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T A Ill.E OF COs TENTS

WINDMI L L C OTT...GE aml L O :" G • •:L LU ,,"

by Paul R. L,dd

BR...M A"' '' OF ",' .\ ,.-IlI M, TO" COU"TY, R .1.

hy Harold M inot Pit lrr,m, F .-\.S.C;.

P E T E R EllF. ,.-' S Rt:PORT O F TIl E l'R O C f U ' J.\ (; S OF T ilE

RH O D E I S L A:'; " GE "UI.\'. , \SS F.M" '- Y, 1787-1790

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\\ " :-;Ilm l, l. (:(nTAI ; f. is not 3i~ ~ l' a f" old. hu t it is thr- comh iueda~l' of th e colla ge and windmill which were jo ined by the ,grea tAmeric-an po!.:t H enry \\ '. Lon gfellow. Separatel y the colta.ge ha s hada life- span of about one hun dred sr-ve-ntv-fivt- ~Taf" a nd th e windm illmorr- than two hundred ~t'ars ...vccording to thr- h istory o f th e mill itwas situated ncar the old salt peter worb in East Gn'('nw ich , Rhodeb la nd. a nd grolilld g rai n during the Arnerican Rr volu tinn . .-\s a m illit met its dem ise son u-timr before l a7n when it was purr-h a-a-d byLon gfellow. moved frnm across \\"est Street a nd "ma rr ied" to the old("ott ap:t' wh ich uni on th ereafter was known a,s Windm ill Couagc.

l. ongfel[ow's associat ion with East ( ;rcellw ich and WindmillCott age began some yea rs ea rl ier. In ..\ p ril 1866 he purcha-cd th ecouagc 011 l Iivi-ion Street and af ter onl v twelve day s of owner-hiphe presented this horne to Professor Gcorgt' washingt on GITeJl(" h~

de cding it tu Grrene's wifr an d " a fter her- death to their children ."Longfellow knew full well that Pro fessor CnTI!t' had tu he pro­

n-c'u-d from losing th e propert y, for Gn'l'Jl(' apparently \\ as improvi­dent. Fo r man y year<>, lllOITO\Tr , Lon gfell ow -eru Prnfes\o r Greenefifty dollar-, ea ch mouth, \\ hich slim in th o...· da ys had rnn-idvrahlepurchasing pmHT, The explanat ion uf all th is bellefi(TllIT goes har kto th e ea rly days of Lon gfellow a nd GreelH', who a< ~Ollltg n u-n inItaly saw m urh of t-ach other and developed a [ifdonc: frien dship.

:\"ow , leI us go hark to th e rime when th e n'tl age wa s a n'lIageand the m ill IVa..; a m ill. On Ol"lober :n. [ 9 ~l i , .\f rs. .-\dda idl' KniuhrH odgm a n lx-r-nnu- th e o wne-r o f \\'indl11ill Clltt agr. a t w hir h t inn- hIThu-diand. \\' illia m Hod,gllla n, wav prc-idcru of th e T itk C;llarantlTCompany of Rhode lelan d..\l rs, Hoduman had buught t [1I" proprrtvut uurti.m. The [lOIN ' a nd mill of Willdrrlill ( :ott ,\~l ' lay d in 'llIy

, Il ' i ndm ll f Co lIl/.:':''' f//lII I.o ll,l!,[d/oll' [January l % i ] ll ' ill r!mill ('ol/fI,!.!." IIlld l .ongfello1l'

a lTnss the st reet oppoviu- the I'I1 ( ra l1((' to Fv rt n- H " II, th e c-t nu- of

the H od gnuu». It wa " (,nl ~ nat ural, t hen-Ion-, th at th e Tille C, nn pa ny...hould dr-lvr- in to th eir record" an d cnrm- fo rt h w ith a f h rn llillog-ica ltitle a!J"tr<lcl which dal es th e (1\\ ncr-hip (If the proJlnt y from WOlli n

Ch ri " tmas 1~1~B \\ he n thi" Iilk record wa s presented In \ t re. l-I od L; l1l;l n .

To establish the exact early his tll ry (If Windm ill Cottage, however,m a y ta ke a litt le m ore IT'I·arch ing-. Colonel Thomas ..\ 11('11 , a nativeof East GrT('llwich who wa -c familia r \\ ith 1':" ...t Cr{'t'llwirh historv andwho studied buil din g types and anhitcrt un-, {'xprTs"('d the helief thatthe (·ott aJ.:e was built around 1 7 ~ fn. H ow eve r, the t itle ab-t ract read sthat "on J liTH' :1, IHOD, J ohn Pierr e Sells run- q uartcr acn- of his LUIll'on which I now dwell' 10 Ylurti n :"Jid lOls, Xla rim-t-." Then it readsfurt her that "Probablv [a nd I th ink that we sho u ld under-coreprobably] SOOIl a fter th is date the horrse wa s built . for ljv IHO:I th edwe lling hou-r and land had ha d three Illortg-a.t:"es," '\ !oH'O\Tr thetract o f la nd on whic-h the hOllsc' no w is located rou si-t-, of threequa rters o f a n arn- and fro m wh ere and how this add itional landrarm- about is mr-nrionr-d nowhen- ill th e ritk- record. .\ Inrecwrranot he r conjecture appears here in the n-rord whir-l: stat es "Appa r­en tly he was unable to keep Ill' the in te rest [rrr he wa s o bliged to sell fo ro nly fifty dollars: ' T he sum {If fift y d ollars w ill perhaps bea r lonkirH:into furt her. Also there wen' others in the his\Or ~ o f \ \"ilHlm ill Cotta,l:cwho owned the house a sho rte r time tha n fin' vcarv with no nu-ntinno f mortgages or inn-rest pa~ mctus.

The III '\\, ownrr is \\ 'i l1 iam (;n'!'Iw, tln- fir' t ca,hier of tin- Rhodc'Isla nd Central Ba nk, till" first hank in Eas t G!"lT!l\, ich , and wa, tlu- sonof Captain Be nja min Cn'l"llI ' of Wa rwick. II " kept till" propcTty hutthn'!' yr a l's "hc 'nlH' sold to Fra llklin G I'('I'IW, ,Oil of Elihu fi n' I'Ile' whowa, a brotht'r of (;c'lll'r al Na lh au ad C re 'C'llt',

On ]\'"o'T mbt'r 1.3 . Ill I ! Et h;1II Cla rk(' huys tht' pIan'. Ht' was the'past pn-sidl'nt of tht' Rh odc' I,Lllld Cl'Iltr,tl Ih nk amI lin'd a g;n'atlItallY )"I 'a rs in thl ' G,'r1l'J'a1 \';n llllill )-I0\l''C [now lIIailltaMWd ;IS aIIlIlSt'Ulll hy th (' Varnlll il CC llltill('ll\a ls of Eaq G n '("ll wil"h ],

J CTt"lIliah (;ardlll' l" was the' ne.\t (lI' lllT, pUldlasillg- tlw prope rty ill1818 but soon sells to tltt' gilanliilll' of Rilv C lar k!' ill tilt' \('a l' lBTI.After Clark!''- dt'a th thl' !;roplTt\· II;t' ",ItI I" 1-1" la...· T iIling;ha' t OilJIlly 16, IB.J-7,

Th!' 1I(".\t OI\ II {' ]' ( O! , Ilokd 1III'\illll,ly) i, a di,tim::lli,lu'd " Ill' . I IllIr~

\\'. Longfc- lIow, !l1(' au-at AlIlI'l ic-a ll poet ; hilt Ill' is thr- OWIHT fOI "11[,tilT h !" davs [or Oil ~1;1I("h :11, 1I\(ifllw gives it 10 Ca tfH'rirlC' V . ItC n' l'm'. lI 'ifc' o r CCor!!t' \ \ ' , ( ;n T II ,'. TI 1I' rl" i, a prnvi"ioll tha t after hl'l(!I 'adl it is to go to 111'1' children.

" P ro[c"'(l1" Gl'orge \\'a 'hi n g- to n GnTIll' , who was the g ra nd'oll ofGenna! X a thanacl G n't'nc', wa' an author o f sorm- not e a nd on e o fh i, Iricuds \\"a" the [lot't l.oll gfdlow ," wh o often visited ill the oldhouse. The Iirst floo r o f the \\'i ndm ill part of th e hnu-«- SlT\ Td as astudv for P rofesso r (;r"("('IW a mI I,on gfcllt lw n-e-d a n upper flo or as hisIwd;ooltl wlu-n a l:ut's t and p(ls, ihl ~ tilt' third tlonr room wlu-n Ill'wanted a "st udv " room for work o r quir-t.

" Fo r ma n y ~ '('a r' it IW indm ill Cottage1 staye d in the Greenc'fam ily hut finall y wa s sold at publ ic auct ion on April 26 , 1~ I07, 10.\fary ( ; n T lle Chapin ,"

In I ~ I.') it was ' old 10 H cn r- Eldredge \\ ho <;(' lls in I ~ 123 to G ilbrethBrown and thi-n o n O r-tobe-r ~3, 1 ~ 26 . it bec am e tilt' propert y of

Adelaide Kn ight H od em an.\\ 'hen the pn'St'11t ocrupa nts buuaht the propert ~ Irom the Hodg­

ma n es tate. the rx r-cutor. .\ 11'. T . I. H are Powel l, a nd his wife . adall ~htc'r o f th t' H odgma u- . pre-a-nted t he I.add-, ,\ ith tire t ith- abstracto f \\' indmill Cotta ,!!;\'. Pau l R . and H rh-u D, l .add became tile' owners

on J ill)\' 3D, I ~ n(l, a nd thirt v year..; lat er th l'Ysti ll orn rpy th is hist ori c

lu.u-c.L(lllgfd lo w llla y have had \ \' ind m il1 Clltta~t' in m ind \\IH'1l ILl '

wr.ue Til l' Hll ilda J, a sta n/:l o f whirh rea ds:

All house when- 111t 'n Ila'l'li"C'd and diedan' ha un tl'd hOIl~('S, Tln o ug-b thl ' 0111'1\ donr,Till' ha nnl .." ph;llItOll" O il the ir l'ITand , ,glidc'\\' ith kd that Iliakl' 1 111 'IlIHld Upflll tf ll' llflfll"s.

Et ha n Clarke. a wH,-time O\l tle r, dl 'SCTH'S SOlll C' add itillnal m ellt ion .Be"id c" bc'illg thl' 11"1pn',idell1 o f til\' Rhode Island Central Bank Ill'a lso W:\ ' a fllll lHlrr ilm l tru "lce o f East Cn'cnw l( h .\(' a d t'my. H e had(lrre da ug-hter. ..\nlla ~lar ia Clarkc', wh o m a rr ied :"Jath illlad Gn,(,11e ,SO il llf (; ennal :"Jathanad Gre('llC'. Th(' ~ ha d lwo "nn ~ , :'\athilnaelGre('lw ;lll d C eo rge \\ 'ash illgto ll (;rl'('lJ(' \Iho IW(';lllle the l'ro fe" (lr

Cn'('llc of W indm ill Co tt ag('..-\11 ex rerpt from tIlt' will of Etll:lll ( :larkl' nH'lIt illn" h i" gTa nd'llll

I W ;,,,/ ,,,il/ ColllI,!:." (1/1I1 1.o".!!./dlmt· r J ;\lHla r~ II' ;" '/ ,,,ill COll,,!:.., ,wd l .o1l :.:' d ' mt' . t

(;" Clf !.:l ' \\"a, h in,l: !u ll (;n'C'lw ,L' {"II,,,, ..:

. \ .. {or 2n \l'ar; 11t,1 \ ' - devond much of l ll~ tiun- ;!mlmnIW\ 10 "WI"

til<' PIl>IJoTt\" of lily ....m-in-lac, Xarhnnie -l [Jit] Gn't'nt '. [or ' hI" bnwfil ofhi, children. also kl\illl:: ~'far caved at leas t ~n.ooo dollnrv and S lonll"f Illy o"11 1)('ill~ uc-d III ";1\." this pmpnty of Ill" .....n-in-Iaw. I h"IM'rh.u " hnl lhis is known bv my I::rall(l .... 'I1\. X ath c niel f. irJ and ( ;" "n~"

\\".1. , h im;: to ll G rt"t'Ilf'. tha t this will '>ali"fy 1Ill' 1ll.

"llwre wen- a Ir-w Iarnilic \\ ho , tholl l::h nor O W IltT". WC"f(' "n up a ll1'o f W indmill Cotta !!;('. "llu- · indlU!l- the Chnrk-.. Eldn'dgc" , {\d ll ,.",:(ore·heal" operated the m ill and lived ill the hou-«} : Xlr. SharonBrowll, a prokssor o f I:n g:l ish at Brown L:lli\T("Sit ~. an d ~ I("S , Colin~ fakq:K-ac'e, who lx-fon- lu-r lllarriagi' was a j\'igh lill ,gak, "llu-rr­dnubth-s-, 'H'H' ot hr-rs ,, 110 arc u n known to t he writer or rhi-, a rt icle .

W ind m ill COHac;l' ha d more t han a pa~~illg association wi t h 1.011,1.:""Ielk iw. ' I'lit' relntion-hip 1It',ga n a nd n 111 1 inned Ior m a ny y('a rs. I HT a I N '

n ( h is a ttarhmctu 10 Pmfr-v-or ( ;HTIU'.( :nl\l illlling all through ils lift' Ih"H' has h, '('n a litr-rnrv and c-ultural

.u mo- phere crrutr-d bv <tu lhof" . hi-rorian-c, painters, mu -ician-. s-du­('alor", and nt ht-r ani-tk a nd l re'al i,,· p.·N.na liti t·v, Om' r a n rorulude­quin- rk'fi nitr-lv, howev er, thai 11\('.... • literurv a nd cultu ra l a roma-, hadttwir t)(' ginnin~ \\ ilh tht· POt' t l.o nc;fd IO\, alld tht' h i"lori;llI Cn't.·l!t·.

\"'Wll 1.00H~(dlow hnu~hl 111l' (oll; tC;t'. ,. h i, 'h hcTanw Iht' hOll\I' o fI'n '('........0 1' (; rt't' I1 t' hy gi rt. I.tl nc; k ll, >', \, rt .11' to (; 1'(' (' 11(' ;1'" ft .11, ,\\ ... :

In "orldly ma lh" .. ( ""lId \011 Il" "d s, not wtlTd ... l>t,tt, 'r ttl sIJt·.lk.~..nd dt' ('(1 ::1IId \\l 'rd intt'llIIilll!kd, O n ;ItHlUu l nf ti lt' " "al he r ( ('(utili1It.1 !'!O 10 11ll' :\olary Pul ,li, ' ( in Ih i... ";1'0<' ti lt' n'ulIdi n!!: ..\I I!!:d l ••(IUltId ,· hland . as ~Otl will ....,. "yhi... si~lIal u n' ) u nlil ~ 1 ·'lnd;IY. wl,,' nlilt' who l,' ma lh'r was ....1I11'{.1. ,il!llt'd. o;,,'alnl amI d ,·lin 'll't:1. ,IUd if H 'll

ha vt' as much plea 'lIn' in It;n' i ll~ il ,1" IlO' a' I h::n" in d" illt::' il . Ih i, ~,ilJ1lt':I plt'a'4l nl E;)stt't'.

()f Iht· \\' indm ill, 1 '( I11 ~fd l , >" \,n >t, ' I,>Cn'l'IH' 'Ill :\,.\t'lllhn :!:"J .I lli O, <I" fo llow" :

\ Iy d, 'ar Don Quixote -

I am deli!!:htl'd with tIll' id" ;1 of 1'I'l"I 'ntillg" you a Willlll1 lill. WIII'1lit is fairl y st"t up in your gardl 'lI. your lll' ighhnr~ "illtllink yOIl in ';II11'.for who wou ld thi nk of having a wiulhlli ll in hi.. ga rd"I1, lIul,'" Ill':ll n' ady Itas onl' in his 11I'.Ld , Still I hop" you han' Il I<HIt- , u n' of it ali<Io nly \,i,h I ha d a sirniLlr ono' :Hm'lIg Illy a ppll' t to'('\ I" 'wn ,' ;1' a

vumun-r houv-. " nul' (f'llt"lIlllOrarit·" "ill "":1\ y".t an- 111: .d and \ "'111'

hi~raplll'r thai lOU " ,'n' a miller.

Som e other rl'f t:'f(' JHt'" In the- \ r indm ill ill h-uer-, from LlIn~fdl""

I " (;n't'm~ an' a" foil"" ..:

Xov. 2!l. Iiii' - " I t'I.d,,·,· .1 dWtlli" aud "i,h ,nu JOy III vourWindmiII... ."

Juk 18. l H i' ,~, ",\, "''''11;1' Y"U ,';In tr-ar ynlll ....-lf from IIn- alnl" or''011 1' hdnn'd \\' illd llliIL I h"I'" "Ill "ill ('om" 10 C;llllh rid c:.,. , ."

Ju ly :W, Ill?". " And lilt' W ind mi ll " ilh ii ' f"ld"d " in!!:, a nd II..., IOIlt·" th at grind 110 il ion' T ha i was a h:.p!''' I h n\l~h l. if it mak.«you happy. " ."

lu-r-. 2",. 1117 ,", ".\ \ 1.·llY Cbrisuna -, ltl ;,11 in Il lO' W indm illCotlagl ' ,

:\ p ril l H. llifln " I h;I"" " ri tl l'1l \I'\'I'ral p' WIIl'o f l.ur-. nnr- "I' "hidl"I'h r- \\ 'ind illill' I v-nd vou YOIl "ill \I ... a t a glalln' thut it i" 1I0t wnl'wind mill. for yom" i-, likr- a buttntly wi rh it- " ing' plIlIl'd ofl'. . . ."

\"it holll doubt the 1'01"111 i... a bout the wind mill nt \, ' ind m ill Coll a t:"hut hI' fdl ron-trn im-d til ..a~ "i t i" not YOllr w ind mill " (or t ilt' pO'.'1lln-Icr-, 10 the m ill' ......a il-," rhn-e I iuu-- . \~ ht'n'a " .. ~ nuf" i..like a h utu-rfl vwith it- wint..'" pulled ntl." \\'1' ind"d(' IllI' lir 'l I",. , 1;lIlJa" o f t h,'

(:KIt'1ll T he W i/l d mill.

