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Kip, W. I. Father Fauque's narrative of the R. I. privateer, 1744, 1874. (In Overland Monthly, 12:323-334, 511-522. Also in Kip's "Historic scenes from old Jesuit missions," 1875. p. 153-205.)
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Lippitt, C. W. Commerce at Prov., 1883. 16p. (In R. l. H. S. Publ. n. s., List of vessels belonging to the port of Prov., 1791. 6 :196-198.)
Maclay, E. S. Hist. of Am. privateers, 1899. 519p. (Contains an account of Silas Talbot, p. 91-112, of Solomon Drowne, p. 167-176, and of R. I. privateer- ing in 1812, p. 265-278.)
Miller, J. A. Commercial advantages of Prov., 1891. 28p.
Prov. Journal Co. Possibilities of Prov. harbor, 1900. 64p.
Sheffield, W. P. Privateersmen of Newport, 1883. 67p.
Snow, W. C. The War of 1812; a part of its naval history. ( In R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 5:143-186.)
Spears, J. R. Am. slave trade, 1900. 232p. (Prints several R. I. letters and contains much reference to R. I.)
Stevens, J. A. Commerce of R. I. (In Davis, N. E. States, 4:2458-2479.)
16. CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY.
A few observations on the govt. of R. I., by a citizen, 1809. 18p.
Adlam, S. Origin of the institutions of R. I., 1871. 18p.
Allen, S. H. The electors of R. I. (In N. H. R., 6:301-313.)
Andrews, N. The development of the nominating convention in R. I., 1894. (Reprinted from R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 1:258-269. Also in B. U. Hist. Sem. Papers, no. 1.)
Anthony, H. B. A complete report of the American republican legislative caucus in Newport, 1885. 36p.
Anthony, H. B. Defense of R. I., her institutions, and her right to her repre- sentatives in Congress, 1881. 35p.
Anthony, H. B. Limited suffrage in R. I., 1883. (In No. Am. Rev. 137:413-421.) Arnold, N. J. The history of suffrage in R. I. ( In N. H. R., 8:305-331.)
Blake, J. M. Political corruption in R. I., 1866. 29p.
Bradley, C. S. Methods of changing the constitutions of the states, especially that of R. I., 1885. 105p.
Charters and legislative documents illustrative of R. I. history, 1844. 68p. Davis, T. R. I. polítics and journalism, 1866. 33p.
Davis, W. T. The constitutional history of R. I. ( In Davis's N. E. States, 4:2332-2361.)
Durfee, J. The R. I. idea of civil government, 1847. 32p. ( Also in his Works.) Durfee, T. Some thoughts on the constitution of R. I., 1884. 57p.
Eaton, A. M. Constitution-making in R. I., 1899. 128p.
Equal Rights Assoc. Constitution of R. I. and equal rights, 1881. 58p.
Gorman, C. E. Hist. statement of the elective franchise in R. I., 1879. 39p.
Green, Arnold. Constitutional history of R. I. ( In Prov. Jour. Mar. 17, 1885.) Honey, S. R. Constitutional reform, 1894. 19p.
Honey, S. R. Politics in R. I., 1887. ( In Nation, 44:114-115.)
Jenkins, H. W. Suffrage in R. I., 1883. (In American, 5:391.)
Jernegan, M. W. The Tammany societies of R. I., 1897. 39p. (In B. U. Hist. Sem. Papers, no. 8.)
Luther S. Address on the right of free suffrage, 1833. 25 plus 16p.
Payne, A. The elective franchise; an argument for a constitutional convention, 1882. 8p.
Payne, A. and W. Sheffield. Constitutional reform in R. I., 1886. (In No. Am. Rev. 142:332-341.)
Proposed revised constitution of R. I., to be submitted to the electors on June 20, 1899, 1899. 24p.
Report of the commission to revise the constitution, 1898. 47p.
Report of the constitutional commission, with suggestions (by A. M. Eaton et al.) in regard to a new constitution, 1898. 92p.
Report of the joint select committee on changes in the constitution, 1882. 21p. Rider, S. S. Legislative history in R. I., 1887. (In Bk. Notes, 4:106.)
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Rider, S. S. The origin of R. I. institutions, 1892. ( In Bk. Notes, 9:241-244.)
