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Rhode Island brigades, list of, 491 British tyranny in, 457
colony placed on war basis, 1739, 558 charges against transmitted to New York, 1705, 545
charges against disproved, 1705, 546 citizens' property seized, 584; be- havior of citizens of, 1764, 59 controversy of with Havana, 569 defenseless in 1812, 510-11
defenses, condition of at beginning of war of 1812, 512
forces at beginning of revolution, 441 Historical Society, 290, 308
importance of, 1705, 543
island of, about equal in size to Isle of Rhodes, 6; 111, 142, 154, 176; beacon on, 1775, 447
in hands of the British, 1776, 470
Louisburg expedition, assistance of, in, 545-6; quota of troops for, 562; sutfferings of troops at, 568 loyalty of, 593 magistrates, 119
men contributed to civil war, 523
military conditions investigated, 1897-8, 523
Rhode Island, military expenses oť, 572 military spirit stimulated iu, 555 navy, contribution of to the, in the civil war, 623-25
privateers, without authority to
commission, 536 ;
operations of, 1757, 581
regiment, the, 1756, 430 Relief Association, 379 Republican, 288
sacrifices of, in early years, 567 seamen, requisition on for, 1759, 585 a uursery for seamen, 593 Suffrage Associatiou, 336 towns, small beginnings of, 73
. troops sent into the field dur- ing the civil war, 379; rolls of 1778, 505-6; withdrawn from the state, 1812, 510; prompt re- sponse of to call for in 1861, 515, and in 1898, 523 ; request to tor in 1741, 559; retained, 565; raised, 1761, 589 ; disbanded, 1760, 589 prisoners captured by the French, 580 vessels, directed to employ, 578 war vessels, the first, 533
Rhode Islauders, 73, 120, 137; their char- acteristics as seamen, 153; 182, 186 Richardson, postmaster, 289, 290 Stephen, 550 Richmond, n 192, u 273, 295 Recorder, 290
Rickard, George, n 33 Rider Sidney S., n 29, n 30, n 31, n 38, n 176, n 351 Right to vote, 345
Rights, 103, 157, 183-4, 263, 326
of citizens under first charter, 84, 85 of colonies examined, pamphlet by Stephen Hopkins, 217 political, 147 Riot, the Olney street, 320, 321
Riots, 217, 265, 341-2
River guard appointed, 512 Machine Co., 274-5
Rivers, channels of, navigable deepened and
widened by U. S. government, 385
Roads, 280, 374
Roadmaking, 388
Robbins, Senator Asher, 313-4, 323-5, 330, 337 Col. Charles T., 516, 519 Christopher E., 356
Robin Hill Fort, 448 Robinson, Christopher, 326, 370, 375 John, 600 Sylvester, 367
Rochambeau, Lieut. General le Comte de, 508 Rochester, 139, n 144
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INDEX.
Rocky Point, 372 Rodman, Col. Isaac P., 517 Dr. John, 549 Samuel, 362 William M., 368 Roger Williams park, 381 Roman Catholics, 175
Rome, 7, 177 Rose, Anderson C., 365 Col. Henry B., 523 man-of-war, 229 Royal arch mason, 322
authority believed in by Samuel Gor- ton, 60; 139, 197
charter, 100-7, 109, 110-2, n 114, 119, 120-1 ; see charter, King Charles commissiou, arrival of, 109 ; decides in favor of Rhode Island in regard to Narragansett country, 110; re- fer boundary dispute between Ply- mouth and Rhode Island to King, 110
commissioners submit five proposals to general assembly of Rhode Island, 112; which are accepted and acted upon, 113; departure, 113, 114; 115, 119, 120, 130, 132, 142
council, 103 governors, 161, 162, 167
grant, 190
interests, 155
proclamation, how
received, 1685, 399 province, 137-8, 140
party in Rhode Island, 141, 144, 157 Roxbury, 16
Row gallies, order for, 1775, 616
Ruin, financial, 195
Rum, 168, 183-4, n 277, 279, 307, 324-5
Russell, Jonathan, 293, 297
Russias, autocrat of the, 304
Rutlege, John, accused of writing forged
letter ; attack on Ellery, 289, 290
Ryswick, treaty of, n 152
Sabhatarians, anti-, 175
Sabbath, 18
Sacanonoco, 64-5, 68
Sachems, Indian, 75, 111, 114, 123
Sachuest Point, watch house at, 425
Sackett, Adnah, 356
Sacononoco, n 35
Safety, measures for considered, 405 Saffery, 171 Sagas of the Northmen, n 34 Sage of Monticello, 314
Sailing packets, 308
Sailors, 177, 216, 283, 291, 320, 383, 385 Sakonnet river, 191
Salaries of members of general assembly 362, 372 ; of state officers, 366
Salem, Mass., settlement of, 15; 16-23, 38 Sale of liquors prohibited, 384 Salt, 169 Saltonstall, Capt. Dudley, trial of, 611 Saltpetre, 230 Salutes, 316 Samuel the Squomicutite, 209, 210 Sands, Capt. John, 549 Sanford, Ezhon, 306 John, n 46, 83 Gov. Peleg, 142, 144, 155-6, 158 Willlam, 370
Sanitary arrangements, 388 commission, the United States, 379 measures, 369
Santiago, 184 Saunders, Isaac, 370 Tobias, 100
Savage, Massachusetts historian, 20, 68 Thos., n 46
Savannah, 244 Savannah river, 10 Say and Seal Patent, Lords, 98
Sayles, Col. Willard, 522
Saw mills, 122
Scandals, 379
Scituate, n 192, n 319, 326, 346, 360, 368, 370 heacon in, 1775, 447 hills, 202
hunters, 225, 441 men from, killed in Pierce's fight, 412-13
School age, 319 committee, 352 district, 352
high, established in Providence, 332
houses, 332
Indian, 385
law, 357, 361 libraries, 333
Schools, 175, 305, 317, 333
free, 287-8, 290, 303-4, 312-3, 315-6 public, established at Newport, n 56; 331, 352, 357, 369, 372
Schooners, 216, 297
Scott, Richard, n 33, 38 General, 362, 376
Scouting parties, 423 Scows, used to unload vessels at Providence, 274
Scuttling sloop Liberty, 221
Sea, 153, 168, 196, 205; force in war time, the, 531; Rhode Islanders were pre-
eminent on the, 186
Seal, hroad, 106 colony, 84, 145, 147, 180
Seamen, 215, 283, 291 impressing, 284, 298
power," 291 robbers, 154
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INDEX.
