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SIIl!t'llh'I/1 of Iht:' pl"l'Jitl/>nI, H E :" RY D. S HARPE, F Sll. !II' H cnrv " ' il,k r Fook . O ur Socicrv enjoys as its horne a structure of historic importance, beautiful in design, Iccarcd in a setting appro

.lOll:>; C ·'LI,r'IlLR priate to an instirutiun of culture dedicated to the perpctua rion of events and developments of historica l importance. ~h.i!-,I"ll h., ' Clilf"r,j K. Few stare historical societ ies are better hon-ed than arc we. T he Societv is the custodian of records and collections of Gl.:>; E-: ,\I.", dC,-\1 , :'\O T E j great importance to he maintained under conditions of b." Hrndford F. ~w;ln . ,--, security in the years to come . This is a trust which we must and will maintain, hut the doing will require mor-e funds than we now enjoy. With ~" ,t'u . (;0\"1':11."011. \ \ ·ARI>. F .-\RMI-:R .\'1> \ IER("Il"T our doubt the mere administration of the Socict v can he b.l· William Greene Roclkcr . take n can: of through continuing memhership' interest wisclv stimulated. T he maintenance uf our house itsel f, uf R ICC I· ' '!' '\ CCI' S,U''', ;9 histo;ic importance, is an undertaking of specia l provision, and this . D unlap's note in his l i isrorv of lite .Irls of Design ;11 .htil"U. (m~,.,ind '. ~ 9 . Jan.. l'l lf).-, . .j.1l, Uc<.• l'IoU Hi ". ,i 1 ~ ~ F.n , b n d l" no, .,I 11J erita ( J8341 that a portrait signed bv him was owned T u , lin • ,rl""" h'H,1 rrr"'h. ~l<,...I Rhodr h t. nd ' '' ''' n. , in P hiladel phia, no printed reference to him ha:- been £ ~ ' F lot,uJ i". rub. br T h..mu I)" h...n ( 1 ·'1 ~·1 ~"\) I' hib ,lr lrhi•• foun d prior to t he appearance of three letters in I raw-on's ( :[~ F. Al. Ol ; t ~, S Th ~ . -lbb~ ,~nnl"H, b" F. J. _-\, w. l! ,, ~ . ' H, ,,. ,' \\'11 "'. h ••n , l'ni,,,i.n min,"", b, I\" " " n, .-rb, ~. 1 ~ ·'. ,-\.1\_ Wh ill ~ h\ " T r . T h, .H a l . nd .11, •.1 /;omiti.... b,· 11 ,'''''· Il .l" >rd. 1~9; , 1\. ~ 1. , 1'11111 ; S:r_B,. 1 9 11 ~ ; S,T,D" l';«;n, l ·"i .." i.,n s, h""l fo, r . n,il... nll'm",;.1 "r J "hn l'hi lir .f ,h,·" b" ,1t "tld d,· " ~n ,h,,t , ill ,I,,· l' lli"'d St ..,,-. , Min;' I" ,. ty ,-\,Ih.., ...... n' .. S....I.. P. J>",J,r . " 'I, R!lO[)\- l:'1..\\D IIbTORY !t O HF RT }-"EK E, 1'() RTR.\IT I'.\I \TFI{ I7

I I j;tol';(dl \ I tslan.t, brought (Jut by H oag , \ Vade he loo ked upon you ..tcadfn... tly, long curled black hair. a &. Co., gave a brief account uf him , h3:tJught to disentangle fact from legend in the diary of J ohn Smith of Philadel phia which records about the painter, and li-red thirteen portraits attributed that on April 7, 1750, Smith and his brother-in-law, to him. l \ing: Professor Poland's excellent paper a... a " 'ill iam Logan, "went to l-ewkc's the: painter's and viewed foundation, the pre ...cut writer in 1930 published a full ..everal pieces and faces of hi.. painting." Thi.. en try dares length -tudy of the painter, Robert Feke, Co/rmia/ Portrait Fcke\ third and perhaps mo..t important vi..it to Phila Pa;l1/('I' t H ar vard l 'nivcrsity Pre..~ J, with a catd/ague delphia and i~ also the late..t re ference to him during- his TaiJJOfl1It> of about ~e\'e.:nty portrait, which cou ld rea-on life-time which bas been discovered. T hereafter he dis ablv he attributed to him . appea", from sight and no man know.. when or where he i t wa-, Profcs-cr Poland who unearthed the record of died. Family tradition reported that he went to Bermuda Fekc's marriage, and of the marriage, in Xewport of his for his health and died there, hut the record.. in both & 1' aunt and hi- daughter.., and the records of his wife':' death muda and Barbados have been ...cnrchcd without find ing any and tho"C of hi- children. Verv few additional facts about t race of him, T he ear-lie..t record that he had died is found him haw ..ince come to lig- ht . ·The most important item i.. in the marriage certificates of hi.. daughters in 17(j7 in the entry in the journal of a Dr. Alexander H amilt on, who which their father is de..cribed a... "Rohcrr Fekc, Vlarincr, made a lour of the Colonies from M arylan d (0 X ew I lamp decca..cd. " -hirc in I H4-, I{c made th e foll ow ing note of hi.. ar-ri va l Since his younge... t ch ild. Charle... wa, born in the ..arne in Xcwport on July 16. " I dined at a tave r-n kept hy one mont h of 1750 that l-uke i.. recorded a.. having been in Xicol l... at the Sign of the W hite H orse ... and in the after P hiladelphia, it is rea..ouablc to ..uppo...c that Fek c may noon l rr. :\ lulfatt," an old acqu ain tan ce and school fe llow have re tur-ned to Xcwporr and that the I .arc ~ If- Purtra it of mine, led me a course th rough the town, H e carried me and the portrait of his wife, both of which he Jeff un tini ..hcd, to one Fen kc, a painter, the most ext rao rdinary genius ever may have been painted t here that summer. Ce rt ainl y they I knew, for he doc.. pictures tolerabl y well by the force of arc amon u his late ... t works. I k· fi nished tIll' head in each geniu-, never ha\"ing had anv teaching. I saw a large ruble an d ~ ketciH' d th e fi gu re.., hut left mllch of t he C lll\"a~ un of thl' ,1udgmt:tlt of IleITule... . copied by him fru m a fn lllti.. touched, The Sel f- Purtrait ..hows :t Illan in hi.. fort ie ... , piece of t he Earle of Shafre..hur y's" wh ich r though t \"C ry apJl:lrm tlr in goo d healt h, hi.. left hand ho ld ing th e fain tl y ph~.i.i_r .", r..." un _m in lhr 1"14 rJ ili'm "r SI"'lk'~

R OBERT F EKF, S FI.F P ORT RAIT , ra, 17.sn E I.EA"ORE ( C o n F 'i s ) F r K F

1'.,t",,, I~ Oils R hQ'" ls la~.1 I/istori .-" I So,-id)' Po, u"il i~ Oil, R HODE bl..-\:'\D H IST ORY ROln :RT fEKF, I'OH.TR.\ IT I'.\I:"TER face looking older- than her thirty-two years. T he portraits which serve as historical documents giving clues as to his" were obviously inte nded as a pair, facing each other. T he}' whereabouts from time to rime . descended in the family of one of his daugh ters until that lint' d ied out. About 1857 they Wen: purchased hr Xl r. \\'. \\' e know tha t his fat her, also named Robert , was a Hap P . Bullock of P rovidence, whose wife was also a descendant tist preacher living comforrahly at Oyster Bay. In 1730 of the painter.' Some time after 1878 M r. Bull ock, not "Robert Fe kc, l ur." was one of two men who made a sur lik ing their unfinished appearance, employed J ames S. \'e\' in the tOWI;. It is reported that he went to sea on sev L incoln to " complete" t hem. H e did so without touching era l voyages, which may wcl l he true, and which may ex the heads, merely tilling in the fig ures and the background, p lain why years late r he was described as a " Mariner" but it is a pity t hat the pict ures wert: no t preserved exactly on his daughters' marriage certificates. T he family trad i as the artist left them. tion also says that 011 one of his \'()yages he was capt ured and imprisoned hy the Spaniards, and that while in prison As a res ult of the scan tiness of authentic records ur refer he managed to secure paint and brushes tu paint pictures ences to Fe ke it is necessarv to trace his career so far as which he sold and thus secured the means of returning fa mi l~' possib le by unravelling the 'rather confused tradi home. If this stu n ' is wel l fo unded, it at least suggests the tions about him , and by pla cing a" accuratel y as possible the pussibiliry that he' may have had some opportunity to see pruvenance and dates uf the portraits att ributed to him European pai ntings.

