these receipts are unsigned) 1746 14705 14706


1787 4123


Will for acquittance from charge of, see Acquittance of Israel Arnold of Warwick 1743 112


of Martha Brown and probate of


1765 14976a 14977


of William Brown 1773 14760


Wharfage bill for against Esek Anthony


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22


Will


of Joseph Olney motion against probate of 1777 1356 of John Smith the miller deposition of John Whipple 1682 17 of Samuel Winsor 1681 16


nuncupative of Mrs. Martha Brown citation as to pro- bate of 1779 1663


Work House Estate bill against town of Zephaniah Andrews for labor


1774 621


James Angell for locks


1778 1472


Nathan Arnold et al for stone for wall


1785 3655


Elisha Bowen for work and materials


1785 3711


Jabez Bowen for kettle to boil the junk in


1774 626


William Brayton for hardware


1783 3032


John Brown for materials for repairs


1784 3145


Nicholas Brown and Co. for building supplies for lumber


1774 628


David Burr for repairs 1783 3024


Joshua Burr for labor in repairing


1783 3005


Samuel Davenport for work




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