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8. The votes given in at the first election for representatives to the General Assembly and for justices of the peace, shall be counted by the moderators and clerks of the towns and wards chosen as aforesaid; and certificates of election shall be furnished by them to the representatives and justices of the peace elected.

9. Said moderators and clerks shall seal up, certify, and transmit to the house of representatives all the votes that may be given in at said first election for governor and state officers, and for senators and sheriffs; and the votes shall be counted as the house of representatives may direct.

10. The speaker of the house of representatives shall, at the first session of the same, qualify himself to administer the oath of office to the members of the house and to other officers, by taking and subscribing the same oath in presence of the house.

11. The first session of the General Assembly shall be held in the city of Providence, on the first Tuesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, with such adjournments as may be necessary; but all other sessions shall be held as is provided in Article IV. of this Constitution.

12. If any of the representatives whom the towns or districts are entitled to choose, at the first annual election aforesaid, shall not be then elected, or if their places shall become vacant during the year, the same proceedings may be had to complete the election, or to supply vacancies as are directed concerning elections in the preceding sections of this article.

13. If there shall be no election of governor or lieutenant-governor, or of both of these officers, or of a senator or senators at the first annual election, the house of representatives and as many senators as are chosen, shall forthwith elect, in joint committee, a governor or lieutenant-governor, or both, or a senator or senators, to hold their offices for the remainder of the political year, and, in the case of the two officers first named, until their successors shall be duly qualified.

14. If the number of the justices of the peace determined by the several towns and wards on the day of the first annual election shall not be then chosen, or if vacancies shall occur, the same proceedings shall be had as are provided for in this article in the case of a non-election of representatives and senators, or of vacancies in their offices. The justices of the peace thus elected shall hold office for the remainder of the political year, or until the second annual election of justices of the peace to be held on such day as may be prescribed by the General Assembly.

15. The justices of the peace elected in pursuance of the provisions of this article may be engaged by the persons acting as moderators of the town and ward meetings as herein provided; and said justices after obtaining their certificates of election, may discharge the duties of their office for a time not exceeding twenty days, without a commission from the governor.

16. Nothing contained in this article, inconsistent with any of the provisions of other articles of the constitution shall continue in force for a longer period than the first political year under the same.

17. The present government shall exercise all the powers with which it is now clothed, until the said first Tuesday in May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and until their successors under this constitution shall be duly elected and qualified.

18. All civil, judicial and military officers now elected, or who shall hereafter be elected by the General Assembly or other competent authority, before the said first Tuesday of May, shall hold their offices and may exercise their powers until that time.

19. All laws and statutes, public and private, now in force and not repugnant to this constitution, shall continue in force until they expire by their own limitation, or are repealed by the General Assembly. All contracts, judgments, actions, and rights of action, shall be as valid as if this constitution had not been made. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution, shall be as valid against the state as if this constitution had not been made.

20. The supreme court established by this constitution shall have the same jurisdiction as the supreme judicial court at present established; and shall have jurisdiction of all causes which may be appealed to or pending in the same; and shall be held in the same times and places in each county as the present supreme judicial court until the General Assembly shall otherwise prescribe.

21. The citizens of the town of New Shoreham shall be hereafter exempted from military duty and the duty of serving as jurors in the courts of this state. The citizens of the town of Jamestown shall be forever hereafter exempted from military field duty.

22. The General Assembly shall, at their first session after the adoption of this constitution, propose to the electors the question, whether the word "white," in the first line of the first section of Article II. of the constitution shall be stricken out. The question shall be voted upon at the succeeding annual election; and if a majority of the electors voting shall vote to strike out the word aforesaid, it shall be stricken from the constitution; otherwise not. If the word aforesaid shall be stricken out, section third of Article II. shall cease to be a part of the constitution.

23. The president, vice-president and secretaries shall certify and sign this constitution, and cause the same to be published.

Done in convention at Providence, on the eighteenth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and of American Independence the sixty-sixth.

JOSEPH JOSLIN, _President of the Convention_.

WAGER WEEDEN, } _Vice Presidents_.
SAMUEL H. WALES,}

_Attest_:
WILLIAM H. SMITH,} _Secretaries_.
JOHN S. HARRIS }

The State Seal.

The coat of arms of the State is familiar to every citizen, for it is impressed on public documents and meets the eye on monuments and in newspapers. Its simplicity and its significance, as well as its correct heraldry render it superior to that of any of the other states; and the words by which it is described in our statute book, have a singular force and beauty. "There shall continue to be one seal for the public use of the State; the form of an anchor shall be engraven thereon, and the motto thereof shall be the word HOPE."

This has been the seal of the State ever since the adoption of the charter, in May, 1664. Previous to that time the seal consisted of an anchor only, on a shield, without the motto "Hope." At the first meeting of the General Assembly under the "parliamentary patent," in 1647, it was "ordered that the seal of the province shall be an anchor," and on the margin of the original manuscript, now preserved in the office of the secretary of state, is simply an anchor upon a shield, drawn by the pen of the writer.

But this was not the first seal the State may claim to have possessed. At a meeting of the Newport Colony at Portsmouth, in 1641, six years before the establishment of the anchor as the seal, it was "ordered, that a manual seale shall be provided for the State, and that the signett or engraving thereof, shall be a sheaf of arrows bound up, and on the liass or band, this motto: _Amor omnia vincit_."

The seal of the anchor with the motto "Hope," was surrounded by a circle, in which was inscribed the words COLONIE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, and several impressions of it may be found among the old records of the State. This seal Andros broke, at the time of his usurpation in 1686-7. But after his expulsion, and on the reorganization of the General Assembly, 1689-90, a new seal was ordered, precisely like the old seal, except that the words "Colonie of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" were omitted; nor did these words ever again form a part of the seal until this year, (1875), when they were restored by an act of the General Assembly, in January last, and the date 1636 added. Of course the word "Colonie" was altered to the word "State."

No impression of the Newport seal--the sheaf of arrows; nor of the seal under the parliamentary patent--the anchor alone--exists among the archives of the State. Perhaps some of the antiquarian readers of the _Journal_ may know where such impressions may be found. And perhaps also some one may know why the anchor originally came to be chosen as the device of the seal. Was this the "bearing" of the shield of the family of Roger Williams, or of any of the families who accompanied him? Did the idea arise from the depressing circumstances of the time? If so, why was the word HOPE not added until seventeen years afterwards, and in comparatively prosperous times? Was there any reason why the legend "Colonie of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" was omitted after the expulsion of Andros? Whence came the cable now surrounding the shank, and thus converting the anchor into a "foul anchor"? And whence the rock and the waves, with light-house and ship in the distance, as is now frequently seen? And how came the shield altered into unmeaning scroll-work? Is there any more authority for these changes than the ill-informed fancy of the seal-engravers from time to time?