Rider, S. S. Punishment for contempt by the Genl. Assembly, 1887. (In Bk. Notes, 4:97-102. )
Rider, S. S. The referendum in colonial R. I., 1894. (In Bk. Notes, 11:97-99.)
Rider, S. S. A review of two decisions of the supreme court on exemption from taxation, 1900. 16p.
Sheffield, W. P. The mode of altering the constitution of R. I., 1887. 44p.
Sheffield, W. P. Random notes on the government of R. I., 1897. 63p.
Stickney, C. Know-nothingism in R. I., 1894. (From R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 1:241-257. Also in B. U. Hist. Sem. Papers, no. 3.)
Stiness, J. H. Civil changes in the State, 1897. 33p.
Van Zandt, C. C. Constitutional convention [in R. I.], [1870]. 8p.
Winslow, J. The trial of the R. I. judges, 1887. 24p.
See also the collection of clippings in the Prov. Pub. Lib., on the agitation (1898-99) to revise the present constitution.
For the constitutional troubles of 1842, see HISTORY-DORR WAR.
There are four volumes of political pamphlets in the R. I. Hist. Soc. They are chiefly "addresses to freemen," relating to state elections. The titles of many are in Bartlett's "Bibliography." p. 7-10.
17. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
NOTE-The historical discourses of Callender and Ross take up religious, rather than political history.
Barrows, C. E. ed. Diary of John Comer, 1704-1733, 1893. (R. I. H. S. Coll. v. 8. 132p.)
Benedict, D. History of the Baptist denomination in America, 1813. 2v. 1848, 1v. (Contains the best history of Baptists in R. I.)
Clarke, R. H. R. I. and Md .; which established religious liberty first? 1894. (In Am. Cath. Quar. 20:289-312.)
Dowling, A. The Roman Catholic church in the N. E. States, 1899. (V. 1 con- tains a history of the Prov. diocese. See also Bk. Notes, 16:201.)
Earle, A. M. The oldest Episcopal church in N. E., 1893. (In N. E. Mag. n. s., 7:577-593. See also Bk. Notes, 10:13-16.)
Edwards M. Materials for a history of the Baptists in R. I., 1867. (In R. I. H. S. Coll. 6:302-370.)
Felt, J. B. Ecclesiastical history of N. E., 1862. 2v. (Grouped chronologically by colonies as far as 1675.)
Hazard, C. The Narragansett Friends' meeting in the 18th century, 1657-1784, 1899. 189р.
Henshaw, J. P. Discourse, 150th anniversary of the Soc. for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1851. 36p. (D. Humphreys wrote a general account of this society in 1730. Brown Univ. and the J. C. Brown library have complete collections of annual discourses illustrating the history of this society in R. I.)
Jackson, H. An account of the churches of R. I., 1854. 134p.
Jackson, H. Early religious history of R. I. ( In Manufacturer's and Farmer's Jour. April 17-27, 1854.)
Jameson, J. F. The first public (church) library in R. I. ( In R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 4:227-231.)
King, H. M. A brief picture of the historic background of our freedom of wor- ship in R. I., 1901. 7p.
Knight, R. History of the General and Six Principle Baptists, 1827. 367p.
Rider, S. S. An inquiry concerning the origin of the clause in the laws of R. I.
(1719-1783) disfranchising Roman Catholics, 1889. (R. I. Hist. Tract, ser. 2, no. 1, 72p.)
Rider, S. S. Soul liberty, R. I.'s gift to the nation, 1897. ( In R. I. Hist. Tract, ser. 2, no. 5. 87p.)
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Updike, W. History of the Episcopal church in Narragansett, 1857. 533p. Vose, J. G. Sketches of Congregationalism in R. I., 1894. 236p. (See also Bk. Notes, 11:193-205.)
Warden, O. N. The lively experiment, 1871. ( In Bapt. Quar. Rev. 5:438-459.)
There are many pamphlets and small articles relating to individual R. I. churches, those relating to the oldest established churches at Prov. and Newport alone having much historical value.
Providence.
Caldwell, S. L. Historical disourse, 1st Baptist Church, 1865. 22p. Caldwell, S. L. History of the 1st Baptist Church, 1877. 23p.
Clark, T. M. Historical discourse, St. John's Church, 1872. 52p.
Hague, W. Historical discourse, 1st Baptist Church, 1839. 192p.
Hall, E. B. Discourse, comprising a history of the 1st Congregational Church, 1836. 62p.
King, H. M. The mother church [1st Baptist], 1896. 85p.