T h, lI'i " d", i fl

11.o ·l.o ld a gi.ml ;nil I I 10....1.. do" n 0"'1' lilt' farm'.-\Iof t Iwre in IIl\' tn',,'r In tilt" ti.,ld, nf ~raill I <.IT

\\' ith my gran itr· jaw, I 0"\0111' TI ll' ha n T'l l ltat i" 10 hI'

T Ill" ma in' ano ti ll' " Iwolf «nd tllO' ' y" .\nd / flj,, ~ to tit, ai, mv 11'111 '

.\nd ~rind Ilw lIl inln lInur, For I know il 1\ 311 for 1Ilt", ••

The t ilk o f Ih i, a rt it'll' ,mIld w ('11 he tht· R oIII ,U!U' of / /11 ( >/1/ /J11ft.,.

tnr roman..' i... inllTlllint.:lnl wilh Ih,' a"""lfi;\ tiol b th<t{ tillihe hi ,t nn

" f " ' imJm ill ( :"II <I ,l::t·. " '" "ill 1l( 'W turn to "",m'· "( thi.. f(.ma rltl' al o n c:with ut hn litt't':,ry ,dnTll tl" and ..co llnt·tt i" n .... wit h " ' iml m ill

<:ott ac:e,

0 11 Srplt'111hcr ~ ~ l , IIIBO. L" n!!:fl'l lm ' "nil!' to \ 11'. .I , D , r id!!..fro m " h ifh k tt n I qllllt \': " T he \·i~it to E;lst ( ;UTIl " it h \~a '" toattend the "nlding o f Ka t ht' f1l w (;f('t' IW to I{,'\ '. \\' ill ia m Brento n( ;n T llt' and a 1>t ';Hlliful \\I 'dding- it wa" . an id. 'al , 'iltn(t· "t'ddin g in ;1pre'tt y r h urc h, T h,' , , ' imlmill Cnttat.:1' o f nn r rr it'm l ( ;n 't' I\{' rt'''pll'lukd

1I';nrlmll l (.'01111.:;', ' !Hlfll,on;:. fdIOll· Jalll1a r~ 1'Hi7 W ilri/m dl ColIll,:;''' flIlrl l.Ollg,d'o ll' 7

wit h autumn Ill '\\'·" . In onr- Il f thr- room-, \\<1'" a n-a kr-tth- han g-i ng- l'lla r raru- in I III' Iircplacr- . So \>...,.,: ill'- ;\ IH'\\ hon-ehold."

O f I III' "<1 1111' \\f'ddi ng ~blld 11m \( ' Eliot . d auah rcr o f JlIl i;1 WardH O I I I ' , \HOIf' 101111' 011 :\ Ia ~ 7. l ~n!l . and I quote :

Ilt';lr ~ I r. Ladd :

I h;\\I' rc.rd wi lh gll'al illl"'-" '1 \ " " 1' a rurh- ill I II<' :\bl munbc-r ofti lt· .1",,,itQII 1/ ..",., ,1 00u l \\ 'ind ll'lill (:,," ag,·. I "a, la'l t hn" at Ill"IH·ddi ng of 1lI~ cHlI~ i n. th r- d;H1gh ln of r. ' ·OT"l:"l' \\-a~h i n !!tun (;1" " " 10'.

to hr-r n 'u , ill 01 1"0 named r.T1'(,/w . It wa-, a 10vel\ """,,,,,,,1 \\I·d di ng_1 ""111 Irmu :'\" WpOIl wi th 111\ mothe-r Julia \\'a ;'d lIol\l·. Mr. LOllg_fdluw W.I' rln-n- a nd I think Ch a ri,... SUIl 1l1O'r. ~ a nd 1IlI' Illotlwr\bro th e-r. 1lI~ L·nd,· ....; 1111 \ \ ';11 0 . 11,· .rnd !.on!::,fd low h': I\" " ';1 t/,..m fu rmane \";1" t'I>1ll rihli l"d 10 ti lt' ,uppnrl of :\Ir. G n ...-m-. a gif...d wriu-r .a nd d" I'I'l ,'lI Irieud of l .c ll1~ ft- Ilow ". In Illy n"TIlI IM.ok. pnblicln-d ;\year a go hv :\bnnilb n . / · ,n {. Sam li a rd and Iii . C i,.Ir, Ih" Il' ;11-'­h '·IIln-ut 1Il" l1Iioll' of (;n" 'II< ' in til<' ,'o rn"'pond" nn' ht't\""'11 \\';udnnd I ,on~ f.-l lflw .

Of rhi-, ";11111' l\l'dtling- :\ l;lUd 110\11' Eliol al v w rote III bc r h" "kTh i , if my X'·U,/J(lft .;l~ (0110\\ " a nd I quole :

TIlt' \ \ 'a u l, .urd 111" (;n" 'lu " w , 'n ' 1'11",,1\ n-lau-d <lIIJ ;IS IlIt .tllt'r k'"l'1fllM'1\ hou...· 10 kin sfo lk .. f "",'n d, ·~ro ..-. tI\<' ~ wen' £11''111("111 I'i, ito r", \\',.I llaJ(' lJla ny n il" In LI"t ( ; ro ..-nl, ir h . on Ihl' IIlainla ml. I' !\<'rt" I, ,· 1,,'1"nllnta illl..1 al till' huu,, ' of Lt . (;f)\ f' T11('1 \\'ill i,11lI Cn·,'m·. In (; r' ''' I1­

I, i t'll IIM,lin'd (;"(li gi ' \\'a ,hillgl" n (;1'\ " " 11'. Iht' hi" to riall, 11,· h ;l" all,·xclui, it,· man with till' ....ft,·" l oin'. ti l" IIlt"t n'uTlI\ rn;ll llwr, II<- ",I't ill' lif,-Ior l~ fli end a nd r o rn" I" .ndl'll l of L"ng f"l! m, ' to " h"m Ill' o"d i­c u..d hi " ma~Jl ilw l H e'] " I'rn. T Ill' I.if,· of :\I a jor (;l'Iw ral :\'athan,w l( : rl't·IU'. in Ihn'l' VOIUIll" ', :\ (y b'l illll'n '"ion of him " as a t tht' '\I'J.d ing: elf hi s d,Hlghtc ' r to 111'1 ..ousin " 'illia ll l Rn' nlon ( ; n T Ill· . :\ 11 .L"n~f"llow (';111 1<' from Cal l1hriel l!'' for ti ll' (l ' ITrIlOIl\ . \ \ '.. h·ft ,h,· Ilu ,old 'rl'i,'ml, d,',·p in I;dk ;1' " " '-Ir", '!' aW;ly. gOlllg ;"n till' old da l'1,11I'n Ih, 'y 1"' 1'" in :'\;Ipk " l'~"!hn a" Lid , in IBI2,

111 a Ielt!'r I" lh.. po t't. ( : ]'(Tllt· rdtT~ 10 Ihi, l inH" :

It W;1 ., 111l'1l thaI ~ " 11 un(ol(I,,1 ttl 1111' YOllr plam or lift- ;jlld , how,·, 1111" frolll "h;11 d,'"p l 'is tl'lII' you hdd aln'ady k;lllll 'd to draw. Frllillthdt day till' olIi'I ' of lil..r;l!uT!· took a IWW plan' In Illy thnll l,:hts .

I" "" t:l iol \< ·fn n·d 10 I I,,' wnld in~ "'" 'u'",,"', w,·,jd in" , " lIl", ,, ,,h 1...11"f.-llu...·p'f,'rn' d ,t> II ", aU/IIIJI" 1I"w" r'

~ I" Lin"oh, ', .'"l, inQ .

.\ 1110 111..: Ihl' l itvrn rv ,dt"lt'llt i"' .motln-r Rhode 1,1.lIId a ut hor. :\Ir, .Emilv Eldr('ch;::t' "'; ;1 \ 'ill" Idu , I\fOIt· ,l /rmorin in 11 ( tar dvn, rr-fer-, to

Windm ill C Oll a 1..:1' ill her book .I' rof t'" o r C n "l'm' linlit an-d hi, h i, ton ,, ( Rh, ,,k l-Jand n, hi,

mother, a nd it n":ul, :

TO.\ :\':\'.\ :\I.\RI.\ CRF.F.:\'E

:\11, f), ·;tr \Iotlwr

You bea r vonr nirw l\'- dll"" ~":II'_ "" li~ IIlII Ihat I invin lour a ueu­lion 10 d m'W vol uuu- nf mine- wirh ;1' m uch a-v u rnncc of vou r sym ­parhv a" wlu-n I ft(ll'l'd and W"I\(!<- I('d OIT r Ill\ firvt pic ture bookan infant nn vour klll't·. For ,oUI 'YllliMlln i, a' quirk a nd a, W;UlIl

as il wa, tI\I' ll , ami vour 11I"I11"~ e...·' back with um-rrinsr n" rtainl\I" tilt" m..n anti th .. "..-n,·" of all11,,,t ;l 'Tillurv aeo. Your r-vr-, han'l..okcd 1I1M1ll \\ ',\,hinglOn. :\lId I ..ur 1,'n;H'iou' llWII1<l 1-Y (';111 vti IIn-eal! tI... mulin,· oi hi" IlI .lj'·~lir form.T Ill' fil'l riun- tha t I veut urcd to v-nd forth ;1 voluuu- 10 IIIl' world.I ...·1 UI-JOIl Ihe' de>(\I' .nion IMg" Ihe lIalllt· of 1Il~ Iarlu-r, II" ha -, he"t'Ild.·;\J many ~c·a r~. YOII 'lilllinL:t'l beh ind. ' lfId IOIl~ may vou linm-r.1.0n L: 1I1;}1 tilt"'· In-ch 1l1" Il :Ol'i,'" 'I hirh c:i\'t ' cmh a diann 10 yourdai ly life- n'llli llU.· 10 dwn ,,,u ;11111 III'" un th O"< ' I, ho h;I\.,. the'I-' I'i,'il,'!'!" of li,ing with ~ "u. Thl" h,ll " " " ' Il lift· irupt"fft'('tl~ " hoha\l' no>t "·,·n wha l ,I d lallll it 1"',11' ,, 11t'1l Ihl' h, ',ut thai ha ' h. ·.11' 0 1"11~ ' Iill Il' nd _ i" c,'nial Is ;11111111 to 11 10' "IiII inljuirin g mind.

Rn .·!'t·nl h ;llId ;dT", l iona u,ly you r ' on,( ; I';()}Ua-: W. (; REE:\,E

In mort' (·"nl,·mIM.ran lilera lUlI' 1\1' find rdn,' IHT 10 \\ ' Ind rn ill

Cott age and its pn" ,n;ll.(l''''.Van \\ 'H k Broo k" in hi" IHlt ,k X l'll ' I·'- ,r.t.:. !a ll d Ill dil/ll S IOIlI1lI'f .

fhapln II, page :!:'. \\rol,":

GI·o r!!. ,· \\' . (;I" " 'W ' "f R , I. I ' II" !l;,d ' 11t'111 lW"lll y YI ';lr" abr" :lds'·n...d f"r "iglll ~" ; ll' .1" 1: "11,111 ; I t RI>IIH'. J.olLgkll"w <lnd ( ; 1'1 '('111' IradlI11't al :'\;11'\"" i ll tilt' LlI .I\' ;IY d.1YS "I' th"II you th. 1\t';1l' \ ' i rg i r ~ 101111>;lIId ....dl1aU;ll'O '" ;I,h, " and ( ;1" (' 11" \\ ;1, al WOlk nil Ih .. ;1t!rnil';lhl,'11H'IIIOiIS of hi, grall thi ro'. till' grr;ll :\';llhan;It,1 ( ; n 'l' Ill ' of th .. Rn nll1 ­l io l!. In 11;r! \ Ill' had ,."Il, ·n, ·1! n lalt'li;d, for I'n ·s.-.,lt alit! with bi ,g(,lltl, · IIlalllwr. e1i ,nl"'! a lld ' 11;1\ ,·. 1", W;h ratllO'l' lik, ' "HII, ' old It.llia llbOll'" pr il" 1. l it · ""'ll ll'd t" \..110l1' ;111 til" I t.llia ll IHlI'h by ht':ll'l ;llld

lI ' i lldmill < :(Jlla~,' Imrl l.(I".~fdl(J1l' 1%7; Wi" dmill C(IIt(/,~/ ' I//Id I.mq:.l rlloll '

\\ 111'11 Ill' vi-ind L"llcf,.]l" w. \\ 11"111 Ill' adored. 1)' ,,,,-11, \\a~ ;l1 .. a\,

inviu-d to join IIu- rirrk-.

And O il " of ou r own Rhodr- l elan d P' l(' t, ( a former H"idl'IH\ \' in fld d T Oh lll1'\ Snltt w run- thr- p" n ll T h., Tree //I til" 11',/11 .rt

W ind m ill CfJll;\~I ' j uru- I I. 19:H .\I r. SO.t l, in ....-ndiuu a (flr~ .,f the POIl'1ll to me-. « ron- : "Thi-, i, l ilt'

p",'1II ~ ()U a-ke-d Ior. r ill ",r~ it'" not bcur-r. ... I rou ldn"t -cem to~I'I ,l",l~ Irom a Rohert Fro- rian -rvlc . . : .

T hl' I)(l('1ll f(' ~HI\ :

T IfE T RE E I:" T ilE ,,'.\1.1.

Th..~ wa nted Ill!' \Olllle' tn -r ;U1 J tlll'~ wanted a -rraiqlu wall:TIl<' ~ built tl1I' vtruu- tn... to thr-ir lim' <.( . till' tallSlight hn·d. had tn ,t;md i-nc-a...·d in rie'ln rock. or 1'1 .... · fall .

II 11111' ( h,· om- or lilt' .. thr-r , ;IS tlll'Yvhould han' know II :

Eithr-r 111'1' 10 e't> do.. II pn"'t·t1 ill tilt' hard will o f ,'Out' .

Or tile' SpnlTle' wall , pillinl!: ovr-r when tln- trl'l' had C"IO\\fI .

.\nd lin" III<' old tn-r- ha.; S\\I·11,·d round IIIe' \<lUlIg"r.

Stow' may 10;1\'" ill\pin'd be-e-c-h to ~ro" stronger :.-\ rlY\\;I \. HIll em 't .( . Ill<' "all WOIl', hold 11111' h 1001g,·r.

Ttu- m'IlC'f~ who "ilt'l! and knit tl1<" 't · granih', with can'.-\ n · !:I)lle: aud Ior uc 101 k-, 'pr;l\\ I. trunk , 1,0", bart ' :Thoc- m-xt ; I h r-r uv ;11, ' vurt- III lind only ti ll" tn-, ' 1111"n-.

Thl' t n' t· in the w..11 \\ ;\, top pk-d and dc-a rovcd h~ thr- hu rr u-a m- of

I!Ufl. h ut t IL,' 1'0"11\ n-main-, a.; d t>(" tilt' re pai red wa ll.,\ 1t'1I('r from )o fi<ss l:t1n.. (;rt'CI1\\t >( 1I1, a n a nt iq uaria n . who h",

tionait'd r;\I'I' a nd ,a lua hit' .\ nwr it'a n;, 10 the Smi th",nian In'tiuL!" in" '" , h in g: to n . D.C., rt'fn l'nl to )oI l. Stoll ill iI ll't h' r a~ f"lI ow, :

" ', . ; UT ~tilll""kill,l.: for you a rid ~Ir' . I. add 111'1'(' a t Fil'n ln lU' Lil lI!and I wi, h tll'lI ' ''lIl'ould 1"""J;ult- ,,·iun t·ld Scott to ('tHIl" "illl YOIl .

I W;trlt lIim I II lIll'd E, t1 H' l' Forh,·, . ;1' I thin k , he \lould app rcciat,· hi,r im" t !,.\' f) , ' \ / , I I.oo k 111 ;11 III' has \, l'it\ I'n a nd ,nuld 1I,,1 !, gt·t it pub ­li, llI'd, SIll' i, wil li 11 11 11 <.: 11 1" 11 ~ 1i f1 l i n ,Hld ill a ' 1 Ia lq~il' !,OSili"l1In (Ill ,,.,,

.\ no t ht·r J}< wllI \\ hi , h !la ' fTO"t· t! Illy path i ~ (,nti tkd Th .- 1....1.:"'111/II t!lf' .Ifill b~ F, Bu n:!' Sm ith. whit h a\ 'lJwnll~ i, a hou t th, ' mill ofW intlmi ll ( :otl i1L:t', .\ foo tllotl· to I h i, p, >('m ,a ~':

The old mill i, vituan-d in Ea\t (;]t't·l1widr, Rhode lcland. and ,sanarhr-d 10 and mad" part of till" hlllN' o f I' rn f(', <,nr ( ;"o rg" ''".Cn·I'IIt·. on. ' of our \\I'II-kn""n author s. and till' ~r ;lIld......n of Gl' nt'falCn"'III' of Rcvol uuona rv fa uu-.

This pocm which (I'll, the lift- ,tor~ ..f Lln- m ill which Ix-r-arne partol a house. starts a" fo llm\, :

TilE LE<;E:" IJ O F T il .: ~ IILL

·n\(· ( '0111 wa-, m ,tlille' 'OIl tht· h ill,In th, ' gl'ntll' Sumua-r wiud :

'1'111" ~1iI1<'f , ;'It ill ti ll' old hI"" Il millW;\il inc hi, e'r i~1 to !:rind :

" 'a itine' for -un . and waiting for rain..-\tTnrdi!l!: tn (;.>d ' ~ " .. n pl.m .

T o r-ipe-n till' h.·a ut iful gnldt 'n Cr;l1 l1..\nd hl'inl! u to f"..d for ma n. ..

I n rn'ic\\ing mort' of the n.tltl'lIlpOfilr~ period I will tum to alight t'r vein for a [r-w anecdute-, and expcncm ,....

F if'-II willmention Proft'';'i(lr Hcn rv W ;ad ' wo rlh L ongfellow Da na ,a ,gra nd 'i(lIl of the poet, who \'i,i tt't! W ind m ill Cotta,gl' and ke pi up acorre-pondeme with II'; . In a h-ttcr o f )ola rr h !l. 1~1.l2, he cnclo-ed apa raphra-ed poem. T hr .I1ill ni.t:.ht Rid., QI Sf/llt ll CI,III I. and wrotc :..It \\ ;1." good of ~ou to giw nit' that beaut iful photograph of thebrook in ~Ollr :'\" (' W Hump...hin- rem-at . I on l~ \\i ...h t hai ~IlU ha d -a-nt

your pO': 1ll with it which I am 'lin' nUN han· Il(TI\ lx-ttc r t han t ho-e­\ '(·N'.'; of mine."

