Rhode Island tercentenary, 1636-1936. A report by the Rhode Island Tercentenary commission of the celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Part 9

Author: Rhode Island. Tercentenary Commission
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: [Providence]
Number of Pages: 188


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The total was very evenly divided between out of State and Rhode Island motorists. There was a very general demand among drivers in this State for the Tercentenary road map and for the other literature distributed, much of it being new to the greater number of local callers. The total of out of State registrations was 11,003. Many of these motorists from other States were visiting Rhode Island for the first time and a number expressed their desire to return during another year.


The suggestion that the State information booths take the form of log cabins came from the State Planning Board, through Mr. John Hutchins Cady, Consultant, to whom the Commission makes grateful acknowledgment. The Planning Board also made the first designs and suggested locations. The portals beside the roads at the State line were also planned and designed by the Planning Board, of which Mr. John Nicholas Brown, a member of the Tercentenary Commission, is chairman.


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CONCLUSIONS


It is very evident from the experience of the Tercentenary summer, that a real need exists for maintenance of a similar system of road information stations in this State during the touring season every year. The conclusion is inevitable that such a system of stations would do much to create a good will among the touring public which would react to the material benefit of the State and its people.


Maintained in conjunction with a State tourists bureau oper- ating from the State House, backed with general advertising and furnished with attractive literature outlining the advantages and recreational attractions of the State, and with local Chambers of Commerce cooperating, it would be the first organized effort to present the attractions of one of the finest sections of old New England, to the people of the other States of the Union.


The first move in that direction was made during the Ter- centenary summer by the Secretary of State, who from a small appropriation by the General Assembly secured a limited amount of newspaper advertising for the State as a recreation centre and also reprinted booklets as well as printing new folders calculated to rouse desire to visit Rhode Island. These were distributed from his office and from the log cabins and the other stations. Secretary of State Cappelli's work was well planned and very effective, but it should be continued every year on a much larger scale than was possible in 1936.


The experience of the Tercentenary Commission with the information booths leads to the conclusions that:


A limited number of these booths should be maintained during the touring season, each year.


They should be located where they can best serve the largest number of incoming motorists, at strategic points on main trunk roads.


Three or at most, four, would suffice: one at Westerly, for travel from Connecticut, New York and the Central States; one at Pawtucket, for Boston and Northeastern New England; one at East Providence, at or near the location of the Tercentenary booth; and possibly one at Woonsocket, or perhaps at Bald Hill in Cranston.


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They should be opened in mid-June and closed in mid- September, a season shorter than that of the Tercentenary sum- mer but long enough to cover the normal touring season, which begins and ends at these two periods.


They should be open at least 10 hours daily-the hours which were found adequate for the Tercentenary log cabins-from nine in the morning until seven at night-and open seven days a week. In this way each station could be operated with two men working the usual WPA hours.


The cost of this service would be returned many times over in the tourist dollars it would bring to Rhode Island - the only New England State now without an established program of advertising its attractions, the only one failing to make a bid for its share of summer tourist trade.


The New England Council, in whose program of advertising New England as a whole, Rhode Island participates without maintaining a similar system of advertising itself alone, estimates that in 1936, three million tourists or summer visitors spent $475,000,000 while in the New England area. Of this sum it is believed that between $40,000,000 and $45,000,000 would be a fair estimate of the amount they spent in Rhode Island.


This golden flood went to Rhode Island merchants, hotel, inn and guest home keepers, service station operators, markets, amuse- ments, resorts and others. How much more might be brought to this State by additional advertising and publicity, can only be imagined.


It rests with the General Assembly as to whether or not this source of additional prosperity shall be increased.


MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED FROM TERCENTENARY INFORMATION BOOTHS


COMMISSION PUBLICATION - Rhode Island's Historic Background Tercentenary Historical and Road Map of Rhode Island Tercentenary Calendar of Events and Exhibits


FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE:


Rhode Island for Real Recreation and Hospitality-36 page booklet Welcome to Rhode Island Tercentenary Celebrations-Folder Inns and Hotels in Rhode Island-with their rates-Folder The Rhode Island State House-36 page booklet


Know Rhode Island-64 page booklet


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FROM PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY: Seeing Providence-16 page double folder Guide


FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY: Folder describing the University-Illustrated


FROM STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK:


New England Maps New York State Maps United States Maps Citigraph of Providence


FROM JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN: Illustrated four-page folder describing the John Brown House


FROM WESTERLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: South County Historical Maps Westerly Shores-Illustrated pamphlet


"Old Westerly"-24 page booklet Second Series of South County historical maps


FROM MT. HOPE BRIDGE COMPANY: Newport and the Historic Island of Rhode Island-Historical Map and map of the famous Ten Mile Drive


FROM NARRAGANSETT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 4-page folder-"Come to Narragansett by the Sea"


FROM JAMESTOWN & NEWPORT FERRY COMPANY: Time Tables and Ferry Rates-card and circular


FROM EAST GREENWICH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: East Greenwich Folders-Illustrated-with Map


FROM RHODE ISLAND HOTEL ASSOCIATION: You'll Like Rhode Island-Illustrated folder


FROM CRANSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Cranston, Rhode Island. 48 page illustrated pamphlet


FROM PROVIDENCE Y. W. C. A .: Folders on the Providence "Y. W."


FROM PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: The Charm of Providence-Illustrated pocket booklet


FROM NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY: Rhode Island Shores


Southern New England Summer Resorts-1936


Marthas Vineyard


Cape Cod Nantucket About 10,000 of these publications, covering Southern New England were distributed from the eight Tercentenary log cabins, for the benefit of motor tourists coming to Rhode Island, many of them enroute to eastern points.


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REGISTRATIONS AT INFORMATION BOOTHS


Week Ending


Total


Out of State


June 26-6-28


760


301


July 4


1552


492


July 11


1280


719


July 18


1326


648


July 25


1551


886


August 1


1881


1193


August 8


1920


1229


August 15


1984


1240


August 22


1892


1282


August 29


2039


1170


September 5


1752


1158


September 12


1526


935


September 19


912


596


September 26


725


383


September 30


234


134


21,334


12,366


REGISTRATIONS BY STATES AT LOG CABINS AND INFORMATION BOOTHS


Alabama


14


Nevada


0


Arizona


6


New Hampshire.


114


Arkansas


7


New Jersey


756


California


137


New Mexico


3


Colorado


11


New York


2176


Connecticut


1302


North Carolina


25


Delaware


32


North Dakota


6


Florida


81


Ohio


300


Georgia


21


Oklahoma


19


Idaho


0


Oregon


8


Illinois


188


Pennsylvania


582


Indiana


44


Rhode Island


10,331


Iowa


24


South Carolina


5


Kansas


17


South Dakota


6


Kentucky


19


Tennessee


11


Louisiana


7


Texas


38


Maine


126


Utah


6


Maryland


114


Vermont


82


Massachusetts


3921


Virginia


53


Michigan


218


Washington


12


Minnesota


34


West Virginia


23


Mississippi


4


Wisconsin


35


Missouri


59


Wyoming


4


Montana


4


Washington, D. C.


114


Nebraska


13


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REGISTRATIONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AT LOG CABINS AND INFORMATION BOOTHS


Canada


189


Philippine Islands


1


Great Britain


13


Denmark


1


Scotland


4


South Africa


1


China


2


Italy


1


Panama


2


Canal Zone.