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NOTE.--For this excellent dissertation on the seal of Rhode Island,
I am indebted to my friend, the Hon. T. P. Shepard.

Governors of Rhode Island.

The State originally consisted of four towns: Providence, settled in 1636; Portsmouth, in 1638; Newport, in 1639; and Warwick, in 1642. Each town was governed independently until 1647. Providence and Warwick had no executive head till 1647.

PORTSMOUTH.

JUDGES.

William Coddington, March 7, 1638 to April 30. 1639.
William Hutchinson, April 30, 1639 to March 12, 1640.

NEWPORT.

JUDGE.

William Coddington, April 28, 1639 to March 12, 1640.

PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.[B]

GOVERNOR.

William Coddington, March 12, 1640 to May 19, 1647.

In 1647 the four towns were united under a charter or patent, granted in 1643, by Parliament.

[B] United in 1640.

PRESIDENTS UNDER THE PATENT.

John Coggeshall, May, 1647 to May, 1648.
William Coddington, May, 1648 to May, 1649.
John Smith, May, 1649 to May, 1650.
Nicholas Easton, May, 1650 to Aug., 1651.

In 1651 a separation occurred between the towns of Providence and Warwick on the one side, and Portsmouth and Newport on the other.

PROVIDENCE AND WARWICK.

PRESIDENTS.

Samuel Gorton, Oct., 1651 to May, 1652.
John Smith, May, 1652 to May, 1653.
Gregory Dexter, May, 1653 to May, 1654.

PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.

PRESIDENT.

John Sandford, Senior May, 1653 to May, 1654.

In 1654 the union of the four towns was reëstablished.

PRESIDENTS.

Nicholas Easton, May, 1654 to Sept. 12, 1654.
Roger Williams, Sept., 1654 to May, 1657.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1657 to May, 1660.
William Brenton, May, 1660 to May, 1662.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1662 to Nov. 25, 1663.

ROYAL CHARTER.

GOVERNORS.

Benedict Arnold, Nov., 1663 to May, 1666.
William Brenton, May, 1666 to May, 1669.
Benedict Arnold, May, 1669 to May, 1672.
Nicholas Easton, May, 1672 to May, 1674.
William Coddington, May, 1674 to May, 1676.
Walter Clarke, May, 1676 to May, 1677.
Benedict Arnold, 1677 to June 20, 1678. Died.
William Coddington, Aug. 28, 1678 to Nov. 1, 1678. Died.
John Cranston, Nov., 1678 to March 12, 1680. Died.
Peleg Sandford, March 16, 1680 to May, 1683.
William Coddington, Jr., May, 1683 to May, 1685.
Henry Bull, May, 1685 to May, 1686.
Walter Clarke,[C] May, 1686 to June 29, 1686.
Henry Bull, Feb. 27, to May 7, 1690.
John Easton, May, 1690 to May, 1695.
Caleb Carr, May, 1695 to Dec. 17, 1695. Died.
Walter Clarke, Jan., 1696 to March, 1698.
Samuel Cranston, May, 1698 to April 26, 1727. Died.
Joseph Jenckes, May, 1727 to May, 1732.
William Wanton, May, 1732 to Dec., 1733. Died.
John Wanton, May, 1734 to July 5, 1740. Died.
Richard Ward, July 15, 1740 to May, 1743.
William Greene, May, 1743 to May, 1745.
Gideon Wanton, May, 1745 to May, 1746.
William Greene, May, 1746 to May, 1747.
Gideon Wanton, May, 1747 to May, 1748.
William Greene, May, 1748 to May, 1755.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1755 to May, 1757.
William Greene, May, 1757 to Feb. 22, 1758. Died.
Stephen Hopkins, March 14, 1758 to May, 1762.
Samuel Ward, May, 1762 to May, 1763.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1763 to May, 1765.
Samuel Ward, May, 1765 to May, 1767.
Stephen Hopkins, May, 1767 to May, 1768.
Josias Lyndon, May, 1768 to May, 1769.
Joseph Wanton, 1769 to Nov. 7, 1775. Deposed.
Nicholas Cooke, Nov., 1775 to May, 1778.
William Greene, May, 1778 to 1786.
John Collins, May, 1786 to 1790.
Arthur Fenner,[D] 1790 to 1805. Died.
James Fenner, May, 1807 to 1811.
William Jones, May, 1811 to 1817.
Nehemiah R. Knight,[E] May, 1817 to Jan. 9, 1821.
William C. Gibbs, May, 1821 to 1824.
James Fenner, May, 1824 to 1831.
Lemuel H. Arnold, 1831 to 1833.
John Brown Francis, 1833 to 1838.
William Sprague,[F] 1838 to 1839.
Samuel Ward King, 1840 to 1843.

[C] The charter was suspended till 1689. The Deputy-Governor, John
Coggeshall, acted as Governor during the interval, Governor
Clarke refusing to serve.

[D] Paul Mumford, Deputy-Governor, died. Henry Smith, First Senator,
officiated as Governor. In 1806, no election; Isaac Wilbour,
Lieutenant-Governor, officiated.

[E] Elected United States Senator January 9, 1821, for unexpired term
of James Burrill, Jr., deceased.

[F] In 1839 no choice; Samuel Ward King was First Senator and
Acting-Governor.

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
(Adopted in 1842.)

James Fenner, 1843 to 1845.
Charles Jackson, 1845 to 1846.
Byron Diman, 1846 to 1847.
Elisha Harris, 1847 to 1849.
Henry B. Anthony, 1849 to 1851.
Philip Allen,[G] 1851 to 1853.
William Warner Hoppin, 1854 to 1857.
Elisha Dyer, 1857 to 1859.
Thomas G. Turner, 1859 to 1860.
William Sprague, 1860 to March 3, 1863. Resigned.
William C. Cozzens,[H] March 3, 1863 to May, 1863.
James Y. Smith, 1863 to 1866.
Ambrose E. Burnside, 1866 to 1869.
Seth Padelford, 1869 to 1873.
Henry Howard, 1873 to 1875.
Henry Lippitt, 1875 to ----

[G] Resigned July 20, 1853, having been elected United States Senator
May 4, 1853. Lieutenant-Governor, F. M. Dimond, officiated.

