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Nails, early manufacture of, 332; manu- facture of, 1816, 373
Names of children in early times, 575
Narragansett bank of Wickford, the, 277 bay, claims to land along, by Massa- chusetts and Plymouth, 23
commandery, Westerly, charter of, 540 country, proprietor's records in, 44-5 encampment, No. 1, I. O. O. F., 551 incorporation of, as a district, 68 lodge No. 7, I. O. O. F., Westerly, 546 Nash, Joseph, 634
National bank currency, retirement of, 313; laws, the recent, 318 banking system, disappearance of, reasons for, 318; rise and deca- dence of, 312
finance scheme foreshadowed, 225 banks, movement for consolidation, 317; statistics of, 322
Naval officer, establishment of, in New- port, 1682, 191
Navigation, instruments and charts for, 580; old books on, 580-1
Neptune lodge No. 26, I. O. O. F., Block Island, 549
Nestell lodge No. 37, Providence, charter of, 525
New almshouse, appropriations for, 411 New England, character of early immi- grants, 424-5
bank of Boston, the, 284 bank system, the, 284
manufacturers, distress among, 354 Pacific bank, the, 290 traces of "mean whites" in, 427 value of manufactures in, 287
New members, provision for reception of, 22 Newport and Portsmouth, particular courts in, 93; union of, 15
asylum, case in, 418
bank, government deposits in, 277 chapter, 528 charter applied for, 71 commercial development in, 328 cost of British occupation of, 226 Court of Magistrates constituted in, 106, 134 debt of 1641, 175
early manufactures of, 328 early shipbuilding in, 327
early taxation in, 187
encampment, 539
establishment of settlers at, 14
first almshouse in, 212
harbor, tax for building fort in, 196
incorporation as a city, 81
jail, cost of, 453
judicial determinations by judge and elders, 93 large shipping interests of, 327 marine insurance in, 274
men deprived of franchise in, as pen- alty, 49
merchants, funds of invested in pri- vateering, 441
naming of, 15
petition to assembly for aid, 400-401 prison, use of by whole colony, 448-9 propagation of settlement at, 15
Quarter Courts in, 93
repeal of city charter, 81
ruin of by the revolution, 328 second incorporation as a city, 83 settlement and naming of, 5
taxes in, 210
the first almshouse in, 1723, 401 Trust Company, organized 1902, 315 New Shoreham, addition of two wardens, 36 charter details of, 33 incorporation of, 33
regulations established in Revolu- tionary war, 33 New tenor bank of 1744, 214; bills, emis- sions of 1741, 214; first issue of by Mas- sachusetts, 1737, 209 ; first R. I. issue of 1738, 210; issue of 1740-1748, 214
period, the, 1740-1756, 212
New York and Stonington railroad, charter of, 297
New York, Providence and Boston R. R., exemption of, from taxation, 252
Niantic encampment No. 7, I. O. O. F., Hop- kinton, 551
Nibecker, F. H., 487
Nichols, Capt. Jonathan, 57 ; master mason, U. D., 505 Nicholson File Co., the, 376
Nichols & Langworthy Machine Co., the, 374
698
INDEX.
Night pasture, character of, 570
Non-Interest bearing bills of credit, 221
Noot, Myer, master mason, 529
North Kingston Exchange, the, 307 North Kingstown, organization of, 57
North Smithfield, edge tool making in, 374; incorporation of, 67
North Providence, division of, 67 ; Incorpo- ration of, 64
North Star lodge No. 25, I. O. O. F., Provi- dence, 548
Notes by private persons, issue of, forbid- den, 280
given for bank stock, evils of, 293 ingenious methods of discount, 302 issue of by the State, 228
issues of Parliament, restriction on, 1751, 212
Noyes, Col. Joseph, 623, 624 Lieut. Thomas, 624
Oaklawn school for girls, 485
Ocean lodge, I. O. O. F., 546
Odd Fellows Building Association, the, 553; encampment of Rhode Island, 550; first lodge in Providence, 544; hall, Provi- dence, 547, 552
Odd Fellowship, decline of in Rhode Island, 1850-1860, 548
Old and new tenor bills, valuation fixed, 217 landmarks, 594
· Providence deed, details of, 42
Olive branch lodge No. 37, I. O. O. F., Providence, 550
Oliver, Thomas, jr., 330
Old tenor and new tenor, differences be- tween, 213; name abolished, 1764, 219; bills, circulation of prohibited, 1771, 219 ; bills emitted for Crown Point expedition, 1755, 218 ; bills issued for redemption, 214
Olney, Capt. Stephen, house of, 594; sketch of the life of, 594-5
Epenetus, 585, 627, 628, 629; car- penter's tools belonging to, 591 James, 628, 629
John, 585
Thomas, 31, 563, 594, 626, 627, 628, 629
Order of Knights Templar of the middle ages, 535
government on Rhode Organization of