)o larilln X i('hol, Ra w" ,n, ~ 11\ " rti, t. illll,tra to r a mi a u tho r. who wa','.;pt'cially wdl kn own in I' rll\ 'id t'nn ' ~1I1d Rh " d(' I, la nd \'i,i tl'd\\' ind m ill Cntta,gt· \\ ith "lllW o tlwr "~irk" )o lr. t. a d d wa.; al1XiOIl' 10

hin T the propnt y a t lea,t Illak t' a ,good illl pn'"ioll ;llid ( pn ha p' a tth t' IK'h est of his wif(~ ) thl' yard was t id in l up <J ll i t 'k l ~ h~ filling t ill'o ld well hou,e with pal'aphnn al ia an d tool , wi t h t hl' f" lIowingr('';1I1ts:

:\ notl' from .\ I rs. Raw so n l ilt' 1ll' ",1 d ; t ~ til " Ika r PI." whi chindll ckd tht · \Tr,, ':

T llnl' wa, an a llci"llt \\ (,11, Ulhl ' pon a , hady b,," . . .

'o lh .. f"llow ill,gd a y )0 Irs . R,I\\ " >I1 l'!"T i\ n l ,I sl'qll l'l from " PI:' \\lIir h

10 [ J ,Ill 11 ' l r~ 1%7 ] 1I' ; I1 '/ lII ill Colla!.!., - IlIld / Ollg{r lf 01/' 11

l "111il orw d.« \\110'11 • it~ g-al~

T o rural pan.. " ,'n' "ollnd( ;;. t1w n ·d at \ t' a rn-ieru hOIN -

Ami '1Io"l,..d a nd '11001,; around ...

From ),I;lrioll Raw.... 'n fa ille a rejoinder to which ..Ill' rem.rrke-d:"Sinn' t lu-n - can 1)(' 110 rrcditabk- ancwr-r to thi....irnpk- q ur--t iou ,,, 'hop- t ill' Iam u-r lad will nul 'train to invcn r one. ,,'t' art" "Imp"loo king "ft n lh., P rr -c rva t ion of :\('\\ Lnulandc amiqtn- wnu-rv."

I rOlilld ;1 liuh- bill.-t (1011"

TIll' (by I ,,, 'nl tn 10\\11

'T\, ,,~ [nun a 101 ',11 fnruu-r LidOf ren ....lJlahl., n"nn\\ll ..

~1. "'.R .

Om- d.l~ )'I r- . Ladd an-wen-d Iht' doorbell and there "'ltN>li <I pri,,"'tand a Chinaman. Till' pr ic-t <aid. " I", rhi-, :\I r- . Ladd ? I am Fatherlnn nr-rta and rhi-, i-, m~ con K en net h ." After a hit of bewilderment,tilt' pr«....t explained t ha i Kennet h tilt' Chinaman wa- hi", adopte-d .... JIl

a nd tha i :\I r. Ladd IMd told him when he ca lled ;11 hi, otlue, thai:\I r; . Ladd would ht· .~ tad 10 ",ho\\ him \\'ind mill Colt.:H.!l'. Fatherlanrn-na had wri t ten ;1 Iww,k r-ntit h-d I ./Jud d loll" (/1111 .1I01I I . ' ffl H lIl il .

a n,p~ of which he' p n ·.... ·III'· t! 10 tht' (.;Id d ;,. I II rt"p'ln,e to .... ,IlW

phol o gra p h" o ( W indm ill C"II<l.!.;C, \1 h idl the Ladt\... .....'I\t to Fa l hnla rtlw tt a . Ill" 1\ ro ll' lilt' ("lIm\i ll!.:: l.:: r;lI-iou;, k iln:

\ l v d "M :\l r. I.;ltl tl.

\Lim ~ rat"f lll than 1.., (01 \ lIlJl W'lwr"lI;, g,·_tuII' ill Ila, iug 1110"'"

'Jwria l and I,eltonlt' I,hotog t.q,ll' m;l(k to Illy gn'dt {It'light. I f " n 'r [n'vj,,· 01 {kal in ,I _"""1111 nliti"lI. th,',, · vin\s of lIlt' (;n"-IIO" 1I0llw inEa' t (~ n 't 'II \\ i , h "ill IN" "r illl'xl'lt'ssihh' \-alil(' tnnw a ud to anI l't'a(!o-IlIf tht· I)(N,kl,'t. .

I ho p,' t" 11<" "hit· tIl lind "'JlII' in (nnnalion n'blin' tIl thl' hi,toll ofthl' \\ ' illd lilill ;lIld I illll'lill t" "xt,'m!llI\ n'~l'arch into th i ~ In'd tn ';l1tilI 1..1)(1\\ 11101 " "r it- "l'igin ,,1111hi,tory ,

V n l ,inn'n 'h and gratdully y"u"( R,'\ '. ) S.d ,a t iw , Lml ll'll .l

.\ \Tri ta hk paradt' of inll 'l 't"st in g all d Jlot aL k people han' I' ll jo ~ nl

tIll" Ila \'of " I ",rn,t IH T llf \\-illdlll dl ( :IJtl a gy Iwsides ,11< "1' I\hl l 11 ;1\ ,'\\ rill l' n ahuu t it. It ha' hIT II l lll" '((,Ill' of Illa ll \ g;ttJ lI'rilll,'" for all

C'\Tllim:- of, IMradn. TIll' 1{ 1I ..hliulu { :Iuh of .\ rnn iL I ha.. held t\... firit- mccune- a t th.. hou....·. T hi.. Iluh ha .. ;I'" it.. ohjl'lti\l' " '0 ..hrd lightn n the- lieht -, o{ the pa-t . It i.. \\1'\1 known o r rOliN' that Profe-e- or(;n-en'· and LOIH!ft"lIm \ we-re- nu-mlx-r... IIf IIIl' Dante Cluh which.hO\\ [\ I"r, mrt in Camhridc;(' .11Id whuh "'t ill hold" an annual mC"t' ,in c;

;u n .rd in c; Tn :\I r. Vak-mourt. dirt"dof ru Lu n d el lm \ Craigit' )

Hou-a-.Windmill Couae- i", m.\\ Iurni-hcd \\ ith ;l1I t iQIlt·", and hand-c raf ted

ma tr-rial-, of \\ hidl a hulk-tin pf till' Ru-hlicht Clllh stated "manvht'au lifull\" vtenr-ih-d pi... "" wr-n- admired throuulmut the hou-e. a~

well a" W'I\C"n mar-rial- . fine- hook,'d ril l,'" and hand-dipped cand les.:III cxarnple-, Ilf :\1 1'. I.add'", tnh-nn-d t raft-man-hip."

.-\n artic-le " hil h appeared in tl n- /l . I . l'..mlulum n n the W in d m ill.",igm'd "Barbara.' included Ih i", paragraph .

TIll' Pr"...-n t 0\\1"'1'. :\ fr. and \ 11' l'aul R l.add. hought W ind mill( A'":1gt> fro m lilt' Hod gma n ....1.11.· .l Ul U' :'\0. Iino. Iuvidc tht'\-'n' putIurniture that "''''IllS ttl hdoll£!" til ti ll' hou-e. Onl' [e..·ls that rhe-v r-are[or ti lt" old n .n agl· not alOllO' fo r itv hi,tOI' Of IM'I 'ltTUpall1, hut a,1111'1••\,,1\ old houu- it i- I fo r oll"luIIN ' it sla~ , in tlu-ir hands 101l!!;I 'rthan it h:h ill 311\' of ti ll" fonlll 'r lII\ 111"1' . for rhr- \\' illd m ill Cottao...... IIl, to kin' r OIlll" into it- 0 \ ' n :Ic;ain.

\\' ind m ill Cotla!!;t' i", "Iltlilit' ntl ~ hi-u.rir and antique tll lend iN'1fto pu hlir nOlite. [ t ha.. it.. 0\\1\ f;llI mail and it... Iw\\"papn a rticl\'.. andphllIO", R i pk~ ... i1din 'l' il or "o1 h;I" IN'd \\'im llll ill C oll a gt' twin' intht' la"l ....·\c·ra l \t'; lf". j ohl/Il.l' Ctl~ " p itl lln'''' a nd "Ix'cial arti rl t·", han'

f"al llft'd \\' ind rn ill Clltla t:e. R a d io "'1;lti"Il'" a nd 1lI;\!.::;llinl'''' han' t'ar­I'inl item ", a nJ a rt ick.. IJIl Ihi , hi '1111' . :\U lIU"I'tJlJ'" I' .urist, a nd an i"'t... ' tl'P

to p hologra p h or -k,·tlh t ht' h" lJ't ' a'" t llt"~ do wit h nl\T rl'll hride; t·' .I .. it a ny wonder Ihl' l1 Ihat Ihl"l'e i"';11\ 1J1Idi"'lo\ en'd " hu ried t rt'a..urt'''

at \\' intl m ill C ott a e; l' a h"lJ l II h il h t hn t' i", ,\II illte fl"tillc; 'tor~ '!\\ 'he n' d , t' hut ill "lll h a hou' ,· \"'l dd ca rp"lItn'" lllll '" \,,r a la rge

IW\\ ltT ch a rgt'T in th .. d " ll l1" of the \, ' illd lll ill ?\\·hl'rt· t'l..:.c ' hm in Ihl' ~ anl o f a ll o ld hUll' I' wou ld W it· find 11ll1 i<t 1l

l'dirs alld art ifa r ts ;lud old 11 ;11'''\\ ;1 1'' ll' l'Il in piol n-lT d;I\".J\\ '111'1'(' els e \\ '1II1 d fi liI' lind a p,l1ll" " fe; bs.. in tIn- a tli(' w ith all

im'ita t illll to a fifteent h \\l'ddi ll!!; a l1l1in·t"';u·\ ('IllOll it. '\\'Ill'f( ' el ....• Wlllll r! t ht' . \ il'n la k l,f t lw linIN' hI' tlTa led wi th a ('u p

of ,-olft·(, by Ihl' lor ,,[ don o r a nd an ill' /Tea lll rwH' at Ih t' drugslm ('

fa lll da~ on his re t u rn Irip tu', 11001 with lilt', hildn' n?

HR .\ i\L \ :'\ S OF \\".-\S II I.1\'(;TO:,\ L O U:,\TY , R. I. 1%7 ] fir/III/rilli oj I f l/ I/Il11 g / 0 11 COli Illy. n .l,

h y I I "'OLD ~tr ~ OT PIT", \ ." . F .\ , S ro.

T Il F \'F RY F IRS T RE CORll ED HIRTH ;'; in South K in,[!:, tO\\ n , Rhodr­Island . v. I , p. I . a rc th ose of seven Braman child ren who , «m- m ightth ink. wen' lost or phans. sinre no parent s art' u-rrilx-dto them , a \"IT\'

un usua l rcrurd. Two of these children. J a mes a nd J oseph . a n' called[ r, in later r-on vrvanc r-s, lea\ 'in g in douh t whether th e father wa s.lames o r j o-cph . T h is doubt . however. is rr-olvrd h y a loose-leaf t ~ pedinsertion found in Boo k 2 of Hirth -, \larriages a nd Estra ys ill theoffice of th e town fi n k at So uth Kin gstown. Th is inwrtion is a listof the marria,gr s pe rformed by Ro wse Helme, just ice. I t ht'lT a p pe a rsthat " J a mes Braman , son of J ame~ Braman married :1 Decemlx-rI 7?2 Elizabr-t h Carpenter. Thndo re a J a mes Bra m a n was II11' fatherof thr- fo llo wing ch ild re n, pre-umablv born in South K il1 g~t()wn, h utpossib ly ~llm t' at North Kill ,g\! OWIl o r cl-e-whr-rc.

I. J \ Nt:, h. 2R O r l. [1)9.'i: Ill. Wl'st CnT nwid l. R . L ;-) On. 171flTIIOlllas Draper.

II , JAM E S, h . 12 Xov. 16rl7: Ill . South K ingsto\\ n, :l Dec. 1722 Elizalx-thCarpenter. daughtl'l" of Solomon Carpcnn-r "ho, e will (SouThKingstowll '1'0 \ \ 11 Cou ncil cud Prohan- , I ::~ 18 ) dnu-d an Ap r. 17:'i(l.p roved 10 O <'t. [7 :10. l.-cvc-, a lx-quest to Eli7allt't h Bra man. Th,, ~

ha d a son Solomon Bra man" b. 2 July 172:1 : Ill . 9 Apr. 1744- ContomM umfor d . ;HTon ling to O usta v :\ njo ll's tY]lcscrip t.

Ill. :'I- h RY. b . -I M n v l i on, X o furt her reco rd.

1\ '. '/ o ,,;u >ll . h. 2 1 :\Lnd l [701 : Ill. Sou th K ingstown ( V . R. 1:70 ).27 .l U I it' 172.'i, Ah ig,lil Allen. b. Soutl l King, t" wn (V. R. [ :70 )2~1 Nov. 1700. She wnv probahlv d <.l ug-htt'r of Chr istopher Alh-n .who d ied in 17:\!-l , and who married ill Boston ":H"l'ording to tln­forms of thr- C hu rch of En g[a nd'" in 1687 Eli7aht ·th Lq~(lurl ll' o r

Sl'goudlt' [n<lllw ill"gib!"1 "of Link- Compmn" ( :'\. ' rl h K illg, tOll llV .R .) .

T ht' d li[drcll of J os'"!)h and Ah igail ( .-\ lIt·n ) Bra ma n. till' fir, t~i\ l't't'tndl·d ,It S""l h K illl!,t own :1 Ilt T. 17:1(1. tIlt' la\t r1'~ 'tl nkd

tl\t"l"t , "a l his ITqllt·.,t" i ll \ lan 'h lili7 (V . R, I : 27 ) \\ t"I(' :

a . S\R\Il. h, 19 Fd l. [72.l-Il . :\ nll; \II.. h. ~:I ! ),.... 1727.- J OSJ-:l ·II, 1.. :n Fd ,. 1729,d ...\ :-. r-; . h. 12 .--\ ug. 17:H .P . T ll rn l.-\s . h. 2:' Apri[ 1i :H : Il l. Soulh K i llg ~ t n \\ 11 26 J a il Ii i -j

12

E[iz;lht th (;l·iru'[l.r. .1 0 11:", h . 2 :\by 17:17.g. 1' ,\1 ' 1.. h . -1 .J u ly 174-:), l it- " a, prnh;lhly ti lt' Pa ul Hra rn;lll "ho

Ill . M arth a -- a nd d. Berlin. R,·n\sl'latT Co., :-:,Y.. in l fl2fi.

v. BE:>; JA ~ll N , h. :1 April 17((): m.Clmrk-stowu. Rhode leland . 28 Apri lli2!1:\larth a , dall g-htt'f of l lr-nr v. J1'. . and C01I~t a nt I la ll ( ,,-..su-rlv.Rhnd.· hla nd Lan d E\·. .'i :270 ;lIld " .ill Lib. 2: 210 ) ,

\1. .1 011:-; , h. lj M nr. 170 7. Xc fun her record.

\11 FRU U W E . h. 11 jan. 17oR: m. " 'l" tn [y, Rh ode Island (T o\\ n\ 11 ·t·t ing, and \ [;lrri :lgl'S :{ :2 17) 2fl O c-r. 17:H 'l 'IHllna, Brand {uotBeard as in Arnol d's I'ita! R r ( ord of R hodr I slaed, Then- lia s a

Bra nd fa mily in Westerly at that tinu- h ut no Beard fami ly) .

Havin g t h us disposed of th e children . what of thei r a nn'~ t ry?

,\ (To rd ing to the abovc-mr-ntioncd t ~pesc ript hy (;u~ta\ ' Au jou theRhode Island Hram ans had a lon g" lint" o f French progenitors, !)('g-in ­n ing with a Guilla um e Bremen wh o wa s li\"ing in Ponthieu , Pir-ardv.in 1? i3 . HI' record- a fai rl ~ well-authen ticated lineage' fo r eightgene'ra till ll~ to a J ea n Brem en. h apt , ( no place- gin-Il ) 11 Ik e. 14-Qri,d. "Lode-ham" ( mea n ing Led-ham }. Yo rksh ire'. Eng la nd . 1.'")4-l-; :111. :1 Aug, I ~~ ll, Celeste' de O rcs. \\!lo. ..\ n jo u sa~ s . nn igrat ed fromHriellr-. Ho lla nd , 10 Led-ham and left a will dated :!R ..\ llg , I .'d fi ..\ rr-fr-renr-r- to thi s will and it ~ content s would he welc ome , He is-uppov-d to have had a «m H c-nrv who. Anjou ~ay~. cann- as aH uuuc not with his pnn-n tv 10 Led-bam with a wife S llzarllle H urst" a t a u t'a dy age." Thi-, Hcn rv he says ha d many chi ld re n bapt ized atLed-dram. 0 111' being a T hom as. bpt . Led- ham 4 ;\0\'" I :i6 'i. m . 3 Sr-pt.Il-;1 3 J a ne daughter of Thomas and Do rothy ( C h urch) .-\lcmk ofKipp ax Pa rish . Yorkshire. T h is Tho mas had a vm T ho mas b. ( notbnprizcd ) I ? .I Illy 16 H; m . J i\OY. 164- 7 J ane . daughter of John andCathe rine ( Bulk r ) K ing"ley. T hl' published Lnl~ham Parish Re,g i ~t er

has no reco rd of a ny Bn 'rnt'ns, Braman~ or Braym a n~ . S inn ' it donhan' a lllll.l;' re.ord o f hapt i~rn~ of r hi ldn 'n o f a H enry Bra m ha m w hndid ha\{' a ' Oll T ho llla s. haptind -l l'\ m', I:Jb:l. it i ~ n "idl'nt tha t .-\ n jo \lcOIl\T r!l'd a Bra m ha m rccord in to Bra m a n, not a likely corru pt ion o nth e name BrelTlt'n . In all ~ ea\e thne is no r('cord of the bi rt h or bap­tism uf a T hom a s Bram ha m o r Bra ma n in o r a ho ut Hil4 a m l llothingwhatsu('\Tr to ~huw Ofl'\'l'n in t im a te that Th(Jma~ Bra m a n of T a untun('a rm ' fro lll Yo rbh irr . H t'll('(' the wh olt· .- \n jo1J fahrit 'atnllilleage lll a~

Ill' l'll tird y di ' rega rded,

14 [ J ;H l ll ;U~PLTEK I.n r.:-.":-; K I:I '( )KT (H' '1'11 1: 1'IH HTED !;', ( ;S

ThollM" Braman ( B r ; l ~ mall ) wa, in Ta unton, I' I ~ mou th ( :olo n y.bv IIi:",,! and took th.. oath of a lln::-ia llt"t· rhrn- in 1/i:,I . H ., dinl hefor"

1jih' ;. h hell h i.. \\ itt" ,\ .J.me- Bra \ man m. there Taunton V. R . '1::','1 •

'11, \brlh Il ilili - cunur-l H o lIO\\ a y hy w hom <he had Plvmnurh ( :,, ].

