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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,
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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
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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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