Island, 11 Ormsbee, Elijah, 372
Orpheus lodge No. 36, Providence, sketch of, 524
Overseer of poor, reluctance to hold office of ; election of, 400
Owens, Capt. Joseph, 623 Palne, Stephen, 622
Palestine encampment no. 3, I. O. O. F., Newport, 551
l'almer, John S., 381
Northup house, the, 630
Panic of 1857, causes of, 311; local fea- tures of, 310-11 ; of 1873 in Rhode Island, 316
Paper mills, early, 333 ; scarcity of in early times, 560
money advocates elected governor and deputy, 1732, 209; amount of first issue, 201; depreciation of, 206; evils of in local expenditure, 212; excuse for further issue of, 212; first issue of in Rhode Island, 1710, 200; first redemp- tion of, 1711, 201; interdiction of issue, 1751, 207; issues of, 52; issue of opposed in Providence, 52; issue of during the Revolution, 220; issue of favored in sev- eral towns, 52; issue, demand for, 226; issues, evils of continuance, 215; issues of 1731 and 1733, 208; issue 1731, pro- test against, 208 ; issue of 1731, veto of, 208; issues of 1740, character of, 213; made legal tender, 201; mania for, 52; periods of issue, 199; party, political success of 1732, 209; party, success of, 1715, 202; party sustained by the home government, 209; protest of Providence against further issue of, 201; redemp- tion of provided for, 1754, 218 ; refusal to accept in payment for meat, 226; state debauched with, 206; taxes assessed, 233 Park Hill lodge No. 44, I. O. O. F., Auburn, 550
Parliamentary or General courts, establish- ment of, 93
Partition of estates, power given to, 136 Pawtucket, calico printing in, 1826, 353 chapter no. 4, F. & A. M., 528 cotton manufactures 1826, 353 council, 533
Court of Magistrates in, 134
Cupola Furnace Company, the, 372 early machine shops in, 373
erection of the "new mill" in, 346 fame of for iron manufactures, 372
first town meeting in, 45
incorporation of, 45
incorporation of as a city, 83
manufacture of nuts and bolts in, 373
nail making in, 373
royal arch chapter, F. & A. M., dis- pensation for, 528
shipbuilding in, 328
third cotton mill in, 1805, 346
Worsted Company, the, 1820, 363
Pawtucket Falls, foundry at, 330-31 iron ore found near, 330
Paupers, decline of custom of boarding out, 410 : early examples of, 390-91 ; system of boarding out, 392
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INDEX.
Peacedale, first woolen manufacture at, 1804, 360
Peage, 189; a legal tender, 198
Peck, Cromwell, 374 Elihu, gun maker, 370 IIorace M., 595 Mrs. Rachel, 595 Perez, 374
Peleg Arnold's tavern, 646-49
Penal forcing act, passage of, 226
People's bank, charter of 1846, 307
Permanent debt, beginning of, 1752, 212; in 1764, amount of, 220
Perry, Oliver Hazard, laying foundation of statue of, 519
Marsden J., 317
Perseverance lodge No. 29, I. O. O. F., Apponaug, 549
Personal property, imperfect valuation of, 250
Petitions for residence, refusal of, 399-400 Petit jurymen chosen, 93
Philadelphia, early meetings of masons, 495 Phenix bank of Providence, the, 297
Phillips, Caleb, master mason, 496
house, the, 631 Michael, 631
Whipple V., master mason, 523
Physicians in colonial times, 558-60
Pilgrim lodge No. 19, I. O. O. F., Provi- dence, 548
Pine forests, preservation of, 562
Pioneer builder, a, 583 ; carpenters, import- ance of, 582-3; craftsmen, 582-3; forg- ing by hand, 585 ; labor in winter, 560-1, 565 ; marriage customs, 577; names for children, 575
Pioneers, care of stock by, 565; dwellings, lighting of, 561 ; industrial versatility of, 325; maritime pursuits of the, 578-9 ; relaxation of, 563; their medium of ex- change, 564
Piracy, cases of, 440-43; change in senti- ment towards, 443; dangers of, 441; early, 440; how treated in early years, 439-40 ; measures to suppress, 441-2 ; sup- pression of, 442
Pirates, capture and execution of, 443; force equipped to suppress, 443
Piratical vessels, operations of, 443 Pitcher, Larned, 373
Pitchwood, use and value of, to the pion- eers, 561-2
Plymouth encampment no. 11, I. O. O. F., Providence, 551
Plan of home lots, Providence, 18; of first division of home lots, Providence, 9; showing home lots, Providence, 12
Political campaign of 1834, 512-13; devel- opment of towns, the, 1; operations of 1832-3, 512
Poll tax, 1698, 188 ; levied by the State till 1811, 244
