State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century : a history, Volume 2, Part 68

Author: Field, Edward, 1858-1928
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston : Mason Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 716


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deaths, 49


Religious Liberty the corner-stone of Will- iams's foundation, 82


societies, general remarks upon, 212- 214 vagaries and their causes in the times of Williams, 83, 84


Reynolds, Jonathan, 356 Nathaniel, 124 Rhoades, Benjamin H., 343, 618


Rhode Island, a geographical expression of a principle, 81


and New York Steamboat Company, 512, 513


Hospital, 58-66; statistics of, 66, 68 Institute of Instruction, 238, 372-376 Medical Society, The, 50-55 : Chase Wiggin library fund of the, 54; censors of, and their duties, 51; first officers of, 51; Fiske library fund of the, 54; Influence of, in establishing the State Board of Pharmacy, 53; library of, growth of the, 53-55 : list of charter mem- bers of, 50; list of presidents of, 55 ; measures adopted by, to secure registration of births, marriages and deaths, 52 and note ; power of, to examine and license candidates, 51


status of the commerce of, from the close of the Revolution to the adoption of the Federal constitu- tlon, 455 Rhodes, E. II., Capt., 507 Rice, Howard M., 372, 651 Joseph, 636


Richards, C. A. L., Rev. Dr., 178 Laura De L., 383 William, Rev., 623


Richardson, Erastus, 326 note Harriet H., Mrs., 670


Richmond, Anna, 655 Frank E., 626, 655-658


Iloward, 626 John, Capt., 508 school statistics of, 336, 337 Thomas, 620 William, 642 William E., 579


Ricker, George H., 370


Rider, Albert, 670 Sidney S., 586


Risley, John E., Rev., 184


Rivers, Thomas, 579


Roads and trails, early, 529-531


Robbins, Asher, 622 Christopher E., 575 Onesiphorus, Rev., 192


Robinson, Christopher, 359


Edward M., 335 Ezekiel Gilman, Rev., 96, 350


George, 491 J. H. B., 571 Robert, Capt., 476


Rockwell, James O., 578 Rodman, Isaac P., Gen., 633


Rogers, C. J., Rev., 200 F. T., Dr., 56 Horatio, 662 Robert, 618, 620 William, Rev., 98, 345 William Sanford, 302, 620


Roman Catholic Church, the, 195-203; be- ginning of the, 195, 196; beginning of the Newport, 197, 198; Cathedral, the, 202; Cheverus, Bishop, of the, 195, 196; Diocese of Hartford of the, 200; Diocese of Providence of the, 201; first pastor of the, in Rhode Island, 197; first public service of the, in Rhode Island, 197 : East Greenwich, 201 ; Phenix, 201 ; Pawtucket, the, 198 ; St. Joseph's, Providence, 201 : St. Mary's, Providence, 201 ; St. Patrick's, Providence, 200; SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, 198 : South Kingstown, 200 ; Warren and Bristol, 200


Churches, later, in Providence, 202


Ross, Arthur A., Rev., 293 Rouse. John H., Rev., 177 Ronsmaniere, Henry, 247, 596 John E., 596 Rowland, David S., Rev., 134, 641 Rugg, Henry W., Rev. Dr., 208, 282, 587 Russell, Henry G., 665 Joseph, 423, 447, 483 Martha M., 68 Willlam, 424, 447, 483


691


INDEX.


Sabin, Thomas, 544 Salisbury, Jonathan, 627 Sanborn, John P., 566, 570, 571


Sanders, Minerva A., 635


Sanford, Governor, replies of, to the Board of Trade concerning commerce, 393, 394; 434, 435, 437 Joseph C., 356


Sanitary surroundings of Providence in early days, 11-22


work by cities and towns, 49 Sarle, Mary A., 631 . O. Perry, jr., 631 Saunders, A. A., Dr., 56 A. F., Miss, 377