[H] Governor Sprague resigned March 3, 1863, and Lieutenant-Governor
Arnold having been elected to the Senate Mr. Cozzens became
Governor by virtue of his office as President of the Senate.

Deputy Governors.

William Brenton, March 12, 1640 to May 10, 1647.

From 1647 to 1663 the colony governed by a president, with four
assistants.

William Brenton, 1663 to 1666.
Nicholas Easton, 1666 to 1669.
John Clarke, 1669 to 1670.
Nicholas Easton, 1670 to 1671.
John Clarke, 1671 to 1672.
John Cranston, 1672 to 1673.
William Coddington, 1673 to 1674.
John Easton, 1674 to 1676.
John Cranston, 1676 to 1678.
James Barker, 1678 to 1679.
Walter Clarke, 1679 to 1686.
John Coggeshall, May to June, 1686.

(Charter suspended, 1686 to 1690.)

John Coggeshall, 1690.
John Greene, 1690 to 1700.
Walter Clarke, 1700 to 1714. Died.
Henry Tew, 1714 to 1715.
Joseph Jencks, 1715 to 1721.
John Wanton, 1721 to 1722.
Joseph Jencks, 1722 to 1727.
Jonathan Nicholls, May to August, 1727. Died.
Thomas Frye, 1727 to 1729.
John Wanton, 1729 to 1734.
George Hassard, 1734 to 1738. Died.
Daniel Abbott, 1738 to 1740.
Richard Ward, May to July, 1740.
William Greene, 1740 to 1743.
Joseph Whipple, 1743 to 1745.
William Robinson, 1745 to 1746.
Joseph Whipple, 1746 to 1747.
William Robinson, 1747 to 1748.
William Ellery, 1748 to 1750.
Robert Haszard, 1750 to 1751.
Joseph Whipple, 1751 to 1753.
Jonathan Nichols, 1753 to 1754.
John Gardner, 1754 to 1755.
Jonathan Nichols, 1755 to 1756.
John Gardner, 1756 to 1764.
Joseph Wanton, Jr., 1764 to 1765.
Elisha Brown, 1765 to 1767.
Joseph Wanton, Jr., 1767 to 1768.
Nicholas Cooke, 1768 to 1769.
Darius Sessions, 1769 to 1775.
Nicholas Cooke, May to November, 1775.
William Bradford, 1775 to 1778.
Jabez Bowen, 1778 to 1780.
William West, 1780 to 1781.
Jabez Bowen, 1781 to 1786.
Daniel Owen, 1786 to 1790.
Samuel J. Potter, 1790 to 1799.

The title was now changed to lieutenant-governor.

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS.

Samuel J. Potter, Feb., 1799 to May, 1799.
George Brown, 1799 to 1800.
Samuel J. Potter, 1800 to 1803.
Paul Mumford, 1803 to 1806.
Isaac Wilbour, 1806 to 1807.
Constant Taber, 1807 to 1808.
Simeon Martin, 1808 to 1810.
Isaac Wilbour, 1810 to 1811.
Simeon Martin, 1811 to 1816.
Jeremiah Thurston, 1816 to 1817.
Edward Wilcox, 1817 to 1821.
Caleb Earle, 1821 to 1824.
Charles Collins, 1824 to 1833.
Jeffrey Hazard, 1833 to 1835.
George Engs, 1835 to 1836.
Jeffrey Hazard, 1836 to 1837.
Benjamin B. Thurston, 1837 to 1838.
Joseph Childs, 1838 to 1840.
Byron Diman, 1840 to 1842.
Nathaniel Bullock, 1842 to 1843.
Byron Diman, 1843 to 1846.
Elisha Harris,[I] 1846 to 1847.
Edward W. Lawton, 1847 to 1849.
Thomas Whipple, 1849 to 1851.
William Beach Lawrence, 1851 to 1852.
Samuel G. Arnold, 1852 to 1853.
Francis M. Dimond, 1853 to 1854.
John J. Reynolds, 1854 to 1855.
Anderson C. Rose, 1855 to 1856.
Nicholas Brown, 1856 to 1857.
Thomas G. Turner, 1857 to 1859.
Isaac Saunders, 1859 to 1860.
J. Russell Bullock, 1860 to 1861.
Samuel G. Arnold, 1861 to 1863.
Seth Padelford, 1863 to 1865.
Duncan C. Pell, 1865 to 1866.
William Greene, 1866 to 1868.
Pardon W. Stevens, 1868 to 1872.
Charles R. Cutler, 1872 to 1873.
Charles C. Van Zandt,[I] 1873 to 1875.
Henry T. Sisson,[I] 1875 to -----

[I] Elected by the Assembly: no choice by the people.

MEMBERS

OF THE

Continental Congress

FROM RHODE ISLAND.

Jonathan Arnold, 1782 to 1783.
Peleg Arnold, 1787 to 1789.
John Collins, 1778 to 1782.
Ezekiel Cornell, 1780 to 1782.
William Ellery, 1776 to 1784.
Jonathan J. Hazard, 1787 to 1789.
Stephen Hopkins, 1774 to 1779.
David Howell, 1782 to 1784.
James Manning, Feb., 1786.
Henry Marchant, Feb., 1777 to 1784.
Nathan Miller, Feb., 1786.
Daniel Mowry, 1780 to 1781.
James M. Varnum, 1780, '81, '86.
Samuel Ward, 1774 to 1775.
John Gardner, 1788 to 1789.
William Bradford,[J] Oct., 1776.
John Brown,[J] 1785.
George Champlin,[J] 1785 to 1786.
Paul Mumford,[J] 1785.
Peter Phillips,[J] 1785.
Sylvester Gardner,[J] 1787.
Thomas Holden,[J] 1788 to 1789.

[J] Duly elected, but their names are not in the Journals of Congress.

Towns in Rhode Island,

DATE OF INCORPORATION, ETC.