Search, right of exercised, 283 Secession, 298, 376 Second regiment militla, 306 regiment, order to organize, 1861,
516
R. I. cavalry, enlistment and de- parture of, 521
volunteer regiment, departure of, 517 Secretary of State, 212 of War, 376 Secret ballot, 364 ballot law, 358, 360, 362 Sectary, 189 Sects, 177, 281 religious, 175
Sedition laws, alien and, 285 Seekonck, 110
Seekonk, Mass., 77; a portion of it becomes East Providence, R. I., in 1862, 374 river, 23-4, 105, 191, n 272, 374 Selectmen, 107
Senate, Rhode Island, 262, 268-9, 276, 287, 302-3, 308-9, 328
United States, 275, 285, 289, n 295, 299, 304, 314, 324-5, 325, 330, 347, 362
Senators, Rhode Island, 314-5, 318, 322, 328 United States, 272. 256-7, 282, 287, 293-4, 296, 300, 314, 331, 333, 341, 345, 352-4, 359. 360, 362, 370, 377 Separate schools for colored children, 369 Separatists, 16, 21, 38
Sequasson, 77
Sermons, 198, 199
Session of general assembly, 311 ; limited to two annually, 363, 364
Sessions, Deputy Governor Darius, 227, n 297
Settlements, 132, 141-2; frontier, 196 difficulty of protecting, 405 Seven years war, 196, 204 Seventh Day Baptists, 281 R. I. Volunteers, record of, 519 Sewall, historlan, 185 Shackles, 226 Shawmuts, 11 Shawomet, 65, 68-9; renamed Warwick, 71; 72, 81, 88 Shays rebellion, 253, 258 Shearman, Philip, n 45 Sylvester G., 356 Sheep, 142, 231, 272 Sheffield. William P., n 107, 371, 375 Capt. Joseph, 422, 426, 559 Shellfish, 388 Sherborn, Brig. Gen., n 237 Sheriffs, 204, 246, 281, 320-1 Sherwood, Joseph, London agent, 215 Shipbuilding, 168 Shipping, 78, 142, 168, 177, 296
Ships, 246, 252, 278, 290 British, 241 of the line, 234, 240 of war, 222, 247, 287
Shire town, 176 Shirley, Governor, 185-7 ; superseded, 1756, 431; military plans of, 1755, 573
Shoemaker, 166
Shops for sale of goods, 256, 258, n 306
Short time in factorles, 369
Shotten, Samuel, n 64 Shute, Governor of Massachusetts, 170
Side walk commissioners, 307
Siege battery, 230
Silver, 179, 194, 206 money, 167; at premium, 169 Simmons, Senator James F., 322, 333-4, 352-3, 359, 368
Simplicities Defence, 62, 63, 70
Sinking fund, 366
Sisson, Col. Henry T., 518
Skelton, 16, 18, 20
"Slate Rock," 24 Slave marts, 357 ships, 277. trade, 277, 305, 330
Slaves, to be emancipated after ten years, 91; 177, 305, 330, 355, 360; fugitive, 365 Slavery, anti-, movement, 367, 371
Slavery, 128, 175, 219, 264, 277, 304-5, 329, 330; condemned by Rhode Island general assembly, 355; 357
Slocum, Maj. John S., 516 Sloffe, John, n 48 Sloop, 184, 221; armed, 220; "Bay," 9; colony, 185; packet, 222; of war, 283 Sloops, 142
for Canadian expedition, 1709, 553 Smibert, portrait painter, 177
Smithfield, town of, n 192, 204, 306, n 307, 311, n 319, 324, 326, n 335, 337, 340-1. 358, 363, 367, 370-1, 374-5; divided, 381 Smith, Assistant, n 121
Smith, Congressman of South Carolina, 277-8
Henry, 291-292
James J., 375; vindicated by a re- port, and by re-election as gover- nor, 378; death, 378, 379
John, n 24, 287
Ralph, 18, 58
Richard, his trading house In Narra- gansett country, 98, 108, n 126, 134-5, 407 ; royal commission meets at his house, 135 ; n 99, 119, n 127, 132-3, 141, 144, 407 Senator, of South Carolina, 305 Capt. Simon, 444 street, 320, 321; bridge, 321 Turpin, 462
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INDEX.