Sawin, A. D., 586 Isaac, Dr., 74 Sawyer, John W., Dr., 58


Sayles, Clark, 491 Frederick Clark, 635


F. L., 602 Welcome B., 581 William Francis, 350, 635 William T., 65 Scarlet fever, malignant, 48 Scholfield, John H., 585 School land, first allotment of, 219 Manual, 250 of Design, Rhode Island, 381, 382 statistics in 1828, 226, 228-230 Schools, act providing for appointment of agent to inspect, 325


acts of the General Assembly affect- ing, in 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1835, 233; 1837, 1838, 1839, 234; 1843, 235; 1845, 238 first public action in behalf of, in various towns between 1663 and 1773, 221, 222


in Newport in 1824, report of com- mittee on, 226


in Providence from the earliest date to the present, 251-282 lotteries for the promotion of, in the eighteenth century, 224 private, early, 222-224


provisions for early, in Newport, 220, 221


synopsis of bill drawn by Henry Barnard for the improvement of the, 238


synopsis of Henry Barnard's report upon the condition of the, 236, 237 the Bible in the, 243, 244


Scituate, statistics of schools of, 321, 322 Scott, Albert A., 581 Catherine, 106 Edward, 615 Seabury, Samuel, Rev., 166


Seafaring, causes leading early settlers to resort to, 389


Seafaring trade of Providence, as evidenced by wharf building, 394, 395 Seaman, James N., 589


Sears, Barnas, Rev., 96, 349


Sea trade, change of capital from, to man- ufacturing, 486


of Rhode Island, status of, from the


close of the Revolution to the adoption of the Federal constitu- tion, 454 with the Dutch, 390, 391


Second Baptist Church at Newport, 87


Seidel, Charles F., Rev., 211


Selleck, Willard C., Rev., 208


Senter, Isaac, Dr., 22


Sessions, Darius, 255 Seventh Day Baptists, 100-102 General Conference of, 102


Sewall, Samuel, 359, 360


Sharp, Granville, 623


Shaw, Oliver, 362 Samuel Brenton, Rev., 126


Sheffield, W. P., jr., 304


Sheldon, Edward, Capt., 507 Mary Jane, 65 Shepard, Elizabeth A., Mrs., 62 Mase, Rev., 126 Thomas, Rev., 142


Thomas P., 61, 647 Thomas P., Mrs., 649, 661


Sheppard, George, 395 William C., 597


Sherman, Robert, 596 Samuel N., Capt., 508 W. S., 582


Sherry, Rev. Father. 201


Sherwood, Joseph, 441, 442


Shipbuilding in Rhode Island, 480-482


Ships, beginning of the building of, 399, 400


Shore Transportation Company, 523


Sibley, Edwin F., 603, 671 John S., 596 Simons, William, 568, 578 William, jr., 581 Sisson, Joseph T., 318, 373 Lemuel, 191


Six Principle Baptists, 96-100


Slack, David B., Dr., 40


Slater, Horatio Nelson, 350 John, 579 Samuel, 94, 168, 486, 579 William S., 655, 656, 658


Slave labor, different views of the North and South upon it, 403, 404 trade, effect of the, upon commercial development. 405 trade, extent to which Rhode Island- ers engaged in the, 404 trade, final banishment of the, 403 trade, interests of Newport in the, 476


692


INDEX.


Slave trade, the, in the eighteenth century, Spalding, Lovwell, 190 399


Slaves, importation of, 400-402 Slicer, Thomas R., Rev., 148 Sloop Tartar, 415 Small, A. D., 301 F. T., 571 Small-pox hospital, 6 and note in 1899, 44 inoculation for the, 6 and note


public proceedings concerning the, in early times, 8-10 reappearance of, in 1799, 29 visitations of the, 5-8 Smiley, Albert K., 117, 120 Alfred, 117 Smillie, Elizabeth B., 68 Smith, Amos D., 61, 62, 270 Daniel, Rev., 182, 186