• rsovrvsvcs OF 1'/1f: Sf.:I,f '-I'ORFR:IIT OF f"F }""E A.\'fJ rnr nJ H_ T hese vague legends no doubt have some foundation . [' ,om.\' I'ORl'R.UF OF 1/IS 1l'1fF. Ff,F:f,\'OR A prolonged absence from Am erica would explain rhc en

R" hrtl Fr .kr ,,,. ,hr '''n " f , h ~ R ,>w, ~n J R"hetl h .,kr ,,f \l"ti" r "" .k, Ont ~, tire lack of any portraits attributab le to him between about Ibl', t. ,m ~ I, Lo nJ , , nd ('Ien"'llcc LudLnll "j 0",10>, R,,)', t. Ol1~ J,Lt".!. lit- " .to thr 1730 and 17+0. In the latter year he paid his tirst visit to ~,r; ' t - s: n" .l" n l "j Lt, R" hr,t h'.h, "h" C.mr in the rt"t'! " ilh W in,h ,,, p i" 161 tl, P hiladelphia, and in J 7+1 he was in M ed ford , just outside R"hnt Fr .,k,' El,'"" oc (' " ",ino Huston, painting his only known group picture, that of m, Sep" '-:1, 17 .j. ~ lsaac Royall and Family, now ovvned by I larvard Uni J''' il.,J ,>lp hi, F,'.kr (1 7.j.S_l~t)Z) j"hn T " "" , ~ ,, .l fJ 7.t 2-1 SnQ) m,Oo, 1; . 1767 vcrsitv. John Smibert was then in Huston, at the height of S" ]",,,,,n T own ,end (177~ ·IX 21 ) Ann J' r " r< ~ (17%-1874 ) his pl:estfge, and it seems strange t hat Royal l sho uld have ..., ::\" ,..26, l S06 engaged an unknown yOllng " mariner" to paint his family Fi1., F"k r T """ mll] ( 18 ]2 - 1M 6) Willi.,m Perkh. m 1lOL",' T " ,.." ,,'n.! lluU" ck (lSF-IS9:; )- SulJi ,·.o lJ ", r ,\ m," (1 8.. 0·1880) tion Illay l"lt that Fck c had acquired some reputation of ..., Feh, 21 . 1~~0 having recen tly studied ar t in E uro pe. At this stage, how \1.",1' l)" u :\ me. (1 S-1 · 1'J.j.(,) f ,,' l\k Art hur S",d ", ( ] ~6(,-1 'II 'J) m, j,,,, ,,

",.\ , i, tn. Rl", J " P",·H" ", Ilull",'k, ],,,.! tl", t" o F"ke p,,, lr ,,it< in ho-r h"mr ,n owned bv Yale Uni vcrsitv. It has naive charm, bur is onlv tbr ,'o,Un ,.( '\"I'"U " ,hi Ilr" " k Str ct't _, 0 " I,t'r dc.,tb tit"." " ",,! I" \\,,,, U"" half-way between the work of a rravelling lirnner and that .- \m" S" ,' k " of an accomp lished ar tist. O ne of the women pictured is The "n",·,· h", h,','n ."orrih,,, ...! h)' \It, J'." ,l l". ::\id ",j,,, o to , j",,, h" w thr f ekr almost an exact cop}' of a figure in Smibcrt's picture. Fe kc p",tr;,il' u",,' io t" Iho p""""i"n "f \I n , ,\ 1:0 ", D,:\. S ,H·I.." """h .., "I lhe .io""" could easily have seen tht.: Berkeley group in Smibert's 0 1 tb~ p" rl,;,i" t" tllc RI" ..lc I; Lo "J Hi ,t u, ;c,,] ~o ci!'t~,. studio in Ho-tun, ut -, if he were in N ewpor t in the autumn IU{ODE I:'L\~() III ~T()RY ROBFRT }-'E"E, I'ORTR:\ IT I'AI STFH. "of 1729, he could have seen it there when it was first irive picture of his littl e niece which may ha ve been done painted. Feke's Farl y Self- Portra it in its po ~ e bears so about 1730 or a littl e later, all the known portraits by much resemblance to the Self-Portrait of Smibert in the Feke were painted in this decade , 174-0 - 1750. T hey show Berkeley group that some crit ics feci certain that in that a remarkable developmen t of his talents, the later one':' picture also Feke was imitating Smibert. The resemblance being unequall ed by any of his contemporaries in the may only he a coincide nce, but, if the conjecture is wel l Colonies. Some of them were later supposed to be early founded, the n Feke must have seen th e Berkel ey group in works by Copier. and Copley may he said to have begun Xcwpcrt in J729 , for the Early Self-Portrait cannot be where Fek e left off. H ad Feke lived another ten vears dated as late as )i..H . Fek e's depende nce on Smibert wa.. instead of d isappearing into the unknown, he might'we ll shcrt-Iivcd , and from this time on his skill in portraying han rivaled Copier. the character a~ well as th e accessories of his subjects de It is rathe r surprising that in the seventeen yea rs since vcloped rapid ly. H e doubtless returned from M edford the publication of Robert Frke, Colonial Portrait Painter, to Xewport where he was married the next r ear, and where no additional records about him have been unearthed , and he certain ly pain ted a number of pictures, two of the best not more than th ree or four pictures att ributab le to him being the excelle nt one of Rev. J ohn Call ender and the have been found which were nut listed in that book, striking ly different one of another Bapti-r preacher, Rev. although othe r writers, e-pecially Professor H agen and Thoma.. Hiscox. Both are dated IU5 and bear th e unu..ual ~1 r. J ames T homas Fl exner, have advanced various mere signat ure, "R. l-eak." In J U 6 he paid his second visit to or less untenable theories to fill in the ~":lps in his career. Philadelphia, as is indicated by portraits of Ph iladelphians Perhaps we sha ll never know much more than we now do hearing that da te. :\0 pictures attributable to him can with about this elu..in but attracti ve man, who made so rich a assura nce he dated 174- 7, which has Jed Professor O..kar contribution to our colonial culture. Jn any ca..e it is gratify I Iagen to assume that Fek e in that r ear visited London and ing that the Rh ode Island Historical Society should own studied the .....ork of portrait painters there . The conjecture three exceptiona lly interesting specimens of his work, all is plausible though there is no record to sustain it. of which arc important documents in Rhode Island's Cert ain it is th at his wcrkmanship during the years 17.... 8 colonial history. 50 shows a great adva nce. In 17.... 8 he must have spent manv months in Boston, for more than twentv of his finest in ~lud e port raits can he assigned to this visit. T hey his best Spring Lecture Program known pictur es - those of the Bowdoin family - and his unly known full-length portrait, that of General Samuel On T hursday, Apri l 2.... , at 8: 15 p. m., Mathias P . Waldo,' all of which arc now owned by Bowdoin Coll ege. H arpin, edit or and pulishcr of the RllOdr I.r/and Pilot, In 17.... 9 Fckc was back in Newport , painting his latest per will lecture 0 11 Patterns 011 tile River, the origin, growth, traits of persons living there. Late in that year he went to erc., of the American cotton factory system. Philadel phia for his third and last visit to that city, as M r. William Davis M iller, author, historian, and a alread y noted. former president of the Rhode lslund Historical Society, Aside from the Farly Self-Portrait, and the naive, prim- will give a lecture at the Society on Wed nesday, May 2 1. M r. ;\I iller's topic is Shepherd T om and the Narragansett t, T h ~ po,n4;1 "I W. ld" ;• •" " u" ,.,ndinjl" p; ,I\l' ~ . [I h" .,1,,, h<- ~ n ,t , i ",~d I", s",;!><- ", bu' . ~~ "" dnr!,- in F ~ h · • •t,I<. hi. nn",,' p;clu«, country.