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COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL
TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &C.
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North Providence|June 13, 1765 |Taken from Providence. A small
| | portion reunited to Providence
| | June 29, 1767, and March 28, 1873.
| | The town was divided March 27,
| | 1874, a portion was annexed to the
| | City of Providence and a portion
| | to the Town of Pawtucket. The act
| | went into effect May 1, 1874.
| |
North Smithfield|March 8, 1871 |Taken from Smithfield, and
| | incorporated as the Town of
| | Slater. Name changed to North
| | Smithfield, March 24, 1871.
| |
Pawtucket |March 1, 1862 |Name of Indian origin. Part of
| | Seekonk, Mass., was incorporated
| | as the Town of Pawtucket, March 1,
| | 1828. The whole Town of Pawtucket
| | except a small portion lying
| | easterly of Seven Mile River was
| | annexed to Rhode Island, with East
| | Providence, which see. A portion
| | of the Town of North Providence
| | annexed to Pawtucket, May 1, 1874.
| |
Providence | Original town |Settled in 1636. Named Providence
| | by Roger Williams, "in gratitude
| | to his supreme deliverer."
| | Originally comprised the whole
| | county. City incorporated in 1832.
| | Portions of the Town of Cranston
| | were re-annexed to Providence June
| | 10, 1768, and March 28,1873.
| | Portions of North Providence were
| | re-annexed June 29, 1767, March
| | 28, 1873, and May 1, 1874.
| |
Scituate |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. See
| | Glocester.
| |
Smithfield |Feb'y 20, 1730-31|Taken from Providence. See
| | Glocester. The town was divided
| | March 8, 1871, a portion being
| | annexed to Woonsocket, and the
| | remainder divided into three
| | towns. See Lincoln and North
| | Smithfield.
| |
Woonsocket |Jan'y 31, 1867 |Name of Indian origin. Taken from
| | Cumberland. A portion of
| | Smithfield was annexed to
| | Woonsocket March 8, 1871.
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WASHINGTON CO. |June 16, 1729 |Originally called the "Narragansett
| | country." Named King's Province,
| | March 20, 1654. Boundaries
| | established May 21, 1669.
| | Incorporated June, 1729, as King's
| | County, with three towns and same
| | territory as at present. Name
| | changed to Washington County,
| | October 29, 1781.
| |
Charlestown |August 22, 1738 |Taken from Westerly.
| |
Exeter |March 8, 1742-43 |Taken from North Kingstown.
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NOTE.--In several cases the exact date of the passage of the act of incorporation of towns cannot be ascertained. In such cases the date of the meeting of the General Assembly at which the act was passed is given.

Total Population of Rhode Island,

FROM 1708 TO 1875.

=================+===========+======+======+======+======+======+====== TOWNS AND |Settled | 1708.| 1730.| 1748.| 1755.| 1774.| 1776. DIVISIONS |or | | | | | | OF THE STATE. |Incorpa'td.| | | | | | -----------------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------ Barrington, | 1770 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 601 | 538 Bristol, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,069| 1,080| 1,209| 1,067 Warren, | 1747 | -- | -- | 680| 925| 979| 1,005 | +------+------+------+------+------+------ BRISTOL CO., | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,749| 2,005| 2,789| 2,610 | | | | | | | Coventry, | 1741 | -- | -- | 792| 1,178| 2,023| 2,300 East Greenwich, | 1677 | 240| 1,223| 1,044| 1,167| 1,663| 1,664 West Greenwich, | 1741 | -- | -- | 766| 1,246| 1,764| 1,653 Warwick, | 1643 | 480| 1,178| 1,782| 1,911| 2,438| 2,376 | +------+------+------+------+------+------ KENT CO., | 1750 | 720| 2,401| 4,384| 5,502| 7,888| 7,993 | | | | | | | Fall River, | 1856 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Jamestown, | 1678 | 206| 321| 420| 517| 563| 322 Little Compton, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,152| 1,170| 1,232| 1,302 Middletown, | 1743 | -- | -- | 680| 778| 881| 860 Newport, | 1639 | 2,203| 4,640| 6,508| 6,753| 9,209| 5,299 New Shoreham, | 1672 | 208| 290| 300| 378| 575| 478 Portsmouth, | 1638 | 628| 813| 992| 1,363| 1,512| 1,347 Tiverton, | 1747 | -- | -- | 1,040| 1,325| 1,956| 2,091 | +------+------+------+------+------+------ NEWPORT CO., | 1703 | 3,245| 6,064|11,092|12,284|15,928|11,699 | | | | | | | Burrillville, | 1806 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Cranston, | 1754 | -- | -- | -- | 1,460| 1,861| 1,701 Cumberland, | 1747 | -- | -- | 806| 1,083| 1,756| 1,686 East Providence, | 1862 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Foster, | 1781 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Glocester, | 1731 | -- | -- | 1,202| 1,511| 2,945| 2,832 Johnston, | 1759 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,031| 1,022 North Providence,| 1765 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 830| 813 Pawtucket, | 1862 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Scituate, | 1731 | -- | -- | 1,232| 1,813| 3,601| 3,289 Smithfield, | 1731 | -- | -- | 450| 1,921| 2,888| 2,781 | +------+------+------+------+------+------ TOWNS, Prov. Co.,| 1703 | -- | -- | 3,690| 7,788|14,912|14,124 | | | | | | | PROVIDENCE CITY, | 1636 | 1,446| 3,916| 3,452| 3,159| 4,321| 4,355 | | | | | | | Charlestown, | 1738 | -- | -- | 1,002| 1,130| 1,821| 1,835 Exeter, | 1743 | -- | -- | 1,174| 1,404| 1,864| 1,982 Hopkinton, | 1757 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,808| 1,845 North Kingstown, | 1674 | 1,200| 2,105| 1,935| 2,109| 2,472| 2,761 South Kingstown, | 1723 | -- | 1,523| 1,978| 1,913| 2,835| 2,779 Richmond, | 1747 | -- | -- | 508| 829| 1,257| 1,204 Westerly, | 1669 | 570| 1,926| 1,809| 2,291| 1,812| 1,824 | +------+------+------+------+------+------ WASHINGTON CO., | 1729 | 1,770| 5,554| 8,406| 9,676|13,869|14,230 | | | | | | | WHOLE STATE, | 1636 | 7,181|17,935|32,773|40,414|59,707|55,011 -----------------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------

NOTE.--The permission to use these valuable tables I owe to Hon. J. M. Addeman, Secretary of State.

