RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The fortifications in and around Providence. A paper read before the Society January 26, 1886, by Edward Field, 2d. (6562 In The Narragansett Historical Register, Vol. v, pp. 209-219. Svo, pp. 19. Read before the Rhode Island Historical Society. (6563 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Huguenots and the edict of Nantes. Svo, pp. 25. (6564 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Life and services of the Hon. John Russell 8vo, pp. 20. (6565 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Sketch of Capt. Arthur Fenner, of Providence. A paper read before the Society March 23 and April 6, 1886, by J. P. Root. In Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Vol. VII, pp. 19-37. Newport, 1886. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (6566 "Some phases of genealogical study." By J. O. Austin. Read at a meeting of the Society, by William Gammell, July 6, 1886. In Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Vol. VII, pp. 201-205. January, 1887. (6567 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The trial of the Rhode Island Judges. An episode touching currency and constitutional law. A dissertation by John Winslow. Read before the Brooklyn Republican League and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Brooklyn, 1887. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Washington, the founder of the nation. An address read before the Society by George Moulton Carpenter, April 30, 1889. [Providence, 1889.] 8vo, pp. 16. Half title. (6570 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Discourse before the Rhode Island Historical Society at its centennial celebration of Rhode Island's adoption of the Federal Constitution, in Providence, R. I., May 29, 1890. By Horatio Rogers, president of the Society; together with other proceedings on that occasion. Published by the Society. Providence, 1890. 8vo, pp. 44. (6571 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The reform of the civil service considered from the party standpoint. An address read before the Society by George Moulton Carpenter March 25, 1890. [Providence, 1890.] RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The peace conference of 1861 at Washington, D. C. By William Warren Hoppin, jr. Read before the Rhode Island Historical Society and the New Haven Colonial Historical Society, 1889-90. Providence, 1891. 8vo, pp. 27. Large paper. (657-1 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A keyhole for Roger Williams's key; or, a study of suggested misprints in its sixteenth chapter, "Of the earth and the fruits thereof, etc." A paper read before the Society, by William D. Ely. Providence, 1892. Svo, pp. 41. (6575 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The library and cabinet of the Society; their origin and leading features. By Amos Perry. Providence, 1892. 8vo, pp. 26. (6576 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Moses Brown; his life and services. A sketch read before the Society October 18, 1892. By Augustus Jones, LL. B. Providence, 1892. Svo. (6577 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Report of the librarian and cabinet keeper. 1893. [Providence, 1893.] Svo, pp. 24. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (6578 Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society. New series, Vols. I-VIII; April, 1893-January, 1901. Providence, The Society, 1893–1900. 8 volumes. 8vo. Plates. Portraits. Facsimiles. [Quarterly.] From 1893-1900 the Publications of the Society include its Proceedings, 1892, 1893-1899, 1900. Publications discontinued January, 1901. Proceedings published separately, RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications of this Society. New series, 8vo, pp. 291 (2). "At a meeting of the Society held April 4, 1893, it was resolved to publish quarterly the Proceedings of the Society, the first number to consist of the usual annual transactions, and the subsequent numbers for the year to consist of matter hitherto unpublished, such as the publication committee may select." See No. 6520. CONTENTS. No. 1. Proceedings, 1892-93; Address of the president; Reports of committees; Index to works in the genealogical room, family genealogies; Genealogical works; Report of librarian and cabinet keeper; Necrology; Members. 98. No. 2. The town records of Rhode Island, a report by Amos Perry. 182. pp. 1 pp. 99 No. 3. Plea of the Petuxet purchasers and a history of the first deed, etc., before the King's commissioners, 1677; [Notes on William Harris]; Tax list of the town of Providence, July 1, 1679; Indian slaves of King Philip's war. pp. 183-240. No. 4. Studies in colonial history: 1. Know-nothingism in Rhode Island, [by Charles Stickney]; 2. The development of the nominating convention in Rhode Island, [by Neil Andrews, jr.]; 3. Early history of the colonial post-office, [by Mary E. Woolley]. 