The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-03
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MEETS
Quarterly Session Held at CabI-
not on Waterman Street.
REPORTS WERE PRESENTED.
NseroIeyI LIST Presented BY President
StInsss-ID ysr Interesting PapsH
Read After Business Meeting.
REPORTS WERE PRESENTED.

Nothing could have been more affect
ing than Chief Justice suness' simple
manner of reporting the past quarter =
neurology list at the quarterly meeting
of the Rhode Island Historical society
last evening.
After reading the names OF the deceased
members, Judge stiness handed the list
TO the secretary. saying; II presume
nothing more IS 10 be said"
The list comprised the following: Ex-
Mayor Henry X. Barker Prof Alonzo
Williams. Rev. Dr. Moses u. Bixby.
Josiah L. Webster Earl Philip Mason,
Albert r. Greene and Emily A. Hall.
The meeting was held in the societys
cabinet, No. sc Waterman street. and was
very we'll attended.
The following new members were ad-
mitted George G. Darling. George r.
Lawton, Wendell a. Mowry. Mrs Row
ena p II. Tingley, Frederick G. Adams
and Howard *. Stokes.
Librarian :. $. Brigham presented an
unusually interesting report. lt was, i'm
part. as follows:
"The total number OF accessions during
the past quarter has been 92i. including
$50 volumes, 405 pamphlets and lS9 mis-
cellaneous items.
Among the more important gifts OF
the quarter are two old letters giving a
detailed account of the great gale OF
1878, from Miss Mary Rivers. and several
early articles or home manufacture-such
as tow cloth, heckled flax, hand-forged
nails, etc.--from Samuel A. Hazard.
MIR. Hazard has also given us three
volumes on Naviga ton. which have
peculiar interest i'm that they were each
written a century apart.
George @. Gorton has continued 20
send US many items of miscellaneous ma
ture. and Samuel T. Caldwell, the son of
the former pastor OF the Baptist church.
happened in one day with a large bundle
OF old almanacs and Providence GaZettes.
The Portsmouth Records have at last
been safely seen through the proof and
the signatures are now ready.
In the preface 10 the volume special
attention has been called to the need OF
printing the earliest volume OF Warwick
records
The history OF the colony I'm it's earli-
est period must chiefly be studied I'm the
records of It's towns.
The early records Of Providence have
been well published and records Of Ports
mouth are now In print. Since the early
Newport records no longer exist those
of Warwick alone remain OF the four
original towns 10 be preserved in per-
manent form
Hon Amasa N. Eaton, for the com
mittee on publication, recommended
proposition 10 substitute a bound volume
10 be issued annually in lieu Of the pres
ent quarterly publication. A resolution
was adopted 10 that effect
Librarian Brigham suggested that
portrait OF the late secretary and libra
rian, Hon. Amos Perry. be procured lie
also stated that subscription list has
been opened for that purpose and II Is
n his charge.
Following the business meeting two
lrief. but interesting, papers We're pre-
'ented by George T.. Winship and George
+. Hart The former told Of Some
Providence Love Letters OF the 18th Cen
.ury'' and the latter spoke upon "Sovan-
,um and Its Significance"