• John Callender

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.,'ig" , .! .""fd"f, -,I R. F....k, J'ill x:/' fl. 17-15 ' 6 RHODE ISL\:\ D III~TORY joux C.U I.t::-': DFR R .l r l ; ~ t . [J ut ho ~ ; t.y of J whilc t live. I think I han: to ) J i,('Ok' of my " r".tehing. whether I shall ncr uke it up .tg.1in If I have an oportunitv own Exhihiliuns out I have liu le prospect of J csm ng -,"our Iavuurs fur I h.1rJ1r Know.- the pour RJptim . I wish hunily IhJt I hold." H owever, Callender was not the kind of man to be satis ~ h turned out, the H ol lis money was not sufficient, so it fied with the limited field of social service which the prac th e college au thorities aided Callender out of th e fu nd .. tice of med icine offered. Comer had left th e F inot Baptist left by , At that good Congre gational ist,T homas Brattlc. Church of Xewport, the second of t hat faith in America, the Commencement of 1726, when th e members of Cal and over it Callender was ordanicd by L'nclc Elisha on lend er's cla», took their second degree, he was given the October 13, 113I. honor of performing one of the speaking parts, an argument to th e effect that " Scriptum credcndi et agend i cst norma .-\ g lance at Fcke's portrait of Call end er will explain the perfecta ct sola." young preacher's reputation for charm and intel ligence . Of his qualifications for the ministry a friend wrote : In J une, 172 7, Callender wa s baptised in the millpond (on the site of Xort b Station ) by his uncle Elisha Callender T he puriry JnJ e'·Jngclie simrlicil,l" uf his Juctrim·. confirmed .1nJ embellished bv the virtuous and devour tenor cf his u"n life. endeared ( A.B. 1710 ), who was now th e minister of the First Baptist him 10 his Iln~:k. ,nJ ju~t1~· ccnciliared rhe esteem kll·e ~nd reverence of Church. D uring th e fall he preached for a while in X ew ~1I rhe wise:. "urlh~· JnJ good. :\I ueh humilit,l". bo,:nel"Olencc ~nJ chJrit~. port," and in Augu ...t, I72 8,.he was called ~o Swansea, wh ich breathed in his eomeri.lli"n. Jiscuurscs JnJ w riringe, which were JIl Comer had left to go (Q Xewport. In N ovember, after a pertinent. seasonable JnJ useful," preliminary t rial at preaching, he gave ur his chamber at H is scholars hip, Ias witne--ed by his book borro wings Cambridge and re mo ved to Swa nsea. H IS lctte.rs back to and not by painful erudition in his sermons} , his modulated T utor X arhan P rince ind icate that he was homesick among and gentle religio n, hi ~ Ol d -Lig ht sympathies at th e time th e simple and uneducated folk to whom he was preaching. of the Awakening , and his affectionat e int imacy with th e :\s it iii with the I:re~teit i.llisLtclion I c~1l to minJ &. remember the Congregational leaders of :'\Ia ~~c h u :->c tt s mark him as a :\b n ~ · rlening « proliubJe Hours I have ~:n j o~ ·'J in y?ur ~om r, n~ - . "typical" H arvard man , meaning hy that one th oroughly So there Is norhing makes m ~ · absence from College 50 ted IOU, s: Ir k....me imbued, for better or for worse, with the cult ure and att i 's the \\', nt of such, gentleman 10 Converse wilh .' t ude which th en prevailed in the col lege communit y. T o Perhaps th is was why , on the day when his congregation the simple and earnest artisans who made up th e bulk of th e met to give him a form al call to set tle, " he signified ~ i s Baptist sect it seemed t hat excess of learn ing had bred viral design to desist the service, to the great trouble and surprise rel igion out of such men. P robabl y unl}' in the wealt hy of the church." ·' O n February 15, 1729/30, he preached cong regation at Newport would he have been appreciated; his farewell ...crrnon and married Elizabeth H ard in, one of cerrainlv he was wise ttl decline the invitation to succeed the Bellcs of the town. T o N athan P rince's letter of con hi" uncle at Boston. lie differed with the Congregational gratula tion he replied: leaders onl y in certai n points of t heolog y which neither he I am F nga!(inK in the l'r.rcticc of l'hjsick rho' mv l11 ne,,' ,t0l's me al nor t hey considered of any importance. l Ic saw eye to eye pre' ellt hut h'lpe it won' t last I·ery lon g. 1I ~ I · e for the Present I.liJ down with his classmate Samuel M acher, son of the g rea t Cotton, 2 11,,]1;. LeUr .. . "d I'.' pn ' ( 11 " ,·.,<1 Cui"r ..jl'· .-\r< l1iw.), p. i s. in th e matter of the t hreat of the Ch urch of E ng land to ~ j " l1 " C"nlrr, lJ iArY (C"ll. Rfw J c t, l.lnd lIi,l. S"e VI ll ). p. ·P. 11< \la' ",.,j" <>lIed ,,, Ne\l'p" ' t ,," Frb. 1~ . ]~2~l'J. I' A." H.«ku. _\ t". (..\"J,,'r,-!\'c\l '''n ·tl1e,,· ,. l''' nler . p. IIlI. 1",i,.,1 Su mv :'\ot ,· ~ . for I IH1 UI ,1 bv no mCJl1 ; surfer an v Ihi ng to go out into th e worli that might be j u,tl., o'ffcnsil" c 10 rOil. I ,lon t suppose .'·ou would lind fault with I-l i,lot iu l Trulh if n c r e . ~.a r .' · to he lokI, but 'tis onlv the pnnirular :".lo,lc of E x pression which I am Or r"lhc r h",c heen '1 !,pre hcns i,'c of " ,The prinkTS w ill hJ'-e Orders to leI :'ou 'c c thc Co!-'p:' , .. I submittcd the CO!'f'Y ' " S ,'f< F " K'''''.f ifi ,l . COl. R'·K. XXIV, II ; -li . ' C'a.... in :\1" , ( Am ...\ r ll i ~ . S" • . ). I I. 110. HI STORY J OII:" C.-\I.I.E :'\DF R 51 h. Dec.27, l i J i . ( 6) E lisha, b. J uly li, 1738. ( 7) Sara h, J ohn Callender enjoyed (U the full the social and intel lectual life of Newport and was an ear-ly member of the b. Feb. i ,1 739/ +0. IF,) Abigail.fxApr. 17+1. (9 J J osias. Society for Promoting Virtue and Knowledge by a Free :\ portrait by Feke is owned by the Rhode b land Historical Conversation, which later became the Redwood Librarv. Society and is here reproduced from H enry Wil der Foote, H ere,President :'ttiles complained, his innocent tolerance Robert Feke (Cambridge, 1930 ), p. 6+, where a full dis proved unfortunate, for, although the found ers of the cussion of its historv mav be found . Callender left a con institution had " reall y designed it should he catholicIi with siderable collection' of historical manuscripts which Isaac out respect to Sects. Thro" the Blindness of :\Ir. Redwood Backus used in the preparation of his church history. Some Ii IThomas1Ward Ii Callender ( the 2 last Men of great of these an: now in the Yale University Library. Learning & Penetration ) the Episcopalians slyly got into it ~. obtained a :\Jajority which the y an: careful to keep."" \\'OR KS 1 he General Assembly in 17+3 did the minister the honor .