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Anti-masonry, paper published in support of, 511
political features of, 508 political results of, 514 politicians active in, 511-12 rapid decline of, 514
Anti-masonic convention, the, 509 party, alliance with the Whigs, 509 ; birth of the, 508; convention of the, 1833, 512; early strength of, 508-9 ; nominations of, in Rhode Island, 509: nominations of the, 1832, 512
period, capitular masonry during the, 529; the commandary in, 537-39 ticket, success of, 512 Rhode Islander, the, 509
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INDEX.
Antinomians, coming of, to Providence, 5 settlement of, at Aquidneck, 5 Apprentice, list of clothing of, 587 Apprentices, bound out in early life, 586 indentures of, 586-7
Aquidneck chapter No. 9, F. A. & M., Ports- mouth, 530
charter for, 11
encampment No. 5, I. O. O. F., Newport, 551
Arcade bank, agreement with, by Secretary Taney, 297
Arms, small, making of, in North Prov !- dence, 331
Arnold, Caleb, tavern of, 645 Capt. Thomas, 624
Eleazer, license of, to sell liquor, 598 ; site and description of homestead of, 598-600 ; tavern of, 598
Gov. Benedict, 183
Josias, 192
Lemuel H., 301
Martin, 601
Oliver, 140
Peleg, public services of, 647 Sabra, 601
Welcome, 266
William, 563
Artisans, early lack of skilled, 343 Ashton, James, 605
Assembly, abuse of, punished, 159; act of, relating to asylums and almshouses, 409- 10 ; agreement made by, at Portsmouth, 20 ; and court at issue, 114; ceases to be ex-officio the court, 118 ; character of ap- peals to, 111; continued action of, in judicial matters, 111; emission of bank notes by, 226; difference between appeals and petitions to, 101; equitable jurisdic- tion of, 99; exercise of power as court of original jurisdiction and court of re- view, 112; first appeals from, 100; meet- ing of, at Portsmouth, 20; powers of, as defined in the constitution, 122; powers of, to grant new trials, 122-3; prejudg- ment of case by, 100 ; reversal of Thomas W. Dorr's sentence by, 112-113
Assessment, methods of, 238; of trading stock, difficulty of, 236 ; of woodland, 236 Assessors' valuations the basis of state ap- portionment, 235
Assistants, functions of, under charter of 1663, 24
Asylum for insane, plans to provide an, 412 the Dexter, 406-07
Atlantic lodge No. 31, F. & A. M., New Shoreham, charter of, 523
Attorneys, regulations for admission to plead, 99 Atwell, Amos M., master mason, 502 S. Y., 300
Auctioneers, duty paid by, 240 Austin, William, weaver, 337
Awashonks encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., Little Compton, 552
Babcock, Col. Henry, military services of, 632-3 Dr. Joshua, 631, 632 James, 584
Baker, Edwin, 519
house and Burr's tavern, the, 633-4 Joseph, master mason, 525
Balance of trade, 289
Balcom, Alexander, 584
Ballou, Andrew K., master mason, 522 Ariel, 516 Frederick M., 519
Bank act passed 1837, 304
bill denominations payable out of the State, 281
bills, average local life of, 285
capital, character of 1800-1860, 296 ; in Rhode Island, 283; increase of, 1833-35, 299; in 1857-8, 309-10 ; reduction of 1890-1901, 318
charters, changes in, 299; character- isties of, after 1800, 263; claims that they would stimulate business, 295 ; fears of too many, 276 ; grant of, for personal gain, 282; how forfeited, 302; in Rhode Island, features of, 273; number of, In 1837, 296; issue of, just before 1826, 292 ; not always obeyed, 278 ; renewed activity in, in 1850, 308 ; restrictive features of, 278
circulation doubled, 1861-64, 313 ; 1864, 312; increase of, 284; lim- ited to amount of paid up capital, 292 ; small volume of, 284
commissioners' act, repeal of, 1842, 305
consolidation, movement for, 317 debts, amount of limited, 281 deposits of 1890-1900, 316
directors, escape of, 280; vote them- selves bills, 279 ; vote to appropri- ate assets, 279
directorships, restricted to one bank, 277
earnings, accumulation of, 296 first private established, 1686, 200 indebtedness and circulation, limits of, 283
law of 1837, features of, 304; viola- tion of, 303
legislation of 1827, 295-6
meeting to promote the first, 262
notes, emission of £100,000, 226; in- dlvldual subscriptions to, 216; Is- sue of £40,000 authorized, 202; sent out of the state, 308
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INDEX.