RIT. l lnnnah. h. \ l.mh llil i7 : :"> ;1111111'1. h . I·' Sr-pt . lfiliR ; Xathnniel.II. !. J llh Ili70 : 1-:'.tlll'T. h. I -I .\ lay 16i .~ : ami J ohn . b. '1., F.·h. 167·1.

' )'h()III;\' Hr;IIlMll' , ' Ilp p' N 'd ...m-, \\ ere James. Jo-cph ami T hl 'IIM".()f th. ,'(" J . r.cph . Ill . Rehoboth . \ 1,1'.... " ,R. 1::-,H ~ l ......·pt. IfiHISarah :">;1\ ';1 1::"(" and had a dam;:htl'f Experience. h. Rehohol h 10 ;\0\ .

\li fQ and a "" II John . h. there '12 J une 1685 Y. R. p. 5:"JJ . Thoma'til. Tuunu.n 20 J;l1I, ltiltl Ii Ha nn ah Flvher X.E. / /.G. RI·.!.: . 17 : ~_U

and Iwl Thoma-. h. ~ I)..e. IIiRIi and lIanir- l, h. lJ O rt . l/iHII.,\n'..rdinu 10 .Yn jou, j.une-, \\a' boru 7 :\lay lfi ;,l1 nu reference O f

pl:n' .. ~i \t' li • Ill, Mt urdil1l.: to .vnjou Jane. dauahtcr or Job andJ.l111' ( :rand.d l B,ltk..t k .IIIJ \';1" father o f the J .IIlU" whn Ill .

l .lizabe rh Carpcun-r.That J'1I1It-, Braman hho married j an e Habcoc k Badrrx k dillt·

uuknow II . \\;t' fathe-r o f 11ll' -evcu " 10'<1" Braman" i" prohahh r-ru-rr-rt ,

<inre- hi, t\\ O 1IId t·"t «hildn-n \\ITI' named j ane and j.l11W", HO\\I ' \Trit i, unli keb rhat tfu- janu- Braman. hu-b.md o f jane Ib l)(IH-li. , \\a '-on o f Thoma- o f Taunton . npl'l'iall ~ a" Thoma-" , -on J allle", ,u"Con!·illl! to .\ n ju u. h ;\' h.. ,rn ill l1i.",0 . HI" hould han ' had hi, fip.t [('l lln ln i

Ihild . J.\II(", in Hill,cl at t Ill" ag(" of -Fl ;lIld Ih(" la'l. Ffl·I·low . ill 17011al t ill' a gl' o f :,R. T hi" i" p, ,,,,, ihk hU I IWI prohahle.

It i, mon ° l i kd~ Iha t th .. Jam.." Braman. fal 11l'r of Ill\' " 11I' ('

Br;tIlla 11". wa' Ih.. J 'II11I" Bra man of :'\oll h K in ~'lo\\ n wh" W:l' aminor in If; ~'~ wh"l1 hi" guardian, Capt. jdfre~ C hillllpli n. lo"kCOIl r! .1' l inn til protn t til<' ri g hi, nf hi" wanllo "ome bnd in :'\n rl h

K illt.:' lo" n ( :" orl h K in,L:"llIWI1 l' ro hatt · Lihn .'):-1 1, Tll i, j a llll"" W'l'

pn ,lla lJly 1)< "11 a ll(llll I/i i:.! alld i.. pnlhahh th.. j am..' \\ h ' l Il1ar rin \J a ll(' Bai ll o l k . JIe ,ntl[d not ha n ' hl'e n ";(lll of j O"Iv h ami S~\r"h

(S;I\'ag l') Bm lll'HI Ilf o r T h ' Jlll;]' <lil t! H anna h ( \ ' j, lll' r) Br1tlll a ll . ~ l'

Ill' WOlii d IIwn h' l\" 1)(',' 11 m IlCh 10 11 ~tlllng to han' had a ( hi ld h 0 1'11

in Ilil l.-1. I lc "'lI lt! ha\... Iwe ll . ami pn lh ~ l h l ~ w a s. t h .. ",'ll " f .I ' l ll H" .

"'II "f ' ['h" 11I a , B I"" I I ~ l n ,.f T a ll ll lOll . \\ hl', .\ njo ll ":l~'" wa, !JI III I

7 .\ L\\ Ih:llI, alld the d dn h m l lJl'l o f j ,,,.,..:ph ~lIId T huma-.'I'll;' .\ n j l l ll I\ p""ri p' i" in TIll' R h o d e I , b n d ll i"lo l'iL II SO( i " I ~

( ( : 1' 11. .\ 1". R, ,,un : B 731 ) . " Braman ( ll fa ~ lIIa ll) btllil ~ ii' ("{JIllpikd11\ ( ; ll"Lt\ " .\ n j"l1 of .\ 1lII" ric ~ In C l'Ilt';d" L: i('a \ SOL il" t ~ , () rigin a I 11I.11I II"

, ,' r ip t ",,"rd III { :hnh'l' _\. Hr,IIlMI1 • .-,BO Pa rk .\ n· lIw·, :,\,Y, ( : il~ . "

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0 '- -I III,

x uor»: I..., !..-\ :\ IJ (; E:'\ ER.\I. .\ ss L :\I BI.Y. 1 7Hi- li~l (l

i., IRWI" II . PUL""OO"j) " I':O ' lIn" nl or Il i. ton . I I" " ' ,,, ( :ol l.-e,·

[n ,nd ud"d fro m n , luI ...r, I""". in<i,I<- lu , l ,o"'rj

TIn : :\ l.-\RCII 17HH S~. "; "IO :-; OF '1'1.... L~ I ;I ,.;L... Tl· R F;'·

\\, ED:,\!:SD. \Y "April ~., .\ . :\1. Both Hull....·, werr- formed a ndproceeded 011 the hucine-- o f till' -e-.ion.

.\ conuuince wa' appointed III examine and count the \ '011'"

returned upon t he- pmpo-cd Con-riuuion for rhe l'mu-d Statr-e, \\ horeported. "that then- wen- :.!RH YI'a' , an d :!5HO I\a\", the \\ holt­number Ix'ing: :.!.RtiH" from \\ he'lll l ' i t appeared that n ot o n e halfof the Freemen had voted, thr-rr- III'in g: upward, o f i,flOO Ffl't" C it i­z...n-, in the Stall' '-'''' and rhr-n-fon- it cou ld he' 110 \ '01e . The report wa-,

however n-reived . ami a h-tu-r W <t" draftt'<l a~rt'l'ahl ~ to order a ndsub-cribed 1)\ the C"'TTT10 r. tran-ruittiug rbi- vote ttl C()lu~r("" 'I ~

the lkt("rmin~tioll fl f thi-, Stall' Upoll thr- COII"litutillll, al-o "t.ltillL: thr­rt';l'llll' for ;adoptill~ a mode. differen t from that recommended bvrhc ~('nt"fal ' Fed ...ral COIJ\TlltiUll.ll< · .\' a palliation (,f rhi-, irre~uJar

procedure. it \\ ~t ~ ronreded ill (h i, leucr that there wa- a dcficicn cvin 1111' confcdcrarlon. and a \\iJIin c:nc...' I·,pll·, ....-d to g: rant unt o COIl­C: fI'''', un lim ited P"\\lT for Ihl' n 'C;llbtitlll of ('f.lllllll'fll', clI llel'lim.:

:" .\"m p"./ 1I~ ", ld , .\ pril 10, 171111 . .:,J' Eu,''-' fl ~ " " · ' un th ,' \'t.I" art':ot \';lri, .nn- ..... ilh Ih.. oni,'i ,,1 ,'ou,,1 " hKh i!['"''

:!.iOS opp.. ,,-d 10 II """~I i lu lion. wi lh :!~7 ill b ,·l>t. In "i lh ... (",~ "' , II,.. UI"jOlil'.Ii![,li"" r'lli h,:olion ,. d .." rh 0...·11"'"'·11lli![. t·;Il '·u with (!'( Iain d.-f,·", 0" It,..i"",· , Ih, · k J ..... l i .l ~ d' Tid",1 10 l.o ~"()1l Ih.. Id", !'(luu tn un Ih.. ... ,m li t" tion_ InIhi, W"' -. li lt" "" 'akn' ,, of tl )l' f,-,h-,.,li<I ' in KI,ol l.- " laud wUlIlu nol 1)(" pUI toIh ,' ln t- of 1',,1>1;., hUlllilialioll. '1'1,.. 2.71111 \'()("l ;, ~"i n< 1 Ih.. ( "", I;t "t ion ."" "d o\(' app, o,imalion of tl ,... ..1'·do,,,1 lIl"j .. ,il\ ul II... ( :01",1" r M l' - I h rou~ lI o , ~ t

Illi. l)<" r;o<l : Ih .. uf'l""i,,1': lI"· ,,·;,,, li l<· fu,..-, ', 1"'\"'1 ~ .•il...d 11I0'" Ih ;1ll " P1J1"o".111""'1\ I.~nll \·ul' ·5. Tn lIlt' ..I,·,·t iun uf 1711 7. f", "~ " lIl l'k. till' Country ['" ,...' ..an­di,bll: f,,, I". ' f",-I;o" ;" l!:"'''' I""r. Juhn Culli"" IO ·,·,·;, ..-d 2."1,'1 hallol '. whik IIi,IllO"rl'alllilo- "1'1'''''' '111. " ' ill iam Ur,,,lfUlu, "·,-.-i, ,,,l 1,14f ' 1·11< ' -1,1 10 r."'·IIII"" wllo,-",t tl ...ir Hl1n I", K"\" 'nUH l',u..idnJ II... ];1Il!:" '1 lLH"uul of tIll" ,'nti,, ' c 'HLr."",nalioll ,.,." .\ lil ty l",r ,·"" t ,11,,,,ino;- i" " ltll"' l .1l1 \ dlTtiul1 t",'al ,,, . ' lLll r. wld,·wa, a l;n ~,' t"n'O,,1 f",· KII"d, ' 1, t ll ,,1

"" T I" . h'~1 of ( ;" \'<'<" '" ( :"llin" kiln ",,1) I... ro,,,"lt,,,1 in Collin, II) til"Pn·, idn ' l of C",u(I"". III C; '·IIl·(,,1 _·\"n llhh •.\plil 'l. 1711 11. Siall ' I'" P" I< oiRhod,' hland, ~", .. ;\;"10",,,11 .\ rd lk "" 1,01·hlll , RII",10- [<la nd K,-(old, . ~ Is" ,

Rhol!" 1,Ll lL d SUI" .\ ... lIi,·,', . ".1. 1'\ , \ 72·4 7'1 0' Ib n k l' . IIN ord" :\. . :!'II.

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I I; 1%7' 17

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.\ motion w a~ made tJ\ \Ir. Helin ] \ la rchant 01 X /'w /lO rt"that a Cfmwntioll of t hi-, Sta tr- be ca lled . a~n'cahh to uw rerom­meudation of the ecneral "Federa l] COII\t'llt ion a THI of COI1l!.rt·....... tnddi lx·r.lIc' upon the pr0l'''''('d Constitution ." h UI it \\;j -'; rcjn te-d h~ ama j"rit~ of '17.

:\ motion wa... made from tht· f'ppo... ire qua rtn of lile' Hon-e. h\J(HI;\, S.\ YL ES. I-:..;q . o f Smit hfield. " That th e 1I0 1l 11' .hou!d to» :fN d to II /JI,oi" t a comm itt .... of /lilT BEST \IE;\, to Ir(l/,!f' a (,'0"11 ;'tntion lor th: e l '" it f" d .\·tat,,). (/lid transmit th e H / m(' to C(J".~PI·H":

hut il wa '" nol attended to, TIH' ma jorilYfr-h the keen "'Iing: of merite-dridicuh-, hy thi ... ind i-an't-t molion f,f thr-ir staunch friend : they wcn­

douhllt's'" never more convinced of thr- util ity of l10 rl ll rn a l C'Il1\'t'I1 'lion ... , to organi!.e th e prnn Td in,C: '" of tlj(' en...uing day .

'1'111' Committee of the Society of Friend... pravr-d that tlu- con ... id­nation of their \h'moria [ for the Repeal o f t he Tender ami Limi-ration :\! Is. mizhr he refcrn-d to ~ la ~ '-('", ion ... ; hut the "C' IN' of thr1I 0 1N ' \\ ; '" for anill~ O il il inllllt 't1 iately. a whik- pendinu, t lwy -.;aidit tc'lu lc-d to depreciate the furrl · nc~. L' pon the que... lion for t lu­Repe-al of thr- Tender of Pape-r nlf llll ' ~ at pa r. it wa'" n 'j "t tt'd h~

111C' u"'ua l maj or ity : th e Lim il;lt io ll .\ f1 ,,';1';; rcpc.' ak d ...TI1C' Hill r,,:nd in~ before till' 11011"(' for an equal rl'prc'''('nl;t1iOIl

( ;1'" it " a'" wnll H~ly calk d ) \\a ... mll\'c·d for d i.....u -.;... ioll. hil t ;jfh'r m ud ldl·II;lIc· it wa... rC'ferr rd fdd call·d) .

.\ n .-\ n pa, -<'d limi t in .l::" Ihc' pa~nwnt of Ihe th ird q uartl' r part ofti ll'] ... ix pc: r n 'nt . ...ta tl' note'... to ttw tenlh of .\ lay u lTn·lII. w lwn a

forfc'iture "ho uld be.' illf ur rt·d if lil!' papl.'f ml)ne~ \\ ;\" nol t;tkc'l\ h~

tll1' hold t'''' of th em ...Salurday I'\t'n ing [ .-\ pril 5]. whc'n tll1' H OIN ' w a" \IT~ t hin. till'

{Wi ilio n alltl in...tru("(ioll'" from ;\'t'WJXllt and Prm·idt·IHT. prayin t::Ihal a (:lJll\ elll ion mi.ght ht· appoinl ed . and Ihc' menl orial from t ill'SlJ( kt~ of FriC'lHl ... for Ihl ' rt'Ix'al of Iht' Tt"ndlT alld Lim ita tioll .\ I"t....\\1 ' 1'1' ol'dt'n'd tf) 1)(' t hn "\11 off till' (;tbk ..

' I'IIE J t : -"; E 17HIl SE S S[(I", (IF TI lE l . n :t ,,;I .....Tl ·R E'\1

' [ 111' I..\ ST (2C.-\R-I'E R pa lt of State ~otes ('(JIlSl llidalt'd to "p'Tit'\ ; dlll' , a lld on it'r.; Il{X)tl Iht, !TlII" " t fur the inter6( ari ...in ~ tllt'n 'o ll, i...

'HS , :. p.,,1 H n 'l ld . j un.. I" , 17811, Ed,'~ d id nOI prin l a ,.kldil,·tl ,'om "',",' c.,","If II,,· p"H 'nd int/< of Ih.. \l a ~ 1788 " ·....i,, n of I h ~ C' ·lwr .,1 _\<w ,,,hh

IJ

tn III ' forft'ill'lI if 1/1l' h"l dt·,... of thorn do nOI appl ~ within one mon thfrom the ri... ing Hf tl1l' .\ .....nuhly and receive the pa prr emission at

it, nominal va lue. T hIN ' who have received rhc fir<1 or -erond q ua r­rcr. a re i nd ul~C'(1 ill f('( c i\'in g the third and la..t q uarte-r, providedt h(' ~ appl - withi n 1111' lime ahoH' pre-crilx-d ...

C POIl an orde-r for t he publicatio n of a ll .-\ It ill tht' new ...·pap: "' .Ihr X /'11"/101t Her ald wa '" cxo-prcd wu h ,(:" rt'"a l Il'I11 £1e r and wannth .f;~

..\ Hill was drafted for ron-olidaung [our /I('r a nt . 1I0 1C"'" to specievalue, and pay ill~ them in rlu- paper r-miv...ion at t ill' nominal value.hut was referred (II [11\('] next S(· ... .. ions.

T he wants o f the I J"\V.\L1 Ds oblijx-d them to a-.;"'ai l the H on-eagain for the ir ~t i I X·IHJ.... Their mut ilated trunk... and marks of pC'nur~'

and di ...tn·"~ W01111(kd S!'lI"ib ility in it... tcndr-rc ... t part .... and would han'excited sympat llt'til' kdin g:s ill the Sanl~(, . that it was natural 10

S\l£1 p0"C' then- wou ld require 110 d oqu('l\("(' 10 c'lIfon l' their cla ims.e-,;[xTia lly whe-n -up-ra.kk-d Itl th is. W I ' find the ir a llow;llJ('e wa~ byvirt ue uf an art of Con gres... . and was to be.' paid h~ each Stale' wherethe-e unhappy oh jlTb 1",lnll,gt' d. m('rcl~ for the-ir convcnicncv. andthe amo unt i... 10 I,,· cn-dit cd Iht' xtar e in thl' Continental arcount :it therefore itHTt·;N1.1 nur a ...toni-hnu-nt thai rlu-n- ...hould be allopponcnt. TllI'ir (lc-m 'llld ... hO\\C'n'r I1Wt wilh Illllt h ditri( 'ulty ill Iht·('OUJ"('" of Ih!'ir ...: ..... ioll-.;. Tn P;I ~ t hem thc' rr ;11 \ aILw uf Ihe ir ...tipend

';:!T he lJIi lil,mc~ of Ih,. S".';o,/ lI" aIJ ..... ,,, an i••",· h,.fut r Ih ... 1...,6 .1al"' onlUan~ oc('asion•. In ' ....""n.... co hi. ,."du.ion f'om th .. pu blirali..n of the Ia ofIh... I..t/i.l al "r.... F,d ," drdar ...d; "That if th ..,- [th...\ ...."'bl, J .. etc un willi'l l!:, h..ir .\CIS . hould t,.. ... f ll l1 ~ ~ no..-". ;u th.. ~' al<" b~' lh.. n lrn.i.... circulalion ofthis pap.... an .·"" Iu. ion of P"~' "ill no t p ,"Hnl lh.. p ublicatiun of Ih,·m. a. ch..publi sher of Ih,· 1I..",.Id ..... iIl do il e,a/i•. from thi . ,·"n.id'· 'dlion. 'hal a t/..n.., a1informa tion of lt 0...·ITl lfln'ca l !' ,o... ·,-din l("•. romtilul,.. :I I("rand palladium .lC!"ain't,·n..roarhnw'll'.