1


Roumania


1


Hawaii


1


Poland


1


Cuba


1


Spain


1 Honduras


1


Ireland


1


Lithuania


1


ITEMIZED SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM OFFICIAL TERCENTENARY GUIDES CALLS AT TERCENTENARY INFORMATIONS AND STATIONS


WEEK ENDING JULY 11


WEEK ENDING JUNE 27


Westerly


154


Westerly


38


Dawley Park


16


East Providence


79


Rumford


25


East Providence


119


Pawtucket


17


Dawley Park


3


Chepachet


25


Cranston


23


No. Scituate


31


Woonsocket


140


House on the Mall


503


Scituate


12


Rumford


107


House on the Mall


423


Warren


27


Tiverton


41


760


WEEK ENDING JULY 18


Woonsocket


163


Dawley Park


13


Westerly


142


Bald Hill


49


Pawtucket


47


East Providence


114


Scituate


53


Pawtucket


44


Dawley Park


9


Scituate


23


Chepachet


48


Chepachet


43


Bald Hill


51


Woonsocket


179


East Providence


162


Rumford


91


Rumford


107


Warren


22


Warren


13


Tiverton


37


Tiverton


48


House on the Mall


809


House on the Mall


483


1552


1326


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1280


WEEK ENDING JULY 4


Westerly


128


Cranston


48


Pawtucket


35


Woonsocket


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WEEK ENDING JULY 25


Woonsocket


44


East Providence


420


No. Scituate


72


House on the Mall


398


Chepachet


91


Westerly


295


E. Providence


269


No. Scituate 239


Pawtucket


149


Pawtucket


206


Dawley Park


14


Cranston


128


Cranston


70


Rumford


87


Chepachet


75


Woonsocket


58


Dawley Park


48


Tiverton


22


Warren


8


1551


WEEK ENDING AUG. 1


Westerly


402


House on the Mall


380


E. Providence


3$9


Pawtucket 180


Scituate


178


Chepachet


88


Cranston


83


Rumford


74


Woonsocket


62


Tiverton


36


Tiverton


23


Dawley Park


18


Dawley Park


19


1881


WEEK ENDING AUG. 8


East Providence


373


House on the Mall


317


Westerly


293


Westerly


269


No. Scituate 273


Pawtucket 209


No. Scituate


200


Cranston


128


Cranston


146


Rumford


100


Chepachet


78


Chepachet


98


Rumford


65


Woonsocket


57


Woonsocket


41


Dawley Park


29


Tiverton


30


Tiverton


19


Warren


13


Warren


8


Dawley Park


7


1920


WEEK ENDING AUG. 29


House on the Mall


638


East Providence


343


Pawtucket


225


Cranston


132


Chepachet


80


Rumford


72


Woonsocket


35


Warren


20


Warren


2


1892


WEEK ENDING AUG. 22


East Providence


413


House on the Mall


388


Scituate


302


Westerly


215


Pawtucket


212


Westerly


203


Warren


31


Rumford


59


House on the Mall


549


WEEK ENDING AUG. 15


1984


2039


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WEEK ENDING SEPT. 5


WEEK ENDING SEPT. 19


House on the Mall


460


House on the Mall


358


East Providence


343


East Providence


125


No. Scituate


245


Pawtucket


113


Pawtucket


190


Cranston


111


Westerly


175


Cranston


160


Chepachet


61


Rumford


60


Woonsocket


37


Tiverton


21


912


WEEK ENDING SEPT. 26


House on the Mall


264


East Providence


122


Cranston


105


Westerly


94


Pawtucket


79


Rumford


38


Woonsocket


23


WEEK ENDING SEPT. 12


House on the Mall


430


East Providence


295


North Scituate


193


Cranston


179


Woonsocket Cabin


16


Westerly Cabin


14


Westerly


127


Pawtucket Cabin


49


Rumford


69


East. Providence


36


Woonsocket


49


Rumford Station


24


Tiverton


26


House on the Mall


95


1526


Westerly


105


Rumford


58


Woonsocket


33


Tiverton


9


1752


725


WEEK ENDING SEPT. 30


Pawtucket


158


234


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PORTAL


The Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936


THE ROAD PORTALS - "ENTERING RHODE ISLAND"


RHODE ISLAND'S welcoming portals, erected at the State border on each side of every main highway as it crosses the State line, remain as permanent reminders of the Rhode Island Tercentenary. Those erected on either side of the eight log cabin information booths maintained by the State Commission, are being utilized by the State Division of Forests, Parks and Park- ways. They proved one of the most attractive features of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the State.


