Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Documentary History of Rhode Island: Being the History of the Towns of Providence and Warwick to 1649 and of the Colony to 1647
For the convenience of historical students it seemed desirable to bring together the material which is the source and authority for the early history of the state.
This volume includes the contemporary documents and extracts from the letters, diaries, journals, and printed works of the contemporary writers, which throw light upon the his tory of the town of Providence from its founding in 1636 to the granting of the first town charters on 14 March 1648 /9, of the town of Warwick to the same date, and of the colony to the adoption of the Code of Laws at the General Assembly held on the lgth, 20th, and arst of May 1647.
The original manuscripts, whenever they could be located, have been followed, although a reference to some book in which the manuscript has been printed has often been added.
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