Smith, William Il., 'n 326 Smulth's IIIII, 350, 352 Smuggling, 153 Social conditions, 157, 175, 199, 229 Society of the Cincinnati, 278 of Mechanics and Manufacturers, 278 Socinlans, 175
Soil, Indians' paramount right to, recog- nized by royal charter, 105
Soldiers, aggressive of the Massachusetts in Warwick, 66, 167, 184-5, 224, 238, 248, 282, 299, 320, n 328, 347, 355, 383, 385 ; order to supply lists of, 422; Rhode Island's quota of, 1710, 423; for expedi- tion to Louisburg, 427; additional force of, raised, 1710, 425 ; for Canadian expe- dition, 1711, 425 ; three additional com- panies for Crown Point expedition, 1755, 428-9 ; services of, 1756, 429; four addi- tional companies of, 429; two companies raised, 1756, 431 ; regiment enlisted, 1757, 431; act for raising, 1757, 433-4; letter from the Crown, requesting, 1757, 435; Rhode Island, ordered to Albany, 1759, 438; regiment raised for reduction of Crown Point, 1759, 439 ; regiment ordered 'raised, 1760, 440; raised for West India | St. John's church, 24 operations, 1762, 440; return of, 1762, 440; officers of Rhode Island in revolu- tion, 442-3 ; number of iu Sullivan's army, 1778, 490; Rhode Island quota of, 1812, 510
Solicitor General, English, 164
Songs, electioneering, n 213, n 214
Sons of Liberty, 226, 228
Soul Liberty, 39
Sound, Long Island, 220
South Main street, Providence, 32
South Carolina, n 261, 265, 277, 279, 289, 305
Southern rebellion, 1861, 623 states, 276, 376
Southerntown, 100
South Kingstown, 172, 176, 211, 230, 269, 286, 307, 311, 314, 320, 329, 332, 346, 354 361-2, 367, 386; assembly met at, 1741-2, 426
South, the, 244, 371
Sovereignty, 250, 336 Sowwames, 45
Spain, 102, 184, 205, 293; war between United States and, 389
Spaniards, 185
Spanish Main, 185 War, 185, 186 =
West Indies, 184
Specie, 167, 183, 188, 190, 206, 252-3, 260 ; party, 169; payments, 330 Speeches, 295, 350 public, 233 Speculators, 242
Spencer, Christopher, 347 General, 236-7 Gen. John, 488 Mr., 340
Spindles, cotton, 361 Spirits, ardent, 355, 357 Sprague, A. & W., 347, 377 Amasa, murder of, 347 Nathan B., 324
William, Jr., 322-4 ; speaker of Rhode Island house of representatives, 327-8 ; elected governor, 330-1; re- signs as United States senator be- cause of murder of his brother Amasa, 347; 367
William, elected governor 1860, 371-2 ; 375-6 ; elected United States senator, 377; 378-9 ; patriotic ac- tion of, 377, 516
Springfield, 248 convention, 238
"Squatter's Sovereignty," 73 Squomicutite, Samuel, the, 209
St. Domingo, 282 St. John and Squirrel, 594-5 schooner, 216
day, 329 lodge of Masons, 329
St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 10, 205 river, 198
St. Lucie, 283
Stage plays, 282
Stamp act, 216, 217; congress, 218; repeal of, 218 ; consequences of, in Rhode Island, 600
tax, 216
Stampers Ifill, location of, 404
Standard of money, 281
Stanton, Joseph J., 275, 282, 283
Staples's Annals of Providence, 320
Staples, Judge, 75, 85
State, the, 102. 240-1, 258, 272-4, 276, 279,
282, 284, 287, 296, 298-9, 300-1, 303, 329,
333, 344, 347, 358, 361, 383, 386, 388 church, 119
church and, separation of, 77; unlt- ed, 87 civil, 101
constitution, 285, 287, 292, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339; adopted, 345 ; gov- ernment organized under, 346
debts, 276, 277, 353
election, 288 history, n 272
highways, 388
house commission, 392
House, Newport, 346
House, old, at Providence, 278-9, 296,
n 312, 321, 333, 337-8, 343, 357 ; proposal to erect in center of Cove,
667
INDEX.
Providence, a combined city and | Suffrage, free, 317
state building, 357-8 ; new, pro- posed at Providence, 369 ; proposi- tion to build new one at Provi- dence, 1860, defeated, 372; new marble edifice begun, 1895, 390-2 State indebtedness, 288 legislatures, 264 loan to, by A. & W. Sprague, 625 Statesmen, 225 States, original thirteen, 253
State ownership of railroads, 321 Prison, 349, 354-5 Rhode Island an independent, 103
Senators, 315
tax, 286 taxation, 284 treasury, 315
valuation, 285-6, 311, 357, 366
States, 235, 238, 249, 251, 253, 260-9, 285, 348-9, 351, 378, 387 rights doctrine, 250, 264 of union, 247, 271
Statutes, public, 386
Steamboats, 308, 309, 316
Steamer, 302
Steere, Thomas, 363
Stephen the Choppomiskite, 209, 210
Sterling money, 188
Stickney, Charles, n 365
Stiles, Diary of Dr. Ezra, n 233, 236, n 237
Stiness, Judge, n 74
Stocks for punishment of criminals, erected. at Newport, 54 Stoddard, Gen. Martin, 338
Stoicism, Indian, 14 Stokes, H. K., n 170 Stone tools, utensils and weapons, of the Indians, 7, 12
Tower, Newport, 4
Stonington agreement as to boundaries, 172 town of, n 100, 283
Stoughton, William, 134; become governor of Massachusetts, 149 "Study Hill," residence of William Black- stone, n 29 Stores, military, 244 retail, 240, 256, 295, 297
Street lights, 307 rallroads, 374
Streets, 168, 350, 358, 377
Submission, act of, 70
Sub-treasury system, 333, 354
Success, the brigatine, 561
Suffrage, proposals to extend, 294-5, 303-4, 341; 359
agitation renewed, 380 Association, Rhode Island, 336, 340 constitution, 340 extended in Providence, 363 extension of, 326, 385-6
government, 348 meeting, 338 movements, 332 orator, 336 party, 338, 340-1, 345
.