These portals, built to match the log cabin information booths, consist of two cedar tree trunks nine feet seven inches high and six inch diameter, connected by a cross bar five feet six inches long. Like the logs used in building the cabins, they were treated with zinc chloride for permanence.


From the cross bar hangs an oak slab on whose smooth side is cut the legend "Entering Rhode Island" for the portals on the right side of the road and "Rhode Island Tercentenary, 1636-1936" on the left side. The traveller leaving the State sees "Leaving Rhode Island" on the portal on his right. There are 52 of these portals, marking 36 of the highways entering the State.


They were designed by the State Planning Board and the National Park Service and were placed by the State Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways. Like the log cabins, they were built at the Beach Pond Camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps under direction of Col. Thomas J. Hill Peirce, Chief of the Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways, with the cooperation of the National Park Service.


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THE POSTER AND STICKER


T HE figure of a man wearing the conical hat and the brown garb of a pilgrim, featured the Tercentenary poster. His left hand held a large, thick book under his arm. His open right hand was outstretched in welcome. His open countenance bore a look of earnestness, his eyes gazing off into the distance. His right foot was extended as though he were walking. It was a figure of action, of life, of zeal.


Behind this man, who appeared as though mounting the crest of a hill, stretched a lush green valley with a winding river in the distance. The scene was the upper valley of the Pettaquamscutt river as beheld from Hannah's Rock in Narragansett near the Moorsfield and Tower Hill roads. The figure was generally taken to be that of Roger Williams, although it was not so intended by the artist, Donald Cowell of Providence.


River and sky behind the figure were the same deep blue. Against this background was the motto in white lettering


WELCOME TO HISTORIC RHODE ISLAND


Below the figure stretched, in black lettering, the word TERCENTENARY Beneath this, again in black, were the dates 1636 MAY-OCTOBER 1936


The poster was 20 x 30 inches, printed in six colors, non- fading, washable, by the silk-screen process using paint instead of ink, on 14-ply board and on 70-pound offset stock, 1000 of each weight.


It was shown by the New York, New Haven & Hartford and other New England railroads in their stations, and by the N. Y. Central in New York. Automobile clubs affiliated with the American Automobile Association used it in their touring informa-


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tion centres. It was used in schools, public and private, in this and other States. It was shown in public libraries and it was sent to collectors. Altogether it had a wide distribution, including displays by Rhode Island merchants.


Its central figure was used by the Providence Tercentenary Committee in the signboard hung as a swinging sign in front of the House on the Mall. It was used by one of New England's largest department stores as a window display early in the Ter- centenary period. The figure was used by permission from the Tercentenary Commission, in national advertising for several Rhode Island business houses. It was one of the most attractive cachets issued on the opening day of the Tercentenary, May 4, the day the Rhode Island Tercentenary postage stamp went on sale.


And the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company used the design in miniature on the cover of the telephone directories for Providence and its other exchanges in Rhode Island, in addition to giving over the page directly facing the first telephone listings, to the Rhode Island Tercentenary, as written by the Secretary of the Commission.


The poster was reproduced in miniature form, 21/8 x 11/2 inches, as a sticker. This was done through arrangement with the Tercentenary Commission, by a Providence lithograph house, the Foxon Company, Inc., probably the largest label house in the country. This reproduction was an accurate miniature of the poster, even to the six colors. It was very extensively used on mailing pieces, more than 400,000 stickers being sold. This was a private enterprise, with which the Tercentenary Commission had no connection. The Commission sold nothing and declined all business connections during the Tercentenary.