Poor and insane, relations of, 416 ; care of, a burden, 212; care of, administered in town meeting, 400; care of, each town for its own, 393-4; care of, 1774, 400; care of, by town councils, 22; care of, sold at auction, 407; different modes of care of, 407 ; distress of, in Newport, 400 ; distress of, in 1774, 400; early examples of the, 390; evils of sale of care of, 407-8; great distress of 1777, 401; in- quiry into condition of, 1850, 408 ; legacy of Ebenezer Knight Dexter for, 406; maintenance of, 193; plans for better care of, 401 ; provision for, 21; provision for insane, 422 ; support of in Providence, 406; system of boarding out, 406; sys- tem of care of, developed, 75 Porter, John, 326
Port Royal expedition, cost of, 197
Portsmouth and Newport, particular courts in, 93
assembly at, to form Union, 20; cor- oner's inquest in, 70 ; dipping stool ordered for, 74; first water mill, 1638, 326; incorporation of, 91; naming of, 15; new agreement of settlers at, 14; settlement and naming of, 5; tax list of 1687, 186 Posthumous punishment, case of, 443
Post roads, authority to lay out, 1699, 193 Potter, William, 587
Power loom, American efforts to perfect, 348 ; in 1826, 353 ; patented in Pawtucket 1814, 373 ; perfection of in America, 348 ; starting of in Rhode Island, 348-9
Practice and procedure, regulation of, 96 President Jackson, endorsement of, 298
Price convention held in Providence, 1776, 220
Henry, grand master mason, 495 Prison accommodations, increased need of, 449-50; burning of the first, 450; in Providence, report of building committee, 1698, 450 ; lot, location of the, 451 ; order to build in Kingstown, 450; orders to build in Providence, 1695, 450 ; order to build in Providence, 156 ; second, in Prov- idence, 454 ; the first, 448 ; vote to build, 448; vote to build in Providence, 1696, 450; each town to provide one, 448
Prisoners, rules and regulations for, 471-2 Prisons, condition of, in early years, 457 ; early need for, 447
Privateering, degeneration of into piracy, 440 ; prevalence of, 439-40
Privateers, become pirates in time of peace, 441; commissions to, 439
Probate Courts, procedure more complex, 136; right of appeal from, 137
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Probating wilis, act prescribing method, 24 | Providence, interests of inhabitants of, 51 Property, distribution of, by towns, 136; taxed at less than full value, 249 Proprietors, a distinct ciass in Providence, Manufacturing Co., the, 347 marine insurance in, 274 22; landed rights of, 42 Prosperity dissipated in 1860, 311 Providence and Warwick, courts of trial in, 97 a port of sheiter for the navy, 328 Association of Mechanles and Man- ufacturers, report of 1791, 375; petition of for school of reform, 1847, 477
bank a bank of deposit, 271; adapta- tion of to environment, 268-9; be- ginning of business by, 271; char- ter of the, 1791, 263; comparison of with others, 1821, 294; how managed, 264; location of, 271; plan to maintain reserve, 269; purposes of, 268 ; U. S. deposits in, 276
banks, government obligation taken by, 311
building of county prison in, 457
calico printing in, 1794, 344
chapter of Rose Croix, 543
changes in fire department, 73 committees for dividing common
lands in, 44
contrasted with Newport and Ports- mouth, 173-4
council of royal and select masters, 533
county court house, corner stone laid, 518
court house in, 159
court of magistrates in, 134; consti- tuted in, 106
demand for centralized government in, 81-2
division of, 51; of into wards, 82; of in 1731, 210
Dutch, French, etc., excluded, 49
financial conditions of, 175; fulling mills in, 337 ; mill in, 329 ; regula- tions in, 70; tanneries in, 330; taxatlon in, 175
features of city indebtedness, 260
financial crisis in, 310; distress in, 1834, 298
first city officers elected in, 82-3 ; comes under will of the majority, 90 ; murder committed in, 430 generosity to Newport, 401 gun making In, 370
home lots, 42
incorporation of as a city, 82
Institution for savings, charter of 1819, 307 Insurance Company, 1799, 275
jewelry manufacture of 1810, 378; of 1820, 378
measures for new jail in, 1825, 458-9 memorial from to Congress, 298 merchants, loans to, 281 municipal court In, 136-7 naming of, 4
new bank in, projected, 275-6 new jail required In, 1733, 454 order to build prison in, 156 organization of fire department in, 72 paid fire department in, 73
partial famine in, 226
percentage of population in, 239 petition of town for division, 61 poll tax abandoned 1792, 244
prison began in, 1695, 193; ordered in, 450
proprietors a class by themselves, 44 ; hold independent meetings, 44 proposition to divide, 51
regulations as to land interests in, 42-3