King, H. M. Historical discourse, 1st Baptist meeting-house, 1900. 35p. McDonald, W. History of Methodism in Prov., 1868. 136p.
Richards, C. A. L. Sermon 150th anniv. of St. John's Church, 1897. 31p. Shafter, E. F. John Checkley. ( In Prince Soc. Publ. 1897, 2v. Concerns St. John's Church where Checkley was pastor, 1739-54.)
Staples, C. A. Sermon, 60th anniv. of the dedication of the 1st Congrega- tional meeting house, 1876. 24p.
Stone, A. The 1st Congregational Church and its meeting-houses, 1897. 16p.
250th anniv. of the 1st Baptist Church, 1889. 118p. Newport.
Adlam, S. The First Church in Prov. not the oldest, 1850. 28p. (This was answered by J. N. Granger et al. in "A review of a report, etc.", 1850. 26p.)
Goodwin, D. The making of Trinity Church, 1898. 22p.
Mason, G. C. Annals of Trinity Church, 1890-94. 2v.
18. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
Barnard, H. ed. Journal of the R. I. Institute of Instruction, 1845-48. 3v. (V. 1, p. 97-148, contains Barnard's "History and condition of the legislation of R. I. respecting public schools." There is an excellent criticism of this Journal and of the history of R. I. public schools in N. A. Rev. 67: 240-256.) Murray, T. H. Irish schoolmasters in the Am. colonies, 1898. 31p. (p. 25-31 are devoted to the early Irish schoolmasters of R. I.)
Potter, E. R. ed. R. I. Educational Mag., 1852-54. 2v.
Reports of Commissioners of Public Schools, 1846-date.
R. I. Schoolmaster, 1855-74. 20v.
Rider, S. S. How religious liberty retarded common schools in R. I., 1895. ( In Bk. Notes, 12:1-3.)
Stockwell, T. B. History of education in R. I. ( In Davis, N. E. States, 4: 2398- 2417.)
Stockwell, T. B. History of education in R. I. from 1636 to 1876, 1876. 458p. Stone, E. M. History of the R. I. Institute of Instruction, 1874. 144p.
Tolman, W. H. History of higher education in R. I., 1894. 210p.
Turner, H. E. Schools and schoolmasters of Newport, 1884. ( In Newpt. Hist. Mag. 4:203-225. See also Am. Jour. Educ. 27:707.)
See also under "Schools" in Bartlett's "Bibliog.", p. 236-239. All matter concerning Brown University can be found in the Bibliog. of Brown Univ., 1756- 1898, 1898. 20р.
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19. FINANCIAL HISTORY. 4
Angell, J. K. An essay on the right of a state to tax a body corporate, consid- ered in relation to the present bank-tax in R. I., 1827. 44p.
Clark, F. C. Assize of bread. (In N. H. R., 6:261-268.)
Dyer, E. Valuation of the towns of R. I., 1860-69, 1871. 39p.
Greene, W. A. R. I. colonial paper currency. (In N. H. R., 4:6-26.)
Knox, J. J. Hist. of banking in the U. S., 1900. 880p. ( Contains a chapter on
banking in R. I.)
Potter, E. R. Brief account of the emissions of paper money made by the colony of R. I., 1837. 48p. (Also in H. Phillips, "Hist. sketches of paper cur- rency," 1865. p. 97-189.)
Potter, E. R. and S. S. Rider. Some account of the bills of credit, or paper money, of R. I. from 1710-1786, 1880. (R. I. Hist. Tract, v. 8; 228p.) Littlefield, A. H. Review of the public debt, 1884. 29p. (Panic of 1857 in R. I.) Report of the committee on increasing the banking capital, 1826. 40p.
Report of the commissioners on the history and character of the registered state- debt, 1787. 15p.
The plough and the sickle; or R. I. in the Revolution, 1846. 28p. (Relates to state debt.)
Richmond, J. W. R. I. repudiation; or history of the revolutionary debt, 1848. 106p. 2 ed. 1855. 208p. (There is an account of Richmond's attitude to the state debt in R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 4:234-243. See also Bartlett's "Bib- liog. of R. I.," p. 250.)
Rider, S. S. A century of banks and banking in R. I., 1899. (In Bk. Notes, 16:145, 153, 161, 169, 177.)
Updike, W. History of the alleged state debt of R. I., 1846. 12p.