-\ :'\ IIISTORIC.\I , DISCOURSE on the Civil and Religious .-\ ifJirs to place him on the committee to revise and print the laws. of rhe Colony of RhoJ ... Island. . .. Huston, l iI9. ( 2), 14. 120. ( 1) III 17+6 the town of Newport elected him schoolma ster, " a pagcs. .--\ .--\S. 8.--\ , BPJ., Fl., H, HFB. .JCR. :10 111 :", ~Y II . :SYI', capacity in which he served unti l his death on J anuary 26, \vLC. Y. 17+8. "Antipaedobaprist" though he was, Massachusetts -- Providcncc, 11l 31! . joined in the mourning : - - !lu>ton. I Il H . .\ SER :Io IO :'\ !'R E.\ CH ·D at the D rdin arion of :Iol r. j eremiah Co ndy :\ Gentleman of fine nJILHJ I . k(om po lish m~ nt~ . ~n J cxrcmivc l.c.u n . .. in Boston. Feb. 141h. I ; JIl. 9. . .. B<..ron liJ'}. (4) . J2 pJges. i n~; of the KreJtcsl I nte g r i l~- ~nJ :Io 1....Jesty ; \· e r~· diligent and \·err useful: .--\.--\S. BPI.. CI.. H , J CB. :\YH. Y. of an ope-n, che~ rfu l , benevolent, catholic christiJn T emper: unJIf~'Ct 5.: TH E .\ D\·.\ :\T.H'ES OF E.--\ RI.Y RFUC;IO:'\..•. Preached at cdl.l- rdigiou~. ~ shining r u mple of submission to Providence, thro' ) 5.: Xcwport. ... T o ~ Sucil:lr of Young :\l en.. .. J ~ n . Jr d. ' 741 . 2. ... 10nK :'cri<.'S of Afflictions. - II is almost u nnec~~- to ~JJ how grCJt l~· Xewpon , ( IH21. (4) . J 7 pJges. .-\.\ ~. H Ell. J CB. :,\YlI. JnJ how ~ c n c r) ll ~ · he was belo'I:J; or how much such ~ :Iob n mU'1 be D<: ~ t h :'\ n h ~ n i d rcgrettcJ .' · .-\ DI:'COl"R:'E OCC.--\ SIO:,\ED bl· the of • .. Chp.. .. Xcwport. '746. J6 p ~ geJ . .--\:--\S. B.-\, BPL. CL, JeB, :'IIH S. .-\Gemleman of superior goo..! scnce, ~nJ H:C~· Extcm i\(: KnulI'leJge. . . . H e Ins I n entire :"trJngcr to Cunning ~ nJ ,\rtili,,· . tn Flatterv ~n J Tcmporiain g : '" honest J~ he was learned. Enthu' l,1 ,m ~nJ HiIlOltr\: were hi5 A,·enion. and he was sometimes their Scourge, whilst he pili~J the J-: n th u ~ i ~ ~ t ~ nJ the Bigot. lI i5 Religion "" ~ S genuine, manlv, )nJ a-mUle Tuesday J::,oening Hours from ~ll .-\lfccution ..•• H I: JiJ oflen sen·c the Public with his .\Jdce ... 5OU~ht for by G enllemen uf ~ public Chn Jcter. who kne w him to be T he Society is open fro m sew n till nine on Tuesday ~ zealous FrienJ lU the Interests of thar C ol o n~ ·. n evenings for the benefi t of those who find it a convenient . ~ ' h e Call enders appe ar to have had nine children: ( I) time to use the library. Du ring th e winter few han taken El izabeth, b. J uly, 1730; m.- - English. (2 ) :\Iary . h. advantage of this opportunit y, and there have been many Dec. 10,I73 l., (J l j lJhn,h. j:1Il. 12. 173J /+;d.ininfanc)". evenings when Il l> workers have appeared. If a different (+) J ohn, b. Sept. 1735; O. J an. 26, 17+7/8. (5 ) Elias, evening in the week is preferable to T uesday, we shall be glad to consider it ; otherwise it seems wise to avoid the I. f:" . Stilt'>, I. il" ~ r-,' J)i~T -' ( :'\'r" Y", Ic . IlIllll, I, l M, . ~ . expense of heating and lighting the building. :\1ar we I~ '\" N"P ~'I R~ II , ,, ~ 'I~ , I/ i,' . So,. :,\, ,,. p. 1i . hear from members who are int erested in this matter! '~ fl" , 'o" G " ell r , Feb. 9. I - ~~ . P . 11 R . , '. ~ "- , -, ~ i ~ K- P~ , / , h b. I ;, I · ~ ~ . c. xt. :;.1 Gcncalouical Notes , As early as 165+ 5 Saffin was un a voyage to Virginia. .-\ ga in, on 29 Sept. r 1659 ? J, he sailed from Xcw London in the ketch Ilope".i.:t>/I, Xtop hcr Ii.e. Christopher1M oss, E S TA ~ C E-SL: G A R S master, and 0 11 + October he ar r-i ved at M anhattan. On :\ Iercy Esrance' of Providence had a dau ghter, appar 8 October he passed Sandy J look, and on 15 October he cntly illegitimate, named j cr usa Sugars, who was horn anchored "between Virginia Capes." "On the 17th day," 25 J an. 1707/ 8. T his child was apprenticed by her mot her he writes, " we arrived at Wicocomico." on 11 J an, 17llR/ 9 to T homas J oslin of Taunton, M ass., Abo ut eight months after he arrived in Bristol, Satiin and his wife IIannah, to learn " the art & mistrv of a married, on t 6 Nov. 1688, as his third wife, Rebecca, T ailor." l . daughter of ReL .\lr. Samuel Lee of Bristol. T he cere S.-\FFIX-\\' Il.u:rr mony was performed by Rev. Samuel .-\ ngicr, minister of Reh oboth, Xlucb genealogical material on J ohn S:lthn of Bristol J ohn Saffin's children by wife M artha, all born in B.)..tun : IS to he gleaned from ) oh" Suffi1/ H is Book, and can be J . It h. II ....rl. 1",'1, J. 111 1>«. [1 f>f>1 I. added to his name on pp. +26-7 in Austin's Gt'neal() giilJl J.It h. 14- .\rl. •1>1>. I .h ulJ "" 16I'i~ I .' J. 'I I)C'<. 16 ~ ~ ~ I 'null!" •. Dictionarv o f R hod,. Island. Tit ,.. ., h• • ~ \ I..1,;" J. ~.l ~' " , . 1"- .. ,t , m~ lI r '•. J ohn S~thn was horn abo ut 1632, possibly on 6 Oct ober, J . ,,,Ie, h. III .hn. 161,- .. J"u,lt. h. ~ Feb, 1M," - II, J. ; "'-rl. 1/', -1> . the first SOli of Simon Saffin of Exeter, Eng land, merchant, N,,,,,,.,,, .., h. l l ; J " " "I I"- ~ , J . 16 J " " r I/,-~ , . ~ o J .lll h,,"T'. and Grace, only daughter of :\11'. J ohn Garrett, sometime r, tit. h. ~ " J,' n. 11,.1>1 - I.' of Harnsmhlc in the countv of Devon. T his Grace (Gar rett ) Snffin apparently married, second ly, a man named S""':<'lL'EL \VII .1l0 RF. E llswort h, and died in London. Benj amin F. Wilbour of L itt le Compton reports in the J ohn SaRin married thrice, I l is first wife, and the mother N ,.,..;.' 1:lIgl(/II,1 tlistorir anti (;t'11 t!a/oxit"al Registrr" that of all his child ren, was .:\ lartha, second daugh ter of Cape Samuel Wilbore, the immigrant, who left manv dcsccn T homas Wiilctr and his wife :\ I:tn ' ( Brown ) W illett. dants in Rhode Island, came from co. Essex , and'was mar M artha ( Wi lle rt) Saffin d ied I I Dc~ . 1678 at Boston, of ried at Sible Iled ingham, that county, in 1620, to Ann small pox, and S:lRin married as his second wife, M rs. Smith. :\J r. Wilbour is al so able to give us the names of E1izarbc:th: I Lidgcrt, nee Hull. T his second marri age was Samuel's parents, for his mother, Elisabeth, who was also perform ed + JUIlC 1680 at Bo..ton by J oseph D ud ley. T he of Sible} Iedi ngham, mentions a son Samuel in her will, second .