Royal Arch chapter, by laws for, 527; dispensation for, 527; early members of, 527
rules framed for, 90
shares in meadow lands in, 42
shipbuilding in, 328
tangible property in, that escapes taxation, 249
textiles made in 1790, 343
the five disposers of, 90
the old workhouse in, 403
third jail in, 454
town empowered to make and enforce laws, 96
town records, burning of, 636; how kept, 636
vessels owned by, 1791, 328 water supply for 1772, 335
Woolen Manufacturing Company, the, 360 Provincial Grand Master, 495
Public houses of early times, 572
improvements, expenditures for, 211 schools, promotion of, 253 whipping in Washington village, 447 Punishment, power granted to Inflict, 93 Qninsnickit, 600
Randall, Job, 77 Rev. George M., 516
Range and Nature of Town Government, the, 68
Rate-makers, election of 1704, 188 ordered by the Assembly, 1672, 186 Rates on goods, 231 opposition to prescribed, 183-4
701
INDEX.
Ray, Dr. Isaac, 420
Real capital, necessity for, 287
estate, assessment of, 236; made tax- able to its owner, 1855, 247 Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F., in Rhode Island, 552
Receipt of U. S. surplus in Rhode Island, 299
Receipts from England, 1756-1764, 219
Red Cross Knights in Newport and Provi- dence, 539
Redwood lodge No. 35, Providence, charter of, 524
Reform school, authority granted for, 1850, 477 ; benefits from, 479; industries in, 480 ; management of, 477-8; opening of, 478 ; character of graduates, 481; com- mittee of investigation of, 482 ; criticism of, 481-2; reforms in management of, 479-80 ; reports of, 480-81; transfer of to the state, 1880, 483 ; superintendent of, 414
Registry tax, 244-5
Regulations for exercise of franchise, 22
Rejected settler, penalty for return of, 394 Reliance lodge No. 34, I. O. O. F., East Providence, 549 Remington, Stephen, 25
1791, Repudiation, 226; acts repealed,
228 ; not disguised, 206
Reports, first issued 1847, 162
·Reserve, plan to maintain, 269 Reserves, no provision for, 295
Resumption of 1838, 306 Revolutionary period, 76 Reynolds, John, 339 Rhode Island, a hot-bed of anti-masonry, 509
approval of piracy by, 442
banking, real capital the base of, 283
banks, accessibility of, 284; propor- tion of issue to capital stock, 286 ; resumption by, 311
Central Bank of East Greenwich, 277 ; proceedings against, 304 Chief Magistrate designated as Gov- ernor, 15
conservatism in, 253
Declaration of Independence, 80 financial exhaustion of at close of revolutionary war, 226
Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., measures for organization of, 499 ; new constitution of, 1847-8, 515; plans of organization, 500
Hospital for Insane, Cyrus Butler's gift to, 419; incorporation of, 419; incorporators of, 419; rais- ing money for, 419
Insurance Company, the, 275
Rhode Island lands, well watered, 569
laws beyond scope of Parliament, 217
lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F., Newport, 546
open territory to council organiza- tion, 533
paper money, 1738, 207; of 1738, 204; of 1775, 221; of 1785, 224 percentage of bank capital in, 283 refusal of to accede to request of Congress, 223
revolutionary debt, 228-9 settlers, characteristics of, 428 source of wealth of, 581 traditions in of early Masonic or- ganizations, (note) 496 Hospital Trust Company, charter of 1867, 315
Union Bank, charter of 1804, 273 Union, charter of, 277 why she has few reports, 161
Richmond, incorporation of, 63 Right worthy grand lodge, I. O. O. F., of Rhode Island, 547
Rising Sun lodge No. 30, East Providence, charter of, 523
Roberts, Thomas, carpenter, 588, 590 Robinson, Matthew, 142 William, 61
Roger Mowry 'tavern, the, 618-23; sign of the, 619
Roger Williams bank, the, 276; U. S. de- posits in, 277 lodge No. 32, F. & A. M., Centerdale, charter of, 523
lodge No. 3, I. O. O. F., Providence, 545-6 monument, dedication of, 519 Rogers, Rev. William, 613 Samuel, 579
Royal Arch degree, earliest conferred, 526 ; early cultivation of in Rhode Island, 526; made distinctive, 526; origin of term, 526
Royal, select and super-excellent master degrees, 532
Rubber goods, manufacture of, 383 Rugg, Rev. H. W., D. D., 521
Ruins of old buildings, mason work in, 586
Rumford Chemical Works, the, 383
Saint Andrew's lodge No. 39, Riverside, charter of, 526
Sabres, government contract for, 374 Salt, manufacture of at Pawtucket, 334; manufactory, proprietors of, 334
Sanders, Tobias, 55
Sandford, Gov. Peleg, 439 Sanford, John, 13, 326 Sands, James, 32, 55
702
INDEX.