" If a n ~" IH..- ta li.. n of ,-h",killt/ h~.. d i"l,,;<i l ion of I' I ' BI.I <: \t E~ Or \lE.-\S.t ' KES mold I,.. I h~ lnul;H. I", ",""~. tl,.. puh li!' lh"l II,.. If EK .\ I.D ,.,ill <li ll,-m, tino,' '''' u",I , ;r~"n s"p,oo" "r " f d,~ !,"trun , uf lit",,,,'. uuk , " " tl i,,"i ," ' , " "tl" ~ " "n S('O" 'I("" tu II... "''' ' " f ,.. ""d" and fr autl.

" In makinl(" Ih... ,· .1", '1;, " '1;" " ' , II ll' p"hli.h.., of Ih, ' lI r t " ld ..·il lo , inn ·, it \' ad d,.th" t I", f~,·I, no fl l " a < "r~ ...h~n IJ...n · i' " m·(·.."ily to ,~p"h ,nd : 1101 ' i, h.. t1"l\ n ,·tl...1H"n Ih"r~ i, a ti " 'Il l" fut ""i " ', for it ,.,ill I I{' hi, hiI(J...'1 I'),-",u ,,' to " '.. I h ~

h" lqun tl" y, ,,'1"111 ... h, 'n p" li", , hall , ,, ppb nl 'Oil"". It i< an EPO C H h,'pr .... ' a !Oi".·, no t fa r di'lanl . fo' " tyr" nllil',,1 pap... <y< l r-zll Ilh.· SI" I" I' _-"" Ib id (h,'hil<i. of . \m~ ,i!· " n ind '"l",,, ,l.-tll·" an d " f ra "d " l ~nl "n" [in Kh" tl.· h l., ntl J poi" t..d"" t Ih ,' nr<·r .. i t~, of a h 'd"rill Co n" i, ut ;on.

" T hu( r.nnn ",,",th ""I vi EY IL."

Ifl Uanllrl ry 1% 7] Pd l'l' Ed,',I',) He/IUTI I ~J

Sl.TIlll'd d i~'>('llant III the llla j(lr H , j(, ": II) pa ~ them in pal)(T at it-,

no minal value . was not o llly repuun.uu to ju-tio-, hut to human ity.To obvian- this. a merion was made hy :\ Ir. [T humas] [ oslvn, andseconded hv :-' Ir. [Johl (;OIIH !or k (hoth leading nu-mber- of thr­majority ) to pa y their baln ncr- in 1;\"J)Ei\T S,';:1 under the idea thatit was a nnr('tlc~ of the United States; if it was deprec-iated ( sa \'they ) let the rorninr-nt make it ,c:ood to them. T he m otion W<l" hiahlvcondemned hy the minority as introduc ing a "pec ulation of the ha-a-stkind . not on ly llpon the credit of tln- Lnin-d Stall'S, but upon theunha ppv sufferr-rx: bcsidr-s, if the <prr-ulatiun was just, would COIl­gress allow us the ('h arge in spe cie \\'111'11 we paid Indent s that ('o"thu t 2s., fid., in the pound 10 the Invalids at their nom inal value?A vote was however insisted upon a nd taken. hu t to the honor ofthe H ouse the motion was netrntived. :\ motion \\as then mack to

make gra nts of certain stipulated sums in t he paper r-rui-vion Oil

. l ecount , whic-h pa"",,'d ill the affirm.uive : the-e grants are nbuutth ree time" the nomin al Slllll that was due . . ,

The ofTin TS a nd wain-r- were paid their ftT<;, at the rate of six forone, without hesitation

U pon the q ue- t ion of Adjournment ;1 leading' member who hadlx-cn violcntl v oppo-cd again"t ttu- Xt:w Constitut ion , ureyd a shortadjournment as it wa s prnbahlc we -hould he called upon in regardto the Nr w Constitutinn. T o oh\iate this n-ason it wa" moved thata CWl\"l'nt ion should 110\\ Ill" appointed to nu-c-t at some di-t antlX' rint!. hut the motinn \\ a s not nutir-r-d .

T H E O CT fl H F.R 17BH .'i U ;'-;10" OF T H E I ,F W S I....Tl 'IH:' ;~

T he two H ouses were not org a nized until \ " n lnl'sda y l0 ctolwr291. .\ rotumve-rsia] rh-r.tiuu and pt-ivau- hllsine~s engro"sed theirattention until T hursda y [Ortnl x-r :lOJ. when it was moved ill theLower H ouse that provision should he made, for the pa ymt'nt ofthe State Notes i-c-uecl on an inn-re-t «f four IX'r ccn t .. the principalof which alTlount s. as hy a report of a rOlllllliltee , ttJ ( --Hi ,OII , 4s .. lid.In tht· COliN' of t h i" dehate lhe HOIN · aplX'ared IlllJrh d i\-ided illsentiments. SOlTle of tht' leadns in tht' \ lajority urged a payrlll'llt o fthem wit h fiftet"1I ~h i tl ing paper nrrTt'Il l" ~ for n'l'ry l\\el1t\ l' :-; p rt'""n lill t Il(' nntt's ; othns nf th e salll e P;lrt ~ were for pa\ ing them off ill

H:ITh" tl 'r lll "indt 'nt"· rrfn' to f,'d"rat ""ni/i",n," i"", 'd i " I' \ac" of int,'r"' t o ntl... natiunal tkb t of th ., Ll n ik d S ta te-"

" IS( " '!, ,,,! lI n ,,/d , l'u\' . 6, 17HH.

rurrr-n rv at par agn'ealJly (( I ttu- mode p urs ued in dis('ha rg in g: thesix pn cent. notes. The nu-mlu'rv in the mi norit y moved that theholdns of th em should he paid in the r-urn-n rv at the rate of six forone. the ex ('hangt' o f it Ix'i ng >.;/) t-sta bliclu-d hy the House in the pa~­

nu-nt o( all accounts fo r SJT\ itTS nnw done ,L::0\'tTIlIT lent; but th ismotion . after len gth y de hates. was I1cgati \Td , and that for die- harg­in,gthem a t par with paper Cl lfn' m-y wa, ad opted by a large majority.The majorit y were, however. m uc h d ivided with reg ar d to the modeof paymenl. Souu- of them WfTC for a n immediat e payment of thewh ole sum , ohsn\-ing that (ht" ~ had been a smlnT of unr-asitu-ss tothe State. and nothin,l:" short of the disch arge of them would restoreIwace to ,!.{m e rn menl.

As the mode of pa ymt'nt in c urrency a t par wa~ therefo re fixed,a nd noth ing furt her co uld he obta ined for the holders of them , andthese notes ha vinjr been the nstcnsihh- plea of the net'e"sit y of a p;qwrcurrcncv. and te-nder, the minoritv moved accordingly the questionfor their irurnedia u- paymen!. T o induce an acquiescence with t hisproposition. they proved from the State of the T reasury tha t therewas C4-:~.()nO in the T reasury wh ich w ith th e tax of C30,OOO. pa y­abk- ill Decem ber. would far t'xflTd the amount of the note" a ndgra n ts made at this ,",,',,-s ion; heside s. from the rqxlIl o( the "lrr-asurr-rit appeared that in thr- d ischar.gc of ~ t h l' J six per cent . notes, not onehalf had been rh-manded . the holders ha \'ing refu-a-d to I"('a i\'(, Slldr-prrcintr-d a pa~lIlt'n t, and it wa~ to IX' presumed that man y ofthe holder; of the fo ur per cent. notes would refu-«- rt'tei\-ill.l:" t hetlHllley Irrun the same pr inciple. Hut some nu-mbers of the majoritywr-n- mort' war~, con tested [in favor of] the payments by insta ll­nu-ntv, and upon ta kin g thr- q uec t iun it was ca rried hy tlu- usualmajo rit y to pay o fT only the one fourth part in th e two months. andif not demanded within the same time to he forfeited. And thus isprocru-rinatcd thr- pa yment of the puhlir: c1eht - a striki llg proofthat the diseharL;e of it was not the princ ipal object wit h the majorit y.Like a tub to amu"e the \\hak. "ome part of it will hl' politicallyretained to throw out at the IWXt e1ettillll ~ to induce the rX'ople torra ppo in t t hem to co m plete so glor ious a work.

An art IJas",,~d autll,-,ri~ing Ihe CelllTal Assemhly to make pa yme ntof ba la nCl's that \\ere forfe ih'd O il ~ i x pn cenl. note". to suc h holdn sof Ihem oll l ~ \\ 110 h:JtI ma nift '"lnl a di'p"si tion to (· tllllpl~ with Iht:

:!o l .J a ll 11 a r ~ 1%7] :!1

nrdcr.. of .gn' Trllnwnt, h~ hadng" f{' (l'in'd a pa yllll"llt in pa n in( ' U ITCIH'\".

( :olk~tnrs of la:\e" wr-n- din-cte-d to r("(t·i\'(· Iour pt'r (Tnt . not e...of n-n pound" value or under rhat -um in pa~m('nt of the t;IX nown,lIn ling.

On F~iday [{)rt " lwr J 1J a motion wa'" m.uh- fo r till' a ppoi ntllwlltof a COIl\Tnti"n to fll n", idn tht' propo-cd Constitution.

O il Saturda\ [Xovcm bcr 1 th is bu..im-..." was n-a......uuu-d. a ndaftt"r a verv It' n~th, (It-hale .lll(" qUI'..tion wa-, put andlo-t. tlu-rv IX'i ng"-HI :'\a,". 1'4 Yea... ·'a :!li majorit ~ again..t (·a llin t.: a c On\l"llti"n.

I nll~l cd ia teh afte r Ihi" deci"ioll. it wa-, moved that the TenderLa w, "I ) far a ..' il rc-pcrn-d pr-iva te comrart-, <hould lx- n· pe.";l!nl. III"lJ ppof! nf the mot ion it was oh-crvrd. and 110t denied. that tilt' n.l olll' ~

wa" pa"~in g at the rutc of ciu ht for «nr-, and that rlu- .\ ....emblv. 1I1 thepn'''I'llt '«" ......inn. ha d. ill rr-pean-d in..ranee.., ma de .gran'" 10 the ;~Illou nt

of aho\'(' Cl:!.OOO. a t a d iscoun t or ..ix lor O\1e; hut upon taklll ,g t heqm·..tion, there were -HI :'\a ~ -, J.'j Yea-. [a l 2:1 majorit y again..trep(";t1in,g the render .

.\ t the d eN' IIf the .""..ion a motion was mack for referring 1111"II'ttn"'-' from thr- Xcw-York [Ral ih ing] Conventiun to lilt' pcopk-,a nd tha t it sho uld 1)(" n'com lTll 'IHkd to thl'lll tll empower theirI>O- plllil'" to a ppoint Ik k t::a les to meet with thIN.' whifh I~ligh t 1)(";Ippllinted hy Ihe Stiltl' of :,\("\\ .Yor k or ntha Slatl'" to nJll..ldl·r amidl"lt'nnille the propt .....·d anlt"ndmt·nt.. tn the Cun ..titutioll (,f 11K

l' nill"d St;lh '" of .-\ meriea , T hi" ;H' t wa" intt 'n<kd a" a ..uh ..titutc fort ill" falli ng" of ;l [ Rat i f ~ i ngj COll\t·nt ioll..\ nd notwit h..tandin~ t ilt"i lT1 p rl> pr i c t~ and a h" 1lI'd it ~ of t ht" IlKaSIlIl' wh idl appt'a r("d in tlH"{"( mrst· of t tlt" dt'bate... it wa.. ca rr it"d 0 \ thl' u ..ua l majority,

T Ilt' Hon. Jonathan 1- Hazard. and J ohn Gardne r. [ "II f"'. Ik k ­t:alt.... to Cont.:H"''''. ,. er t· reqUl·..It·d to takt ' t heir '>(·;It... in Ihat H OIl .

Bt.d~

''''J I", "Ix"... In'... w,,,,, I" opo,al I" lht' :-; ,'w Yor k St .,t" ILlli h i nll: C "n"' '' 'l ion ""hid, .Ul(lInl..d lh"t lh ,' .."to·. u m, ...m' .' "'ro,, d h 'dn .,1 CO""" nl i"n forIh,' I'urpo>.. of " "'''Ildi n ll: th .. COIl'l it " t i" " of 1 i8i bt-fOI .. il l"-Cdllll" 0 ..... . ,1Ii,-...I h,' plan "' :" forward.-d 10 KI" ,J ,· (.t. nd in " ",,,·ul.1. ],-11... h orn ( ;" " -' ''01

(;, o 'IIl ' - ( :lilli on.

TIU, I h:Cf. ~lIH Il l iHH SE ..;s lll'" o t · TItF I.H'l";L\Tt'lU-""

Then" \\ a.. not a "Iltlit·inl( number of nu-mber- to make a quornmuntil TH l ·Rs O.-\ Y rJ an lian 11. whell .. t:: n·t" ahl~ to the o nh-r of tlwl....1 '>(· .... ion -. the dcputie- \\fTI' called upon lor their in..trufl illn ~ fromtbe-ir r(''''lx't ti\{' town - in rt'ganl to Gon'rnor Clinton's letter thai wa-,

n-Iem-d to tlu-m for adviv-. Upon cx.unination. it appeared that onhthir teen o f the towns the-n rcprc-cntcd . had complied with tilt' n-r­om mcnd.uion . t'ight of which were ill fa vour of a [second] g't'nnalrFn k ralJ Cmlu·ntinn."1 and fi\(' Ior .a State (:nll\entinll. agft"{'ahl~

tll t ill' recommendation of COII gn·..... :\ leet ings had 1X't."1I held in theother tm\ nv, hut tlll" deplllit·" nf the-e reported. that their rrm..tit ­111'111.. declined gi,'ing any ln- tructions. upon t ilt" pr incipb- or adher­ing- to the a rt icle.. of Confcd t -rat ion, an d an aversion tu a ll [any]a nn-udrnent- [of the Co nst itution of 17B7J.'''' Upo n the in..tr urtinn­IM'ing- re-ad. a motion was made " for r ailing' a State Conn'lItion."The majority though divided in other rr"'peels 11m. united in 0 ppo­",ition to thi-, measure. [ro] that upon the quest ion bcinc put it pa'N'dill the nccarive.fhcn- being 30t :'\ay", 12 Yea<, [a. :!:! majoril. aga in..t{;l1li ng a Stan- COIIH·llt ioll. T ilt' ~f ajor i l Y sufh-n-d the IJII"inl·..... toIT ..t lu-re without making anv nnu ion n'[ative 10 th.. subject.

Frida~' [janua ry:! ]. i; wa~ 1II0n·d. th at the holdn " of tilt" fourpn n 'lll. tlUlt'S ..hould hI' paid the whoit- of t he print'ipal and intt'n·..tin III(" paper t·mi....ion al par on or hefon' the fip.t uf :\lan-h lIt·xt. andthat in GI"" of Ilq:II·,-t thrir (kmand" ..hould bt' forfeited . 'rhi.. w;\..('a rr il'd in t lw I.o\\(·r H O ll"l' in tilt' a tlinnatin' In tht' usu ;l1 l1l ajor i t ~ .

TIlt' C ppn H O l N ' 1Il'lh'ullc urn'd wit h rt',gard to the tillle. and ",,'ntit do wn with a n a nH'lIdm l"llt to " the fi .....t of ,\l ay," hut Ill.. LowerlI o lN~ ad llt'Tt'd to t twir VOtl·. [and ] tht" Uppn Hou"!' li lla lh fOlI ­

curn·d with Iht·lll . Ih Ihis on ln thl' who le of tilt' Statt· dl·ht con­tr ;lllnll.ll:fon· or Juri;l g Ihe war will 1)(" paid off 11\ the fip.t of ~faf{'hnt·xl. .\ " thi.. ha.. lxTII the deflared ohjnt of our tltt' puhlic lIlt'a..un....t h(" honr-.t part of tilt' ('Omllllllli ly ma~ hope f" r a rqx'a l of lilt'ini'lui lOiIS tender law. an d a I h,lIlgt' (,f ,,~"'Iem t(, "!"fun' llntn tlwlIlt lwir rema ining prllpn ty a nd tll render li S 01J( "{' Il lU !"l' n '''I)l'( tahk

' ;"S n l'p" , / IIn l1 ld . ) .I n 8,1 78'1, . ' ,,,; ' ( Ill" 1Il.1I,".n; p' or d. of Ih. · I""" " _1'0" lh"t "tn.. I" .. " ,,,,..-Illl'!' Ill·

_tru.· ...d Ih..i. d"pu li in th.. .-\' ....m!>"· 10 \' 0 \" in faHJI of lit<' r OI1\ ...·"(lO l\ o f ".....-on d F..d",.:rl l :' ,,,\<·nl ;o,, .

"'1 hi••itCni h.':.n t ,,·n\rnc...... I" ..".·. II... ...." .... of ti l<" to"'·" m.·,·ti lllll' Ih,'1Itlt....'" 1, land.·, _ w.....· " I' I"" "d 10 th .. {:""" itutin ,, of I :;8i "\f'n if il "' ." ;IIlW" .l<-d

.,.)f.l'l lllu n

'I'll r .\l I\1l1 II I 711lf SI :-<"10" IIF ' t II ~ , I.Eel :-< I X I I Il ~ ".,

WE)l:,\Esll.\Y ' :\ LIlT h I I , t he two HOlN'" Weft' fomwd .:'\op llhl il' kttn .... Ill.-illl.:: n-rcivcd "inn' the [act -c--ion. a nd 110 public o rprivan- 11I1,il1l''' I.f moment prc-en tinu. t he da~ pav-ed without anvIra n"adion' of ("Orl"'t''l\l('lln'.