\ lrs. Saffi n died 1 ~ o\ ', 1687. dated 162+. She was the widow of X icholas Wilbcrc and On 23 M arch 1687 8, "I landed my goods and house former wife of Robe rt H arrington. hold stuff at my house art Boundefi eld in the T ownship of T his discovery com pletel y refutes Savage's claim that Bristol," Safiin writes. And: " In Vlarch 1(,88 I began to Samuel Wilborc came from D oncaster, Yorkshire, En g plan t my orchard at Bound ficld and finished it in 169 1." land, and that his wife was Ann, daughter of Thomas Brad ford." , A'''!L!\, Go J. !Ii .!. ".I R. I., r. 2'1;. ,. " "~ ,,. " /" ,,·i,/,",·,· r-o» R,·" " ,I, . v, 1· . 19, ~ 1I·2~ . ' .-\" ,r i" "i.-r. Ihi. d.,'" " l li lic, " I,i,h ",', '(ll ' ' hit.. .I'''ff:" }flo H " G ~ «....,." y ,,, k l 'l c~ I. t ." ,"l. T hi. i, ., prin lrd I r' " .n irt , / ,. T h ~ J ouhl,' .l.,k ...'n" I" b.- ,,,..« I loon', ." I h ~ ti,,! J " . ~ p h d i,J Uot J i ~ " " 1;1 ~~ rl . ~ I> . S,rli ,,', '''Tllm''nrb,~ 1>0 .. k, "hi,h i••,,, .nlf !h nunu,,,ip, .ot ! l , ~ Rh" J o l.< b nJ I" Il i" " . i,,1 S "iot>. " \',,1 . xvtx. '\ ... 1"" ( -\p, i!. 19" ;l, rr.• - ' .I>. ., ',-\'''Iin h,J d"u~!~,l Ihi, ;J~nlin,.ti"n "r .\nn ...... ".....t the If,'" J . ,~ " 0 '. Th<> m n Bradf ",J ', .. ill. Gon:K:-;oR, S,\ \ t l'EL W.WD 55 Governor Samuel Ward L ike all New Engla nd farm ers Ward tried to produce Fanner and ~ Ierchant everything his family needed for subsistence, but there were By \\'Il,L1 A\! (;REE~E ROELK.F.R some th ings he could not raise; for example, sugar. T o pur cha-e it and other luxuries some cash or credit was neces Anna Rav marr-i ed Samuel Ward, December 12, 17+5, sarv. I{ow hard this was to come by is disclosed in a letter soon after hOc purchased from her father Simon a JOO-acrt: to his wife: HI have sent 20 Doll ars & 2 half Guineas farm fronti ng on Hl ock Island Sound nearly opposite to which is all the money I can now spare, for what I receive Montauk Point and about fi ve miles south of \\\ 'sterly daily goes away for Cheese ," and again: U Money Iis] ex Village. Thomas, grand father of Samuel, had come: to ceedi ngly scarce & I am deter mined to get some before my Xewport from Gl oucester, E ngland, about 167 1. 1lis on ly retu rn Ito Xewport I." T o eke out his income he operated son Richard served for several vears as Secret arv and after a store in Wcsterlv. H e asked his wife "If I had some Col o~v wards as Co onrnor of the from 174-0 to '17+3. Two Shalloons [ woolens ] & Buttons & hair of the Colour of of his sons, Thomas and H enry, occupied the position of the Cinnamon Broadcloth I could sell some. Secrerarv of State [rom 17·4-6 till 1797, both dying in office. "Dockrav has some but asked me too much for them, if Samuel,' the middle brother, was Chief J ustice of the you can get them at a reasonable Rare You Imust J send Supreme Court when he was elected Governor in 1762; some,\\'c want some silk H andks anv. Sort that vo. u cant sell he was again elected to the chief magistracy in 1763. I Ic th ere IXewport ] send here Xeedles are much wanted was th e leader of the group which sought to retain the Piece or two of Ribbon, as vou know the Nature of Busi political contro l of the Colony in opposition to th e faction ness here you may find anything which you th ink "ill do." led hy Steph en H opkins and the leading merchants of Even among the great ones of Rh ode Island life was Providence. This internecine struggle, which rent the verv primitive in the 18th Century. Some of Samuel s~ t Colony from 1754 till pressure from without caused a \\'a'rd's problems are illustrated in the following letters. tlem ent in 1768, is known to history as th e Wnrd-I iopkins controversy. It was a contest between N ewp ort and Provi [Thomas H ubbart to Samuel Ward] dence for political and economic domination in which each lkJ>ton D ~'C ' 20 l i 56 party acted in accordance with its belief as to what was :\1' \\" n J right and tu the bcsr interest of the Colony, I have reed \"ours of the 9 In" anJ wn glJJ to hen "au got home well Though he was an offi ceholder, Samuel Ward was de and hJJ the Pk a5ure to lind SiSler JnJ ~' o' Chi[ drc~ well give uur pendent upon his farm and his store for his livelihood . Hi s Love 10 them and your Sisler ", nJ all frien ds JI Xewpnr t Yo' 1\\0 farm was his pet and to it he devoted much time and atrcu Kinsmen arc well We have h",d the Pleasure to see them we Shall he Pleased with their Company the.... behave \"er~' ,Iiscrcall}'. as for an.... rion. His prin cipal money crop was cheese. A letter from lit tle thing I have don it is nut worth men,h I do not think an}' Ihing his broth er-ill-law, Thomas H ubbart," at Huston reports on a trou ble If in mv Power 10 dn Ihat 11131 ' be of San'ire to vou hut J the sale of something more than 1500 pounds of cheese in Pleasure. I have ;ecd vuur Chn s S(l rn~ is a little f)a11l .1gcj bUI un!\' December, 1756, and other documents among the Ward two m u<:h broke th~re is Some Hem s lost ' hal'l' n'r d 20 bushei, ~a n Papers in the Rhode Island H istorical Society Indicate :\1 ' Smith m il SJid he Should have t he CJw..s fii 2/ 6 Jnd the Beam 0: 2 5/6 pr 'hu~1l I have ,le·li'·ere.! I" him (, Bu· 1I of 1l"'lIls Jn d 2 1'111> shipmen ts to New York and other points. of Chccs H .udC 1Shd 502 II. of Ch..es he SJI'S You SJid hc SlwulJ han: it (ii' 2/ 6 I told him 1 Could not Sell it So , 'leJI'e the Price for you to Scn l.. I have Sold :\Iiss Levcein 12 1/ 2 lIu,hll of Aeans @ 30/16 F" ~nd 228 1/2 II. uf C hee' ((/' 2/ '1 I Shall tale rcc ! for the delive ry 10 IUIOI JE I ~ U ' D IIbT ORY C;O\T R:\OR ~, \ \1 l' F1, \\ '.-\}{[) ;i them ,1c1il"Cre,1 \Ir Popc i n/) 1 .! II. \I CC hJrnbcr b nJ un ,\n'" nr \I' I observe vou ~Il m \ me three \\ 'ccls frum vnur b,t but I would not h~,c ~, Borl...nd 1-4 1 Ib of C hn 's (r7 2/ 7 ~; n I 2 I" I h.uc SolJ for C J,h .,-ou npcci us 'Illile soon for the K';JJ s are almos t impassible 6, z v \I i ~ :'i mpions I! J arc to have Some I ~ h a ll Ship ~~ O.m and \ Ioner e,lcn:Jingl~' SC Jrce & I am determined 10 gel some before .\; Brill!>ton lel on Ih<, \ 'e""n thc Ik el .. G."....I, "n' in, rhc frJit of the m." Ret urn , I ha ve SCi this n .l.'" three Wee ls but if possihle shall be C hees I ha ve don Jil l CoulJ I" get it reasonable but C.tn nol gel it lower sooner hut shall g".