Of the 405,000 stickers sold, 105,000 were taken through the Providence Chamber of Commerce and 95 % of the total were taken in Providence. The use of this sticker did much to carry the news of the Tercentenary throughout the United States.


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GOVERNOR THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN


AND THE


RHODE ISLAND TERCENTENARY COMMISSION


REQUEST THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT LUNCHEON ON


SUNDAY, OCTOBER THE ELEVENTH AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON


IN THE


PROVIDENCE BILTMORE BALLROOM


IN HONOR OF


COMMANDER DOCTOR GUIDO SEGRÉ


ROYAL CONSUL GENERAL OF ITALY AT BOSTON


On the occasion of the presentation by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, Order Sons of Italy in America, that afternoon at half past two o'clock in the State House, of a bronze tablet commemorating the visit to Narragansett Bay in 1524 by


GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO A Son of Italy


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"ITALIAN DAY," OCTOBER 11, 1936


N Sunday, October 11, 1936, designated by Gov. Theodore Francis Green as "Italian Day," the Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission joined Gov. Green in giving a reception and luncheon at the Providence Biltmore hotel to Commander Guido Segre, Royal Italian Consul General at Boston, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, Order Sons of Italy in America, and a large group of heads of Italian societies in Rhode Island, as well as citizens of Italian birth or ancestry. Vice Chairman Frank E. Ballou of the Tercentenary Commission, presided.


This was followed at two o'clock by exercises on the front terraces and lawns of the State House at which Cav. Luigi Scala, Grand Venerable of the Grand Lodge presented to the State, through Gov. Green, a bronze tablet commemorating the visit to Narragansett Bay, April 21 to May 5, 1524, of Giovanni da Verraz- zano who first likened an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay, to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. This reference, contained in a letter dated July 8, 1524, is the first mention of the name Rhode Island or any of its variations in connection with Narragansett Bay.


The tablet, cast at Gorhams, was modeled by Aristide Cian- farani of Providence. Below a bust of the explorer, set in a circle, is the inscription:


IN LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE INTREPID MARINER GIOVANNI da VERRAZZANO


OF FLORENCE, ITALY, WHO IN HIS GOOD SHIP "DELFINA" VISITED NARRAGANSETT BAY APRIL 21 TO MAY 5, 1524


HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPLORATIONS THEN MADE IS THE EARLIEST RECORD WE HAVE OF THIS DISTRICT AND HIS REFERENCE TO THE ISLAND OF RHODES LED TO THE USE OF THE NAME RHODE ISLAND


PRESENTED BY THE GRAND LODGE OF RHODE ISLAND OF THE ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA, OCTOBER 11, 1936


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More than 2000 persons were in the great crowd that stood on the State House grounds and heard broadcast the addresses of Cav. Luigi Scala who made the presentation, of Gov. Green who received the tablet and in his speech of acceptance paid eloquent tribute to da Verrazzano the Florentine and Columbus the Genoese, of Associate Justice Antonio A. Capotosto of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and of Commander Dr. Segre.


Justice Capotosto said in the course of an address enthusi- astically received:


"No fair minded person, whatever his origin may be, will deny us as a race the legitimate appreciation of our ancestors. We need not hestitate to affirm that we are of Italian descent and take as much pride in that ancestry as others very properly take in their, for our people are as faithful to their obligations to America as any other group of citizens.


"They are giving their all to this country because they appre- ciate that they are a part of the very life of this nation."


Commander Segre termed the glory of the discovery of America by Columbus and the discovery of Narragansett Bay by Verrazzano a "glory entirely Italian" and said both men were examples of the "spiritual and moral aristocracy of our race." He also outlined the contributions of other great Italians to American history.