Elbridge, 343


George A., 600


Hezekiah, Rev., 346


Jacob, Capt., 475


John, 424, 447. 642


John F., 586


.John Wilson, 65


J. Wilson, 660 Joseph, 300, 491, 507


Lemuel, Rev., 182, 183-185, 188


Richard W., 372


Robert, Capt., 507


Rufus and Jarvis, 308


Russell B., Dr .. 57


Samuel J., 576


Sidney, Capt., 508


Stephen H., 498


William, Rev., 165


Smithfield Academy, 359 and Cumberland Institute, 238 school statistics of, 322-324


Smuggling during "King George's War." 438 Snelling, Joseph, Rev., 183


Snow, Edwin Miller, Dr., 38. 41, 42, 46. 49, 665 John B., 579 Joseph, Rev., 183, 259, 260 Louis Franklin, 352 William C., 270


Soul liberty, Rhode Island the exponent of. 82


Soule, Joshua, Rev., 189


South Kingstown, school statistics of. 334. 335 Southwick, Isaac H., 519 Josiah, 106 Remington, 356 Samuel, 565, 566 Solomon, 577, 616 Southworth, Constant, 360


Ephralm, 511 Sylvester S., 576, 581


Spaulding, A. F., Rev., 249, 273 Lemuel, 289 Sparhawk, John, Rev., 124 Spear, William, 580


Spellman, J. E., Capt., 508


Spencer, Anna Garlin, Rev., 249, 273 E. T., 605 Gideon L., 634 William B., 293


Spink, Nicholas, 356 Sprague, Albert G., Dr., 46 Amasa, 61, 519 Jonathan, Rev., 99 William, 519, 579


Spratt, Frank A., 670 Stage coaches and stage lines, 544-546 Stanley, George H., Dr., 57


Staples, C. A., Rev., 130, 131


Henry, 654 William R., 622, 645


Stark, Charles R., 651


State Board of Education, establishment of, 273 ; first report of the, 249 Board of Health, 45-49


Steam navigation on Narragansett Bay, gen- esis of, 510-512


Steamboat Albatross. 516; Anawon, 527: Awashonks, 527; Babcock, 523; Balloon. 523 ; Bay Queen, 523, 524; Beaver Tail. 528. Belle, 515; Benjamin Franklin, 513, 514: Boston, 514; Bradford Durfee, 524 ; Bristol. 518, 523; Canonicus, 524; Chan- cellor Livingston, 513, 514 ; Charter Oak, 515: City of Lowell, 520; City of New- port. 523, 524; City of Worcester, 520 ; Cleopatra, 514. 515; Commodore, 517, 518; Commonwealth, 517, 518; Conani- cut. 528 : Connecticut, 512, 513, 520 ; Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, 515; Corsair, 527 ; Crystal Wave, 523; Curlew, 516; C. II. Northam, 520; Day Star, 523; Doris. 517 ; Eagle, 516; Electra, 517 ; Falcon, 516: Firefly. 512, 523; Fulton, 513; Galatea, 517 : George W. Danielson, 528: General, 527; Gladiator, 515; Glaucus. 517, 518 : Hancock, 524; Herman S. Cas- well. 527: Iolas, 523: Islander, 527 : John W. Richmond, 514; King Philip. 524: Kingfisher, 516: Lexington, 514: Long Branch. 513: Maine, 520 ; Manisees. 527 : Marco Bozzaris, 513 : Massachusetts, 514. 520: Metis, 517, 519; Montpelier. 523; Mount Hope, 524, 527; Narragan- sett. 514. 519: Neptune, 515, 517, 518 : Nereus, 517, 518: New Hampshire, 520 ; New Haven, 515; New Jersey, 515: New Shorcham, 528; New York, 513 : Oceanus. 517. 519: Oregon, 515; Osprey, 516 : Peerless, 529; Perry, 523; Plymonth. 520; Plymouth Rock, 517, 518 ; President,


693


INDEX.