1894. pp. 241–291 (2). RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New series, Vol. II. (6580 Provi dence, 1894. 8vo, pp. (2) xxvii, 262. CONTENTS. No. 1. Proceedings, 1893-94, pages 61-67, contain Roger Williams vindicated; or, an answer to "A keyhole for Roger Williams's key," by William Wallace Tooker. No. 2. Slavery in Rhode Island, 1755-1776, by William D. Johnston. No. 3. Rhode Island manuscripts in the national archives at Washington: Two communications relative to Rhode Island not being represented in the con stitutional convention of 1787; Letter of Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse to Thoma No. 4. Military records in the Department of State, Washington; Officers in RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New Series, Vol. II. 1895. Contents: General Index; Proceedings; Address of the president; Reports of officers and committees; Necrology: George Champlin Mason; Julia Bullock; Thomas Jefferson Hill; John James De Wolf; Charles Sabin. Institutions from which gifts have been received; Members; Facsimile of the original Civil Compact in its present condition; Portraits and art treasures illustrative of local history; Catalogue of portraits in the gallery of the Sociey; Brief notes on some deceased artists who are mentioned in the foregoing catalogue; The town bridge at Weybosset-an inquiry as to the date of building the first bridge across Providence river, by Fred A. Arnold; The burying-ground of the OldSouth Kingstown Meeting-House, by Caroline Hazard; Communications, editorial notes, and cullings: Letter of F. C. Ainsworth, Colonel, U. S. A., concerning the publication of military histories of Revolutionary soldiers; History of Revolutionary soldiers; The oldest historical society in the country (Massachusetts); Publications and historical material; The Hope furnace-the first steam engine in Rhode Island; Landscapes in the picture gallery-portraits in other galleries; The proprietors of Providence, and their controversies with freeholders, by Henry C. Dorr; The papers of Major-Gen. Nathanael Greene; Notes on landscapes in the picture gallery; A letter about Rhode Island artists--by John N. Arnold; The beginnings of insurance in Providence, by H. W. George; A military club (formed in Providence, 1774). Editorial notes, etc.: The new library building at Washington; Rhode Island in the National Statue Gallery; The defense of Providence in 1814. Portraits in the City Hall of Providence; Monuments, etc., in our public squares: The place for genealogy in literature. by John Osborne Austin; A genealogical chart. Editorial notes: Roger Williams; Original rolls of Rhode Island troops on record in the Massachusetts State House. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. (6582 New series. Vol. IV. 1896. Contents: Proceedings; Address of the president; Reports of officers and Providence; Valuable manuscripts of the Society-an opportunity to assist in RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New series, Vol. v. 1897. Proceedings, 1896-97. Svo, pp. 259. Contents: Minute in honor of Judge Carpenter; Address of the president; Reports of officers; Necrology: James Fanning Noyes; William Gordon Weld; Henry Clay Cranston; Rufus Waterman; John Ebenezer Troup; George J. West; George Moulton Carpenter; Nicholas Ball; Arthur Amory Codman: William H. Hopkins; Charles W. Frederickson. Necrological notices in proceedings and quarterly, 1872-1897; Persons from whom gifts have been received; List of members; Genealogical notes: Some Bristol county (Mass.) Wills-abstract of main items. Civil changes in the state-address by the president, John H. Stinness, at the seventy-fifth anniversary of the society; John Brown of Providence, by W. P. Sheffield; Montalto in Smithfield, by Fred A. Arnold; Genealogical chart-Captain Joseph Olney; Editorial notes: Letter from Stephen Hopkins, October 28, 1767: The original of which was given to the society by Daniel H. Greene, of East Greenwich; Proposition for a general assembly a letter written by John Clarke, who was contemporary with Roger Williams; The Greene association; A Warwick schoolmaster (William Gibbs)how hired and paid, A. D. 1741; Historic tablet at Warren; The War of 1812: A part of its naval history-recorded at the time by a Rhode Island citizen; Memorial from the Rhode Island regiment of drafted militia, War of 1812; Rhode Island artists; Gilbert Stuart and Edward G. Malbone; William Read Staples; Providence Gazette: its publication, publishers, publication offices, and editors, by Amos Perry; Indian geographic names, and why we should study them; illustrated by some Rhode Island examples, by William Wallace Tooker; Turk's Head and the Whitman estate, by William M. Bailey; The oldest town records in the state, April 30, 1639; The significance of John Eliot's Natick, by William Wallace Tooker; Index of names. (6584 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New series, Vol. VI. 1898. Providence, 1898. 