qualifications for, 380, 381
question, 349; in Rhode Island, in- vestigated by a congressional com- mittee, 351 right of, 335-6, 345 woman's, 381, 383 Suffragists, 317, 336-7, 339, 340-5 ; radical, 359
Sugar, 168, 169, 183-4 act, 184 and molasses act, 215, 216 colonies, 183
Sullivan, Gen, John, 237, 240-2, 449; arri- val of in Providence, 1778, 489 ; organiza- tion of army by, 489 ; opens fire on Brit- ish, 496 ; general order of, 503
Sullivan's army, put in motion, 494 ; expedi- tion against the British in Rhode Island, 1778, 491-502 ; Life Guards, abstract of, 503-4
Summary process of collecting debts by banks abolished, 304
Sumner, Brooks' assault on, 367 Sumter, Fort, 376, 377
Superintendent of health, Providence, 369 Supreme Court, Rhode Island, first organ- ized as a separate department of colonial government, 1747, 192 ; declares action of People's convention unconstitutional, 341 ; 347, 354, 355, 363-4, 371, n 385-6, 390
Court of the United States, 278, n 350, 374 Judicial Court, 308, 316-7, 321
Superior Court, 213, 257-8, 283 Superstition of Puritans, 44 Surinam, 169
Surveyor, 274-5
Swamp at Mount Hope, scene of King Philip's death, 128
Fight, 125; takes place in the Nar- ragansett country, 126; number of Englishmen killed, 129, 410 ; colon- ial forces in and details of, 406-10 Swansea, massacre of settlers by Indians, 124, 125
Swanzey, n 129, n 191, n 374 Sweet, Capt. George, 512 Capt. Samuel, 451
Taft, Royal C., 386
Talbot, Major Silas, n 126, 491
Tammany Society of Rhode Island, 293-4
Tariff, 252, 273; convention, 319 ; protec- tive, 333, 353-5
Tars, 291
Tartar, sloop, 185 ; capture of French vessel
668
INDEX.
by, 1740, 559; cruise of the, 1746, 567 ; { Thurston, Edward, 553 captures a Spanish vessel, 572 Jeremiah, 299 Tavern, Abell's, 349
Taxation, 215-6, 218-9, 222, 238, 242, 280, 284-5, 287-8, 317, 325, 345; without rep- resentatlon, 216
Taxes, 95, 103, 107, 137, 143, 149, 157, 159, 163, 183, 189, 206, 216, 218-9, 220, 242-3, 249, 253, 256, 285, 288, 294, 298, 301, 303, 308, 317, 335, 340, 357, 361, 366, 372, 376, 381, 383, 386 ; levied for war, 1754, 427-8 ; to pay troops, 1759, protest against, 585 Taxpayers, 307, 381 Tax, poll, 366
rate, 144 registry, 366, 383 State, 286
Taylor, General, 353 ; President, 356
Tea, 219, 222, 224; burning of at Provi- dence, 226
party, Boston, 223-4; 355
Teaming, 244 Telegraph company, 355 Temperance, 361 cause, 315 movement, 315 party, 364, 365
Tender, legal, 260
Ten hour law passed, 362
Tenor bills, old and new, 188
Tenth light battery R. I. volunteers, 520 regiment R. I. volunteers, organiza- tion of, 519-20
Territorial ambitions of Massachusetts, 65 claims, 79, 119, 272
disputes as to boundaries settled by terms of royal charter, 105, 107-9, 110-1, 150-1, 252, 272 jurisdiction, 108
Territory of Rhode Island preserved intact, 140-1 Texas, 330, 351 Textiles, 388 Thanksgiving day, 295 publlc, 218 Thatcher, Dr. James, journal of, 506 Theatrical entertainments, 282
Theocracy, 85, 143 ; Massachusetts, 40 ; Pur- itan, 16, 17, 18, 27
Theological controversies, 18, 20, 57, 67, 76, 117
Third regiment R. I. cavalry, organization of, 522
regiment R. I. heavy artillery, record of, 517 Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 389 Throckmorton, John, n 31 Throne, English, 176, 220 Throop, Col. William, 511 Thurston, Benjamin B., 330-2, 345, 354, 356. 362, 365
Ticonderoga, 205 Tift, Joshua, 408 Tillinghast, Captain, 284 Daniel, 579 George W., 306 Judge, 257
Congressman Joseph L., 317, 318, 330, 332 Thomas, 286, 288
Titus, Jonas, 330
Tiverton, 4, 5, 191-2, 235, 241, n 272, 286, 304, 346, 360, 366-7, 375; troops sta- tioned at 1777, 471; rendezvous of the army, 1778, 490 ; artillery at 1814, 512 Heights, fort on, 455
Toasts, 279, 288, 294, 312, 314
Toleration, religious, 27, 74, 76, 84, 87, 97 ; refused to her own subjects by England. but granted to Rhode Island colonists by charter of 1663, 104, 112-3, 117, 143, 175 Tolls, 316, 322 ; collection of, 358
Toll-gates, 316, 353, 358, 368 houses, 353, 368
Tompkins, Capt. Charles H., 516
Tonnage acts, 273 ; dues, 274 ; dutles, 273 of shipping in Rhode Island, 168, 177
Tonomy Hill, beacon at, 1775, 447 fort recommended at, 453
Tools, 357 ; stone, made by Indians, 12 Totten, Mr., 295
