Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by April Coggins, ACOGG50071@turbonet.com USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages are for the use of indivisual researchers, and may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ________________________ Travel Permit during Revolutionary War, 1777 1770 Rhode Island Government by Town Rhode Island’s first Postmasters, Appointed June 1777 A school for Providence, 1770 Incorporation of the Benevolent Congregational Society, in the town of Providence, 1770 Authorization to sell "all kinds of spirituous liquors" in Providence, 1770 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England. Printed 1862, volume 7, June 1775 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Providence, on Monday the 27th day of October, 1777. [excerpt] It is voted and resolved, that Joseph Underwood, Mary Underwood, Abigail Holloway, Polly Holloway, Dorcas Easton, Catharine M’Kinzie, Mary Fowler, Sarah Greene, Hannah Weeden, Jr., Peleg Weeden, Phoebe Weeden, Damaris Weeden, Mrs. Goszart and her two children, Sarah Sweet, daughter of Samuel Sweet, and Elizabeth Thurston, be permitted to go in a flag of truce from North Kingstown to the island of Conannicut, under the care of the commanding officer in the town of North Kingstown, with their wearing apparel. That Joseph Underwood and Sarah Greene be permitted to carry each two beds, with the necessary bed clothes. That the said flag do not proceed until ten days after the rising of this Assembly; and that the same be transacted without any expense to the state. Whereas, Mrs. Isabel Marchant, late of Newport, now of Hopkinton, widow, preferred a petition and represented unto this Assembly, that some time since she lent the general treasurer a sum of money, to supply the necessities of government upon a very pressing occasion; and that she hath now an opportunity of making use of the same, to her advantage; and thereupon, prayed this Assembly, that the general treasurer might be directed to pay her the said sum, by her lent, with the interest due theron; and premises being duly considered,---- It is voted and resolved, that the prayer of the said petition be, and the same is hereby, granted. END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, Printed 1862, volume 8, December 1776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at South Kingstown, on the last Monday in February, 1770. New Shoreham The Hon. Joseph Wanton, Governor Mr. Paul Niles The Hon. Darius Sessions, Deputy Governor North Kingstown Mr. Ezekial Gardner ASSISTANTS. Mr. John Northrup Mr. Peleg Thurston North Providence Mr. Job Bennett Mr. Thomas Olney Mr. Solomon Drown Mr. Job Olney Mr. David Harris Mr. Weston Hix The Hon. Metcalfe Bowler, speaker; Mr. Thomas Wickes Mr. Jonathon Randall Mr. Wm. Ellery, clerk. Mr. John Congdon Mr. Henry Ward, secretary. Mr. Joseph Hazard Mr. Oliver Arnold, attorney Mr. William Richmond, Jr. general. Mr. Joseph Clarke, general DEPUTIES. treasurer. James Helme, Esq., chief justice of Bristol the superior court of judicature, Col. Simeon Potter court of assize and general jail Mr. William Bradford delivery. Charlestown Portsmouth Mr. Gideon Hoxie Mr. Metcalfe Bowler Mr. Job Taylor Mr. Benjamin Hall Mr. Jeremiah Lawton Coventry Mr. John Almy Mr. Stephen Potter Mr. John Rice Providence Mr. Daniel Jenckes Cranston Mr. Moses Brown Mr. Gideon Comstock Mr. Benoni Pierce Capt. Richard Searle Mr. Job Smith Cumberland Richmond Mr. Jeremiah Whipple Mr. Edward Perry Mr. David Brown Mr. Joshua Clarke East Greenwich Scituate Maj. Preserved Pierce Mr. Job Randall Mr. William Pierce Mr. Benjamin Slack Exeter Smithfield Mr. Daniel Barber Mr. Caleb Aldrich Mr. Daniel Sunderlin Mr. Daniel Mowry, Jr. Glocester South Kingstown Mr. Thomas Owen Mr. William Potter Maj. Rufus Smith Mr. Stephen Hazard Hopkinton Tiverton Mr. Thomas Wells, Jr. Mr. Samuel Durfee Mr. Abel Tanner Mr. William Cooke Jamestown Warren Mr. Oliver Haszard Mr. Cromel Child Capt. William Haszard Maj. Samuel Allen Johnston West Greenwich Mr. Henry Harris Mr. Abraham Belknap Mr. Benjamin Tillinghast Mr. Isaac Johnston Little Compton Mr. Thomas Church Warwick Mr. Nathaniel Searle, Jr. Mr. Philip Greene Col. James Arnold Middletown Mr. Stephen Arnold Mr. John Barker Mr. Thomas Rice Mr. Thomas Coggeshall Westerly Newport Capt. Edward Saunders Mr. Nicholas Easton Mr. Joseph Clarke, Jr. Mr. John Wanton Mr. George Hazard Capt. Samuel Carr Capt. William Read Mr. Thomas Freebody SHERIFFS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES * Newport county---Mr. Walter Chaloner. Providence county---Mr. Paul Tew. * Kings [Washington] county---Mr. Beriah Brown. Bristol county---Mr. Richard Smith. * Kent county---Mr. Henry Rice. FIELD OFFICERS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES. * Newport county---Benjamin Sherburn, Esq., colonel; Wm. Cooke, Esq., of Portsmouth, lieutenant colonel; Isaac Dayton Esq., major. * Providence county---Knight Dexter, Esq., colonel; Abraham Winsor, Esq., lieutenant colonel; Chad Brown, Esq., major. * Kings [Washington] county---John Crandall, Esq., colonel; Moses Barber, Esq., lieutenant colonel; Sylvester Gardner, Esq. major. * Bristol county---Simeon