-crn m,,,.clf hr m~' Business then 7 " OIJ Te n Iorl CJp' ~ I n n c from Xewpo n had :0( ' F" hun.lreJ D" writ" 10 \1 ' IThomnlll uhb.lrl to know whJt RcJ ns will fetch You mu,! JIl"..~" .1.Klce for the fr"i l (" :\cwpo n . I ~hJlI In the lIeSI I in lJo' t<.rrow half .1 dozen hJd.' [i I Curn of Ken.,'on or " ose [~ I Js we C h..ngcJ Ihc (;oIJ I ~!Ja!I I'.1.J \ l r Bor b nJ .1, I C"n Colle ct the lllonc~' CJn P.1.~ them .1' good JgJi n w hc n the H..,u s 1/:" I Jont know how 10 1"0 J~,'s .11/:" "e h.t,1 .1 h.1.,1 ~lUrm but this ,:by hne .1. much Ilu J er Storm think 01 heing abse nt so m uch longe r but ~hJIl endeavour to submit with .1. hne ,'e'" ~ h i p uf .tOll T uns is lost .In.1 ffiJny Souls lost - .1. ~hir fW11I as much Philosoph.,' JS possible: le ll IhnnJh I am pleased with he r Lon don got in ~'estcrJJY h"s 1""1 nU'b one of her .\I en JCJJ JnJ Let ter 5: shall write her $UOn bUI am 100 much f.tligue,1 now to .10 it hut JI"" ....c'J Froze let Inc hear from ~ou "lithe fJ mil~ Ki\e their hope she'I be plcneJ that I have ocnl5OOlething lo1:ecp the ~piril em ployed love to You Remember me to .1.11 our Familv Fr iends &: .1, I Jont know how 10 rake ..m yr Atl ccrionat c frien d Le ave bUI JS it grows late sh~ ll wish Yuu .1. "cr~' 1/:00Al :\ight hu t must T ho' H ubbart .tJJ Ih"l I desire ~'ou willtake all posaible Cu e of j-curself .tnJ will enjoy • ~our"",1f '" much as possible not wilhsunJing the D ifficult ies of our ,-\ If.tir~ • • &: .urcl~' .t \\'oIllJ n who h.lS .1 ma n of ~n§c &: ~ p i r it to assist her .tnJ i~ ISamuel Ward to :'\lrs. \Yard, presumably :U Xcwport I unJer Ihe p.lrticulJT C ar e of an .lll j(u,-ious Reing mar .5: for ever ought 10 he cheJTfut. \b ~ ' Heaven grJnt ~'ou e"er~' thing valuable i Jnir.tblc \ \' C'5l er l ~', I~ l b n~' J.. I -f,; Adie u mr dear est \I ~ ' 1:><:1I<'r ha1f ' m T hc 1...·lIen which I'OU mcntion in vour Lut I have received .. ilh You r ffio:5[ alfl'( '. H ushJnJ Pleasure .\; rho 1 did not mention it I' h.tl'e purchJ'CJ five barrclls "f ~Jm W.lrJ Beef &: one of l'o rk but can t g"l them to T nwn " ilhoul grcJt Ex pcn...· unl il Ih" ~!, r i nl/: if Ih,' Price it bea rs will allow th"lIl 10 (om" h~' T he ChilJren arc \1' I'Jr k, I will >enJ them. I h..vc scm ~ou J Pig of about 100 weig hl "en - 'I ell bu t 2 G e",,', I T u t k c ~' I I Q U.1. ils S: .1 I .! JtJ7,Cn Fowls "II "hieh I hope ~ou com plain " f the \\'ant will r,~eilc " ell : I hJle "",nt you .1 ,null I' i..'(e of T "'H loth, Fb nnd of Iheir C loth", which ,~esirc ~ -..u 10 s<:nJ I hJ"e nul recei, <,J yel: I hJ\e scnt .!{} Dollars 5: .! h.IH {; uinea, which is .til the mOil" .\" I c.tn no" , pJH", lor .. hJ I I rcr e i,'" goc. J Jily .lW"y for • •• Ch n "'" Y"u'll lei mc know wh.tt J.h-in · "au ha....' fWIIl , ,,... York cOIK"rning our C h"cs<: Ihne; .-\111 05 I'cn,llelo ns 5: Joh n-I ~ I I ha, e ISamuel Ward, :\'cwpurt , 21~t :'\Iarch 1765, to ;,\J r. J ohn n"t rl'eei,·"J but WJIlI Illuch in un.ln to scttle wilh th"m. wr il" Ille Hli"cn J unr in \\ ' c ~ t c r l r l lIetl ~ ' pJrt ieubrly wh..t I must .Ill" ... for h<.:r whole \\'ork .\; wh,ll I 1I1 11 ,1 ~ir cl,.ltKC fur h,' r lyinK in &: c, S<.:n J the acct of what you ree,l of Jo hn ~t Jnt "n Ihat J 111 ,':- scll l<, wilh him, he I",t Ihe \linutc ~'o o g.1\'e him : ,lonl I reed ."'>u r Lett en by :'I h jr Bli' en &: ,1111 ,,,,11 1'1",1<,·,1 thai ~'ou are >0 {ai llo ~ <'n J thc 2 1/ .! 1.1 , of , 'c!rcI fm :'I Ii" \ la\ol1 for the,' h;j"e been fOrlnrJ in your hrcabng ur & bdie"e il is bC,1 to fini,h th c I,b nd &: all for it an,l I l'rumi,cJ th cm il wou lJ hc r "ad~ ' thi , \,'ecl ,,~ilhl)ut F:lil, t'Xcept rounJ the Edge of tilt' ~\I .1mp hd"rl' :'ou I' lnogh tll<' 01 ,1 G roul1 .l : sen,1 h,' ,\ 1' I'.u k> BOJt 1 bbl Rum i 1 l--bl \ 10]." "', , if I 11 ,,,1 so mc rern,'mbcr the Dong in th" II.Lm Yard should h" all pitrhed over & well ~hall,~;11S I",,,,],'m I .\; BUIIOllS & hair of the Colour of t h" Cinn.lIllon heaped ag;lin &: Ihe other Dung he.lt .1 3 ,.,,~m .15 thc We:ltl1<" r will "d m il IIm.l.k lolh I <"1'1I 1,1 ,d l ,om" D",,:h .n' h,lS some' bllt Jsked 111 e tllO llIlKh kl ..11 ~'our f cnces Pc op well .5.: pJrlicubrl." th" Wh<'.lt FidJ fence, let for thl·m. il \"Iill ('.I n gd t!' l'1l\ al ,I r ~.l"lll.l h lc Rale You - >c n,l somc, the whir., pl.1in bc fenccd & de,ire \ Jr. r..'H·1 to m.,Lc dleir P;U1 irnmc ~h e er \\' e want so n'le , ilL I bl1dli Jl\ ~ ' ~or t l h ~ 1 .I'<'U "anI 'ell Ihe re ,,,n,1 here ,li.lld.,· for il3 T ime the \l ete in now & I "ouhl n"t let it ,llone a :\ccJ k , ..re mudl ".llIt".l Piec" or two 01 Kihon : ,l' vou know the Fortnight longe r upon any ,\ ",'o" nt I de!,<-"1.lcJ up"n \ \ ' 111 Snil'en .'Jtur,· of Bll>il1<"S>< her<' ~ O l l l11.ty lilld .lll.n hi ng ,\'hieh ~'o u' thinL 'I ill '\0 & .lont ukc it wcll 01 hil11 th.tl he ,Jon! do Ih" Carpcnt ers \\'m L for me ;8 RH OD E I ~ L \:" D HISTORY but you may get H iscox & old \Ir Peckham to make the Room that [cdh Recent Accessions .-\ustin used to Iivc in comfortable & woul,1 have nothing more done 'until J come up which will be vcr:' SOOll, Let William Greene [his brother From .\I rs. ,lesse I I. .\"'tcalf, two hom c-ups inrmerl.' hl·longing to the in-law [ have the co w I bought at Eben [ezer ilfegiMr J Veuducs. th.u (r,mfor,l fam il,\'. whic-h ( bought of '1'11<" Sisson & For [os. G reene, a browne white backcd f rom \Iiss I-JiLl T aft , TJ". Ir" cn/ru ffs ';1 Ste(' ]usn, h.,' Francis E. & whitc faced :oung Cow which I h;d of your Brot her james when she \ \-'( ~ ) ,I ru l f. was .1 .H.lding these two last mentioned came in !.l,t Summer $; let From Franklin R. C ushnun, fourteen work \,, ~>b of \Io,es Brmn l, IIil11 h.1\·e two of the H e ifers that have Calves and the .\ Ien that I would O ha,Jiah IJrm\n, and W illiam [cn kins H ar ris. ch(~),e to \ 'iew them Stephen :-;.lullders, .J.1mes & Ed "d & lelUN,,1 Clarke From 1';",1 C. :" id lOls" n , 'a ~la s<>ni c apron formed:' belonging to or Capt. B'l[,<.-'()('j; or an:' three of thcm; You h."l as good make a Vlinurc W illialll T . :" i, hn],on. yourself of l"'ery thing that passes. From the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, tll'ent.' missing numbers in ou r files of the annu.t] catalog. Ll'! the nlC!I ,'iew the outside Fences abo. You must receive the Lm d which J han' hired of Sanford Xovcs take neighbours David & Stephen ll..' purchase, a mkrorllm of Thtf flo w ,,, jiJlJliiy oj S u ,,!';!'