8vo, pp. 259. Contents: Proceedings, 1897-98; Address of the President; Reports of officers; Necrology: Henry Whitman Greene; Albert Holbrook: John Pierce; Caleb Davis Bradlee; William Mason Bailey; Henry Edward Turner; Joseph Cady Ely; Thomas Casey Greene; George Boardman Lapham; James Hammond Trumbull; Justin Winsor; George Edward Luther; Nathan Fellows Dixon; Henry Crawford Dorr; Asa King Potter; Thomas Stafford Drowne; Henry Thayer Drowne Persons from whom gifts have been received; List of members; The United States chronicle-its publication offices, its publisher and his diary; Who wrote "Mr. Samuel Gorton's Ghost?"; A petition of Capt. Benjamin Gorton, 1688; Andros' order in behalf of Mashantatat and Captain Gorton, 1687: A sermon by Benjamin Gorton; A letter of Francis Brinley to the town of Newport, 1685; Letter to Mr. James Barker in Newport from Francis Brinley, April 29th, 1685; Letter of Governor John Cranston to Governor Josiah Winslow, 1679; A letter of John Eliot, 1644; Judge Sewall's gifts in the Narragansett country; Mt Hope lands wanted-A Manuscript Memorial to King Charles II, August 1th, 1679; Genealogical notes: Walker and Wheaton families; Cook wills, etc. Editorial notes: John Brown's East-India ship, President Washington; New Theatre, Providence, Advertisement of the performance on September 16th [1795]. Early commercia! signs and firms of Providence; The Havana cxpedition of 1762 in the war with Spain, by Asa Bird Gardiner; The old Providence Theatre, by Henry L. Greene; Who were the Rhode Island soldiers of the Havana expedition of 1762?-correspondence with the Great Britain War and Colonial Offices; List of the vessels, their description and tonnage, belonging to the port of Providence the 20th Day of June, 1791; The Greene-St. School of Providence and its teachers, among whom was Sarah Margaret Fuller, afterwards Marchioness D'Ossoli, by Henry L. Greene; Editorial notes: Civil service reform sought in these plantations a century and a half ago-from Moses Brown papers, vol. 18, p. 105; Slave trade in 1816, from a letter to Obadiah Brown; The early theatre in these plantations; Providence riots-Extracts from the RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New series, Vol. VII. 1899. Providence, 1899. Svo, pp. 255. Contents: Officers; Proceedings; Address of, [John H. Stiness]; Reports; Necrology; Members; Diary of Enos Hitchcock, a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, with a memoir, edited by William B. Weeden; A devout soldier-a ser mon preached at West Point, 1782, at Providence, 1783; Roger Williams' Spring, by Wm. G. Brennan; A map showing the site of the Spring and of Williams's original town lot; New documents for Rhode Island history, 1683-1684, by Clarence S. Brigham; Letters of Lord Robert Manners, 1780; Gorton-Maplet, by John O. Austin; Letter of Lady Byron, 1841-from the Channing collection, Amos Perry; List of Providence militia-men, 1687; Music in Rhode Island, 1739; The Narragansett Indians, 1768; Gaspee papers, 1772-1773; Battle of Lake Erie, 1818; Notes; Index. (6586 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. New series, Vol. VIII. 1900. Providence, 1900. 8vo, pp. 287. Contents: Officers; Proceedings; Address of, [John H. Stiness]; Reports; Ne- RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A denial of the charges of forgery in con- 8vo, 1 p. 1., pp. 71. Facsimile. (6588 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Civil changes in the state. Address at the (6589 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memorial of Amos Perry. Obituary sketch by Clarence C. Brigham. Proceedings of the memorial meeting, October 3, 1899. Boston, 1900. Printed for the Rhode Island Historical Society. 8vo, pp. 16. [Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July, 1900.] (6590 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. News Sheet, Nos. 1-11, February 1, 1902- Leaflets. (6591 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 8vo, pp. 75. Proceedings, 1900-1901. Providence, 1902. 8vo, pp. 92. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings, 1901-1902. Providence, 1903. RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. dence plantations, 1639-1700. 1 dence, 1903. Svo, pp. 28. Fold. map. Reprinted from the Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol. x. |