Potter, Esq., colonel; Samuel Allen, 2d, lieutenant colonel; John Waldron, Esq., major. * Kent county---John Waterman, Esq., colonel; James Arnold, son of Elisha, Esq., lieutenant colonel; William Matteson, Esq., major. END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England. Vol. 7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rhode Island’s first Postmasters, Appointed June 1777: Newport—Mr. Nathaniel Otis Providence---Mr. John Carter Bristol---Mr. Jonathon Russell Warren---Mr. Shubael Burr Tower Hill---Mr. Ray Sands Westerly---Mr. Joshua Babcock Post Riders: Newport to Providence---Mr. Peter Mumford Newport to New London---Mr. Benjamin Mumford END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, 1862, volume 8, December 10, 1776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Providence, recorded 1770. Whereas, Messrs. John Jenkes, Moses Brown, John Brown, David Harris, William Smith, John Updike, Knight Dexter, Ebenezer Thompson, Joseph Lawrence, Zephaniah Andrews, Elijah Bacon, Noah Mason, John Smith, Jonathon Ellis, Jonathon Hamman, Thomas Greene and James Lovett, in behalf of themselves and unto their associates, preferred a petition, and represented unto this Assembly, that from a regard to the instruction of youth, in most necessary parts of learning, they, with the town of Providence, have caused to be built within said town, a commodious brick school house, two stories high; the upper part of which, containing two rooms, belongs to them and their associates; that for the better carrying their design in building the said rooms into execution, they have formed themselves into a society, known by the name Proprietors in the Town School House; and thereupon, for the well ordering and governing the said school, in the upper part of said house, and for the better establishing the rules and orders already made; and also all future regulations respecting the same, they pray this Assembly to grant and extend to the said society, their heirs and assigns, a full and ample power, at all times hereafter, to order, ordain and enact all such rules and regulations, as may from time to time, appear to them necessary for the well ordering all prudential affairs of the said society; and that all rules, acts, orders and regulations so made, as may (not repugnant or disagreeable to the laws of this colony, or the acts and orders of the said town of Providence), be, to all intents and purposes, valid and binding upon the said society, and each individual thereof; on consideration whereof,--- Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, that the prayer of the petitioners, in the foregoing petition contained, be, and the same is hereby, granted. END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, 1862. Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Providence, on the last Monday in October, 1770. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Hon. Joseph Wanton, Governor The Hon. Darius Sessions, Deputy Governor An Act to incorporate certain persons by the name of the Benevolent Congregational Society, in the town of Providence, in this colony. Whereas divers persons have petitioned this Assembly, for an act of incorporation, whereby they may be enabled to promote certain purposes set forth in their petition, and hereinafter mentioned;--- Therefore, be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority therof, it is enacted, that Darius Sessions, Ephraim Bowen, Sam'l Nightingale, Benj. Bowen, Jabez Bowen, Jacob Wightman, Jona. Badger, John Foster, Jr., Charles Keen, Nathaniel Greene, Eleazer Harding, Benjamin West, Amos Throope, Nathaniel Frothingham, Samuel Nightingale, Jr., Stephen Dexter, William Dexter, Elihu Robinson, Joseph Manning, Levi Hall, Nathaniel Metcalf, James Greene, Ezekial Burr, Joshua Hacker, Nehemiah Sweet, Paul Allen, John Carpenter, Jonathon Arnold, Amos Atwell, Jonathon Russell, Jonathon Ellis, Alexander Sampson, Joseph Nightingale, William Bowen, Henry Stirling and Timothy Gladding, together with such others, as they shall elect from time to time, shall be, forever hereafter, a body of corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Benevolent Congregational Society, in the town of Providence, in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, for the purpose of raising a fund, by free and voluntary subscriptions, contributions, legacies and donations, for the support of public worship in the Congregational Society, in the town of Providence, aforesaid, of which the Reverend David Shearman Rowland, is at present minister. END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, 1862 Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Providence, recorded 1770. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ At the special request of the inhabitants of the town of Providence, made by their representatives,--- It is voted and resolved, that the inhabitants of the said town of Providence, be, and they are hereby, permitted and authorized to sell all kinds of spirituous liquors, in any quantities not less than one quart; provided , that the same be not drank in the house of the retailer; any law of this colony to the contrary, in any wise, not withstanding. END