513, 514 ; Priscilla, 520 ; Providence, 514, 518, 523; Puritan, 520 ; Queen City, 527 ; Rhode Island, 514, 519, 520; Richard Borden, 524; Richard Peck, 520; River Belle, 523 ; River Queen, 523 ; Roger Will- iams, 523; Rushlight, 523; Seagull, 516 ; Stonington, 519, 520; Telegraph, 515; Thetis, 517; Triton, 517; Wadsworth, 523; Warrior, 517; Warwick, 524; Wash- ington, 513; Westchester, 516; What Cheer, 523, 524; William Marvel, 526 ; Worcester, 515; Wyona, 527 first in Narragansett Bay, 512 lines and equipment, 512-529 lines, local, 523-529 lines, the present, 520 Stearns, Charles A., Dr., 57


Steerc, Adah, Mrs., 661 Henry J., 653, 661 Richard, 359 Thomas, 69, 581 T. W., 602 William S., 671


Stevens, Granville S., Dr., 74


Stiles, Ezra, Rev., 130, 131


Stillman, O. M., 638


Stimson, John J., 271-273, 646


Stiness, John H., 622, 651, 653


Stockbridge, John C., Rev., 363, 367 WV. S., 370 Stockwell, Thomas B., 234, 250, 251, 339- 341, 375


Stone, Alfred, 648, 651 Edwin M., 622


Stonington Steampship Company, 519


Strect railroads, 554-560 railways, electric, economic effects of, 559, 560


Strengerfield, William, 438


Stuart, Gilbert, the painter, 159


Sturdevant, T. D., Rev., 211


Sturtevant, William H., 595


Sugar act, the, and its effects, 440, 441 Sullings. Harvey, Rev., 204


Sumner, Arthur. 377


Sunday School Convention, Rhode Island, 94 movement, origin of the. 84 origin of the, 94 Swain, F. C., 589


Leonard, Rev .. 142


Swarts, Gardiner T., Dr .. 47, 48


Swedenborgians, the, 211 Swedish Lutheran Church, 211 Sweet, James, Mrs .. 184


Jesse B., 508 John, 414 Richard, Rev., 98


Sweetland, C. S., 282 Taft, Cyrus, 519 Edward P., 517 George, Rev., 168, 175, 634


Taft, Royal C., 63, 648 Talbot, Micah J., Rev., 570 Tallman, Benjamin, 400, 467, 481 J. B., 373 Tappan, E. M., 293 Tarbell, Horace S., 272, 282


Tariff act of 1789 and its effect upon Rhode Island, 456 Taylor, A. O'D., 571 Barnabas, Rev., 125 E. G., Rev., 591 "Father," 183 George, 254 George, jr., 258 Philip K., Dr., 56 Robert J., 300, 621 William H .. 356


Taxation by Parliament, measures adopted against, 441-444 Tennent, Gilbert, 134


Tennian, J. C., Rev., 590


Thayer, Rachael, 326 Seth, Capt., 506 Thacher, Rev., 143, 300


Thomas. L. B., Rev., 636


Thompson, Charles, 345 Otis, 589 Thorndon, John, 87


Thornton. Elisha, 327, 359 John, 359 Stephen W., 633


Thorp, Alexander, 544


Throop, Amos, Dr., 51, 55, 285 Goodman, 124


Thurber, Dexter, 266


Isaac, 270 Samuel, 255


Samuel, jr., 257


Thurston, Benjamin, 482 . Benjamin E., 618


Benjamin F .. Mrs., 661, 666


Charles J., Dr., 291 H. E., 659 William T., Dr., 62


Tilley, R. ITammett, 570,. 621


Tillinghast. Charles F., 641, 643, 644 Daniel, 424, 447 Elijah, 253


Elisha, 537


George H., 270


Henry L., 583


Joseph, 642


Joseph J., 174


Joseph L .. 643


Pardon, 394. 395. 444


Pardon. Rev., 89


Paris Jenckes, 642 Wilbur, 249. 273. 301


Tilton. Fred W., 249. 273. 301


Tingley. L. Sophia, Mrs., 672 Samuel H., 659


694


INDEX.