=================+========+========+========+========+========+======== TOWNS AND | 1782. | 1790. | 1800. | 1810. | 1820. | 1830. DIVISIONS | | | | | | OF THE STATE. | -----------------+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- Barrington, | 534 | 683 | 650 | 604 | 634 | 612 Bristol, | 1,032 | 1,406 | 1,678 | 2,693 | 3,197 | 3,034 Warren, | 905 | 1,122 | 1,473 | 1,775 | 1,806 | 1,800 +--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- BRISTOL CO., | 2,471 | 3,211 | 3,801 | 5,072 | 5,637 | 5,446 | | | | | | Coventry, | 2,107 | 2,447 | 2,423 | 2,928 | 3,139 | 3,851 East Greenwich, | 1,609 | 1,824 | 1,775 | 1,530 | 1,519 | 1,591 West Greenwich, | 1,698 | 2,054 | 1,757 | 1,619 | 1,927 | 1,817 Warwick, | 2,112 | 2,493 | 2,532 | 3,757 | 3,643 | 5,529 +--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- KENT CO., | 7,526 | 8,848 | 8,487 | 9,834 | 10,228 | 12,788 | | | | | | Fall River, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Jamestown, | 345 | 507 | 501 | 504 | 448 | 415 Little Compton, | 1,341 | 1,542 | 1,577 | 1,553 | 1,580 | 1,378 Middletown, | 674 | 840 | 913 | 976 | 949 | 915 Newport, | 5,530 | 6,716 | 6,739 | 7,907 | 7,319 | 8,010 New Shoreham, | 478 | 682 | 714 | 722 | 955 | 1,185 Portsmouth, | 1,350 | 1,560 | 1,684 | 1,795 | 1,645 | 1,727 Tiverton, | 1,959 | 2,453 | 2,717 | 2,837 | 2,875 | 2,905 +--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- NEWPORT CO., | 11,677 | 14,300 | 14,845 | 16,294 | 15,771 | 16,535 | | | | | | Burrillville, | -- | -- | -- | 1,834 | 2,164 | 2,196 Cranston, | 1,589 | 1,877 | 1,644 | 2,161 | 2,274 | 2,652 Cumberland, | 1,548 | 1,964 | 2,056 | 2,210 | 2,653 | 3,675 East Providence, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Foster, | 1,763 | 2,268 | 2,457 | 2,613 | 2,900 | 2,672 Glocester, | 2,791 | 4,025 | 4,009 | 2,310 | 2,504 | 2,521 Johnston, | 996 | 1,320 | 1,364 | 1,516 | 1,542 | 2,115 North Providence,| 698 | 1,071 | 1,067 | 1,758 | 2,420 | 3,503 Pawtucket, | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- Scituate, | 1,628 | 2,315 | 2,523 | 2,568 | 2,834 | 3,993 Smithfield, | 2,217 | 3,171 | 3,120 | 3,828 | 4,678 | 6,857 +--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- TOWNS, PROV. CO.,| 13,230 | 18,011 | 18,240 | 20,798 | 23,969 | 30,184 | | | | | | PROVIDENCE CITY, | 4,310 | 6,380 | 7,614 | 10,071 | 11,767 | 16,836 | | | | | | Charlestown, | 1,523 | 2,022 | 1,454 | 1,174 | 1,160 | 1,284 Exeter, | 2,058 | 2,495 | 2,476 | 2,256 | 2,581 | 2,383 Hopkinton, | 1,735 | 2,462 | 2,276 | 1,774 | 1,821 | 1,777 North Kingstown, | 2,328 | 2,907 | 2,794 | 2,957 | 3,007 | 3,036 South Kingstown, | 2,675 | 4,131 | 3,438 | 3,560 | 3,723 | 3,663 Richmond, | 1,094 | 1,760 | 1,368 | 1,330 | 1,423 | 1,363 Westerly, | 1,720 | 2,298 | 2,329 | 1,911 | 1,972 | 1,915 +--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+-------- WASHINGTON CO., | 13,133 | 18,075 | 16,135 | 14,962 | 15,687 | 15,421 | | | | | | WHOLE STATE, | 52,347 | 68,825 | 69,122 | 77,031 | 83,059 | 97,210 -----------------+--------+--------|--------+--------+--------+--------

=================+========+========+========+========+========+======== TOWNS AND | 1840. | 1850. | 1860. | 1865. | 1870. | 1875. DIVISIONS | | | | | | OF THE STATE | | | | | | -----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Barrington, | 549 | 795 | 1,000 | 1,028 | 1,111 | 1,185 Bristol, | 3,490 | 4,616 | 5,271 | 4,649 | 5,302 | 5,829 Warren, | 2,437 | 3,103 | 2,636 | 2,792 | 3,008 | 4,005 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- BRISTOL CO., | 6,476 | 8,514 | 8,907 | 8,469 | 9,421 | 11,019 | | | | | | Coventry, | 3,433 | 3,620 | 4,247 | 3,995 | 4,349 | 4,580 East Greenwich, | 1,509 | 2,358 | 2,882 | 2,400 | 2,660 | 3,120 West Greenwich, | 1,415 | 1,350 | 1,258 | 1,228 | 1,133 | 1,034 Warwick, | 6,726 | 7,740 | 8,916 | 7,696 | 10,453 | 11,614 +--------+---------+-------+--------+--------+--------- KENT CO., | 13,083 | 15,068 | 17,303 | 15,319 | 18,595 | 20,348 | | | | | | Fall River, | -- | -- | 3,337 | -- | -- | -- Jamestown, | 365 | 358 | 400 | 349 | 378 | 488 Little Compton, | 1,327 | 1,462 | 1,304 | 1,197 | 1,166 | 1,156 Middletown, | 891 | 830 | 1,012 | 1,019 | 971 | 1,074 New Shoreham, | 1,069 | 1,262 | 1,320 | 1,308 | 1,113 | 1,147 Portsmouth, | 1,706 | 1,833 | 2,048 | 2,153 | 2,003 | 1,893 Tiverton, | 3,183 | 4,699 | 1,927 | 1,973 | 1,898 | 2,101 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- TOWNS, | 8,541 | 10,444 | 11,388 | 7,999 | 7,529 | 7,859 NEWPORT CO., | | | | | | | | | | | | NEWPORT CITY, | 8,333 | 9,563 | 10,508 | 12,688 | 12,521 | 14,028 | | | | | | Burrillville, | 1,982 | 3,538 | 4,140 | 4,861 | 4,674 | 5,249 Cranston, | 2,901 | 4,311 | 7,500 | 9,177 | 4,822 | 5,688 Cumberland, | 5,225 | 6,661 | 8,339 | 8,216 | 3,882 | 5,673 East Providence, | -- | -- | -- | 2,172 | 2,668 | 4,336 Foster, | 2,181 | 1,932 | 1,935 | 1,873 | 1,630 | 1,543 Glocester, | 2,304 | 2,872 | 2,427 | 2,286 | 2,385 | 2,098 Johnston, | 2,477 | 2,937 | 3,440 | 3,436 | 4,192 | 4,999 Lincoln, | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,889 | 11,565 North Providence,| 4,207 | 7,680 | 11,818 | 14,553 | 20,495 | 1,303 North Smithfield,| -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,052 | 2,797 Pawtucket, | -- | -- | -- | 5,000 | 6,619 | 18,464 Scituate, | 4,090 | 4,582 | 4,251 | 3,538 | 3,846 | 4,101 Smithfield, | 9,534 | 11,500 | 13,283 | 12,315 | 2,605 | 2,857 Woonsocket, | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11,527 | 13,576 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- TOWNS, PROV. CO.,| 34,901 | 46,013 | 57,133 | 67,427 | 80,286 | 84,249 | | | | | | PROVIDENCE CITY, | 23,172 | 41,513 | 50,666 | 54,595 | 68,904 |100,675 | | | | | | Charlestown, | 923 | 994 | 981 | 1,134 | 1,119 | 1,054 Exeter, | 1,776 | 1,634 | 1,741 | 1,498 | 1,462 | 1,355 Hopkinton, | 1,726 | 2,477 | 2,738 | 2,512 | 2,682 | 2,760 North Kingstown, | 2,909 | 2,971 | 3,104 | 3,166 | 3,568 | 3,505 South Kingstown, | 3,717 | 3,807 | 4,717 | 4,513 | 4,493 | 4,240 Richmond, | 1,361 | 1,784 | 1,964 | 1,830 | 2,064 | 1,739 Westerly, | 1,912 | 2,763 | 3,470 | 3,815 | 4,709 | 5,408 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- WASHINGTON CO., | 14,324 | 16,430 | 18,715 | 18,468 | 20,097 | 20,061 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- WHOLE STATE, |108,830 |147,545 |174,620 |184,965 |217,353 |258,239 -----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------