Bank of Commerce, the, 276; charter of | 1851, 308
of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 261
of Rhode Island, charter of, 1795, 271
of Rhode Island in Newport, 1795, 266
paper discounted, character of, 287 process act, amendment of, 290; be- comes an anomaly, 271; features of, 264; its purposes, 268 ; no pro- vision for ten days' grace in, 266 ; orlgin and characteristics, 270-71 ; peculiar to Rhode Island, 264; power a charter right, 291; power not in charters before 1818, 291; power, regret over its existence, 295 ; power, revival of, 1823, 291; sentiments towards, 269-70
project, revival of, 1791, 262
reports, made to State auditor, 309 ; new form of, 1843, 307
returns, required annually, 307 ; 1835, 301 shareholders, how situated after 1812, 277
stock of the first, 263
Banking and manufacturing interests, close association of, 296
capital, absorption of, by Rhode Island, 289
development, 1840-1865, 307
features, 1865-70, 312-13
first period of, 1791-1809, 261
in New England, comparison of States, 282
institutions, concentration of, 286
laws, 291; restrictive features of, 292; passage of, 1850-58, 309 methods of 1826, evils of, 293 ; inves- tigation of, 1836, 299
principles, early ideas regarding, 267 systems for needs of farmers, 273
Banks, adaptation of, to business needs, 283 and insurance companies, law regard- in, 276, 280 ; relations of, 275-6 association of, with industries, 260 chartered down to 1809, 271; char- tered 1850-57, 308
comparative statistics of, 283
compelled to be honest, 286
condition of 1809, 281; 1858, 309 first official report of thirteen, 1809, 281
foundIng of, without required capi- tal, 278
increase of State supervision over, 282
in Rhode Island, capitalization of, 1826, 293
Banks, loose management of, 278
number of, in seaport towns, 276 organized to take corporate obliga- tions, 308
purchase of U. S. bonds by, 1812, 277 rapid success of, 290
reasons for additional, 273 restrictive features in charters of, 278 retirement of, 1890-1901, 317 stockholders' liability in, 290 suspension of, 1814, 284 taxes on, 242-3
ten charters granted, 290 unfavorable feeling toward, 300 unlimited power of, to ioan, 294 Barney Merry lodge No. 29, F. & A. M., charter of, 523
Barrington, incorporation of, 64 Barstow stove company, the, 376 Bartlett, David, 374
Barton's capture of Prescott, 646
Beacon lodge No. 38, I. O. O. F., Wickford, 549
Beaver skins, prices of, 199
Beaver Tail lighthouse, 230
Beers, Benjamin, some of the tools of, 591
Bell, Henry, letter from, 495
Bench and bar of Rhode Island, deceased members of, 167
Bennett, Sam, town sergeant, 621
Bick, James, case of appeal for relief, 393 Bill of rights, spirit of, 95
to emit bank notes, 1751, opposition to, 217
Bills, burning of, 227
issue of large, 285
issue of, to withdraw counterfeit, 205 issue of, 1775, 220
Bills of credit, alleged cause of deprecia- tion of, 216; feeble efforts to redeem, 215; issued, 1744-1748, 214; issue of 1751, 216; issue of, by Congress, 1775, 220; issue of new, 1780, 222; made legal tender, 1775, 220; old tenor, 213; origi- nal issues, 1710 to 1739, 205 ; redemption of, by taxation, 215; typical issues of, 203-04; features of, 1780, 222-3
Births, marriages and deaths not recorded, 576
Bissell, Samuel, blacksmith, loan to 1721, :205
Blacksmiths, the early, 330
Blackstone canal, the, 297 canal bank, the, 297 encampment No. 15, I. O. O.F., Paw- tucket, 552
river, land purchases on, 347 river privlieges, Inspection of, 346
Blake, Joseph M., 145-6 Blanding, Willlam B., 516
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Bliss, George N., master mason, 523 Block Island, declared under care of the colony, 31 early government control in, 29 empowered to call inhabitants to- gether, 31 extensive privileges granted to, 32 garrison, cost of, 1708, 196 incorporation of, 55-6 inhabitants admitted to, 32 local court established on, 97