Tiverton, Congregational Church at, 126 first measures to promote schools in, 298 school statistics of, 298, 299 Tobey, John F., 61 Samuel Boyd, Dr., 39, 40, 59-61, 116, 119 Sarah F., 119 Zalmon, 589 Tompkins, Seabury S., 597 Torrey, Joseph, Rev., 127 Samuel, Rev., 123 Touro, Judah, 616 Tourtellot, J. S., 373


Towle, Samuel, Rev., 211


Townsend. Christopher, 621 Ellen, Miss, 304 Solomon, Rev., 145


Travel and transportation limited to water- ways in the beginning of settlement, 390 Tripp, Stephen, 645 True, Herbert O., Dr., 57


Trumpler, Peter, 585 Peter J., 597


Tucker, Abner, 258 Israel, 308 Rev. Father, 201 Thomas W., Rev., 183


Turner, Henry E., Dr., 55, 570 Peter, Dr., 357, 627 William, Dr., 51


Turpikes and turnpike companies, 540-544


Turpin, William, 253 and note


Tustin, Josiah P., Rev., 367


Twitchell, Frank A., Dr., 670


Tyler, William, Rt. Rev., 200


Tyng, Stephen H., Rev., 167 Type-setting machines, 610 Ullman, Albert, 587


Unitarian Congregational Church, the,' 147- 150 First, the, Providence, 147, 148 Newport, the, 149 Olney Street, Providence, 149 Westminster Society; Providence, 148


Unitarians, characteristics of the, 149 Universalist Society, the, 205-210


Bailou Church of the, Providence, 209


Church of the Mediator of the. Prov- idence, 208


First, the, Providence, 205, 206 High Street, Providence, 206 Second, of Providence, 208 Woonsocket, 208 organizations, general, 209 University Grammar School, the, 341-344 Unsanitary conditions in Providence in the latter part of the eighteenth century, 21 Updike, Daniel. Col., 159


Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 666 Daniel E., 356 William, 235, 240, 373


Upham, Lester W., 596, 597 William D., 356 Usher, John, Rev., 160 Utley, Leander, Dr., 40 Richard, Rev., 211 Utter, George B., George H. and John Her- bert, 604 Vail, Thomas H., Rev., 175


Valentine, William, 579


Varnum, James Mitchell, 345


Vaughan, Howland, 119 William, 87, 97


Vaughn, Caleb, jr., 289 Vessels captured and sent into Rhode Island during the Revolution, list of, 428-430


from Narragansett Bay ports cap- tured by the French in the "Seven Years War," list of, 419, 420


from Providence captured and lost during the "Seven Years War," list of, 420-422 Vinton, Alexander H., Rev., 173, 175 Francis, Rev., 175, 177


Von Gottschalk, William, Dr., 75. 76 Vose, James G., Rev. Dr., 66, 282 John W., 579


Vrooman, Henry, 586


Wadsworth, John A., 270


Walcott, Edward, 173


Waldo, Daniel, Rev., 140, 146


Waldron, David A., 625 William Throope, 182


Walker, Edward F., 66, 68 William, 160 William R., 624


Wall, William, 447


Walley, John, 124


Wanton, George, 444 John, Capt., 408, 431, 444 Joseph, 444 William, Capt., 408, 409, 444


Wardner, Torrey E., 588


Wardwell, Allen, 182 George S., 172, 628


Samuel, 478 William T. C., Dr., 46


Waring, George E., jr., 46 Warner, Wiillam, 619 Warren, commerce of, 479, 480


Ladies' Seminary, 367, 368 schools, beginning of, 287 statistics of schools of, 293, 294 Russell, 646


Warwick, early schools and teachers of, 292 statistics of schools of, 293, 294 Washington Academy at, 355, 356


Water supply, work done by the Board of Health to improve the, 48


695


INDEX.