Varnum, J. M. Case of Trevett against Weeden, 1787. 60p. (See also Bk. Notes, 6:42; 11:62.)
Vernon, J. W. Banking and currency in R. I. ( In Davis, N. E. States, 4:2443- 2457.)
Webster, N. The devil is in you. (In his essays, 1790, p. 127-131. Advice to Rhode Islanders regarding paper money, 1786.)
Winslow, J. The trial of the R. I. judges, 1887. 24p.
Andrew M. Davis, of Boston, read a paper on the "Colonial currency of R. I." before the R. I. H. S., Dec. 13, 1898. He probably has the ms. Arthur M. Mowry of Cambridge had a ms. on the "R. I. tariffs," on which he lectured before the R. I. Hist. Soc., April 16, 1895. Prof. H. B. Gardner, of Brown University, has a ms. and many statistical notes on "The history of colonial taxation in R. I." Mr. Howard K. Stokes is preparing to publish a monograph on "Prov. finances and administration, 1636-1900."
20. JUDICIAL HISTORY.
Allen, S. H. The R. I. judiciary. ( In N. H. R., 7:57-63.)
Durfee, T. Gleanings from the judicial history of R. I. (In R. I. Hist. Tract, 1883. v. 18. 164p.)
Durfee, T. The judicial history of R. I. ( In Davis, N. E. States, 4:2362-2397.) Rider, S. S. Origin of a stumbling block in the R. I. constitution, 1892. (In Bk. Notes, 9:277-281, 289.)
Staples, W. R. History of the criminal law of R. I., 1854. 29p.
For the different law cases of R. I. see Bartlett's "Bibliog." 174-175.
21. MANUFACTURING AND BUSINESS HISTORY.
Frost, W. B. Jewelry manufacture of R. I., 1897. (In Davis, N. E. States, 4 : 2511-2517. )
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Grieve, R. and J. P. Fernald. The Cotton Centennial, 1891. 176p. Hersey, G. D. Medical history of R. I. (In Davis, N. E. States, 4:2480-2499. ) Joslin, H. V. A. Street railway lines of R. I. (In Davis, N. E. States, 4:2518- 2527.)
Prov. Jour. Manufacturing and mechanical industry of R. I. (A series of sketches begun in the Prov. Jour., Feb. 28, 1870.)
Smith, S. A. The industries of R. I. ( In Davis N. E. States, 4: 2528-2570. ) Taft, R. C. Some notes upon woolen manufacture in U. S., 1882. 58p. Watson, E. L. Insurance in R. I. ( In Davis N. E. States, 4:2429-2442.)
White, G. S. Memoir of S. Slater and history of manufactures, 1836. 448p.
There is considerable literature on coal in R. I., and many references to R. I. manufactures can be found in the Transactions of the R. I. Soc. Domestic Indus- try. Bishop's "Hist. of Am. Manufactures," and Bagnall's "Textile Industries in the U. S." both contain much reference to R. I. In the library of the R. I. Hist. Soc. are papers by Elisha Dyer on the history of steam power, of fire engines, etc., in R. I .; also many papers by Moses Brown and by Zachariah Allen on various R. I. textile manufactures.
22. SOCIAL HISTORY.
Bartlett, J. R. History of lotteries in R. I. ( In the Prov. Jour. 1856. The first four of these articles were publ. in the Prov. Almanac for 1857.) Carpenter, E. B. Some aspects of negro slavery in R. I. ( In Prov. Jour. April 27, 1874.)
Chace, E. B. Old Quaker days in R. I., 1897. (In N. E. Mag. n. s. 16:655-663. Relates chiefly to social life.)
Greene, M. A. ed. The legal status of women under the laws of R. I., 1892. Johnston, W. D. Slavery in R. I., 1755-1776, 1894. ( In R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 2:109-164. Also in B. U. Hist. Sem. Papers, no. 5.)
Palmer, H. R. Population tendencies in R. I., 1896. (In N. E. Mag. n. s. 14:159- 162.)
Prov. Soc. for abolishing the slave-trade. Constitution, with acts of Mass., Conn., and R. I. to prevent the slave-trade, 1789. 19p.
Rider, S. S. The early marriage laws of the colony of R. I., 1895. (In Bk. Notes, 15 :241-245. )
Rider, S. S The measure of punishment for crime in R. I., 1898. (In Bk. Notes, 15:25-27.)