Block Islanders, condition of, 32
Board of Health, town councils act as, 26
Board of State charities and corrections, 410, 473; agent of, 414; character of, 412 ; functions of. 414 ; office of secretary of, 413
Bolles, Rev. Edwin C., D. D., 521 Bonds, issue of, 260
Boots and shoes, manufacture of, 383
Borden, Capt. Benjamin, escape of, from punishment, 642-3 William, 329 William, bounty to, on duck, 205 Boston, claim of, to precedence in free mas- onry, 494 Bounties on flax culture, 369 on industries, 205 Bounty system, failure, of, 211 act of 1733, 211 Bourn, Philip B., 516 Bowen, Ezekiel, 338 Henry, account book of, 573 Jabez, 261, 500 Joseph, master mason, 502 Bradley, Charles S., 165
Brass founding, 385
Brayton, George A., 166
Breweries, the first in Providence, 384
Brewing business, the, 384
Brick, first mention of in Providence, 588 making in Providence, 330 Bridge at Weybosset, repair of, 1664, 588-90 built at Weybosset, 214 repairs, paid for in grain, 590 Briggs, John, affidavit of, 151 Bristol bank, government deposits in, 277 bank of, charter of, 1800, 271
banks, inglorious experience of, 294 Commercial bank, the, 277 county, jails in, 455 comparison of bank of, with others, 1821, 294 incorporation of, 62 insurance company, the, 276 marine insurance in, 274 shipbuilding in, 328 Broadcloth, early price of, 362 first made in the country, 360 manufactured in Providence, 360 Brown, Daniel, 622
Brown, Elisha, 634 David, 376 James S., 373 John, 261, 276 John S., 331 Joseph, 331, 376 Moses, 262, 276, 339 Moses, letter from on manufactures, 1791, 332-4 Nicholas, 266, 638, 419
Obadiah, some of his tools, 591 Philip, 331 Sylvanus, 341 university, relation of, to exemption, 245 & Francis, 262 & Ives, 328 & Sharpe company, the, 376
Brownell, Nathan, 642
Builder, an early, 583
Building, contract for house, 1743, 592-3 cost of in early years, 591
Bull, Henry, 139, 601 house, the, 601-03 Isaac, tools of, 591 Jireh, 601 ; house of attacked by In- dians, 601 Bull's gap, Newport, 601
Bullard, Rebecca, an unmarried mother, 396 Burges, John, master of St. John's lodge, 497
Tristam, 144, 162; advocate of pro- tection, 353 Burglary, punishment of by death, 438 the first recorded, 430
Burial ground, lot for, 70
Burnside Memorial hall, Bristol, 519
Burr, Ezekiel, 378
Burrill, Hon. James, 162, 351
Burrillville bank, the, 290
early forges and furnaces in, 373 incorporation of, 65 Butler, Hon. Cyrus, gift of, to the R. I. hos- pital for insane, 418 hospital for insane, 419-421
Cage, order to build in Warwick, 1663, 450 Calendering goods, machine for, 341 in Providence, 1790, 345 Calico printing, beginning of, 343 in Providence, 1794, 344 Calvary commandery, F. & A. M., charter of, 540
Cannon, manufacture of, 1745, 331 making in Rhode Island, 370 manufacture of, at Hope furnace, 331, 371 manufacture of, in war of 1812, 371 Canonicus lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., Provi- dence, 546 Capital, attraction of, to South America and Mexico, 292
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Capital, changes in the form of, 292
crimes, number of, reduced, 437 punishment abolished, 1852, 444 stock, excess of, 296; increase of tax on, 303; iaws concerning, 302 Capitular masonry, 526; degrees in, 526 ; distinctive features of, 531; revival of, 529-30
Carding machine, manufacture of, in Provi- dence, 339
Care of the sick, early, 393
Carey, Matthew, letter to, 279-80
Carlile, John, 500
Carpenter, Gen. Thomas F., 143 Joseph, 560
Thomas, O. H., master mason, 506
William, 560, 583; inventory of es- tate of, 583; tools of, 1685, 592.