Cav. Scala said in his presentation speech, "We in Rhode Island cherish Verrazzano's contribution because it strengthens our ties of gratitude to this land which has become our home and because it brings all of us more closely to the traditions and history of this State, whose fortunes we share, and to whose upbuilding one hundred thousand of us pledge our loyalty and devotion."


It was a brilliant setting in which this presentation was made. On the State House steps, half a hundred or more American and Italian flags were massed. Directly below the section set aside by palms as the speakers platform, four Boy Scouts held a large wreath encircling a big picture of Columbus. On the terraces and on the lawn in front of the steps were brilliantly uniformed bands, women's drill teams of the Order Sons of Italy, and Italian societies and organizations from all parts of the State. Loud speakers carried the voices to all parts of the State House grounds.


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In accepting the tablet on behalf of the State, Gov. Green said: Mr. Chairman, Commander Doctor Segre, Distinguished Guests and Fellow Citizens:


It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the State of Rhode Island to accept from the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, Order Sons of Italy in America, the bronze tablet commemorating the visit to Narragansett Bay of Giovanni da Verrazzano. The presentation makes an appropriate part of our Tercennial Celebration, and in behalf of the State of Rhode Island I extend its heartfelt thanks to the generous donors.


Today we honor the memory of two Italian mariners of indominable spirit for whom the terrors of the little known and uncharted Atlantic were never an insurmountable barrier to exploration. They are Christopher Columbus, the Genoese, sailing in 1492 under the colors of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, and Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Florentine, commissioned in 1594 by Francis I of France.


They both sought to discover a route to the regions of Cathay. One discovered and the other explored the continent of America. Each in his own fashion matched the iron of his will and his skill in navigation, unassisted by such delicate and powerful modern instruments as we have today, against the strength of the ocean, that same tumultuous, gigantic contender which from time to time and as late as last September lashed our rockbound coast.


Every school boy and girl in answer to the question: "By whom was American discovered?" will say "Christopher Columbus, best known and best beloved." The answer of course ignores legendary earlier visits, because discovery implies taking back home the record and the proof of the discovery. There were doubtless others who reached the shores of America earlier, but they were not the carriers of European civilization.


The discovery of America was not entirely due to man's inquiring spirit, but also to nature's wind. From latitude 30 degrees North to 30 degrees South the trade-winds prevail. As they blow from the east, they make it easy for boats to cross the Atlantic to America. By far the most important result was the bringing of the civilization of the Mediterranean to the New World. The discovery of America by Columbus in 1492 is sig-


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nificant because his discovery and that date mark the beginning of that migration of Europeans westward across the Atlantic Ocean which has continued for more than four centuries, winning two continents for civilization and transforming human society through democracy, first in America and later in Europe.


Columbus and Verrazzano were both venturesome and de- termined commanders and both Italians. For thousands of years the people around the Mediterranean Sea have been bold sailors. Before 600 B. C., Phoenician ships had sailed not only to England, but on a three-year cruise entirely around Africa. At some time or other, long before the Christian era, a stray ship or two belonging to one of the peoples of the western Mediterranean may have been blown to the shores of America by the steady trade-winds. These are facts hardly to be explained otherwise.


For the promotion of Columbus' plan to reach Asia by sailing towards the setting sun, the help of some sovereign was necessary and the heart-rending defeats which Columbus endured at the courts of Portugal and Spain before the final acceptance of his program are as familiar to us as the romance of the joy the first sight of this continent brought to him and his sailors with their sea-weary eyes.


The "Santa Maria," the "Pinta," and the "Nina,"-three small vessels, carrying in all eighty-eight souls-weighed anchor on Friday, August 3, 1492, at eight o'clock in the morning and started on their great adventure. An abstract of Admiral Columbus' diary, made by Las Casas, is still extant, and tells us of all the trials and tribulations of that voyage. On October 11th the "Nina" sighted a floating branch covered with berries. It was like the olive branch the dove brought to Noah. At ten o'clock on that night, Columbus himself saw a light ahead.




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