State Valuation.

Valuation of the several towns and cities in the State as returned by the town and city clerks to the Secretary of State, October, 1875.

=================+==============+=============+=============+========== | | | | Rate of | | Personal | | Tax on TOWN OR CITY. | Real Estate. | Estate. | Total. | each | | | | $100.[K] -----------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+---------- Barrington, | $985,505 | $509,300 | $1,494,805 | $0.55 Bristol, | 3,210,700 | 1,900,400 | 5,111,100 | .78 Warren, | 2,052,950 | 2,115,150 | 4,168,100 | .64 +--------------+-------------+-------------+ BRISTOL COUNTY, | $6,249,155 | $4,524,850 | 10,774,005 | | | | | Coventry, | $2,616,300 | $1,437,100 | $4,053,400 | .40 East Greenwich, | 1,465,402 | 372,550 | 1,837,952 | .50 West Greenwich, | 362,030 | 143,140 | 505,170 | .90 Warwick, | 7,577,500 | 2,840,900 | 10,418,400 | .50 +--------------+-------------+-------------+ KENT COUNTY, | $12,021,232 | $4,793,690 | $16,814,922 | | | | | Jamestown, | $785,300 | $273,400 | $1,058,700 | .50 Little Compton, | 830,950 | 435,600 | 1,266,550 | .50 Middletown, | 1,596,000 | 398,200 | 1,994,200 | .60 Newport, | 20,831,000 | 8,040,200 | 28,871,200 | .77 New Shoreham, | 287,384 | 45,304 | 332,688 | 2.25 Portsmouth, | 1,556,400 | 674,500 | 2,230,900 | .58 Tiverton, | 1,262,913 | 484,285 | 1,747,198 | .60 +--------------+-------------+-------------+ NEWPORT COUNTY, | $27,149,947 | $10,351,489 | $37,501,436 | | | | | Burrillville, | $1,853,600 | $896,800 | $2,750,400 | .74 Cranston, | 5,864,550 | 934,200 | 6,798,750 | .50 Cumberland, | 3,671,250 | 2,084,050 | 5,755,300 | .65 East Providence, | 4,565,700 | 817,800 | 5,383,500 | .70 Foster, | 535,300 | 148,900 | 684,200 | .94 Glocester, | 824,555 | 450,550 | 1,275,105 | .80 Johnston, | 3,686,600 | 784,900 | 3,871,500 | .80 Lincoln, | 5,474,350 | 1,732,800 | 7,207,150 | .80 North Providence,| 803,705 | 199,500 | 1,003,205 | .80 North Smithfield,| 1,270,550 | 966,400 | 2,236,950 | .70 Pawtucket, | 12,648,774 | 3,603,656 | 16,252,430 | 1.25 Providence, | 82,862,900 | 39,091,800 | 121,954,700 | 1.45 Scituate, | 1,571,300 | 776,600 | 2,347,900 | .85 Smithfield, | 1,366,600 | 728,900 | 2,095,500 | .85 Woonsocket, | 6,979,900 | 2,533,370 | 9,513,270 | 1.20 +--------------+-------------+-------------+ PROVIDENCE CO., | $133,379,634 | $55,750,226 |$189,129,860 | | | | | Charlestown, | $612,800 | $88,450 | $701,250 | .70 Exeter, | 546,860 | 123,580 | 670,440 | .50 Hopkinton, | 1,326,850 | 438,450 | 1,765,300 | .65 North Kingstown, | 1,869,905 | 969,630 | 2,839,535 | .52 South Kingstown, | 3,002,490 | 1,458,610 | 4,461,100 | .60 Richmond, | 1,006,800 | 257,400 | 1,264,200 | .65 Westerly, | 3,113,800 | 1,379,175 | 4,492,975 | .60 +--------------+-------------+-------------+ WASHINGTON CO., | $11,479,505 | $4,715,295 | $16,194,800 | | | | | WHOLE STATE, | $190,279,473 | $80,135,550 |$270,415,023 | -----------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------

[K] Including highway tax.

The Corliss Engine

AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.