TlIl·R S!l.\Y [ :\I:m h I:! ] wac cruplov cd in hcarinc p ri\ ':11t'

IX'li lillll'"FR11)_\ Y r:\1arc-h 11'. :tcrt'f'ahl\ In ' he order l. f the dav a motion

~ro ll nd,'d nil the in-rrucrion-, from t he town of P ro \-idl' nce , 10' thr, ,,lIillg 11 ,II/t,' COni 'n/ tlO" t o co nside r of th, ' /Jroll(J(N! F,.dt'1al Con­stit ution, mId 111m [or tlie 11"11",,1 of the law making th. ' pa!,,", emis­sion a t. nder ill all OH"' . wn-, nnw at tended 1<1. Th(''-(' rC"llI'r lin'rnotion-, \\ 1'rC ahh <upportr-d. and the !H·n .....,ity of their h...ing" pa ' .....d-ccmcd '-0 flll l ~ r-tabli-hed. a" no t III hi· rrmtroverted 11\ :\lach ia \'t'li a n'" .phi-trv: h UI rhc rna [otitv , in r-nn-equenr-r- of a nocturna l convent ionthe n igh l laforr-. rombaned t he argument... in a new man ncr, til wit.I" o h"'t'ni ng a fi' I'd "iklln'. :'\0 fan... h owe ve r -tubbom. no o b-a-r­v.uion-, hO\H'\{ T -a-vr-rr-. on our impolitic a ntifr-dr-rnli- m o r t hr- iniqui­' '' I'' t(" IIIIt'1 law , co uld ,l rOlN' thelll III a frl' t" c1 i"("u", ion . Upon ti ll'a rC:lIl1l('nl" hl'inc: d'N'd in fanl r of I'ac h mol ion. t il(" q U('''t iOll \\ a"illHlwd ia lch lkmamkd 1)\ 1Il('llllw f" in Ihe majori t ~ .

l ' POli t ill' mil lion for ra llinc: a Siah' l.(lllH'ntioll, cle t hn l' \ \('IT

:Hi na~~. I~ ~('a" . So 11](' 'lll("l ion wa" Io-'l by ra l l i majoril \' .l ' po ll till' m ol ioll for rt'p"'alinc; Ih t' I('nuer thn (" we ft· ac;ai n :\1;

na \ ". I~ \ 1':1". SO II II' q IlC" lioll wa'" 10"'1 1)\ ra l 17 m ajoril\ .s, \ T U RIl. \ Y p Lrn h H .:1 m ol ion \\ :1" matk for 1I'\' ~ ill .l.:: a lax

o f C20,OOO. Thl' (J1lh' prt't t'nH' fo r Ih i" n t raord ina ry lax wa~. t ha ia IlI'W g-a,,1 \ \ <1 " 10 1)(" hui lt in ti ll' cOIJl1 ly o f \"a",hin ,c;to l1 : il W :l '" how ­l'nT pH'\l"l110 111(' B ,nN·. th a t theT(' wa" a ho llt C'lO.nOO of IllI" p, lpnc'm i""ioll II"W in Ih t' IrT,I'ury , whifh wa'" abunda n tI\- ,," l1il'ie l1t forl'\'t"ry I'Xig1"1 1l 1' " f C:0\C· rll IlH· 111. But tb l' r(,al Ilwtin ' . th"lI~h lInt puh­l i ll ~ an'\I("c1. h ut \\ hi l It 1c- ,Iknll llH I,f till" nl,C!urtl:l1 (·ol1\C·nUo.>r1 \\a~ ,

Ihat ill ("ol1 '1'qI WII«' " f tIll" paper ITH lne y ha\-in.c: rapidl ~ dqJrl"l'i<ltnl.it wa" IIl'Il '" ,II-\ 10 ,llt'I k a final "Ia.c:na tio n of il. un\il aftl'l' thl"~ had...·' un·.! tlll' ir :IJlpro: " h in,C: dl·llio ll. T hl" m"tion of th (" t;IX :In ord ­In!.( 11 p'I ""l'd .

T it ,· fo/f"il/nl' III St,/f,' 1/ 01,' , . i""lJl'd Oil :In intn l'''\ o f "I' pt"!'

'''',\·''''I",,/lI~,,''d. ~t 'l rd , I" . l i ll'!

o-ni um. wlu-n rhr- hllldl "1''' ha \I ' t.rkcn uut pa rt " f thr- a uuumt, andth e whole (If thr- 11011'" UpOIl :11\ inn-n-et of four pn remum. is I IH­

Iioidal/mti/ th e 8th flf .lIIIY ("/ /\/11".1; ; and the Trcn -urer i-, aut hor­i..ed to pay 111110 h" ld l"1' of cuc h nou- s, th e nominal "11m in paptT ifdemanded wirhiu rhi-, p... riod : if not demanded. the Iorh-itun- to takl'pl.« e. "lhi-,cxtcn-ion (If Iiho:rt~ 10 rhe- I' ub li(' I n-ditor-, 10 rcrcive 011('

rwclft h p.:l rt of their dema nd, \\<1" ,lid III h... dom' nllh ;I' a fa vor tothe dcliuqucne-: h UI \\'(. 111:1\ nol ("Oll( Imk IIMt Ih i" apparent clcm­cnc~ \\ a ... manife-tcd rather ffilm m ot ivc-,of P Ipu laril~ than ,1 frirndlvrczard to t hr- inju red creditors. .

.-\ motion \\;('" made for 1'''''lIIl/m,t:? th r mmt,!!I1.1;O";" 10 lilly intothr Ir/'lnlay thf' mon r )' IO/H//'d l in] thol/ lir [ 1111" .1;0,'c Tnlll r n t ,l'Ithtn e intere st dill' thereon, hut il pa-v-d in the ncrative.

c\ ... the Ia...t dfort in rhi-, la-t "'t·"illll In "TIIf(' the hon c- , and help­II''''' f rom the' further fraud llf ,,' ,IOU' )"r ' j : l and 1Mb ill Equ itv [i.c ..p,apn ru rrcll('y _, th e minorjtv prc-euu-d a Bill for repcalinc JO muchof the a n for thr- crui ....... ion o r p;lpn as auttuniscd IIf" wnl to 1,'"1/..,th e paper uhere '10 rx rcunon It 'fl{ 11 ,1;/ll/I lt tho". and also [or I'l/t­ting a JfOI' 10 the /j'd l'mpt ioll of mmt !: II!:,'1 It'llh th l' l'IlP'" on iHion.11/1(1 Ilt th.' lflml' tmll" Ifn ,1;thl"III :: thl' !'l'1lOd fOT r<'llt-tIIpl lOlI. h ut it\ \iI'" nr ga ti \ cd .. .

T,n: .\1,1\ \ ' I 'iWI .''lf: S S IO:-'; Of TIn: I.F I ~I "I .·\Tl-RF.:~

O ur Lq :: i, b tu re ha lh IIndn.c;our hil i fl'w fha ug(" h~ 11)(' m'wElect io n, a loU.!::I'" majori l~ of t hl" o ld nWlIllM.T' h...ing rt' lumni. T hern inor il ~ ha \ 'c hll\\'('\Tr g-ainn! "I!c'ngt h ...

In"tru rt ion" from :'\n\ I")l,rt a nd I'rm -idn ICT \\('re p re'-l: llIed to t ill"Srwa kn [J IN'ph "'; tal1loll , Jr. ] and le;ld . IlIgi ll,L: Ill(' imnwdiatl' ap­po inttllelll o f a Sla te (:OIlH'lll i"l1 tn ad"l'l 1111' I'edn a l C"lhli lulioli.i ll pu ....ua nl'(' of \I hic !l Ilwir Il wllll ....p; r1M (ir a l1\ot ion 10 ea rn Ih....sa me in to dfl·('!. On Sat ur day [ :\b y ~l ] agrl'l', l hl~ til o rder: th i..mot ion for a Stall' COll\ c'llt illll was t,d,l ' ll lip , \\ hen it IIa" 1ll0\ r d

'''Thi' i, a H·f.-,,·nl" · \0 [10",, - "'h" i1'I"'I>["\I 1'''1'''[ bills "u,ittnl by Khork" b nd _ ' I ll!' P" l'lT IIU HH'} '~'l"'" ol'n"Io'd ." " I"ud t,.ll'~. ,d,,'n' ~O\-nnTlH'nl­;lu thorin·<I 1'''1'('[ hill~ ", hid, hild ,h,' 1"'Jl"" iIY of 1""1: ,,1 ' O'n ,!l-r \\nc ",,,'h,,,,~,,,J

ill lo" n' 0" [1',, 1 prop" , I~ t", il'" tilt' "'''"i,,,,1 v"l,,,, of tIl" nlr ... ·T\l-'· ." T h" d " m~01 'ory In m " K """, y,." i, l.,h u frHm tI", lin l 1"'0 """i> \If tll<

l",hli,' " ot i,.,. re" " il'n l '" I'.nl "f 11ll" 10-1(,1 1I'lon '" uml," til<' 1'''1'' '' Il l0"'" ,nl,''''whn ..l" <1.-1", ", il(h, h,' <li,d,.orW'<! ill d... ,'\' -"1 ., ,r",lito!' ",' f",,'d to "nT!'[p"p"r hill,

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[janllar~ I ~ ...i 7]

In :\Ir . [S'Il11 11d J. J Pott t'r of Sourb-Kin g-acwn . and .....-cunded h,his rolk ag ll(' \ Ir. Jona th an J . Hazard, "that this question shou ldhe.' po -tporu-d to Ill(' m-xt ,....sio ll ill j une," in order that thr-v Illi,~ hl

IIiI 'c : rinu- 10 n,lkn the -nt im cnt-, of the ir ron -tn uent-, agai n uponth is il1lnt'sl ill~ suhjc·n. dc·darin,l::' . thai if a rna jorit v of them shouldhe.' for it- adoption Ihc' ~ sho uld 110t 0Pp0-.e it. The mi no rity aherohsc.-n i ll~ upon ttlC' I·, ·ils which were accr ued h~ del a ys.,a Yl· t 10mnn ifect their dispos ition [nr harmony with their (elln\\-('iti l,(·n, .a~n'l'd to Ihe la't mo t ion \\ ithout a clivi-ion . a nd Thur-dav of thenext "(',sion i-, appo inln ! for d i,nls,ing: a nd dcn-rmin inc th is q ues·tion . ami nl-o allolher for th e repeal of the Tender.

Sa turd .lY p lay ~I ] II. :\1. .\ hill \\a,' offered to th e H OllS(' hy th('Spe.·akl·r purport ing: to [e-vv and collect an l m po-t 0 11 all g:ood". r-tc.,im ported into thi... St ale . ag: [(·t'abl~ 10 the Impos t that may lx- laidh~ [tilt' Uniu-d Sti\tC....] Cnn g[(" ". and the proceed- theft'Hf 10 1.11.' paidintn rhr- Sr.ue Treil'ur~ and ' uhj c'("{ to the approp ria tion of theA"-e mhh .

The hill hC'ing rend. a mot ion was made for pO'lponin g: it 10 Ihc'next ,.....·..., ion ' : hut upon laking- Iht· yea,~ and Ila ~ , tht· hou .....· W 'I '

d i"idnl Cqllill1y. imd IIIC' ~J)l' a kn l1u'>('ph SlantulI. J r. ] lumnl itin Ihe Ilt·.g:al iw ..... , t llC' bill was nllw taken up. :'\ot\\ ith 'landing: th('ah,u rd il ~ of th t" hill in adoplim: a n ad of a fon'ign juri"<l inion [i.e..l ilt' Olliln! Slalc·, ., Ihal wa" ~ t· t in t'mbryo, a... Ih(' sy'I1'm o ( ourClllllllllTt'i.d rq~lI 1a t i li ns. a!H1 t"" I >t.·t· i a ll~ of a bod ~ \\ hOIll \\t' h;ulrt"p..·.Il '·d l~ t1i' lttilwd 10 jo in. 1I11lw ilh 'laml ing: 1111'....,. lilt' hi ll IM'SCo.l11\ it l it q,~( ' n l;t jor i t ~ ...

TilE JI :"o' E ] 7 WI S~ ;o; SJII:"o' O~· TIl E l.E..;I SI. ....:ll'IU."

'II ILJRS ll.\ Y [jllru ' II ]. agn't'<lh l ~ to an ordlT made al Iht· l.1 ' 1....·"ioll. lilt' Illotion for I'a llin~ a Slate C Oll\t' lIlioll to ulllsidn of t ill'

';C.\c II>.. lilJ ll' 01 Ih i, 1Il,·, ' ti n ~ 01 II". C "nnal .\"" ,,,h Jy !t hud,' " l.u ,<I h,,,l1""-0" '" " fon'i~n ""I;"" I", e" " ,, · "f Ill'" " O ' Jl lllt" tl O ' I Ilt' ,, 1 of !II<" 'ww ("." ,,1 go'"","n..- " I or "" ,,;,..,l 'mdn lllO" <:o"st it"tion of 171li. l ;oll R: rf'" """ I1 ,hl"d .,,,d10"'(;1[ , it, " J""I.'t ;"t,,, .,(In dd"" . du , inK Illl' tir" w""k of :\I' ril 1711'1. <;( ' ur ~ , '

\\' ,,,hi" <: I.. " "'<I ' i""",I(" ,.",, 'd II". hr'l [',,.,iden! of th ,' ljn;tnJ St"l... un ..\pril :lOill N, ·w Y",.k Cit)'. '11,,' "p"r"l i"" of Il". n,'W gU\,,·' ntl..-nt g"",. " gn·"ln " tg" nr)10 Ill{'" IJfulokm "f II". CO"'lil "don of 178 7...\ddilional h . Ilwf('" "a, ;lb" ud. lI,1,·,'id,'''''' ' ,I,,,t II", lI uit",l St" tn ",,, ,,1<1 'lIil i,,' ""Of" ,,,,i ,, " nd ", ilit ",.y """ 't;onsIn f",.,.,· !thml,' 1, I.",d t.. 'a tif) 11.1' "'''', Ii luli"" "n <l <l 'ju i" til" lIn i",..

'I.\"" U ('''' I II " " ", . j u '''' I H. 178'1.

Fnll-ral COIl' li lulion W it" rr-umcd. TIlt' ill' lrwt ion" that ha d b...c n.~ i \'(· n bv "0111(' Im\ll". and Iwo nn-morial-, Irom pr ivat e citi zens onIhi" -ubjcrt \ \ 1.'[(' n-ud. '\ " .1 prdan ' III .1 candid di.... -uv-io n of Ihi"impo rta nt q uc-t ion . a member ;aT 1..... • a nd ~i1n' a detail of our un ­happv <ituariun , 11tl.' inj u ric tha t da il ~ a ri....·. and IIU' rui n th at wouldt' 11'U'" 10 our r omn u-rc r- ami 10 Ih(' :"llatc' ,If large , h~ adl ll.'ring 10 ourpa'i p"l in . On thr- ot her hand Iw ckarh pointed OUI n ume-rous realadvantaee- that would n-cult (1'0111 an ad opt ion of rhi-, m...asure : itwould lx- a ' I... P towurd- , n-t urnine ha rmonv. Bill no on... a ro-c 0 11

Iht' opposite <ide. .\ , ilt'TICI' (· INI ..-d for ...mu- time, until the SpeakerJo·....ph Sta nton , j r . . demanded if Ilwy wr-n - n-adv for a von-. wh r-n

a member from Por t-mouth who Wil' in lhc' oppo-ition ) replied.that thcv we-n- readv. So indec ent .1 mod e of deciding upon qm'''­lion ' in w hich the huu....· \\l'n' divide..L broueht up a member in themine,rily. \\ ho auur kcd them UI.M >11 t heir pn-de-n-rmined ..ih-nce. Someof the m ' H Oo f( ' iu-tructcd h, t hei r I(lwn, 10 lIrgc' ..-v... rv rcu.... .n againstthe ca lling: a Ccnvcnrion. and vet the nu-mbe-r- from Iho"'" tow n-, ha dolfen'd none, hut we-re n ·.llh til vot..· wir huut it lk,i r... of hearing allth at cou ld hc' <aid in ' UPI.Ml rt· of th l' nuujun. H e , U Ill' of rlu- fed t'rali 'lminor it< must thnl.'fon· pn·' llIlIt· 11M! Ihe ~ Iud no r('asOll' in ob ject ­ing: if Iht·\ ha d. Ihl' \ \\t'n' a,halTtrd 01" ItMI i~TlOrant to mak... t!l('1llk~ow II. T hi' <lll a( k ;~ ru ll"l'd t hl' k adiru.: ( haralln of anti ft·J t' ra Ji..mJ onalhan 1- ILtLan l:'] .Uld .t dq m'r ialn! papn mollt· ~ . He ta lkt"dahou l and aholll Ihe Con 'litution \\illto llt add ut' i n~ a ..ingk argu­llWIlI agai n'l it. or an oh....· f\ at ion to lilt' po int. The ..hid aim of hi,..,.M·...ch -.c'I·nll.'d 10 hc· 10 l c·t·p a lin ' alld ..... 'lllinuc· lho......• jealou, i,'"whi ('h h(' and hi, parl ~ h;ld fUIllt' l1t n! in Ihc' a~ricuh l\ral intt·[(·" ,again"l the llHTt' alllik . :'\ ll o lhn Illl'mhn 0 11 Ihat ,id.. · 3f(J-.c· : lltt'miu orit y had lI11 1 ~ to " I; \l(' IIIl" n ·;t..... lllS ami lI n.~I· th ... 1 l(' 1 ' ( ·" il ~ for anadoplillll llf the mol ion and "Ilhm it till' II1It·..tion. \\hirh \\<1 " Ill'T h~

a majllril Yof 1 1.

i\"ll twith'lillldiul.( IIH' f'lilmt· ill llti , lllIJtillll . 11ll' min orilY hroudltforward anothe r (or till' rt"jJc·; t! (If lhl' tt·IHln. T ht'\ otNT\"l·d thatlltt' pa rx'f had tlqJler ialt'd til ~o t" I . and that till' whu1l.' (If lhl' Sta tl'Ikbt WilS, hy Il11111i nal payllwlIl " and fllrk itll l'e, ohlilna tnl, Iha t lhl'rea"ons whi ch \\t 'ft· f(J lIllnl~ oHl"ll.'l1 agaill'l ;L lTlx'al of tha t fraudu­kilt law now n ·;L'l.'l1. Bllt thl' mo tioll \\;l" lo,t h~ a majorily of 7 . .

Th(' hn 'al id, wnt' all"\\l'd till' Jl,qX"I ,II 1~ fIJI' I llpoll .\(TOlllll ..