Carpenters, wages of, 591
importance of, in early times, 582-3 Carr, Caleb, 54
Carter, Thomas, 632 ; trial of, 147 & Wilkinson, 626
Case, Dr. Benjamin W., 509
Case, prejudgment of, by the Assembly, 100 Cattie, pasturage and protection of, 563 pioneer marking of, 566 stray, how treated, 567-8
Central Falls, edge tool manufacture at, 374
incorporation of, as a city, 67, 83 Chace, James H., 297
Jonathan, 297
Champlin, Christopher, grand master mason, 500
Chapter of R. M. of H. R. D. M., Newport, 542
Characteristics of early settlers, 557
Charging the jury, instructions for, 127
Charity lodge No. 23, F. & A. M., Hope Vai- ley, charter of, 522
Charlestown, set off from Westerly, 51
Charter, appeal to England for, 11 code of laws under the first, 432 confirmation of, sought in England, 23
free exercise of civil powers un- der, 19
formation of union under, 20
joyful reception of, at Shawomet, 19
of incorporation, character of a con- tract in, 291
of Providence bank, features of, 263-4
of 1643, centralized judiciary estab- lished under, 96
of 1663, 23 the first, 432 the new, 180 Charters, granting of ten, 290. Cheevers, George W., 521
Chief justices, former, 162-66
Children, illegitimate, cases of provision
for, 395
of pioneers as apprentices, 586
Chimneys, panelled, 586
Chocolate mills, 334
Christopher Greene birthplace, the, .610
Church, Benjamin, 584
Cider making by the pioneers, 561 Circulating mediums defined, 268 notes and capital, proportions of, 282
Circulation, deposits, and capitai, 312 increase of after resumption, 306
Cities, 82; jealousy of, in the country, 118 ; relative growth of, 77
City hall, corner stone of, laid, 518
Civil incorporation and government, free charter of, 17-18
laws, power granted to make, 93 procedure, code chapter reiating to, 95
war bonds, 255-6
war, effects of the, on cotton milis, 357
Claims between States and the United States, 228
many spurious, 229
of Rhode Island citizens, amount of, 228 of Rhode Isiand creditors, 228
Clapp, Edwin, master mason, 523
Clark, Mary, treated as a vagrant, 396
Clarke, John, 180, 181, 183
Dr. John, 389 Peleg, 500
Samuel, 61
Weston, report of excuses, 1705, 196
Clauson, John, carpenter, 430, 584 Clemence, Thomas, 570
Cloth, how made before the revolution, 337 making in early years, 335
Coal and iron, report on, 331 Coaster's Island, almshouse built on, 402 Code of 1647, 435
Code, changes in the first, 434-5
Code of laws, features of, 432-34
Code of 1647, basis of State law, 94 : enact- ment of. 94-5 ; license authority given by the, 190; the, 20
Coddington, William, 11, 13, 179 ; commis- sioned as governor, 23; covenant of, as judge, 13 ; eiection of, as judge, 91.