This engine was furnished by George H. Corliss, of Providence, Rhode Island, and was especially designed for supplying motive power at the International Exposition of 1876. This engine is of fourteen hundred horse-power, but is capable of doing the work of twenty-five hundred horses if necessary. With its appurtenances it weighs over seven hundred tons, and furnishes power to all the machinery in the building. Miles of shafting lead away from it along the aisles from end to end. Of these are eight main lines of shafting, four on each side of the central transept where the engine stands, extending lengthwise. Seven have a speed of one hundred and twenty revolutions, and one a speed of two hundred and forty revolutions a minute. A line of shafting is also provided for carrying power into the pump _annex_, and counter shafts are introduced into the aisles at different points. The power is transmitted by the _spur-gear_ fly-wheel, thirty feet in diameter, weighing fifty-six tons; the jack-wheel ten feet in diameter on the main shafting, which being run under the floors to the pulleys, the power is transmitted thence to the eight main lines of shafting above the floor, aggregating more than a mile in length, from which the machinery of the Exposition derives its power. The engine makes thirty-six revolutions per minute, and for driving them there are twenty Corliss boilers capable of developing fourteen hundred horse-power, and of standing a pressure of one hundred pounds to the square inch. The platform on which the engine stands is breast high. From this, on either side, a long iron staircase mounts to the top of the A frames, where narrow walks with brass railings lead about among the moving masses aloft in the air. It is five times a man's height from the platform to the top of the walking-beam.

It is a tamed monster with unresistable power. To see a man walk calmly around among the great beams and cranks is a sight to make one shiver. He caresses a polished crank of steel that would crush him to bits if he should stop in its path. He pats the ends of the beams as they fly up and down past him, and touches the joints with his oiler. Aside from the fact that the engine is one of the largest of its kind, it is so unique in construction and form that it is all new to beholders. It is a model of simplicity and picturesqueness.

Index.

Adams, John, 98, 224.

Adams, Samuel, 98.

Aix-la-Chapelle, 170, 176.

Albany Congress, 176.

Almy, Christopher, 110.

Almy, William, 272.

Anabaptists, 140.

Andros, Sir Edmond, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110.

Angell, 231.

Annapolis, 129.

Annapolis Royal, 168.

Anne, Queen, 135.

Ann, Fort, 132.

Antinomians, 140.

Anti-Sabbatarians, 140.

Aquidneck, 15, 17, 19, 38, 62, 70, 75, 84, 97, 129.

Arminians, 140.

Arnold, 225.

Arnold, Governor, 80.

Ashurst, Sir Henry, 122.

Atherton, Humphrey, 46, 47, 49, 50, 84, 101, 106, 114.

Bailey, Richard, 80.

Baptists, 30, 105, 120, 159, 196.

Barbadoes, 127.

Barber, Henry, 248.

Bartlett, J. R., 286.

Beaver, The, 206.

Beaver Tail Light, 173, 246.

Bellemont, Lord, 118, 119, 122.

Berkeley, George, 146, 147, 179, 203.

Block Island, 55, 56, 112, 121, 125, 151, 156.

Bloody Brook, 72.

Borden, John, 70.

Boston, 2, 3, 4, 7, 17, 22, 31, 69, 73, 77, 100, 101, 103, 107, 115,
116, 119, 128, 138, 144, 149, 152, 154, 203, 211, 219, 228, 236.

Boston Port Bill, 211, 215.

Bowen, Ephraim, 208.

Bowler, Metcalf, 192, 206.

Bradford, (printer,) 129.

Bradford, William, 220.

Brenton, Jahleel, 117.

Brenton's Point, 245, 246.

Breton, Cape, 170.

Bridge, Rev. Christopher, 121.

Bridgham, Samuel W., 275.

Brinley, Francis, 108.

Bristol, 38, 168, 230.

Bristol, County of, 11.

Bristol, Town of, 70, 144, 224, 227, 235, 249.

Brookfield, 71.

Brown, John, 196, 274.

Brown, Moses, 272.

Brown, Smith, 272.

Brown University, 147, 196.

Bucklin, Joseph, 208.

Bull, Henry, 110, 111.

Bunker Hill, 221, 223.

Callender, John, 173.

Calvinists, 140.

Cambridge, 98.

Canada, 129, 130, 170.

Canonchet, 75, 76.

Canonicus, 11, 12, 20, 28.

Careless, Thomas, 199.

Carolina South, 135, 243.

Carr, Sir Robert, 57, 59.

Carteret, Lord, 146.

Carthagena, 157.

Cartwright, George, 57.

Champlin farm, 266.

Charles I., 47.

Charles II., 39, 41, 47, 51, 95, 98, 277.

Charlestown, 171.

Charter House, 2.

Chepachet, 281.

Church, Benjamin, 70, 76.

Church's Harbor, 188.

Clarke, Jeremy, 25.

Clarke, John, 18, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56,
57, 61, 63, 64, 65, 85, 124, 141, 277, 287.

Clarke, Walter, 99, 104.

Clawson, John, 92.

Coddington, Nathaniel, 117.

Coddington, William, 18, 25, 30, 31, 32, 37, 87.

Coggeshall, John, 25, 94.

Coke, Sir Edward, 2.

Collins, Governor, 263.

Conanicut, Island of, 11, 20.

Congregationalists, 120, 175.

Connecticut, 22, 30, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65,
66, 72, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 96, 100, 104, 105, 106, 109, 114,
122, 124, 130, 138, 152, 163, 171, 186, 242, 243, 261.

Connecticut River, 71.

Cook, Colonel, 230.

Cooke, Esek, 225.

Cooke, Nicholas, 198, 220, 225, 235, 254.

Copley, 147.

Cornberry, Lord, 125.

Coweset, 79, 81.

Coweset Bay, 93, 229.

Cranston, 197.

Cranston, John, 156, 166.

Cranston, Samuel, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 135, 141.

Cranfield, 96, 97.

Crary, Colonel, 244.

Cromwell, 39.

Cromwell, Richard, 39.

Culpepper, Lord, 106.

Cumberland, 168.

Cygnet, The, 191.

Davenport, Captain, 73.

Dedford, 101.

Deerfield, 71.

Delaware, 11, 261.

D'Estaing, 236, 237, 238, 239.

Dexter Asylum, 275.

Dexter, Ebenezer Knight, 275.

Dickinson, John, 199.

Dorr Rebellion, 279, 282.

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 280, 281.

Douglass, David, 180.

Downer, Silas, 199.

Duddingston, Lieutenant, 206, 208.

Dudley, 100, 108, 122, 124, 125.

Dudley, Charles, 226.

Durfee, Colonel Joseph, 236.

Dutch Island, 158.

Dyer, William, 25.

Eastern, John, 111.

Edwards, Mr., 50.

Edwards, Rev. Morgan, 196.

Eliot, John, 58, 59, 69.

Ellery, William, 166, 253.

Endicott, John, 55.

England, 7, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 47, 64, 82, 83, 88, 92,
95, 102, 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, 119, 127, 128, 131, 138, 141,
143, 149, 153, 156, 157.