Rider, S. S. The Sunday laws of colonial R. I., 1895. ( In Bk. Notes, 12:169-170.) Stiness, J. H. A century of lotteries in R. I., 1744-1844, 1896. ( In R. I. Hist. Tract, ser. 2, v. 3. 123p.)
Stiness, J. H. A sketch of R. I. legislation against strong drink, 1892. 50p. ( For the many sermons and reports on intemperance, see Bartlett's "Bib- liog.", p. 256-260.)
The feeble-minded of R. I., 1898. ( In Char. Rev. 8:388-340. )
Vose, J. G. Note on the transaction of Roger Williams and others, in selling Indians into slavery. (In R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 1:239-240. )
Wardwell, S. S. The temperance cause in Prov. (A series of seven sketches in Prov. Jour., 1859.)
23. TOWN HISTORIES.
Barrington.
Bicknell, T. W. Hist. Sketches of Barrington, 1870. 192p.
Bicknell, T. W. History of Barrington, 1898. 620p. ( See also Bk. Notes, 16:81.)
Block Island ( New Shoreham.)
Beckwith, H. T. History of Block Id., 1858. (In Hist. Mag. 2:98-106.)
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Lanman, C. Block 1d., 1876. (In Harp. Mag. 53:168-178.)
Livermore, S. T. History of Block Id., 1877. 371p.
Livermore, S. T. Block Id., 1893. 137p.
Mendum, S. W. Block Id., 1897. (In N. E. Mag. n. s. 16:738-751. )
Sheffield, W. P. Hist. sketch of Block Id., 1876. 62p.
Stiles, E. Memoir of Block Id., 1762. (In 1 M. H. S. Coll., 10:111.) Bristol.
Account of the settlement of Bristol, 1785. 16p.
Diman, J. L. Address at the 200th anniversary of the settlement of Bristol, 1880. ( In his "Orations and Essays," 1882. p. 139-167. )
Greene, C. A. Gleanings from the ancient records of Bristol. ( In N. H. R., 3:59, 157, 205, 276.)
Lane, J. P. Hist. sketches of the First Church in Bristol, 1872. 126p.
Munro, W. H. History of Bristol, 1880. 396p.
Miller, W. J. ed. 200th anniversary of the settlement of Bristol, 1880. 194p. Slade, W. A. The King Philip Country, 1898. ( In N. E. Mag. n. s., 18:605- 629.) Burrillville.
Keach, H. A. Burrillville as it was, and as it is, 1856. 170p. Rider, S. S. Pascoag, 1896. (In Bk. Notes, 13:37-39.)
Charlestown.
Tucker, W. F. Hist. sketch of Charlestown, 1877. 88p.
East Greenwich.
Eldredge, J. H. Typographical notices of E. Greenwich. (A ms. in the R. I. Hist. Soc. Library. )
Eldredge, J. H. and D. H. Greene. History of E. Greenwich. ( In E. Green- wich Weekly Pendulum, 1860.)
Greene, D. H. History of E. Greenwich, 1877. 263p.
Turner, H. E. Reminiscences of E. Greenwich, 1892. 15p. East Providence.
Bliss, G. N. Hist. sketch of E. Prov., 1876. 52p.
Hoyt, H. W. The story of Hunt's Mills, 1895. 28p. Foster.
Beaman, C. C. Sketches of Foster. (A series of 16 articles begun in Prov. Jour., 1859.)
Casey, B. T. Reminiscences of Foster. (Printed in early numbers of the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner, and reprinted Aug. 27, 1892, to Mar. 4, 1893.)
Glocester.
Perry, E. A. Brief hist. of Glocester, 1886. 136p.
Hopkinton.
Griswold, S. S. Hist. sketch of Hopkinton, 1877. 96p. Jamestown.
Aquidneck (pseud.). Jamestown. (In Prov. Jour. April 26, 1860.) Brinley, F. Conanicut Island, 1882. (In Newp. Hist. Mag. 2:193-197.) Rider, S. S. Conanicut, 1892. (In Bk. Notes, 9:157-159.)
Lincoln.
Greene, W. A. Hist. sketch of Lincoln, 1876. 26p. Little Compton.
Brayton, J. S. Some facts in the hist. of Tiverton and Little Compton. (In Fall River News, Mar. 24, 1898.)
