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Office of the General Treasurer Land Evidence records
Formal title:
Office of the General Treasurer Land Evidence records
Extent:
0.46 cubic feet other
Date range:
1700-1895
Abstract:
The Office of the General Treasurer Land Evidence records consists of deeds and agreements for land in Rhode Island during the years 1700-1895.
Repository:
Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:
1997-137
Prophet (Nancy Elizabeth) collection
Formal title:
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet collection
Extent:
3.5 cubic feet.
Date range:
1920-2002 (bulk 1920-1960)
Abstract:
Collection of Rhode Island born sculptor, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet. The collection includes photographs of Prophet’s sculptures, original sketches and watercolors, and articles on her life in the United States and Paris, France.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0028
Rhode Island College miscellaneous papers
Formal title:
Rhode Island College miscellaneous papers
Extent:
250 items
Date range:
1763-1804
Abstract:
A collection of historical documents from the petition for a charter in 1763 to the change of name from Rhode Island College to Brown University in 1804. Titles of the papers and folder numbers are taken from the two volumes in which the papers had previously been mounted.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1E.1
Rhode Island Financial and Legal Documents Collection
Formal title:
Rhode Island Financial and Legal Documents collection
Extent:
6.25 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1715 - 1836
Abstract:
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.93.4
Thomson (Debra) photographic slides
Formal title:
Debra Thomson photographic slides
Extent:
0.01 cubic feet.
Date range:
undated, 1980
Abstract:
Photographic slides highlighting Rhode Island’s architecture in the twentieth century.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0049
Turner family papers
Formal title:
Turner family papers
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (5 folders)
Date range:
1797-1846 (bulk 1823-1846)
Abstract:
Deeds, accounts, court martial proceedings, and correspondence concerning various members of the Turner family of both East Greenwich and Newport, Rhode Island, particularly Dr. Peter Turner (1751-1822), Dr. William Turner (1757-1837), and Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871).
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.573
Warren (Katherine U. Warren and George Henry, Jr.) awards and memorabilia
Formal title:
Katherine U. Warren and George Henry Warren, Jr. awards and memorabilia
Date range:
1921-1959
Abstract:
Award certificates, photographs, clippings, and some correspondence related to the accomplishments, awards, and honors given to Katherine Urquhart Warren and her husband, George Henry Warren, Jr.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.031
Williams (Obadiah) correspondence
Formal title:
Correspondence from the Williams Collection
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
Date range:
1743-1859
Abstract:
Correspondence and related documents of two generations of the family of Obadiah Williams (1767-1848), Quakers, of Newport and Providence, R.I., New Bedford, Mass., and New York State, chiefly reflecting family matters; connections with the Rotch and Rodman families, whalers and merchants from New Bedford and the Brown family, of Providence, famous for their stand against slavery and founders of Providence Boarding School and Brown University; and the changes, principally those in the first half of the 19th century, involved in the history of the U.S. Subjects include the capture by the British of a ship mastered by Nicholas Williams in 1807, which led to financial disagreements with his brother, David Williams, a clockmaker in Newport; and the War of 1812, particularly pertaining to the death of James Hadwin, a relative, the capture of a family ship by a British privateer, and the embargo in Newport and subsequent difficulties experienced by Quaker merchants which led to the move of Obadiah Williams, merchant, farmer, and businessman, and other family members to Bridgewater and other farming towns in New York State, and Ohio. Other subjects include the utilization of ties in Newport by family members in New York to conduct trade via the Erie Canal; lands owned in New York State, Ohio, and Massachusetts; political and religious revivalism in New York in the 1820s, including family criticism of the Hicksite movement; the support of Obadiah's son, Henry Williams, of the Whig Party and Martin Van Buren; Quaker women, as exemplified by Ruth Hadwin Williams, second wife of Obadiah and their daughter, Catharine (Williams) Carman, an early student at Providence Boarding School; and descriptions of Newport (ca. 1848), as seen through the eyes of Henry Williams, a visitor, reflecting its people, events, and attitudes. Other family members represented include Dorcas Hadwin Brown, Obadiah Brown, and Mary Rotch.
Repository:
Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:
Ms.91.57.1
Wolfe (Catharine Lorillard) letters to Sarah Griswold Spencer
Formal title:
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe letters to Sarah Griswold Spencer
Extent:
5 folders
Date range:
1882-1886
Abstract:
Letters written by Catharine Lorillard Wolfe in New York or Newport to Sarah Griswold Spencer in Paris, France.
Repository:
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.014
Yule (John A.) garden journals and papers
Formal title:
John A. Yule garden journals and papers
Extent:
2 boxes
Date range:
1972-1998
Abstract:
Includes annual journals chronicling John Yule's gardening activities at Champ Soleil and various papers related to plant and supply purchases.
Repository:
Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection call no:
PSNCA.H.033

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