Coggeshall, John, 13
Coin, assay of coloniai, 1704, 200 disappearance of, 202 exportation of, prevented, 200 scarcity of, in early years, 200
Coie, Edward A., 610 Collectors, election of, in each county, 231 towns authorized to appoint, 1748, 234
687
INDEX.
Collectors of excise, powers of, 232 Colonial and State finances of the revolu- tion, 220
charter, authority conferred by, 94 credit, anxiety for, 218 government, expenditures for, 194-5; first form of, 178 permanent debt, beginning of, 212
Colonies reimbursed for military expenses 1747, 215
Colonists, base elements in, 427 character of early, 424-5 drinking habits of, 621
Colony, attempt by, to borrow money, 218 brought into being by towns, 85
claims of, against Congress, 1776, 200 division of, into three counties, 76 name of, fixed, 23
paternal policy of, 211
prison, keepers of, 449
prison, Newport, 448 the, as a banker, 197
Columbia lodge No. 36, I. O. O. F., Wake- field, 549
Colwell, Elizabeth, an unmarried mother, 396
Commanderies of Rhode Island, membership in, 540
Commerce, growth of, 51
Commercial banks, comparison of, with agricultural banks, 274 disaster, 218
towns, political defeat of, 1786, 226 Commissioners' court, the, 1655, 179
Committee in relation to the grand lodge, F. & A. M., 499 ; to investigate masonry, 510; appointment of, to appraise values, 187 ; bank petitions referred to, 1826, 293; of investigation, 300; of investiga- tion for banks, 278; report of, on taxa- tion, 1695, 187; to settle difficulties among settlers, 10
Common land, illegal use of, 429 ; the prop- erty of towns, 174.
law in Rhode Island, 94
Compact of inhabitation, 8
Compulsory arbitration, 10 1
Congdon, Joseph, 360
Congress, aid of, for Rhode Island poor, 401 appeal from, for financial aid, 223-4 request of, to levy tax, 223
Constable, appointment of, and duties, 14 Constitution, amendment of, 1888, 50' based on the federal constitution, 118 of 1843, 113
Continental bills, depreciation of, 222 money, first assignment of, to Rhode Island, 220 Contract for public work, the earliest, 590 Control of animals, 68
Convention in Providence, 1779, 222 Cook, Daniel, 587 Corduroy, 339
Corinthian lodge No. 27, F. & A. M., 522 Corliss, George H., 376 William, 376
Corn, high prices of, 1777, 401 husking by the pioneers, 561
Cornell, Stephen B., 510 Thomas, trial of, 148-51
Corporal punishment, 436-7 Corporation act, 1847, 308 taxes, 1881, 251
Corporations, increase of, 1830-1850, 247 personal returns required from, 247 Cotton bagging, duty on, 355; manufacture of, in Providence, 353
disadvantages of American, 344 early supply from West Indies, 344 establishments of 1900, 358
factories, early impediments of, 343 ; yarn spinning in, 348
factory, cost of building, 1860, 357 first sewing thread from, 345 gin, invention of, 344
goods, consequences of heavy impor- tation of, 351; early customs du- ties on, 349; new duty on, 1815, 351
industry, beginning of, at Natick, 347
machinery, dates of invention of, 338; decline in cost of, 353 ; early manufacture of, 332
manufacture, decline of, 1840-1850, 356
manufactures, vicissitudes of, 1860- 1880; statistics of, 1840, 353
manufacturers, represented in Wash- ington, 351
manufacturing, present condition of, 358-9 ; progress of, in the south, 358
mill, building of, at Hope village, 347; at Lippitt, 347 ; at Phenix, 347; at River Point, 347; in Cum- berland, 346; the first, at Center- ville, 1794, 345; the second, at Centerville, 1807, 345
mills, increase in number of, 353; in Rhode Island in 1832, 354; in the State of 1840, 355; of 1812, 347; of 1815, 351; in 1820, 352; in 1829, 353; in 1850, 356; in 1860, 357; in 1870, 357; in 1880, 357; in 1890, 358; of Pawtucket, 346; tendency to consolidation of, 358 price of, 1791, 344
products, decline in prices of, 358 scarcity of, in civil war period, 357 twist, value of, in 1800, 348
688
INDEX.