Tower Hill, 230; watch on, 1775, 444 fort established on, 1775, 447
Tower, stone, Newport, 4
Town boundaries, 168
clerk, 34, 305, 363 charters, 72, 82, 88
councils, 127, 242, n 246, 278, 302, 325, 333 and country, 253, 265 cryer, 226 government, 72, 113
house, 285
meeting, 33, 34, 94, 114, 116, 144, n 233. 264, 267, 285-6, 293, 306-7, 316, 318, 321, 337-8
Towne streete, 32
Towns, 85, 90, 114-6, 139, 142, 144, 146, 151, 166, 176, 183, 189, n 192, 198-9, 202, 206-7, 214, 217-8, 221-3, 225, 231, 233-4, 240-2, 244, 246-7, 254, 260, 265-7, 271, 277, 280, 281-2, 285-9, 292, 295, 300-1. 305-6, 309, 311-2, 314, 316-7, 319, 320-1. 324, 327, 331-2, 336-7, 344, 346-7, 365, 377, 379
become cities, 386, 388
dissension between the original Rhode Island, 86 the four original, 308 incorporated, 103, 107, 192
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INDEX.
Towns, island, 93, 94 mainland, 126 northern, 93, 94 population of, 169
Townshend, British chancellor of exchequer, 218 ; taxation acts of, 223
Tories, at Newport, n 217, 218; their num- ber and strength in Rhode Island, 228-9, 230-1, 233-4, 236, 246; Federalists called Tories, 301
Trade, 102, 142, 159, 165, 168, 173, 182-3, 190, 197, 206, 214-5, 217, 220, 222, n 231, 250, 253, 256, 258, 261, 285 acts of, 138, 155, 157, 165 ; attempt of England to control colon- ial, 183
board of, British, 159, 168, 176, 181, 183, 191, n 192
colonial, 136 discouraged by paper money, 194
Illegal, 156
interstate, 252
laws, 154 Lords of, 137, 159, 164, 196-7
and Plantations, Lord Commissioners of, 152
restrictions, 152, 153
Traders, 179, 220, 242; illegal, 159
Tradesmen, 168, n 213, 256, 336
Traditions of discovery of New England by Norsemen, 3-5
Traffic between Providence and New York, 308
Train band, officers, clerk, orders and in- struction of, 395; officers of 1642 and 1654, 398 ; service, requirements of, 399 Training days, authority to fix, 397 ; scenes and importance of-four each year, 399 military, 113
Traitors at Newport, 229
Transportation, 336 Transports, 167, 186, 234, 244, 247
Travel, 308 ; ways of, 168
Treachery of the Indians, 124
In early history, of Rhode Island, 141 Treason, 344, 349, 350, 360 ; to accept office under People's constitution, 341-2 ; against state, 348 act of 1842, 352 convicts, 352 high, 95, 348
Treasurer, colony, 83; general, 166, 182, 189, 286, 307, 316
Treasury, colony, 183, 188 ; national, 274; state, 241-3, 247, 275, 315
Treat, Major Robert, 406
Treating, Governor James Fenner abstains from, in deference to temperance sentl- ment, 315
Treatles, 238, 240, 248, 263, 266; with In- dies, 125
Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle, 187, 193, 196 Jay, 285 of Ryswick, n 152
Trees, varieties of in the territory of Rhode Island, 6 ; area covered by at present, 273 Trespass against the person, n 351
Trevett, John, 257 -Weeden case, 257
Trial of Dorr unfair, 348, 349 by jury, 256-7
Trials, 223, 372 Tribal lands, 324
Tribes, Indians, 10-15, 123-4, 280, 385
Tribute, King Philip pays, 123
Trimming, William, 547-8, 550
Trinity church, Newport, n 166
Truant children, 366
Troops, 148, 185, 187, 198, 204-5, 215, 226, 230, n 231, 232, 234-5, 238, 240-1, 243-4, 246-8, 252, 298, 301-2, 344, 375-9, 389
Tropwen, 209 Trover, 371 T. R., 209
Tumult, 342
Turner, Dr., 88 George, 348 Thomas G., 367, 370
Turnpikes, n 319, 368; association, 316; roads, 358
Twelfth regiment R. I. volunteers, mustered in, 520
Twenty mile line, 113, 144
Tyler, President John, 343, 375
Tyranny, resistance to, 220
Uncas, 77 Unconstitutional laws, 298
Underhill, Captain, 23
Union conservatives, 372 Prox., 303, 306 the Federal, 261, 272-4, 279, 298, 388, n. 390
movement, 371 ticket, 372
of states, 247, 253, 260, 271
to be preserved, 377
of American colonies proposed at Albany congress, 196-8, 201; 223, 225, 249, 252 of the Rhode Island colonies, 94
United Colonies of New England, 74, 77, 87, 89. 97 ; decides to attack Indians in their winter quarters. 125; King Philip's war prosecuted by them safely, 129
United States, 5, 233, 235, 242, 243, 251, 256, 262, 266. 279, 281-5, 287, 299, 348, n. 351, 374, 376, 377, 379, 380, 383, 385, 389
bank, 326, 327, 333 District Court, 341, 345 Sanitary Commission, 379
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INDEX.