. F rom :\l rs. Warren II. Durkee, a dagucrrcorj-pc of O lin :r H u ,"f d or lsaiah wit h vou for I C hoose vcu shou ld have two Witnesses l<> see the reec:i"ing it'& what Order the' l lome Fences &0 are in & deliver all Pen .' . F rom Randall .- \ . Hn r ring ton . a Rockv Point llotcl Regisrc r, but the old F ield 10 .\I r Rat hhun ; sec that the old F ield is Kept clear of From .\l rs.H erbert Dow, !JO:l', 8,111 , Euton, '/lfd dllitfd Id1tlilio. .111 C reatures whateve r aftcr it comes into our Pos,;e" ;,,n ; '9U ' ] remember B.\' purch.Be from the author, T htf .\'",,1 jtlmil.\', comp., I>,\' Emma E. to 'end us all the T h ings we wrote for. T he G oods YOU ;,'an t I believe I [ Xcal} Brig ham . ,1",11 nUl send Up until the :-;!p ,omes; ~ a n , ,\' wants her Earn ings, Sc F rom .\ I iss .\ tarie F. H all, D o r o l da" f' Rof,nl Frm/ris lI'" tJlu s &, we want what T ea Spoons [t here HeI sent bj- first good O ppo r "I '''f fi"ld, C',"'I., compo bv Charles E . f rancis. tunity T ell DJ" iJ Burd ick I expen he w ill go tn clearing the Swamp Gtll~"I"g)" Ihtf dua"ddllls in ~Jnford's old FielJ immediatelv Let SOllie NJdl' look out .Iailv for B.\· purl'lla,e, f"j oj T hc m.ss /'0,,1, comp. by Kenneth Lo rd , Sea weed & if any Comes up cart 'as much as po,sih]e ; the S.llld ,~' h i , h From jarncs H. R ichardson, map,hot" illustr.uions, and notes about you carted into the m iddle meadow J believe should he bcncr [ tear [ Rhode Islan d In stones. opene,1 D.1g' your Sheep if it is not alrea.l,\' done let great C;He be II.'" purchase, htdor t'l r-, 39 -76 of the X ,,:t- r (,r.!- gtffu"I"gir,,1 "fit! Llken of them the Lambs Calves & every thing so tha t ther e he no 1"-,,, f,j"guthi",J! c~giJur. nor \Vaste space Peace be with You all B.'" purchase, AmaicJ 135'; -136-1, h.'" H j alm.r r R. lfob nJ . I am From the comp iler, Th~ B.dlr,,1IS ill Am u irl1 , aN ,,,;tle,,dum , comp o hy Your Friend M vnlc ~1. [illson. S,lln \ \ '.u ,l 'H..' l'ur<:h',,,e a !'l IS. .[ou rnnl of Amos Per ry writ tcn while in foreign ( entirely forgot when I wro te to You that (Countries. !'I l r G reene should have fohn Clarke, Land that From Fr.mk .\la lle:·, Fift.\' )'tfdI'J f"l !/(, J/(JfI , cd. b:' Elizabeth .\ 1. I had p rom ised it to l\1~ j r Blil"<:n but I really H crli hv. did & if Mr. Greene willlet him have it I sh..ll F rom the author, ,\d,lic E. Loomer-Shepard, T Jlf L f,!,m rr jJmil)' be obigcd to him ,m,-"slr1'. h m;l John 1-1 , w ells, Fh ld gNUJ!r,g)", t-,l, To B.'· purchase. E IJ /;liJJI cr'/(,/lin isr Amni,-,s, hy J .\. Doyle. ~. I '. ~I r J oh n Bliven J un r F rom ,\ lis,; Eliz.lbel h Robinson, two scrap h<~)ks relating lO the project ma~ing.1 I " of harbor uf refuge ,11 Point judith. W esterly From Vliss Ellen D. Sharpe, a piece of cotton cloth of the Civil Wa r pcriod. 1 TO' ll d!, , h,',·p "1'" cut ~ft th~ S lk of Benj amin Barton, dated l i 77. ;9 Tlu- 125th Annual ~1e~t i l1 g 6' T he nominations wen: submitted bv a committee con T he 125th annual meeting of the Rhode Isla nd H is ~isting of Chairman Ronald C. Green, j-, ,\ 1rs. G. M aurice torical Societ y was held J anuary 20, 19+7. T he following Congdon, .:\ Ir<; . Le onard H. Colt, D r. Francis II. Cbafee, otTlet:n; were elected: and Kenneth D . .\ laceoll. [' r efUn/( • H enr y D. Sharpe M rs. J ames c. Carmack, chairman of the 'vlcmbcrship Vire Presiden!1 Richard LeB. Bowen, Wcstcon- H. Chesebrough Committee, announced a substantial gain in the number uf Serrrtary . \ 1. Randolph Fbrher members, making a new high of 1,26+. T here wen: 131 T reasurer . H oward \V . W ilson new members cnrollcd , twcnrv- four lost bv death, twcntv A u i,t JfI' 'l'reJJUrer H arold H . Kelly two resigned, and S~'Tn dropped for various reasons, mak

j\'fEMIlEIlSIIIP COMM I-rrEE: COMl.1rrn'E 0" G ROU S D5 AN I) ing a net gain of seventy-eigh t. Johns H . Congdon. 2nd., Ck~;,mJ'1 fl U I1.1l1NGS M r. Albert ":. Lowncs, as chairman of the Library Com ~ . .\ lrs. Marshall Fulton Kenneth Shaw S~fe, Ch"il1mm mittee, reported that progress was being made in cataloging Mrs. Ronald C. c; reen, Jr. :\Iis.s km Fl . B"Jd l the library, bur that a competent, trained cataloger is desir !\Irs. Leonard B. Co lt \ Irs. :\shbrl T . Wall able as soon as finances permit. H e also d rew atte ntion to ~l r . Cbrkc Simonds Frederick 1'. Austin, Jr. the need for more space to care for (he huge volume of !\I r. T homa, F. Gi!bane Stanley J.ivingston, J ~ . !\l r. Pau! C. Nicholson. fr. material being received. \ Ir. John C. .-\. Walkin; M r. Lcwnes announced the gift of two portraits by COMl.lrrn:E 0" :-'::E CR OL O(; Y L IR R, A, IlY Cm.HIlTTEF. Robert Feke from the th ree eldes t da ughters of ;\1rs. F..ank Joseph G . H enshaw, Chair m .111 Alberr E. I.ownes, Chairmc1ll S. Sayles, as a memorial to their mother. T hese are illus " I rs. Will iam H . Eddv Roger T. O;IFP trated and described in another place in this issue. lie also \ l rs. .- b el .\. Christell,~n M rs. H cn rv C. H art :'I.lr,. 1'. T horn d ike announced the acquisition, by subscription , of another M rs. C. J( Rathbone J. G. Andrews !\loriarty, Jr. Roger W illiams letter, bringing the Society's holdings to Bra,Hord F. Swan twenty-two. L ECTURF. COM MI TTEF. F I ;o.I .... ;o.ICF. COMMITrEE Xlr. W ill iam Davis Miller, chairman of the Lecture W iI1 i'lJn Davis J\l iller, Chairman Committee, reported that 5\ 7 persons attended the eight l\l rs. C harles D. Cook Albert I I. Poland, Clui,.,,/,m meetings of the Society, 8.15 attended twenty-fin: meetings J ames H . H anley Fmler B. Davis D r. D udlc v A. W ill iams C harles B. Rockwell of patriotic societies and family associations, and +9 1 at J. W alter 'N ilson S. F OSler H Un! tended 1\ miscella neous meetings. :'\11'. Roclk er spoke at Hryard Ewing live places in t he State during the year. PURJ.IC "," TI 0N C OMMITTF.E Paul C. N icholson, Ch airman In the report of the Publication Committee, Mr. Paul C. .I. J. Bodell ,\eDIT Cov urr-n:s X icholson, chairman, announced that an index to t he tirst D r. M adelaine R.Brown .f. Cunliffe Bullock, CknmM" live volumes of Rho,ltJ Is/an,l l iistorv ( 19+2-+6) had been M rs. H ugh F. l\hcColl H .1rol,l }. Fiel ,j compi led , published, and was heing d ist ributed, and that the D r. Lawrence C. \\'roth Edward C. l'alllln compilation uf an inde x for R hode Island Hi storica l Society E xecutive Committee is composed of the officers,chairmen of committees, Collections had been beg un. :'\11'. Brad ford F. Swan has C harl es B. !