Cottons, early attempts to make, with ma- chinery, 338-9
Council of Emperors, 541 of Princes, Providence, 543; of Jerusalem, Newport, 542 Counterfeiting, death penalty against,
438-9
penalty for, 435 prevention of, 203
County prison in Providence, erection of, 457; vote for, 1798, 456
Country towns, political victory, 1786, 226 County workhouse in Providence, 1738, 402 Court, Appellate Division, powers of, 107 authorized to sum up evidence, 130 Common Pleas Division, jurisdiction of, 107 decisions, premium for unanimity of, 97
house at East Greenwich, 158
house dedicated in Providence, 159
judgments, claim to revise, 91
of Chancery proposed, 99; 120; es- tablishment of, 101
of Equity constituted, 101, 120; jurisdiction of, 120 of Last Resort, 93
of Magistrates, establishment of, 134 of Trials, proceedings, 1648, 131-2 ordered to charge the jury, 129 system, establishment of, 91 Courts, basis of the present, 103 composition of under first charter, 102
control over, 96
district, position of, 131; establish- ment of, 134 heid by trial justices, 106
increase of business of, 161
of Common Pieas, abolished as such, 107; establishment of, 99, 105; jurisdiction of, 103
of General Sessions of the Peace, 103
of jurisdiction, 97 of limited jurisdiction, 93
of Magistrates, establishment of, 106 of Probate, 135
of Trial, annual, 97 on Rhode Isiand, provision for, 15 time of holding the early, 127 subjection of, to the legislature, 107 Covenant lodge No. 40, I. O. O. F., Ash- land, 550
Coventry Company, miils bullt by, 347 manufacture of cannon in, 370 Cowpen's Point, 569 Coxe, Daniel, 495 Crandall, George F., 506 John, 55
Cranston, discord In local government, 39 ; small pox in, 26-7 ; incorporation of, 63 John, 183
Crawford, Capt. John, death of, 637; in- ventory of estate, 637-8 Gideon, 634, 581 John, 634-5 Credits, length of, 288-9 Crescent lodge No. 24, I. O. O. F., Provi- dence, 548
Crimes and the death penalty, 444 punishment of various, 432-36
Criminal legislation in early years, 435 Crisis of 1829, the, 296 of 1873, the, 316 Crompton, cotton industry at, 347 Cross, Jeremy L., 532
Cross's Mills, 63 Crossman, John, 569
Crown Point bills redeemed, 218
Cryptic Masonry, degrees of, 532
Cumberland, cotton machinery manufac-
tured in, 374 foundry in, 331 incorporation of, 63 mills, the, 346
Currency, effects of depreciation of, 213 issues, restriction of, 284 experiments, 298 principle, belief in, 268 principle and the banking principle, 267 varied assortment of in 1782, 225
Currie, Robert, 622
Curtice, Abigail, an unmarried mother, 397
Dalie, John, care of, 392
Daniels, Horace, master mason, 522
Dartmouth College, case of, 291
Daughters of Liberty, 338
David Arnold's tavern, 644-46
Davis, Darius B., 519 John, 580
Debt of State in 1787, 227 deduction of personai, 246 Debts due from the U. S. to individuals, 228 due to banks, 295 scale of equivalents, 1751, 217
Debtors, acts for relief of, 206 many suits against, 213-14 of banks, iaw affecting, 291
Declaration of Independence, effects of, 77 Democratic character of the government, 16 Deposit banking, absence of, 289 Deposits, danger of iarger use of, for dis- counting, 318 Depreciation, magnitude of, 1789, 227 of currency, continuation of, 217 Depreciating currency, eviis of, 201 Depression of 1837, 305
INDEX. 689
Dexter Asylum, building of the, 407 Dexter, Andrew, 341 Andrew, jr., 278 Capt. John, 580 donation, the, 406-07 Ebenezer Wright, 406-07 Gregory, 584
Digest of 1844, 117-18 Directors, made personally liable, 281 Discounting notes, methods of, 302 Discounts, increase of, 308