United States Supreme Court, 277
Senate, 289, 292, n. 295, 304, 313, 324, 325, 328, 330, 347, 362, 370 Senators from Rhode Island, 275, 293, 314, 331, 333, 341, 352-4, 359, 360, 362, 377 United train of artillery, Providence, 526 Updike, Daniel, n 269 Capt. John, 444 Stephen, 575 Wilkins, n 269, 317, 324, 354
Usher, John, n. 145
Utensils, stone, 12
Utrecht, peace of 1713, 168, 425
Vaccination, free, 333
Valuation, state, 285, 286, 311, 357, 366 of Providence, 295 Valley Falls, 324
Value, standard of, 281
Vane, Sir Henry (Harry), 39, 40-2, n. 45 ; admonition to the Providence democracy, 55 : 71, 73, n 74, 90, 92 ; writes to Rhode Island colonists, 94
Van Buren, President, 329, 333. 350, 356 Van Zandt, Charles C., 367, 371, 372, 374, 381, 383
Varnum, Gen. James M., 238, 249, 250, 257, 262; march of to Tiverton, 1778, 490 Vaughan, Daniel, 451
Vegetables, 305
Verin, Joshua, n. 24, 37, 38
Vermont, 273, 287. 298
Vernon, Admiral, 184
Verrazano, narrative of first voyage America, 5-9
Vessels, sailing. 142, 153-4, 156, 167, 168, 183 : lost during French war, 206, 215, 216, 220-2, 230-2, 240, 242, 249, 260, 274, 284, 286, 291, 305, 370
to
Veterans, naturalized, 380 of revolution, 312
Veto, right of, crown to have, in province of Massachusetts, 147; exercised by colonial governor of Rhode Island, 179; but denied by law officers of crown, 180-I ; proposed to give the governor of state. the, 309 Viall, Col. Nelson, 522 Vice, 324
Vice admiral, 161, 162 admiralty, 164, 184, 217 consul, British, 284
Victories in the revolutionary war, 237; in Mexican war, 353
Vigilant. the ship, securing seamen for, 1744, 561
the revenue cutter, capture of the Dart by. 1813. 623 Villages, 128, 229, 273, 309, 324, 335, 344, n. 374
Vinal, William, 198 . Vineyard Sound, 185
Vinland, 4
Virginia Company, 15
Virginia, 166, 196, 223, 248, 251, 261, 266, 285, 389 ; house of Burgesses, 225
Voluntary trainings, consequences of, 400 Volunteers, 167, 198, 240, 320, 354, 377, 379, 389; vote to raise, 1703-4, 422; de- parture of, 1861, 516
Voters, qualifications of, 114; legal, of Providence, 116; naturalized, 366; 287, 295, 309, 319, 331, 336, 338, 339, 346, 359, 363. 364, 386
Votes, 264, 276, 282, 291, 292, 294, 304, 323, 327, 328, 333, 335, 340, 348, 349, 351 Voting, right of, 233; 345; districts, 347 Wager, Sir Charles, n 191 Wages, 283 Wagons, market, 305
Walcott, Capt. Henry, 524 Hon. Roger, 566
Walker, John, n 45.