I ~ l lj 7 j

'1' 111. SFI'lF,M IIH t l i w I :"lF s S IO:" OF ,IIF I. H;l S I.....T I 'IU_; ."·

\\'EI>:\"I :sll.\Y ,St' l' telll lwr Hi]. II i, Excd k n n tfu- C;o \Trno r[j ohn Co llin,1 opened the bu..inc- of t he "",..iOll" h~ a S I' EEl :II lo

hot h H Ol N " , o f w huh tlu- f"lIlm ing i";1 \er~ nrr-uratr- trnu script.:\I r. Sp-akcr.IT i, wi th j.: rc·at n-lurtame I have called ~ou logt·t ht"r a t rhi-, iime:

hu t I Ih,, 't il \\ ;1' tllTc"ar~ th at -omet hin z -hnuld be done- . I wa-,

in fo rmed h \ ;1 nu-mber of thi-, hOI ......, - inde-ed h y a number ofmem be r-s tha t till' 1l1 .1 j nril ~ o f thi.. hOI......· Ia-t -ev-inn thouuht itwould 1)(" IIt'{t" "'lr ~ to ht, ralk-d lo gt'lhlT a' "': 'lOn a' the imp' ...t actordered In Ihe l 'nih"d Statl" . COllert'" -hould lake plan' , and a'the hu-o, ...-a- on of the \I'ill -ccm 'd til 1)(:' ;1 little m er, I thought itwa.. m~ dutv to ca ll ~ "II t0I.:('\I)('r : ...., I hope ~Oll will do what i,1It·'('e lry tn I.· doni'. I h"pc the fi"t thing ~ O ll take up will be 10

do 'm t'"t h ing \\ ith thr- n-vr-mn- law \\ hir-h wa-, pa,....-d the la'i "'.,.<ion. There '«Till' tn 1M' a dilficultv in the matter. 'The coliI'd""ha w called ul M.n Ill!' tn advi ....· thorn "hal 10 do and I thought itmy dutv to ca ll ~ou toct·thn to 'I't' "hat ca n hi' done. I hope it "illht" ~ lIu r fir-t hu,inl''''' t ll t n 10 tlo '«IIllI·t hing "ilh thaI );1\' . I" makl'ill'ompktt·....., that \\1' nM\ :';0 on. alld Iht" I-OlleI1l1J'" l11a ~ knoh whaltil do . It ha ' madt ' lilt· \T n tlll t'a '~ . :\"olhim:; t"nT can' me "' I mwhpain h~ lM:in c Id l /I'/(OITlII/dl' for Ia", ullt·x(."llItcd o r ulln'fw;l l"dde't ro~ tlU' \Tr~ IIIT\t ', of .l::0H' rlHllCnt !

TII URs().-\Y :S, 'p lt'm b.: r 17 - ,\ Bill wa, pn''''''lIl1"d 11\ ~f r .

J Olla tha n J . Itl/ a n l. 1'11;\1 tinc tha i till' '1"Trallo\\ n' mITt in (Own·JlIt·('ti lH:; Oil t ill' t hird :\l onda ~ of Ortuhcr nt'xt. to n l11 , uh o n t ill'propr it· t ~ of tht" ' \ '''''' ll1 hl~', Inmt'ni nl::: a St a lt' Comt' ntilln to lOll>,ide r of tl \l' COIl'tilut i"n "f tl1l' C n ited Stall". and tn in,trllt'l t lwir[)q m t ie', ;ulllnlin.l::h. Thi, Billl M' illg laid lIll th l' lablt' fm Illn,idITa·tio n . a moti"n \\a, tll;tdl' . Iv /nomm(lId 10 Ih r ,\/Tl' r ll l 1011'11 1 tilt'II /J/lOill lmrlll of 0'-/",:';11( ,' \ 10 111 "1'/ I II CO/l l 'l'/lliO/l al l~'lIll (;u'rllu-idl

Olll hl' [bl;lll kJ "([y o! [h la nk) to (O/ll/lln-I/lld d"f,'/mill" 011 IIJr illm l'­

mid (;OIl1fi l llli" 'I, fl~T""II"''' Iii Ih ,' /1'("O/ll/llflldl/liOI/ \' of Ihl' I il f ' >(,'1'11 ­

,>ral [FI'dn a l) (.'/11/ 1'1'11(/11/1 IlIId Ih"/1I1, ' Congr'>H . Upon t hi, llLlI tiollbl>in K m adl' . thl' frdllll'r, (If till' hdl fOlr in,trllnion" h ro ught it Oil

fo r im llledi;ltt· di'I U""i ')Il. ,11ld ufl::nl it ;1' a prn 'il)lI' 111I lti' lll : IIp,,nti l(" qlU"t io ll wh il'h ,hould Ill' ant'll on fif"'l. it wa, ca rried fill' till'

; :';\'~ " ·"o ' l lf ~ ", ld , S" pl 2·1. 1ill"

hl'aring o f t he hill [fo r in-an» lion ' h~ the town rntTlin.~] h~ a la rge.na jorit v. In di ..... u"'ing thi, h ill wry kn.l.:th, d,,!J;I{(', took pla ce ont he propriet y of it. Thr- pn-ambh- h ,I' r-xrr-prinnahle to many, a, itn,nH'~"d h~ imp lication . a r r-nvurr- O il rlu- lau- COlll.: re,-" and <tared.1, fath \\ hat werr- not 'trit I " rrur: "'l' IlW amendment- were offered10 it, hUI th e hill pa, .... -d in it, "ri~ illa l form . and the motion for a con­wn tion w ae thert-hv 10'1.

.\ hill ha' pre-enu-d and pOl ' '''''d for (-"lin tins::- the intere-t doc forla-t ~ I'a r. o n tht~ bank of paptT nlOlU"~ . loaned. a ppointin g Ir1l'IC"C"'for the rountu- of [)nwidl·I\ll". Kem and wa-h ineron . to rollect the...nne in their n"lxTli\ 1" n,un lil·'. ;u 1(1 au tho ri-Ina thr- Treasurer' J o""ph Clarke] 10 rolh-c t from t ju- ,)Iiln tl)u nt iC", ~ :\" ewpnn andHri-tol ]. T he hill cnact-. rhat all lxmd-, for inn-rc-a due and unpaid ,vhall be put in suit at till' nex t CHurt «f Common Pica' after th eelx-rrum- due ill the ('ounti e.... " lu-re Ihl' tlt-hto" dwell : and authori-­inl:: till' n-u-t er-. 10 -ur- for till' ...mu- a nd tvr eive half la\\flll Icr--. a­Auo mie- , ,fie] in <aid a ctioll '."r. J o h n; Savh- and ~I r. . \ nd n ·" \ \";\t I·fIlMII. member- [rom..... rnithfidd. illl roduct"d illlo t ill' hO\l....· tw o hill,. Ollt' (If h h i,h wa,an anln-ying a dlll ~ "f tOlllla ce 01\ , h ip' o r \(,...""1,, tht' o thC" r im(Y"">illl:: dutil" on g'Mlik wan..... and IIll'rt h.unli ...., tlMI halh htTn or , ha llIx: impnrtnl into th i, :"Ilall' aftn lilt" li"l da' o f ,-\ Ul::: lI-' t la'!. and prn­.-idinl.: fo r Iht' colkn i"n of t ill' " lIlll". T hl'''' ' hill, \\t're fopinl fromthe [ l ' n itn l Statt', C:ongn"" ion ;tI ;lI t, mlll,lli, ll1utandi.. ' with tht'Ilt' ('c....a r~ t·ha lH:;e... . . .\ fI ('( t he liJ"'t I'l'adinl.: of t hC" lll , it wa, Illon'd.Iha t t lwy IX" referr l'd to O n ohn '«'" inu,; hut 'h" qllt ''' l inn wa' lo, thy a la r.l.:e maj llr it ~ . The tonnagl' hi ll \\a' tllI'll takt'lI lip, and I'ngagedthe atlt: nt ion o f the hUll'! ' duri n.1.: tilt' ft' lllaindn of Iht" Ib y.

F RID.\Y [Sq ltt"ln hn lB ' , T hl' tOlllla gl' hi ll \\a' t"l',ullwd . a ndafter lllil d l dehatl' "a.. " it hdra\\11. TIll' inlpo'l ;llld r nlk ct ion hill\\a ' l lwn taken lip. aml ahtT ,Ollie a!tlT;llion , H" IM'rtin.c: t he d ra"­h;lt'k, t hl' allo\\,lIhC" to t ht' o!fin'r,. anti ti lt' r('tn"lltTti,e I klu ' c.pa",",ed h~ a la rgl' m ajoril\ , . , '1'111 ' ;ll t [;lkl" dft 'l t frll lll t hl' r i'ingIIf lh t· . \"e lll h l ~ , ,,]Wll a ll good" w;m', ;lud ll lt' rth a lld i,I' , im po rte dinto t hi' ~l;l t t" t'x(('pti llg fro m l'ithn of th.. t,,( 'k ..."t atc~ tha I wen'in union with ll', a rc 'Il hjn t to llll' ,;\IIW d llt il" a ' hy the CIJIlg:re~­

,jlJnal ;Ir1. The munic, ari,iuL: thnt'f n 'lll MI' to Ill" IMid into th r Sta tC"' l ' rTa' ll r ~ , ,111 d a lT \l ·t url;IPlln'l)riatl·11.

~.\"ITR(),\Y :-.t'plt'lnhn I!I " Au add rr-....~ or kiln 10 t ill" (:1'11­.l: H' " of t he l'nited Slah'~ \\a~ -cnt dm\ n from thr- L'pper IIOIN ' andronc um-d \\ ilh h~ till' l,, '\\ n lim N '..1I1d the ( ;o \ n llo r \\ a ~ t1ir(TII'Uto .... it:"11 a nd tr a nsmit the ~,I m('". O f \\ hit h the fo llow ing i~ IhI' .... l1l""allcc,

The critic al -iruauon of our a lLli r-, (·nt.:ar:{'~ 1I~ on thei r b ehulf andof thr-ir Con....t it uen t .... 10 make t he...· a"lIra n('('v.

\\ 't' joined with till' L niu-d ~1;1t('~. a nd ~ rltrnt o ur rren-u rc a ndlo~1 nur hlood in the rruumou cau-e: and we di d nol ""parah" our­...·h ."" from tlu- ftmfetkralio n .

\\'c are- a handful. hili wr- hOI \'!' hn'll ;Kfu~lornl'd to a dcmrs r.uuulg, '\T fl lIllt'l1 l. and don't (1111'1' 1'1 pari \\ ith o u r libcrt ie.... . '1'hi' ( ;m"fIl ­

nu-nt o( thl' linited Siale.... it i.... lnle doth hut in a .... mall dq,:ITt' lookliL.e- IIH' Brili .... h Governnu-m. Inun \\ hir-h with the ('XIWIN ' n( ourh tllod a nd uru .... ur c \H' di ........ulvr-d thr-ir rrmm-r-tinn , and a ll th.. ol11nT....from the 11111"1 import.nu downward ale of unbounded nllllid,·n(T.hut rln-n- i.... danger in the pn'tt'tkll t.

S'IIIII' amendment .... art' p r0 I'II"('d \\ hich Wl' like \\ ell enouuh : hil i"I' ~h,IIl'1 lx- clear to adopt it ti ll it needs no alterat ion . o r whik- itIll a ~ 1)(' altered b~ niru- Sla in \\ hic h ma y nl'l 1)(' a nJ;t j"r it ~ o( th e'1)I"IPIt-·

.-\ h l·r we got t hruuu h IIII' W;1f WI ' W ('n~ wrenh..d l~ I'mha rra~"'d,

and \ \1' tricd to r:('\ rid of Ihelll : hUI til(' rnon i('d i ntl'n·~1 did l10t f.1\'1lroll r l lMpt'r mone~ pla n.... a .... the ~ did OI l .:\ t~w-YHd, and S" uth-C a n ,.lilla : h ut t ht, f('mwnt a t il ilh . and co lli"io lh o f pa rt ie .... " ill 1.:0 dm\ II

h~ <l nd h~, and \\(" hOi'll' thinr:~ " ill ~m" he lln.\\'e a ll' a ('ommen iaI pt.-op le, ;lIld ou r pn ""peri t ~ del'l· lul lin /l U I'

nmlllll" rcc . \\'c ho pe Ihl ' LJ u ilt'd ;O"lale.... wiUnot cOlhidn u l'Illi lTh;1.... fnre igmT". \\ 'c ~ h<t ll 1I0t illtl' rfl'l't· wilh their rnt"nm' ;ub, h,, 'lrathl'r ('Jl('ollrag:c Ihe m ; a nd 01 1'1' 11M kin g: prep.1I'at ion~ 10 ,);1 \ tlurquot a 1'( Ih(' princ ipal o r i ll l t'rt'~ 1 o ( t ill' dn nw" ti, a nd fon' it:1I lid)tfrom linw tn lim e a .... t hl' l :ni tnl St"I1' .... Ill a ~ I'a ll for iI,

,\ Ua cI...d In the' L' n ited Sl :tlt ' ~ In kindrcd am! f/llhall t:"ll init \ \\( '"hould \)(' ,L:Iad to entcT intll ;1 trl ';li \ (If Cfllll llwn t· \\ ilh 'lhe111 .· anti"I" sha ll \lot \\il hfllli rdlilla illt ' I,,, :k 10 all\ o ther p, ,\\n for lhal"ntlUW'ITiaI intrt'nlllr~l' . "hich Illight I.... natliralI~ t'xpnln] fromIhl'l11 , ..

A hill "i1~ pn:-" 'IlIt'd 10 ~ 1l~Pt'l1t1 th l" It'lldn of papn tll(ll\l'~. and.... Il lhl illl ti l ~g .. rlil \(0 .... to di"! hart:"t' dehl~. t:t c. " hidl w ;a' I'd " lTt'd tCI

. \ 11 at t IhI,,,,'d .... u .... pending the tender (If 1);1 1)1 '1' lIIonn until IhI'III'Xt -e-cnm .... . ..

T il l f>CTOIi Ut 1789 S ESSIO,," 0)" T IH L Fl;l s l .-\l T R F. ' "

.\ !:: ret' ''h lt'' to a n an of the former .\ .......-m blv , in- rrurrion-, werr­t:in'n h~ the town..... O il the subjec t o f t ;d Iing ;1 ":'Iah' Convention Inron-ider of the proposed Con....titution Ior 1111' United ;o., lal l"s. Thr-«­Iwing deliv ered in and read. the n-sult o ( tlu-m mav 1M' n ,lkned fromIhl" rh-ci.... ion 011 a motion made fo r r a iling: a Conv en tion. "lhe ve-a ....and nav, \\I 'n' taken wit hout mu ch tkh~'h' a .... the members con-. .rvived tht'I1N·ln'.... hound bv their in....trucrion-; T lln ... wen- I i Avex,:19 ;'\Ot·..... i the] :'- Iajori ty a,~aills l calling a (:onHnt ioll. '.!'.!, .

.:\otwitINandin/.: th i" major itv again ....l it, \\1' art - wdt a" .... urcd rhnta mnjoritv o( III(' nu-mbers prl"S(~n t , wi.... bed lht' adoplion of th e Con ­-tiun ion. a nd were o n ly restrained from c·xl"·l'........ illt.: their ....r-ntinu-nt <,11\ the ir in.... truttion...... .

1'11 1': j..." t 'AR Y 1790 SF.S SIOX S 01" TIl): I.t:I;lSl.....n fl.!'. "

Tht' principal nbj t't·t of th is -c....... ion w" .... to ddil)l'ra tl" a!;(aill UIMlIIt he pmpril' l ~ o f recommending tbc appointment of a Convention .10 r-on.... idr-r and dtT jt!t' Oil the ;\ew C" I}..t it ut i..n . T he prej udice­wnit 'h h:ld IOllg IM'ell (Jpt"ralro a g'ain ....t a lil)l' ral di-.j·u ........ ion o f it , ....'·n­.... i hl ~ It'''' I'III'd , and Ihe principl es \\ h idl 1.:,1\'1' ni~tenn' In a part \ .IM'illt:" a~ fulh atTlIm pli.... hed a I he~ ('(mid 1M', /Ippll~ilinn nHl~ 1 t l";l'I·.In ;ld di ,iOIl to Inl' ''' ·. the arn· "iOIl of all lhi' o lhl'r Sta ll·.... tn it. " hadIht'rt'b~ di ..-.oh t·d that ull ion h ich O lltt' ('Olllll't ln! u~ with Iht'lII .;Illd Idl II' \\ ilhuu l (r il'lld o r a lly. It 110 \\ I)('f anll' ,I qllt" lioll o f l,( rl"almac;:ni IUtk. and anord in .ld~ t'll~a g-l"d !?: t'lU'ra l alh'lIl io n ,

Oil FR II>.\Y [Jl1 l11" ~ I S], ill ine 1.0\\ 1'1' fl o u...·• \II'. Ben jami n/lO U"'1' a Illl'ml)('r fWIIl Providrnct' ) 1II0n'l! till' apllt,intllwlll o f a(:lIl1u 'nt itlll, for IIIC' pllrl)(N ' of d dihl, "ratillg OIL ItH' t' XIM'dit'l ll' ~ tlf;Id o pt illg til<' (: lIlbli lut illll of t ht" U nited Slall· ..... a lltl plT ....t·llled a Bill

' ''Snc'p'''l Ifn ll /d . ;';''''. 5, 17/1".71S ' ",p"' l lI , w ld , J.• n, 2 1, 1 7~1() .

"· I·h" ra ti ti,·" tio" of lh c' u,mlitu tio tl by ;';orlh C:I".]i"" on N'I\nlll 'cr 2(1 , 1711'/had an i"'p')I !,"' t illlpan " " lh c' , trufot"k in Rhod,' [,L." d. ;>;"' 1), C'(loli",,' , , ,-,c·" t, ,, ,,u' in to til<' L' " il,'d St" t... '" 'I"'n!U:H"d Rh od ,' ]"1:",,1'. i, ol:et ion. ,,,, d ",,,d,,'''01'('' n"dihk r(" I"' OI I,'d inlim" liun. cha. th .. l ' " it"d SlOlt<', "''', " '"d, 10 adopt"n·"r(' mr"" ul'l'< ,

:m [j ,l1llla r ~ I !H;7j :11

in fo rm , lixing till" I"!l'rtion of Ikln~a(( '~ Olll till" ~I'ron d .\I nnday ofl-chruarv next. and th eir rm-etiutr in ( :l)IJ\('rl1 il,n a t South Kimr- .town, 0 11 th e fourth .\l olHlay of said month. Thi" motion was sec­onded hv \11'. [Ccorue] C!ltIm/11i1l (o f th is tow n [I'\cwpo rt ]) whena n i lltne~t il1 g a nd lelll,'1h ~ de-hate ens ued. At noon till' quc-tion wa~

put. whcu th ere appeared : For the Bill. :14, ag a in"t it , :.! ~, and itpav-ed h~ a lTla jlJrit ~ of ;1,

III the Upper HO II ~r the Bill \\a~ take-n up , w hich produced anw""a g-e front thcm to the I,OIH' r HOlJ ~e , for till' in- tructionv to till'I k pll t i (' ~ [hy the Rh od c l-da nd urwu nH'('ting~ on the i-suc ]. Afu-rrk lihl'l"at ion tbcreon. the Lower H mN' rk-u-rrniru-d that it wavunconstitutional and unprecedented. a nd rdlN'd ~endillg them. andcommunicated their n ';NHl" 1)\ two of their memlu-rs.

s.-\TU RD:\Y [janunrv 16] the applic.uiou fro m the Upper tilthe Lower H ouse for the instruct ions. wns repeated . Tn ohviau- e\Tryreason that miuht II<.' urgt'd auain-t cuncurrin g with the Bill, theLower- Hou-«- rescinded their vute an d -cnt them : after whic-h a dis­r-ue-ion of the Rill [10 authorize a Rat if\in g Convr-nrionl tuok placein the Upper Hou se. a nd at H o'clock in the r-venin g. the questionIwing- put. it was nnu -rrmcuj-n-d hy a majorit y o f ( ITH', the Do put v­Con-mor [ Da niel Owen], tln-rr- Iwin g four .-\~~i~tants for, and fouraga in~t. 1'h""l' for concurrinc were \l1'~S, [j"IIIl ] Cnn~ t' , [john]lraranrr, [jamc-] .irnold, and [Cronu-l] Ch ilds.