Savings bank of Newport, charter of, 1819, 306 ; statistics of, 322
Savings institutions, the first, 306 Saw mill, provision for 1638, 326 Saw mills, an early industry, 325 Sayles, David, master mason, 506 John, 605
Schedule of expenditures, 258; of income, 257
School fund, increase of, 255
of reform, measures for, 477
Schools, cost of, 253-4
Schooner, description of an early, 579
Scituate, action in, relative to revolution, 77; bank, fraud in, 304; chapter No. 8, F. & A. M., Clayville, 530; set off from Providence, 51
Scottish rite, contest in, 542-3; contro- versy in, 542; division in, 542; early history of, 541 ; Providence and Newport bodies consolidated, 543
Scythes, manufacture of at Centrai Fails, 374
Seaconnet lodge No. 39, I. O. O. F., Little Compton, 550
Sealer of weights and measures, duties of, 37-8
Second bank of the United States, 296 financial period, 282
National Bank of Providence, reduc- tion of capital of, 317 trial, right to, abolished, 127
Secret societies, various in Rhode Island, 553, note
Sectional jealousy, 52
Sedition act, 1672, 183
Seixas, Moses, (note) 498, 527
Settiement of differences among early set-
tlers, appointment of committee for, 10 Settiements on Block Island, in Wickford and Jamestown, 56
Settlers, eariy, care of stock by, 565
in Rhode Island, characteristics of, 428
petitions granted for residence, 399 right of towns to reject, 394
Shareholders, how taxed, 248 Sharpe, Lucien, 376
Shaw, John A., 539, 542
Shearman, Judge, anecdotes of, 166-69 Sheffield, Jeremiah, gun maker, 370
Shipbullding an early industry, 325: im- portance of at close of the seventeenth century, 327; in early years, 581; In Providence, 328 ; peculiarities of early, 579; the first, 1646, 327 Shipping, condition of, in 1860, 327 Shipyard, establishment of in Newport, 1709, 327
Shoemakers, the early, 330
Sick persons, public relief of, 393
Sickness, quaint cases of, 558-60; recipes for in olden times, 559-60
Silk manufacture, statistics of 1900, 367; industry, the, 367
Silver, disappearance of from circulation, 292; or its equivalent, the only legal tender for debts, 217; over-vaiuation of, 292; ware manufacture, 1900, 383
Simmons, James F., 510
Slater, John, 346
mill, erection of the new, 1793, 344; first operatives in, 343; strike at, 346
Samuel, anecdote of, 345; arrival of, 341; early operations of, 341-2; first cotton thread made by, 345 ; record of operations of his machines, 1790, 342; retire- ment of from Almy & Brown, 1799, 345
Samuel, & Co., organization of firm of, 346
Slatersville, importance in 1826, 353 Slave trade, 328
Slaves, actions for damages sustained against, 157; duty on, 211; how execu- tions were served against, 157
Sliding lathe, invention of, 332
Small pox in Cranston, 26 Smith, Benjamin, 54
Edward, 54
John, his candles, 563
John, mason, 584 Joseph, weaver, 337 William, Weaver, 337
Smithfield, cotton mills in, 353; Manufac- turing Co., the, 346; set off from Provi- dence, 51; Union Bank, the, 277
Smuggling, prevalence of, 230
Solomon's Lodge of Perfection, Providence, 542
Sons follow trades of fathers, 584-5 Sound money party in power, 1790, 227 South Carolina encampment, 535
South Kingstown, division of into two eiec- tion districts, 68; organization of, 57-8 Special courts, establishment of in citles, 136; in Newport, 97 franchise taxes, 252 ; forms of process against debtors of banks, 291; licenses, 244; taxes on Iot- terles, 241-2; verdicts, 130
Specie, borrowing of to secure bank char- ters, 293 ; decrease of amount held, 307 ; disappearance of, 1776, 220; held by banks, 1800-1860, 296; payments, sus- pension of, 1837, 299 ; payment, suspen- sion of 1857, 309; payment, suspension of 1861, 311-12; reception of in Rhode Island, 287
Sperm oil, manufacture of In Newport, 328
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INDEX.