Wallace, Capt. James, 229, 231, 444, 604
Wall, Major Daniel, 437
Waltham, Mass., 356
Wampanoags, Indians, 10, 11, 23, 123
Wampum-peage, 13, 99
Wamsutta, death of, 123
Wanasquatucket River, 30
Want, Captain, 154
Wanton family, 182 George, 558, 568
Gideon, general treasurer, 182; 209, 211; governor, letter from to Ad- miral Warren, 1745, 563-4 John, deputy governor, 179, 181; governor, 182, 188; captures French privateer, 547
Gov. Joseph, n 211, 221 ; opposes the raising of colony troops, 227; is deposed as governor, 228
Joseph, jr., 434 Gov. William, 182, 553
Wantons, the, 199 Wapenochs, Indians, 9
Ward and Hopkins controversy, outbreak of, 193, 199, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212; end of, 213, 214
clerks, 363 meetings, 385 Henry, n 223
Gov. Richard, opinion of paper money, 170, 182, 188, 557
Samuel, n 202; replies to Hopkins' pamphlet, and thus begins contro- versy, 203 ; elected governor, 204, 208 ; 209; proposes a method of settlement, 210; elected governor for two terms, but is then defeat- ed by Hopkins, 211; accepts plan of settlement proposed by Hopkins,
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212, 213, n 214, 215, n 216, 225, n 298, 582, 590; letter of to Cap- tain Leslie, 1765, 601-2
Wards, the, 199
Wardwell, S. S., n 315 William C. T., 387
Warner, John, n 33, n 64, 70
Warner, Capt. Samuel, 445
War, 126, 148, 153, 159, 160, 163, 166, 168,
184-7, 193, 196, 198-9, 202, 205-6, 215, 225, 228-9, 232, 234, 236, 240, 262, 296-7, 299, 303, 354-7, 375-6, 378, 380; beginning of 1753, 572; civil, 227 ; Dorr, 344; against the Dutch, proclamation of, 401 ; declared between England and France, 1702, 421, and in 1744, 427 ; be- tween England and Spain, 184, 425, and in 1762, 589; of 1812, 297, 359, declara- tion of, 510; expenditure, 379 ; foreign, 183-4, 190; between Great Britain and Spain, 558 ; Indian, 136 : King William's, 420; King Philip's, 116-causes leading to, 122-123-negotiations, plots, war be- gins at Swansea, 124-might have been averted by arbitration, 125-the Swamp Fight, 126-burning and devastation of mainland towns in Rhode Island by In- dians, 126-this result due to refusal of the assembly to establish garrisons on mainland, 127-death of Philip and end of war, 128, n 129 ; declaration of against the Narragansetts, 1675, 406; plans for 1753, 573; proclamation of, 1702, 421; with Spain, 1898, 389; revolutionary, 167 ; vessels, 286, 291, first fitted out in Rhode Island, 1653, 533
Wars, the, and the militia, 393, 395
Warren, R. I., 191, 192, n 211, 240, 274, 309, 311, 326, 346, 350, 367, 375 ; artil- lery at, 1814, 512. 526; invasion of and burning by British, 1778, 484; harbor, privateer burned in, 1778, 485
Hon. James, n 231 Peter, 561 Capt. Samuel, 512
Warwick, 11; founded by Samuel Gorton, 57; unites with other Rhode Island col-, onies in a chartered government and or- ganizes as a town, 72; 73, n 81, 83, n 88, 90-3; 98, 104-5, 111, n 114-5, n 121; burned by Indians, 126, 127, n 128-9 ; 132, 141, 144, 149, 176, n 192, 199, 201, n 202, 211, 288, 293, 306-9, 311, n 319, 322, 335, 346, 367-8, 370, 375 ; assembly met at, 1741,. 426; attack on, 1676, 410; court at for trial of prizes, 533; purchase, 171; settlers of advised to remove to New- port, 405
Cove, 71 Neck, 64, 111, 171 ; soldiers at, 1776, 452
Warwick Point, works on, 452 Warville, Brissot de, 259
Washington, General, 196, 230, 232-3, 235-6, 238, 240, n 246, 247-8, 262, 275-6, n 312 ; President, visits Providence, 277 ; President, 278-9, 284-5, 288, 300, 311 army of, 234
birthday of, 294
county, 11, n 211, 281, 306, 312
D. C., 283, 325, 342-3, 375-6
fort, 280 the ship, 230
Watch Hill, watch house at, 425; beacon erected on, 426; breastworks on, 1776, 454
house at Cranston Neck, 452
houses, building of, 1739-40, 425
maker, 288
towers, 184
town, 307
Water frontler, 166
Waterman, Col. John, 452
Nathaniel, house of made a royal garrison, 404, 417 Richard, n 31, 32, n 64
Watertown, 16, 36
Watson, Job, 447, 469
Ways of travel, 168
Wealth, 177
Weapons, stone, 12
Webster, Daniel, 329, n 351
Wecapaug River, 98, 99, 100
Weeden, John, 257 John H., 347 Wager, 342
Weetamo's camp, 403
Westcott, Stukely, n 31. 32
Westerly, R. I .. 100, 108, 120. n 128, 133, 139, 151, 176, 198, 203, 254, 274, 329, 331, 353, 356, 360, 362, 366, 377, 389; conflict at, 1672, 400
boundary of Rhode Island colony, 172
Western district, 347, 352, 354, 356, 362, 365, 368, 370
West Greenwich, n 192, n 202, n 273, 311, 356
Indian products, 183
Indies, n 160, 169, 183, 215, 252, 282-3, 285; French, 205; Spanish, 184 Jersey, 145
Westminster street, 305, 321
town of, 321
Westport, Mass., n 374 West Side, Providence, 305
Westsiders, Providence, 368
Weston, Francis, n 31, 32, 35, n 64
Wetmore, Gov. George P., 383, 386 Weybosset bridge, 266
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Whaling vessel, 290 Wharf, 285, 302 Wharton, Richard, n 145
What Cheer, 24
Wheaton, Nathan M., 318 Scth, 292 Wheeler, Bennett H., 313
Wheelwright, Rev. John, 40, 41, 42, 43, 58 ; heresles of, 26
Whig ministry, 248
Whigs, n 231, 327-9, 330-3, 337, 345-9, 350, 352-4, 356, 359, 360, 361-7
Wbipping post at Newport, 54