On the return of the Bill wit h the 1l01l-('(1I](UrretK C to t he Lower1I00N " a messa ge wa" sent Irom th e Upper H ou«- by two of itsnu-rnl x-rx, pt"lJposing a con fere nce: ahhouab tilt' p ropriet y of it wasnot cnn enkd to, as th e "hjl'C\ uf thl' n illfe rcnn' wa" 110t di"d,,'wr!,~('t till' J,mVlT HOll"l' , upon till' prin r iple of ar'('oltUlJ(ldat illn, ag-n'I'dto it, and the n,nferelHe a l cordin!.!:ly look place, Arta l11uch timc~'-"-'lIt ill di"nr~~ iTlg llrl' Bill. aml propl "ing nl'\\' lllOlion s to "u pr'nTdl'it, the ronfel'rt ll e 11I"twiTn the 1I (1 l1 sc ~ hrok c up, with o ltt bein g p["o­dll ft iw (,f a lly thi ng.

Thc Cpp..... HOl h" , aft(T the y withdrl'w , pa~"l'd a Re""l utHlI1 fill'rdnrin,g the COlI"titut ioll aga in to th e I-"-'ople at large, whidl wa~

nlJll-nlnrurrnl h~ th e L(I\H'r J1 (1 l1 ~(' by a ntajllr i l ~ \If ].I ,

Tht' Lown HO ll ~I ' thl 'n pa ~~cd a Bill ~imilar 111 till" formn for rail ­ing a Cnl1\Tntion , on ly L ini ng thl' time t' l a wel,k la ter ( t ha t itmi g-hIll(' in onler a" a new Bill ) , Thi~ wa~ ""nt lip with ~ 1I 1 ad jo tll'l1-

nu-nt of the . \ ~~l' lll hl~ to \lay, Tlu- U pper 1I00l"l' non-rnncurrcd th i"Bill a~ tt u- fornu-r : hut instead of ri ~ i ll g- th.u rial, p roposed an adjourn­mrut to the next . \\ hirh wa ~ ag re{'{[tll h~ the Low er H nu -c.

SLJ;'\" D ,\ Y [janun rv 1i J, in th e LO\H'r Hou-« a third Bill \\ '1" PI'{ '­-cnu-d a nd ttH I\TlI ( it varied ort [~ in time from t he former tw o ) , ...

On t<tk ing the quest ion upon this Bill, thr-rr- a ppeared: For it , To!,i1 gailN it. I L So it p.c--cd hy a majori ty of 21.

In thr Upper 1I 0 11 ~e there W <lS a <.;('n ' ,,~ ion of nllI' of till' .-\ ~~ i ~ta n t ~

[Jo hn "'iliialll ~ J in o pposi t ion, ~o th at \\ ht-n thr- '111('st ion on th i ~ th irdBill wa " pu r, the Hou«- wa~ divided. It fell tu th e (; n\TrnOr [jo hnCollin,,] to dec ick . Upon which hi" Ex rel[('l j{ 'y arocc and made ,~O I1W

nTy prrtim-nt oh-r-rvntions nil th e situa tion of the State , and them-rr-ssitv of the mcasurv: [Covemo r Collin,,] prnnounc'ed that it wasfor the intere-t of the people to con c-ur- with it , and therefore withdecision he ga H hi" \'oin ' for eom' u rring, a nd the Bill pa "'-'Cd to hcvna rtcd into a La w,

.\ Resolution pas-ed , that hi" Exrclh-nry th e (;onTllOr ad\' i~e

C(J I1 .~ re~" of Ih is appoinuncnt o f a COIl\' ,n tion, and I'l'qllt'''t a furthersuspension of the Acts which a ffr-r- t o u r trade , from the probabilityo f an ad opt ion of the Cnn~titlHion.; "

In ju-tio- 10 the majorit~ of nu-rubcr- , in «ppoxitiou , \\( ' mu-t "ay,that in deh.rte tht, ~ manile-u-d grea t de('t'n r y and roo l lle~~: ami a tthe d o,.;{' of the q uestion the y exhibited a ('OIH'il ialory dixprr-it jon.Fl.uterinu pn'''a~e of returnin g harmo ny !

"o' J I,.. R ho d ,' h bnu R a ti fyin g C",,,rm;on 1111"1 for its firsl "'"i,," on ~t 'lTd l I,17(11) ; Ihl" pl:l<"f" of II" , ,,,,, \"'l1lioll was Sou th K in f(q " wl1 , all ;lllliferkr;llis( low II,\ h ho ug h k dO"la lisl hOI)<"' W<'l'" hieh Ihal h,will!,\ "on a I(",'"t V;l"1OlY in wcufilll(t il<' ("ol1 \l"tlino: of a ('Ofl\', 'n t;Ol1, rtw a nt if"dnaJi,", wo" ld now 'lui..kly and Il;ra",·­f" l!>- ad o p t IllI" ( :omtil ol1 ;" n of 1787, ,'v"nlS provI"d "II..-rwi,,' , ;...·ot unli l tilt'n u-u in l( o f a '1'('lmu ,,",, ion of ti l!' R<ltifyin<>: Co",nllion ill :" "wpo n u iu R ho,kIsbnu tin a lh ,'ot.. 10 n 'join till' l" n iln l Stah" On ~I a ; 2~ 1 . 17fJ(l,

BOO t\. REV I EW

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It i, lin" p""ihk f..r II,,,...· iUI ,·n·'h·d ill II,,· twentieth r,· nt"n ttl n-uuut""I IN'r,ori l~ illl" r.·.kr"I Iim,·, in .\rnrri,-a .m.l l"" i'''pi r..d h~ '- Ir. '- I"nt !!" n... n "r!d il1 ilivr- h""l "n Fr dn .,I IN·rind Iurniturr-. 1'" "id ..n, r rr,i tlrn" 1"1"" i,.ll. "illco-k-ornr- th,· pulo li,·" ti..n "f Ih i, IN" ,k. ,i ll<'" t hi-, r-itv al ....ne. du rint: it_ t:tt';'lm.ui linto'ron;"" li'lIl.IRIII. pro " lu. r " ",rr ;0 hundred ,-;.hi""'l11.,l.n,...f" hi,-h lu ll a ,1" " ' 11 h.",' T!"c"l11h ft, mr- I., "ur anemi..n with th r- itlnrtiti"alinll..f th(" r"hil"·t",,, k nf II,.. R"" ... .n '.Hnih. ". ",,(1 a' Ihr onc h , ludi .·, of th.· " ur kn( T horn.., " "" .m!. J r.•.' nd J ..hn C.,;lil ,' wrndell D. Carr,·tt ... l' ru, itl,·I1 ...·( :" hin" l m"ln' . ( :h..irm.:o l........ and .\ lIi"d Cra h,mrn:' . In/i,I''' I .HtI!!t1:in,·.( ).-t" I>l"r, IQ,j./i. p. ill. :'\"1 onlv ' lud"III, of fine Iurnit u rr- hUI "I ... , 11,,· "."Il,,1rn lll"fl"r "ill "d...un .. II,.. , ..111m... '-tom R h.>d.. I -la nd Iamilic-, 1"" .. inherit ..dor ,,011 "'11 pi.., ,·, "f F.·d ..ral I ll m;IIJ~". whis-h i< lII"rr- nflt'lI found Ih,1I1example f ,h., (,?w'(" n .\ntl.. and ( :h;l' l...nd•• le periods.

Sin,-,' 11,,· I'uhl;...ti"" in 1!I.'ll h, Ih,· "'i rn ~rthur '-I " " ·,,m "f Am, ,io,nFu' nit ,,,, . Qu" n .lnn" 'Hid r.hi!'l" ndll(, p, ,iod,. h, I n'ot'" ph I). " ' n ' . -tudeutv" r .\I11("ri'·;JlI 11ltnilur(" h;I\'" 1...-.k(",1 f"n."rd rather impatiemlv I" lhr a pl..·.. r­a n.·" n( rhi- ...'mp;lI1i"n velum... In hi, (.. re-word In '-Ir. '-l nnrcnmr T\·' ' " ,,,l'-I r. H"nn ' I'r.lIl, ·i, c1u P" m. 1110" mu....·ulO1·' r"und ,·r. sumv up Ih.. fa -in"li""th.ll F(".'kr;ll Iuruirur.. h"ld,: ..... 'III"I! pi...,·, wirh eood lin("' in thr-ir,im pli, iI, t llO"' "fit·" "" hi,·,'" t:r..arne-c."

T h.. "Ullom i, "dl'·'1"iPI'..d h~' ' ·' T...ri' ·IIt,. ,,,,d Ir.:oininc t" prood,,, .. " ",lul1lt'..f th,· hic.h (IUalil' "lr'·'lIh· ,,·t I" ,I,,, 101""''''',- l"ro ' lII 195--1 tt> I'Hil h.· "'"di r....I" r nf II... 11<- 11 " I-'r,IIIo 'i, .111 1'''111 '-1"'''01111 ,...d _ir\O"e 191)1 11<1' hr..n "'lli"r(,·lIn", ill Ih(" Wim"'nllUr R" ' '' ,ln -h I'ro'!:r,Hll in L,rh .\mni"'lll e "hufl'.... ,nd ... I.·d j" inth I., 1/\0" 1Il "" 'UIII ami lhr l ' " i \'t ' r , i l ~ 0' n,·IaW'H,·. '-I r.'-1" III I1: " tlWr\ ' , ("ntll..,i"'1I1 (,." '1II'pli"d 11,1'gn·"1 ,I illllll" , n'·'· ,·"" ry I" I'r"d " ,'".1 tir'I·",t ,· Ir" iu iuc pnocr"m. " hi,' h hot, ,, '1Il ,·"r;lt,.r, t" m,m~ 11111"'u llh ;,1111h i' IOlI i,-,,1 "" i,·li ... tll" ,uII:I1<'" 1 11ll' ro,ml"·. HI" "'I ' , ,,,-I, .1 hi!!h 'l' lIlrbrd " frt ·....." nh Ih.' 1 In."'1 IUn,, '"'' '' of .\ nw ri,·;m ,'"h u'" l"rl1 I.. \\'il1 lnlhll r f" r;In,"·rr,.

Til" '''''1''' nf lIlt" 1,,",1.. i, ' ·'I.·It, il·'·. .\ I.lrlo::" 11ll ml.... r nf pl" 'I" l:r"ph , '''"\0"!i,.,. hUl1d rnl inrli\'idu,,1 pi...-... ''''' ,' r 11,,· I';tr inn' kim" nf f"mitrrn·. tlwirlllakn, . ;md tilt · pn"rrin"I"'" " r " ''' 'h pi..,·,·. In add it ion Ih... .. ; Irt' m"n' th.m aIU"ldro ·1! n. d lll illll_Ir" titln, "" ",,-ill\: d' ·l'lil-. R.·, ..aro-h,'r, II ill filld II... illu'I !'.I·li" u, "r m"kn, 1.,1 ...1_ IlI'lpful.

I{"nm "'ltiliC' . ,,1" "'11 in ,nJ"r.•,,1<1 illln,·'t allli at tilt' ",m,' tim .. pr ... ,·"t "1'1" a':rrlt intn pn'!,,' i" n ,,[ til(' d' ·...'ralinn ;'fld furni,hinl:: nf ;l F..d"Ld """1\.(l'w,tiotl' ", ,{(h'.-rli,,·nWI11 Inmin"l"g\ It,,,... h.·t'l1 (kah wilh ill " " h a 11''' \

I);.., III' ],-" 1'11 tl... 1"rIlI ' " I !lit' lim" , . -For ,·x" ml' l,·. Ill<' (" lIin:: d llli, " I llw1-""d",,,I I"'l i,,d ;' tl... " ... ·"Iled .1 1" , /111/ II'/I,hi"-::/" ,, r /'"i, (If l,,(b ~.

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,lI\d I, ,, "Ii l~ "ilh " ,io-"r ,lIld hidlh inl"r ln.l1 i,.,. i" !rnd " , 'l i"ll 1...[,, 1' " '·.It h

v-cti..n. C3plion~ [or the fine , I,·"r·nrl illu,l r;Hi"n' .n,· ,hnn onouu h In rou­",nT lime and ["II\!" "Il,," \!"h I,••-"tr, ;,11 lilt' 11""'''.11'\ information.

Fur the tir' t liml" ill 11ll" hi,wr\- .. f .-;,h"ll'lIn"k illl: Iin-r atur.. Ihl" ,," mp l,"I'ru hkm or id" mi h'i l1\!" ih .. pr"n·n;ol1 · .. [ nru;' n...nt., 1 illl<l'.' h,I' ~ ,,·en solved.'-Ir . '-1"m c' lIIu' r\ h", pr..d"...·.l .ru " t1f;, I'· ...,I" ro·d ,h':UI. m.-lud mc o,-..r '"l"hun dr ..d colon-d ph, 'I"l: faplh. " I ,I fiul:inc. I", ,,dim:. and d," .'r.,li...• in1.,y form'.I"icn..d I" ,'ari",,, c.."\!" r.,phic-,, I ;In·.,,_ '-l i'r,, ' n ' pi,- id ..ntifi,·.ui"n o f "oo>dsample rev ..al, th.. "ricin .. f Ilw "'"'II- u",d in "':Ui"ll' "ro'"" .

An othe r n("" fr"lun' i~ 11,.· • h"n h., ·.1 "II til<' ' Ionh "f" Ih" " ....md P,,",'l'" "flurrurure , 1,0" ill\! 11,.· fr" II""nn "f " "f pri nl.:ln and ' .., tll1d.:lf' ,,,..-.d, in,·,uio", parI, of 11,(" ..."mlry. " i, I",n i, ularlv illl"w'lin\,: I......,' t haI Rh " ,I.·I, land i, ins-lud..d in th.· ;or.'" ,,( .,,,, 1"01 C"nnnti,-U1 an d ...--.ulh rO'I'I,,1'-b,-.;l' h,,"'tl,.

Xor , hould nrlo' f" re("1 I" Ilwmi"n I"" .-h"pl('r< of t:r(',,1 acad..mic impor­I.ln,-(" : "n(" on ,-.,hin(" l rn"kinc ", " I""ili"" "ud II,.. " ,1,... on ..abinetrnake-r-,'p rice -b o ok v in Ih,· F('de ral period.

Florenc e '-l ont ll:o rn<' T\ 1"" "d,j,'d " 111"'1 ....r-dr-d and valu able chapte r 011upholvn-rine .lIld furni,hinc f.:thri.-.... Sh.. ,'U" IhrnUl:h II,.. male of a~lci ..nt u-rm­an d cive- ,lUlh" rilalin" .... 'urn·' (m th ,' 1\ Iiof' "f u"hnl'l"~' materiale uced 1>11

Iurmtur.. demandiuz a p.lni, ular L,bri•. T hi, i, a ,,, hj"n <he kl1"" , ,, (" II. andil will. w,' h"p"·. rI"""I" I' int" .000t1th.-r \\'illIo'Tl I",r p" bli.-a li.,, \.

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Thl' na rrow ..idewalk-, the-n a..now. we re hard to walk upon. Therelived in the town a di ..tln g:ui..bed man . wit h a wooden kg.... He \\ a...I "IlPptl'/.', o ne o f rh r- rn n..t iudividuali..tic of America n thinkers. afterLnu-r-on , who wa.. h i.. nllllt'mporary : and having all ac ute desire fo rph ~ ..ical romfort , \\ h if h marked all of hi..dee- m philosophy . Ill" was a..\\ l'1I content to do hi.. thinkin g in Newport a.. anvw hcrc t-lse, lit' wasnot in-aincrivclv a ~rarrH'r aftn Euro pe an culture, , '\T I1 t houg h the\\' link cent ra l r-mpha..i.. of hi.. education depended From ContinentalOr,mght. ~ t wa,.; - pr,tin ly <lnd ..il11p1y hi.. woodell k ,c;. Ill' rouldn ',walk 0 11 rbe 1'('\\ p Or1 .. idcwalks w ithout stumbling. He "aid" Jl ra t it '"- or \\ hatcvt-r the rurn-nt v-mi-profanitv ma~ haw required - anddt"ridnlto go when' the sidl'walks were better. ... T his i..a sok-rnn Iact.a nd it takes its place in historv. Accompanied by hi.. wife- and hi.. twosmall -o n- . Hcn r-, J ames th l' EJdl'r kh :\t'wport for thr- colored porlsof the en-rem world ( h il· n~ b -enn-e Theme- Street wou ldn 't permita hand icapped philosopher 10 -trnll at his convenience.

II. K. Ha rt, T hr Sid,-,h", ,- "f It. K . II d rl , ..d it..d by Philom..na lI arl, Provi­drill" . R" I!('r William, I' u '''' 1911 , p. Illl R. I. .\ mh. 1I\ 2.1h

I had o-ra-ion In ~ll to the old capital f but let nu- add , thai w hen .in a month's ume. I han' no occasio n to go the re I invent 011(' , as allproud Rh ode Islanders miqht ] . ..

II. K. Han . Th r Sidr lhml' ,,1 11. K . Hart; r-ditcd by I'hil <>mrlM u.,«. I'm\i­Ikll' '' . R" c.rr Willi,II]]' I'r .., ' , I!lll, p. 121 (R . J••\ulh. l U:!;lh) .

T o approx imat e my own enthusiasm for R hode 1s1 ,1Ild , you m ustlI\TTl'OIlU'" two hurdle.., O ne of the-e i, the social sy-u-m under wh ichtln- inha bitants live. and rlu- othe r i.. the ph~ ., i r il l environment oftha i "'ICIll.

Ch ri'lOph..r La F"rll" . " (jhl' ~lc- RhmJ,o "rand; ' II I1/Ilt .& ( ; /1r,[", . Julyl 'l l!/. p. ti3 R. I. .\ nlh. I.I :I!IC- .