\Iackinney and Add ison P. !\Iunroe, members at large; l\l iss resigned as associate editor because of pressure of other G race M. Sherwood and W ill iam G. Roclkcr, ex ufficio. duties. .\ 11'.Swan has done a line job of editi ng; we are '" glad to announce tha t he will continue tv submi t frequent .\ :\:\ l",\ 1. \lEt:TI:\(; oj articles to R hod e> Island l t istory, In future the quarterly "Whenever d uring the pa-t six years [ have been in a will be edited by the Staff, und er the direction of :'\Ir. strange cit}, I have made it a point to vi..it the local hivror Rcelk er. ical society. I now have seen a large num ber extending :'\Jr. A. Livings ton Kelley, for the Committee un from Xlninc to California and soutbeas...t as far a.. Char!e.. Grounds and Buildin gs, report ed that the fence had been ron. Let me :-:ty at once that my travels make it clear that repaired and painted, the cost of the work being covered by the R UODE IsI••vxu I lisT O R ICA I. SoCIETY ha-, evcrv reason subscription. Xew lighting has been in-talled and i.. \ cry to be proud of itself. Other organizations such ·a... X ew satisfactory. York and Chicago han: buildi ngs better designed from a :'\Jr. j oseph G. H enshaw presented the report for the funct ional standpoint, hut no ot her compares with this Committee on Xe crology. :'\Jr. Charles j . Ilill guve the house in atmosphere and th at intangible somethi ng which Audi t Committee's report. We call personal ity. "An ever increasing numbe r of persons arc heillg ser ved " Xor do I think any other society tries to give more serv hy the library " said :'\Ir. Clifford 1'. Monabon, assistant ice to the general pub lic. :\1any others have bett er libra rian. In order to care fur our fine collection , he rcc museums, and manv outdistance LIS in various forms of ommended the purchase of cases for pictu res, broadsides, specialized service. h ut wv par much more attention to lec and maps. With the instal lation of Huore ...cent ligh ting in tures than other societies , many of the m have only an the stack rooms, the library pa...... ed from being "rhe worst annual meeting, and but a few invite outside organ izations lighted library in the world to one of the best," he an to use their facilities. W hen I told some of mv friend s uounced. Among the important accessions were : Xlr. ,\'1411/ about the numbers which really make usc of J oh·n Brown lIt'l Gorton's G I1OS1, the ear-liest extant Rhode bland im H ouse, they marvelled at our enterprise. I can " I' ~ ck L'"l1n'li"n 21.; .2, Ku/{er \\-illi.lIl1> 1 . ~ t1 ~ r K ~' {" r l PT S mo.on T .lft I'JI-...:rs 1,(1.00 0".11 \1 1' " S...c urit ic, I'urr ll:l...·.j 1'1,1~!.ll> Dues ~ e.sn t.no :'un,in- F \ p",d ;I U r ~ .>!n.'l:; COrrUrale .\I<: mben hips 1,2 2 :;.0 0 ~ I J I C .\rrrorri.lliun snon.on Imerest anJ Ili\ idends 3, ~ 1l.U " :'al."of I'uhlin t;" n ;InJ K...ks .193.0 ; Comrlbuticns 3,2 lO.1,4I; .\_ f I Insurance Kd unJ zz s.no C \ .- C harles anJ Sank W;lbo ur) 1(,.0(, 1A ~ ~nin~' Il.ml DcT""il- o.o-o.rs SUIC of R. I. fur I'urd u >c of :\ ~ " " rJ p<: rs :;3,.61> SunJry R~'Cc i r l ; I ; llo4l ! 'II"I' f RT\': .1 01m Bm" l1 Ilou«' j. :;Il,lIUtI.OEl Li[,rJTY Bool, JnJ \ 1.lIlu,..;: rir f> ;o.non.uo T Ul.IJ Rcceiprs Fu rrriru rc .InJ 'I I.! c'UIll \ IJlc'riJI 2.1 1(1

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Cr,IIJmitfU'/: c;~ n ~r a! EnJo'\'lllc'l1 t 1'1,\.;2, 21,6.04 .\ I~mb.:r,hif' Ill!} .2 .. [oh n Brown 11 " 11 ,,-' J-: lhl' >\' I1 WlIt ! ,OIlO.f1 11 ~.lr.lh Lect ure 2 11 S.0 1 (-hark , \\"ilh< Hll $.; \\'ilbour FUIl.i 2 1,OI, 'l .'O Lihr.ITI ' ',/; 2. 1; Rc,,,n'"'' for :'1'",-;;<1 I' u r l -" ' ~ ' s.aro. 'is l'ubl ic:ll i" n (" R. I. llistorv"} I .: 2 ~ .(l-; Surplu, and Prolil 0 11 :'L',"u ril in 2,'n'J.22 ( ;WUlh l, .tn.l ll llild ing> . " ,0 '1, .2 1 ..Yudit ..(I.! III lnsur.r urc (l. ,." 1- 22; .1111 rdunJ) l ,l)};i .6 :; ~cw s - ~ o tc s T he librar y of th e S ociety will be clo-cd fro m Augu-r 2 h) September 2, 19+7. For specia l appointmen t- d uring that period call the Librarian at 1> E. K575. T he J uhn Brown H ouse will nut be open on Sundays from July 6 throug h .-\ ugu... t 3 1. .-h a mee ting of the 'vlassnchusctts H i...torical Society hel d ill Bo-ron, December, 19 -1- 6, :'\Ir. W ill iam Creene Roe lker, I rirccror, of t he Rhod e b la nd H i... rorical Society, wa ... made a currc ... pending member. M r. C lifford P. 'vlonahon was appointed Librarian of t he 'society at rhl' nnuua l meeting in J anuary of thi s year. M r. Bern hard Kncll cnburg, former Lihrari.m at Yale l 'nivcrsi ry, is at pre... cut working on the Le tters of GO\· cr-nor Samuel \\':m i. T he Societ y through its P ublication Committee conte mplates the publication of M r. Knoll cn burg's volume sometime th is year.

i\'\W ~ Icm bcrs of the R hode Island Historical Socictv Since hin,i:(nn :\I r. (; ~'O r gc I.. G reen :\I i ~ , :'.hrgucr ile .\rrleIOll :\I i ~ , :\hriJn H ubbard :'.lrs. .-\lben \. M..L....r \Ir. Robert L. K n i ~ h l . J r.• :'.Ir. H en rv I.. M..I1"u H ope , R. 1. woonscckcr, R. I. :\I r. William T . I.... \ ·..llcv :'.f r..\. " ' J I ;<," Co..-rof! \\' '1 " ·Jr wicl . R. I: :\I r. }bymun.l .\. Cn· c~..n :\ I r ~. K nnc th D. :\1J,.C<,l1 \l iss H ele n :'. 1. I>J1!: ,i:cn .\ Ir. L wis :'.t.tJc jra EJ,t I' r U\· i J , ' n ( ~ . R. I. Rumford, R, I. Vlrs. .Yrthur .\, ]).1.\· :'.Irs. Samuel .\. \ lJrlolf \Ir,. J. ,, ~ (~ .l rn lll 1> ,1y .\ Irs. Paul C. :-': irhnl"'Il. Jr. \\""'1 Curl1\\'.1 11. Conn. \ lr. -"'k}'h \'11 B. ;"; i r h<)l s! ,..,n \ 1 ~ s . C,',o g" 1)" w l1 i l1 /o: -'Ii" ,\ I.iry' :\I. Pike \I rs. I.I' R".I· \ .. l'.l.lc- r 'vliss \I.H.I· T . (JUilll1 Rumfo-d. R I. Vlrs. Elm er J. Rathbun xu. 1·:,lilh L . Erl.... n111"I\·r thc R....v. I'Jlll \ ·m K. ' Thom son \ Ir. Thomas F. ri i ll u n ~ Vlr s. F..\. WJ11Jcc. J r. This hrillJ!,J ,hi' So,·it·'Y'.( JJlt'/JIbt'rJhip If) 1,!15.