Whippie, Capt. Abraham, 230, 461, 469, 606, 608; trial of, 611
Eleazer, 402
John, jr., n 119 John, n 145, 340, 342, 359 Joseph, 558
Judge Thomas, 356, 360
White children, 313
Whitehall, residence of Dean Berkeley in Middletown, 178 England, 198 White, John, 15
Whites, 320
Whiting, Capt. John, 436
Whitney, Col. John, 440
Whitman, Valentine, 402
Wickenden, William, n 33
Wickes, Francis, n 24, n 33
John, 59, n 64, 70 Thomas, 227
Wickford, 86, 98, 108; settlers petition Connecticut to be taken under her juris- diction, 119, 120; burned by Indians, 126, 128 ; breastworks at, 1776, 454
Widows, their property rights, 368
Wilbore, Samuel, n 46
Wllbour, Isaac, 292-4, 297
Wilbur, Samuel, 98
Wilcox, John, trading house in the Narra- gansett country, 98, 473 Stephen, 300, 353, 362
Wilkinson, John, 402
Willard, John H., 362
Williams, Betsey, n 381
Williams, Roger, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14; arrival in Massachusetts, 15, 16, 17; early life, n 17; called to church at Saiem, 18 ; be- comes assistant In church at Plymouth, 18; makes friends with Indians and studies their language, 19 ;. returns to church at Salem as assistant, 19; his doctrines give offense to the authoritles at Boston, 18, 19; is censured for same by general court, 20; becomes teacher of church at Salem, and stirs up the Purl- tan theocracy at Boston by hls teaching, 20; is tried and condemned by general court, 21; second time trled and sen-
teneed to be banished, 22, 23; flees from Saiem, spends the winter with the In- dians and setties on the cast side of See- konk River in the spring, 23; removes to Providence, 24; causes of his banish- . ment from Massachusetts, 24-28; object in settling Providence, to spread Chris- tianity among the Indians and also to make a "shelter for persons distressed of conscience," 29; idea of settlement not suddenly conceived, but planned long be- fore, 29; purchases Providence Planta- tion from Indian chiefs, 29; and obtains a deed, 30, 31; makes over equal rights in the purchase to twelve associates, 31; vagueness of the boundaries and terms of this transfer gives rise to disputes, 32; prepares the "civil compact," 33, 34, 35; acts as ambassador to the Indlans and prevents war, 36, 37; is baptized by Holyman, 38; 45, 54-6, 58, 61; goes to England and procures first or Parlia- mentary charter, 74, 75; takes part in controversies in England and writes sev- eral books, 76; returns with the charter and enters Providence in triumph, 76, 77, 106; 78, 79, 81, 83; establishes a trad- ing house in the Narragansett country, 86; attempts to bring factions together, 87 ; is elected deputy president of col- ony, 88 ; sells his trading house at Nar- ragansett, 90, and goes to England to secure repeal of Coddington's commis- sion, 90, 91 ; sends repeal by William Dyer, but remains in England, 92; asso- ciates with John Milton, n 92; letter about political turbulence of Providence Plantations and insolence of Indians, 95 ; charges William Harris with high treason, 95-6; failed of re-election as president of colony, 96; his role as a peacemaker, 96; trading house in the Narragansett country, 98; 104, 111; ori- ginal deed of, 113-4; opinion of the con- tention of the Pawtuxet men as to thelr claim for land "up streams, without limit," 114; controversy with William Harris, 115, 116; public debate with Quakers at Newport, 117; his advice and assistance asked by the United Colonles in negotiations with the Indians, and he does all he can to prevent hostllltles, 124; the commonwealth he Intended to establish, 140; 165, n 286; petitlon of for protection of Providence, 404; letter of to town of Providence, 414, 415
Park, 381 spring, 24
Wliliam Prince of Orange, 145
III. (Prince of Orange) dles, 160 Wilson, Rev. John, 16, 17, 41
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Windham, Conn., 221, 222 Wine, 6, 169, 278, 307, 325 Winslow, Edward, 11
Governor, commands the colonial forces at the Swamp Fight, 126 Gen, Josiah, 406 Winsor, Joshua, n 33
Winthrop-Clarke agreement, n 108, 109, 136 Gov. John, 16, 22-4, 26, 28, 35, 37-8, 40-2, 51, n 53, 61, n 64, 66-9, 73-4, 77-8, 82, n 90, n 99, 124 Gov. John, the younger, 100-1, 120 Wodell, William, n 64
Wolfe, Gen., 205
Wolf's Hill, Smithfield, n 126
Woman Suffrage, 381, 383
Women, married 334; their property rights, 349, 379 Women's work in the civil war, 377 Wood, Major, 299 Wood, 246-7, 388 -
Woodbury, Mr. Justice, n 351
Wooded area of Rhode Island, 273
Woodward, surveyor, 171
Wool, 152, 195
Woolen companies, 325 manufactures, 165, 303 Woolens, 169, 388
Woonasquatucket railroad, 368 river, 30, 32
Woonsocket, 353, 358, 377, 381; becomes a city, 386, 389 Worcester railroad, Providence and, 356
Worden's pond, 172
Workingmen, 359
World's Fair, 388
Wrentham Plain, 171
Wright, Major John G., 518
Written constitution, 309, 326, 336-7
Writs, 233; of quo warranto, 137-9, 145,
156 Wyman, J. C., n 388
Yellow fever, 286, 287
Young Hickory, 350 Men's Convention, 372
Younger sons denied right of suffrage, 335, 336
York, duke of, 280 Yorktown, battle of, 248, n 312
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