Diseases among the pioneers, 559-60 Disposers, the five of Providence, 90 and arbitration, 11
Distillerles, 384 District Courts, establishment of, 134 Dividends, decline of, 317
Divorce, act regulating, 96-7 first instance of, 98 Dodge, Seril, 377 Nehemiah, 377
Dogs, nuisance of, 565
Domestic animals, marking of, 69; im- pounding of, 70
utensils, manufacture of, 331
Doric lodge No. 38, F. & A. M., Auburn, 525
Dorr, Thomas W., 300; trial of, 466
Dorr war, the, 84; cost of, 253 Dorrance v. Fenner, 154-5
Doyle, Grand High Priest, 530-31 Thomas A., 516, 520 Drummond, Joseph, 593 Drunkenness, punishment of, 445
Dry goods, character of, 582
Duck manufacture, bounty on, 329
Dueling, penalty for, 436
Duncan, Alexander, 420 Dunwell Manufacturing Company, case of, 248 Durfee, Job, 164 Thomas, 162, 166 Dutch Island, land Interests on, 47
Duties, attempt to obtain higher, 356 collection of, 230 evasion of, 231 new schedule of, 1828, 353 on various goods, 231 rates Increased, 230 statistics of, in various years, 232
Duty, new on cotton goods, 1816, 351 Dyeing establishments in 1900, 358 Dyer, Dr. Benjamin, 367 Eagle lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F., Providence, 545
bank, the, 290 Earle, Ralph, 326 Early bank management, frauds in, 278 courts, character of, 91 government in Rhode Island, a
"Democracie," 16; popular form of, 16 ; tendencies of, 17 44-3
Early habits and customs and old land- marks, 555, 557
local government, difficulties of, 39; new form of, 10; peculiarities of, 7 political organization on Rhode Island, character of, 13
political tendencies in Providence, absence of, 13 settlers at Providence, Williams's subscription for, 7
settlers, characteristics of, 557; deeds of land to, 10; ills of, 558; new and difficult problem of, 4; occupations of, 557; poverty of, 389-90
settlements, as voluntary associa- tions of individuals, 90; character of the, 3; spirit in which made, 6 town officers in Rhode Island, 13 East Greenwich, a body distinct from the proprietors, 45-6
beginning of calico printing in, 343 early hat making in, 360 early landholders a close corpora- tion, 45 land allotments in, 46
lottery to complete court house in, 158-9 organization of, 58-60 proceedings of proprietors. 45
East Providence, incorporation of, 65 Eastman, James H., 486
Easton, John, 54 Nicholas, 183 Peter, 189
Eddy, Samuel, 162
Edward Manton house, the, 624-27 Elders chosen to assist the judge, 91 dutles of, 14
Eleazer Whipple homestead, burial place on, 609; house, the, 606-10; site and de- scription of, 607-8; use of as a tavern, 609-10
Election of town officers of 1663-4 provided for, 23
Electra lodge No. 41, I. O. O. F., Adamsville, 550
Ellery, William, 162
Elmwood bank of Cranston, the, 302
Embargo of 1807, consequences of, 287 previous to the one of 1812, effects of, 360
Eminent lawyers, 138 Enabling act, passage of 1865, 312
English and New England money, scarcity of, 189
grand lodge, F. & A. M., the, forma- tion of, 493 Enterprise lodge No. 22, I. O. O. F., Paw- tucket, 549
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Epenctus Olney house, the, 627-29 ; de- scription of, 629; homestead, survey of, 628-9
Equitable jurisdiction, the great, 161
Equity powers in state, slow growth of, 120 Eureka lodge No. 22, 14. & A. M., Ports- mouth, charter of, 521
lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F., Woon- socket, 549
Evening Star lodge No. 17, F. & A. M., Smithfield, charter of, 507
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