Spinning and weaving by machinery, ad- vantage of, 342-3
by the Daughters of Liberty, 338
jenny, importation of, 338 jenny, manufacture in Provi- dence, 1787, 339 wheels, the early, 337
Sprague, A. & W. Company, failure of, 1873, 316, 358
Jonathan, 369
William B., report of on masonry, 511 Stanton, Col. Joseph, 639 Daniel, 579
Staples, Thomas, 330
William Reed (plate), 160, 165
State almshouse, description of, 411-12 ; en- largement of, 411; erection of, 410-11; opening of, 1874, 411; plans for 1869, 410
and local valuation, comparison of, 251
and other bank statistics, 320-21
asylum for insane, measures to pro- vide, 1867, 412 ; purchase of farm for, 413; report of committee on, 412-13
asylum, functions of, 423
banks, disappearance of, 312; tax on after 1866, 312
bills of credit, issue of in 1780, 222
bills partially redeemed with con- tinental bills, 222
cotton factories in 1826, 353 debt in 1787, 227; ordered 228; twice repudiated, 229
paid, expenditures, causes of increase, 253; natural growth of, 252 since 1850, description of, 255-6 farm, provision for insane poor, 422; institutions on, 414 ; superin- tendent of, 414
growth illustrated, 157
house, old, courts met in, 159
hospital, administration improved,
424
hospital for the insane, name adopt- ed 1897, 424; superintendent of, 414
indebtedness, features of, 254-5
license on hawkers and peddlers, 240
obligations consolidated, 1782, 225 prison, bill of fare in, 473; com- mission to build new, 469-70 ; committee to build, 1794, 455; committee to build, 1796, 456; committee to examine, 464; com- mutation in for good conduct, 469 ; description of the first, 460 ;
erection of new, 1852, 466; erec- tion of new, 1878, 470; escapes from, 466; first admission of con- victs to, 1838, 460; first warden of the, 462; improvements in management of, 465; inspectors elected for, 462; inspector, office of abolished, 473; inspectors, re- ports of, 462-4; inspectors, the first board of, 462; improvements in, 467; labor in the, 463; manu- facture of state goods abandoned, 467; measures for new, 469; measures to build, 1834, 459-60 ; measures to build delayed, 456 ; necessity for, 455; opposition to building of, 455; petition for, 1827, 459; popular vote in favor of, 459; progress in management of, 467; religious teaching in, 467-8 ; resul of system in, 475-6; system in the first, 461; separate system in the, 462; tax to build, 254; warden of, 414; warden, report of, 1840, 463
State reform school, chapel and hospital at, 487 ; description of, 484; erec- tion of, 483; farming at, 488 ; in- creased manufacturing facilities in, 489; machinery introduced in, 1884, 486; military training in, 490; site of, 483; trades taught in, 487
rights, upheld by Rhode Island's representative, 224
system, separate system breaking down, 1844, 464-5 taxes, remedy for inequality of ap- portionment, 234
the, obligated to pay the revolution- ary debt, 229
trust company system, rise of, 312 use of word to designate united colonies in Rhode Island, 16 " valuation, increase of, 251; 1796, protest against, 249; of 1849, 250; of 1874, and 1893, 250; years when adopted, 249 Steamboat, building of 1794, 372
Steam engine, early building of at Hope furnace, 331 ; the Corliss, 376 engines. manufacture of in Provi- dence, 376 Steele, Benjamin, 638 Mary Bowen, 638
Sterling exchange, advance in rate of, 208 Stiles, Richard, 613 Stiness, John H., 166, 519
St. Albans lodge No. 6, Bristol, charter of, 502
St. John's commandery, 539
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