England, Church of, 2, 3, 103, 153.

Episcopalians, 120, 140, 175.

Exeter, 163, 196.

Exposition, Centenary, 286.

Fall River, 236.

Familists, 140.

Famme Goose Bay, 165.

Farmer's Letters, 197, 199.

Fellowship Club, 176.

Fitch, Governor, 192.

Flagg, Major Ebenezer, 251.

Fones, Captain, 165.

Fothergill, Samuel, 159.

France, 64, 86, 110, 159.

Franklin, Benjamin, 176, 190, 213, 214, 261.

Franklin, James, 144, 147.

Freemasonry, 181.

Freetown, 121.

French Residents, 178.

Frenchtown, 107, 111.

Gage, General, 215.

Galloway, Mr., 130.

Gardiner's Island, 250.

Gaspee, 194, 206, 207, 211, 212, 221.

George I., 135, 142.

George II., 143, 142.

George, Fort, 156, 159, 216, 223.

Goat Island, 123.

Goddard, William, 180, 214, 222.

Godfrey, John, 112.

Goffe, 72.

Gorton, Samuel, 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, 85.

Goulding, Roger, 110.

Greene, Christopher, 218, 226, 231, 234, 250.

Greene, Governor, 248.

Greene, James, 162.

Greene, John, 61, 82, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 111, 114, 115, 119, 121.

Greene, Nathanael, 218, 219, 220, 236, 239, 250.

Greene, William, 158, 235.

Greenwich, 233.

Greenwich, East, 79, 82, 88, 101, 151, 163, 174, 192, 212, 215, 218,
244, 245, 256, 258, 282.

Greenwich, West, 132, 163, 174, 226.

Gregorian Calendar, 175.

Hadley, 71.

Hall, Benoni, 206.

Hamilton, 261.

Hancock, John, 236.

Hannah, The Sloop, 207.

Harris, Thomas, 37.

Harris, William, 33, 82, 85, 86.

Hartford, 35, 76, 79, 105.

Hartford Convention, 276.

Harvard College, 121.

Hatfield, 72.

Haversham, 101.

Hays, 246.

Hazard's, Isaac P., farm, 267.

Hazard's, Robert, farm, 266.

Helme, James, 206.

Henry, Patrick, 191.

Herendeen, 92.

Hill, David, 205, 206.

Hill, Lieutenant, 193.

Hillsborough, Lord, 201.

Hog Island, 38.

Holden, Randall, 25, 82, 97.

Holland, 32, 64, 95, 149.

Holmes, Obadiah, 30.

Honeyman's Hill, 121.

Honeyman, James, 121.

Hooker, Dr., 105.

Hope Bay, Mount, 70.

Hope Island, 226, 254.

Hope, Mount, 11, 69, 70, 76.

Hopkins, Captain William, 157.

Hopkins, Samuel, 204.

Hopkins, Stephen, 106, 176, 178, 179, 180, 188, 198, 200, 206, 212,
216, 224, 233, 273.

Hopkinton, 182.

Howard, Martin, Jr., 176.

Howell, 253.

Howland, John, 273.

Hutchinson, Anna, 17.

Hutchinson, Captain, 49.

Hutchinson, Governor, 171, 205.

Hutchinson Letters, 213.

Huguenots, 107, 135.

Jackson, Daniel, 259.

James, Fort, 62.

James II., 98, 100, 105, 106, 107.

Jamestown, 88, 158.

Jenckes, Joseph, 134, 142, 148, 152.

Jews, 98, 256.

Johnson, Captain, 73.

Johnston, 182.

Johnston, Augustus, 191.

Judith, Point, 237.

Katy, The, 222.

Keeler, Captain, 212.

Kent County, 58, 174.

Kentish Guards, 218.

Kidd, Captain, 119.

King, Governor, 281.

King's Province, 58, 59, 79, 80, 96, 101, 104, 106, 107, 122, 252.

Kingston, 73, 88, 93, 101, 121, 139.

Kingstown, North, 163.

Kingstown, South, 151, 247, 258.

Lafayette, 236, 239, 240, 248.

Languedoc, The, 238.

Lee, General, 226, 233.

LeFavour, Heber, 284.

Leister, 112.

Lenthall, Robert, 54.

Lexington, 219.

Liberty, The Sloop, 202.

Lincoln, President, 282.

Lindsey, Captain, 207.

Little Compton, 121, 127, 168.

Lockman, Leonard, 164.

London, 109.

Long Island, 62.

Long Island, Indians of, 35.

Lopez, 246.

Lopez, Moses, 175.

Louisburg, 165, 166, 170.

Lovelace, Governor, 62.

Lutherans, 140.

Lyndon, Josias, 198.

Lynn, 30.

Lyon, The Ship, 2.

Madison, 261.

Maidstone, 193.

Maine, 61, 75.

Malmedy, 233.

Manhattan, 32.

Marchant, 205, 254.

Martha's Vineyard, 62.

Martindale, Major, 124.

Massachusetts Bay, Colony of, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 50, 53, 55, 57, 58,
61, 64, 66, 70, 72, 75, 84, 87, 96, 100, 102, 105, 107, 109, 114,
118, 122, 125, 126, 133, 134, 144, 152, 161, 171, 179, 186, 212,
254, 261.

Massasoit, 5, 8, 11, 12, 66.

Mather, Cotton, 140.

Mather, Dr. Increase, 109.

Maverick, Samuel, 57.

Mayflower, 13.

Miantonomi, 5, 11, 20, 22.

Middletown, 163.

Milton, John, 16.

Mohegans, 21, 22, 47, 76.

Montague, Admiral, 207.

Mooshausick Hill, 65.

Mooshausick River, 9, 10, 12, 13, 97, 183, 184.

Moravian Mission, 174.

Namcook, 46.

Nantasket Roads, 2, 129.

Nantucket, 62.

Narragansett, 31, 45, 50, 58, 79, 80, 84, 89, 96, 106, 115, 124, 128,
175.

Narragansett Bay, 7, 15, 19, 23, 45, 46, 48, 58, 62, 70, 80, 81, 96,
150, 227, 236, 241, 254.

Narragansett River, 48, 51.

Narragansetts, The, 11, 20, 21, 22, 28, 35, 46, 72, 73, 75.

Neale, Thomas, 116.

Newburyport, 236.

New England, 23, 40, 45, 53, 58, 75, 77, 88, 95, 96, 98, 100, 105,
107, 114, 118, 131, 133, 145, 154, 159.

New Haven, 22.

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