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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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