Little, P. F. Incidents in Little Compton and Tiverton during the Revolu- tion and the War of 1812, 1880. 32p.
Notes on Compton, 1803. (In 1 M. H. S. Coll., 9:199-206.)
Rider, S. S. Saconet, 1897. (In Bk. Notes, 14:121-122.)
Wilbour, I. C. Address on the early hist. of Little Compton, 1882. 14p. Middletown.
Arnold, S. G. Hist. sketch of Middletown, 1876. 62p.
In the matter of Sachuest Beach, Middletown, 1877. 47p.
Rider, S. S. Sachuest, 1897. (In Bk. Notes, 14:261-262.)
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Narragansett Country.
Arnold, J. N. The Fones record, 1894. 199p.
Arnold, J. N. The great secret; an inquiry into the causes of the contention for the possession of the Narragansett Co. ( In N. H. R., 6:1-24.)
Arnold, J. N. Narragansett's place in R. I. history. (In N. H. R., 1:12-27.) Arnold, J. N. Pen-pictures of Narragansett history, 1889. 31p.
Brinley, F. Brief narrative of Nanhiganset Country. ( In 3 M. H. S. Coll., 1: 209-228; also in N. H. R., 8:176-199. A slightly varying and far more correct text is printed in R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 8:69-96. )
Carpenter, E. B. South-county neighbors, 1887. 272p. ( Miss Carpenter also had several articles on Narragansett in the Prov. Journal for 1873-74.) Channing, E. The Narragansett planters; a study of causes, 1886. 23p. (In Johns Hopkins studies, v. 4, pt. 3.)
Earle, A. M. In old Narragansett, 1898. 196p. (Local short stories.)
Gardiner, J. W. The pioneers of Narragansett. ( In N. H. R., 2:112-115. )
Gardiner, J. W. Roger Williams, the pioneer of Narragansett. (In N. H. R., 2:25-34. )
Hazard, C. Judge Sewall's gifts in Narragansett Co. (In R. I. H. S. Publ. n. s., 6:117-132.)
Hazard, T. R. The jonny-cake letters, 1880. 173p. 1882. 448p.
Hazard, T. R. Recollections of the olden time, 1879. 288p.
Mason, G. C. Old plantation life in R. I., 1900. ( In N. E. Mag. n. s. 21:735- 740.)
Potter, E. R. The early hist. of Narragansett, 1835. ( In R. I. H. S. Coll., v. 3, 315p. 2 ed., 1886. 423p.)
Rider, S. S. The King's Province, 1895. (In Bk. Notes, 12:265-268. )
Wheeler, R. A. Mass. land orders, and Major Atherton's company. (In N. H. R., 2:101-107.) Newport.
Brenton, E. C. Hist. of Brenton's Neck, 1877. 50p.
Cahoone, S. Sketch of Newport and vicinity, 1862. 213p.
Champney, L. W. Society of Newport in the 18th century, 1879. ( In Harp. Mag., 59:497-505.)
Channing, G. C. Early recollections of Newport, 1868. 284p.
Coaster's Harbour Island, 1881. (In Newp. Hist. Mag. 1:193-200.)
Collins, J. The city and scenery of Newport, 1857. (14 views.) Commercial sketch of Newport, 1871. ( In Hunt's Merch. Mag. 25:181-193.) Coolidge, S. Newport, the isle of peace, 1898. (In Powell's "Historic Towns of N. E.", p. 443-473. )
Curtis, G. W. Newport, historical and social, 1854. (In Harp. Mag. 9: 289 -. 317.)
Denison, F. The Israelites in R. I. (In N. H. R., 4:301-327. )
Dix, J. R. A handbook of Newport, 1852. 170p.
Extracts from R. I. Colonial Records relating to grants of lands to early settlers of Newport, 1881-82. (In Newp. Hist. Mag. v. 1-3.)
Gregory, E. Newport in summer, 1901. (In Harp. Mag. 103:165-174.) Hammett, C. E. Contributions to the bibliography and literature of New- port, 1887. 185p.
Howland, B. B. The streets of Newport, 1892. (In Mag. N. E. Hist., 2:79- 93.)
Kohler, M. J. The Jews in Newport, 1897. (In Publ. Am. Jew. Hist. Soc., 6:61-80.)
Lyman, E. B. [Social life in Newport during the Revolution, 1869.] 21p.
Mason, G. C. Annals of the Redwood Library, 1891. 528 p.
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