Waterman, Daniel D., 602 Henry, Rev., 174, 176 John, 577 Richard, 86, 289 Thomas T., 264 Watson, John E., 629 John J., jr., 602 J. W., 588 Robert H., 629 Samuel, Rev., 625 Wayland, Francis, Rev., 86, 264, 348, 349 Francis, Dr., 647 Weaver, H., Vernon, Dr., 57


Webb, George H., 644 S. H., Rev., 282 Thomas H., Dr., 39, 40, 266, 644 Thomas S .. 579 Webber, Annie M., 67 John, 283 Webster, "Clem," 581 Levi, 192 Weeden, Samuel and William, 87 Stephen R., 649 William A., 629


Weir, John, Capt., 478. Wells, J. Hagadorn, 360 Phineas Parkhurst, Dr., 70


Wesley, John, 181 West, Benjamin, 576 Nathan, 87 Greenwich, school statistics of, 291. 292 Westcott, Stuckley, 86


Westerly, school statistics of, 337-339 Weston. Francis, 86


Whale fishing interests of Rhode 482-484 Whatcoat, Richard, Rev., 184, 186 Wheaton, Comfort, 257 James L., Dr., 74


Island,


Levi, Dr., 29, 31. 39, 50, 55 Salmon, Rev., 166, 177 Wheeler, Bennett, 577, 578. 581 Pallas S., Mrs., 67 Whipple, Abraham, 422 Jabez, 430 .John, 644 John, jr., 395 John, Capt., 257 Samuel, 395 Sarah S., 65


Whitaker. Catherine P., 651


White, Charles J., Rev. Dr., 208 Hunter. C., 282 Isaac P., Rev., 177 Thomas, 645 Z. L., 583 Whitford, Everett T., 651 Whiting, Caroline, 356 Nathan, 357, 626 William, 438


Whitman, J. A., 630 Whitney, Henry E., 600 Wickenden, William, 87 Wickes, Oliver, 185 Sylvester, 119 Wiggin, Chase, Dr., 54 Oliver C., Dr., 53, 55, 66, 67


Wight, Henry, Rev., 139 John, 285 Wilbur, John, 120 Wilcox, Elmer A., 637 Stephen, 639


Wiley, William, Rev., 200 Wilkinson, David, 168, 198, 510, 511, 579 Edward L., 168


Isaac, 543


Jemima, and her religious system, 84


Oziel, 543


Philip, 444 Thomas, 671 William, 342, 574


Willard, Gardner, Capt., 506 George O., 597 John, Capt., 507


Willet, Francis, Col., 159


Williams, Alfred M., 580, 666 Benoni, 578 E. C., 517 N. Bangs, 583 Providence, 395


Roger, 81-83. 85-87 ; and the Bap- tist Church, 85; as a "Seeker," 87 ; purpose of. in founding the commonwealth, 81; 106, 108; as an educator, 219; 390


Samuel J .. 578 Thomas, Rev., 146


Thomas Hale, 650


William, Rev .. 345


William P., 516, 517, 519


Zephaniah, 519


Wilson, George Francis, 357 James, Rev., 123, 139, 140, 264


Oliver, Capt., 431 Samuel S., 582


Ward, 359 William H., 574, 575


Winsor, Duty, Samnel and Asa, 358 Line of steamers, 521 Samuel, 395 Samuel, Rev., 99 William, 370, 628


Winter, Alexander K., Dr., 68


Wirsch, F., Miss, 670


Wood, Horatio C., 571 Sumner, 258 Woodbridge, Augustus, 648 Benjamin. Rev., 124


Woodbury, Augustus, Rev .. 149 Charles E., Dr., 62 Hugh, 124


696


INDEX.


Woodley, Robert D., Rev., 197, 198 Woodward, Rev., Mr., 127 Woonsocket and Cumberland, early school history of, 326, 327 Woonsocket Hospital, 69 school statistics of, 326, 327 Wormeley, Katharine P., 304 Worthington, John, 571 Wright, Frank, 517 Jane A., 571 Nathan M., 670


Yellow fever, bills for services, etc., in connection with the, 27, 28, 37, 38 first cases of the, 22 in Newport, 32 in Providence in 1797, 23-28; in 1798, 28, 29; in 1799, 29; in 1800, 30-32 list of deaths from, in Providence in 1800, 34-36 Yerrington, James B., 580 Young, Edward R., 270


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