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Scituate, 55. Tonomy Hill, 55. Bill for the beacon at Providence, 53.
for equipments, 27; work at Field's Point forts, 67; Fox Hill Fort, 67. Blaskowitz's table of defences, 124. Bounties provided, 19.
British fleet threatens Newport, II2.
officers ridicule Continental officers, 37.
British troops occupy Newport, 68, 70, 129.
ravage unprotected houses, 69. land on Prudence Island, 85.
Camp equipage for Warren mili- tia, 34.
Cannon supplied to the towns, 39. Canteens, description of, 33. Cartridge boxes, description of, 21. Census of males and arms in Providence, 26.
Cider carried away by soldiers, I 38. Common Fence Point, Spitfire grounds on, 136.
Distribution of cannon in the state, 121.
Eldred's one-gun battery, 144, 145.
Fascines recommended for Paw- tuxet, 97.
Form of enlistment, 20. Fort Anne, 79. Barton, 139.
Chastellux, 142.
Daniel, 107.
Denham, 142.
George, 79, 80.
Harrison, 142.
Independence, 63.
Liberty, 79.
"Owl's Nest," 139. Sullivan, 75.
Washington, 79. William Henry, 78.
Fort at Barker's Hill, 134. Beacon Hill, 103.
Beaver Head, 143.
Beaver Tail, 117, 143.
Bliss Hill, 132.
Bonnet Point, 146.
Brenton's Point, 146. Bristol, 104.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Fort at Bristol Ferry, 98, 138. Bullock's Point, 124. Burr's Hill, 125. Butt's Hill, 130, 139, 141. Castle Hill, 143.
Coaster's Island, 142. Coddington's Cove, 134. Coddington's Point, 131, 134. Dumplings, 83, 143.
Field's Point, 61, 63. Fogland Ferry, 130.
Fox Hill, 45, 48, 56. Goat Island, 79, 80. Hallidon Hill, 142. Hog Pen Point, 76.
- Honeyman's Hill, 132. Howland's Ferry, 99. Kettle Point, 61.
Lawton's Valley, 130. Pawtuxet Neck, 61, 85. Popasquash Point, 124. Prospect Hill, 72, 73, 74. Quaker Hill, 141. Robin Hill, 59. Rose Island, 142.
Sassafras Point, 45, 59.
Tonomy Hill, 102, 103, 131, 133. Turkey Hill, 141. Warren, 125. Warwick Neck, 84, 89.
Forts on Conanicut abandoned, 145.
French army withdrawn from Rhode Island, 112.
fleet ordered to remain at Newport, 113; Job Whaley notes departure of, 116.
Green End, fort at, 132. Guard established at Boston Neck, 103.
. Bristol, 113. Charlestown, 117. Fogland Ferry, 103. Fox Hill Fort, 56. Little Compton, 103. North Kingstown, 117. Point Judith, 117.
Guard established at Quidnessett Neck, 85.
Quonset, 120. Seaconnet Point, 117. South Ferry, 103, 117. Tiverton, 103. Watch Hill, 117. Wickford, 103. "
Guns and ammunition removed from Fort George, So.
Gun-makers exempt from military duty, 31.
Gun-makers in Providence, 26.
Handbills distributed to adver- tise trial of beacon, 49. Headquarters of Col. John Water- man, 93. Homestead of the Fields of Pum- gansett, 62.
Intrenchments at Bristol, 104. Field's Point, 61, 63. Newport, 131, 134. Warwick, 96.
Kay Street (Newport), intrench- ments cross, 135.
Kentish Guards build fort at East Greenwich, 107. ordered to Newport, 113. Kingstown Reds ordered to New- port, 113.
Letter of Governor Cooke to General Washington, 12S. Solomon Drowne to William Drowne, 53, 57. General Spencer to town of Providence, 72.
Capt. Asa Waterman to Peter Colt, 35.
General Washington to Gov. ernor Cooke, 24.
Liquor provided to encourage enlistments, 19.
List of Barrington Artillery Con- pany, 106; Infantry Company, 105.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
List of Capt. Ethan Clarke's Com- pany, 9.
Capt. Peleg Hoxsey's Com- pany, 117.
Capt. Stephen Kimball's Company, 6.
Capt. Joseph Knight's Com- pany, 10.
Capt. Jeremiah Olney's Com- pany, 7.
Capt. Robert Rhodes' Com- pany, 108.
Capt. Simon Thayer's Com- pany, 12.
Capt. William Tew's Com- pany, 125.
Capt. John Whipple's Com- pany, 110.
Kingstown Reds, 115.
Pawtuxet Rangers, 87, 88.
men ordered to Warwick Neck, 91, 92, 93.
Lottery authorized to encourage manufacture of arms, 25.
Massachusetts offers aid to build forts, 99.
Memorial to Continental Con- gress, 82.
Military companies ordered to work on fortifications, 73. · Mud battery at Bristol, 104.
Newport besieged by the British, 44.
town meeting authority ques- tioned, 82. inhabitants work on fortifica- tions, 81. North Battery, 83.
North Providence Rangers at Warwick Neck, 94.
Notice of trial of beacon, 50.
Observatory at Tonomy Hill, 133. Officers in command at Fort Liberty, So.
Paper mill workmen exempt from military duty, 32.
Powder-horn at Valley Forge, description of, 32.
Powder mills erected, 41.
Projectiles supplied to the colony, 39. Providence Company of Cadets at Pawtuxet, 87.
Providence inhabitants work on fortification, 57, 73.
Records of Newport referred to, So.
Redoubts on road to Upper Ferry, 67.
Rehoboth inhabitants build forti- fication, 76.
Roof account at Providence, 26.
Saltpetre mills erected, 41. Shoemakers, wigmakers, and bar- bers, 38.
Spitfire galley ashore on Com- mon Fence Point, 116. Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, 135, 139.
Table of defences in Narragansett Bay, 124.
Tavern, David Arnold's, at War- wick, 95. Training days and ways, 2. Trial of beacon at Providence, 49. Tonomy Hill, 55.
War of 1812, fortifications built, 77. Warrant to Warwick company, 90. Warwick soldiers ordered to War- wick Neck, 91, 92, 93. Washington galley refuses aid to Spitfire, 136.
Watch station at Tower Hill, 43, 55. Whaley, Job, notes departure of French fleet, 116. Wickford gun, story of, 119.
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