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Author : Hamilton Bullock Tompkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X030282326
Author : Hamilton B. Tompkins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0484572598
Excerpt from Benedict Arnold, the First Governor of Rhode Island: A Paper Read Before the Society August 18th, 1919 In an interview with Mr. Rider a few years before his death, he told me that he had not seen the Harris papers themselves at the time he wrote, as he was denied access to them, and they were not at that time in the possession of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and it is fair to presume that Mr. Paine also had not seen them, or he would not have made the statement he did, impugning the assertion of Mr. Rider in the Harris suit above referred to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Hamilton Bullock Tompkins
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104622637
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : James Alan Egan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517623863
Part 1: In 1578, John Dee (1527-1608) wrote series of four manuscripts entitled Limits of the British Empire, explaining why Queen Elizabeth had a legal right to North America (except for Florida, which the Spanish already occupied). Dee's text was lost for centuries, but in 1976, it was discovered and acquired by the British Library. In it, Dee explains that earlier Englishmen like King Arthur, Saint Brendan, Prince Madoc, and John and Sebastian Cabot had already claimed the New World for England. The farsighted Dee even coined the term "British Empire." Convinced by Dee's numerous arguments, the Queen granted letters patent for all of North America north of Florida to one of the generals in the English army, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Dee chose the site for the Gilbert's first colony (Narragansett Bay in modern Rhode Island). He even named it after himself, the "Dee River and port." In 1582, Dee and his team sent a "preliminary expedition" of two ships and about 80 men. I claim this mission built the Tower, following Dee's blueprints, to be the colony's city center. The settlement failed to take root, but the Tower got built, and it still stands in Touro Park, Newport. Part 2: Governor Benedict Arnold (1615-1678), the first Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations No, this is not Benedict Arnold the traitor. It's the traitor's great-great-great grandfather. The Revolutionary War traitor, Benedict Arnold (V), lived a century after RI Governor Benedict Arnold (I). But, because of his name, Governor Benedict Arnold has been left out of most books on Rhode Island history. And it's a shame, he is he is one of the most imprtant figures in the birth of Rhode Island, which was the birthplace of religious freedom. In 1663, Benedict was appointed by King Charles II to be first Governor of the state. The general populace re-elected him seven times, and when he died, about a thousand people attended his funeral. I also assert Benedict Arnold was responsible for naming Aquidneck island "Rhode Island." And for adopting the "Anchor of Hope" as the state symbol. And for naming the natural harbor at the mouth of the bay "Newport." Furthermore, he named it "Newport," after Newport/Caerleon, Wales, to commemorate King Arthur's Camelot. Camelot? Most modern scholars think King Arthur is fictional. But what we moderns think doesn't really matter. What matters is that back in the 1500s and 1600s the English felt King Arthur actually existed. Not only was he their inspirational hero, they felt the chivalrous Arthur would some day return to save his people. In the mid-1630s, Benedict Arnold was one of the first colonial settlers on Narragansett Bay. I suggest he claimed the Tower and used Newport as an outpost on his three-day shipping route. He transported furs and bushels of Narragansett Indian corn to Boston, and returned with cooking implements, tools, guns, ammunition, and liquor. He soon became one of the wealthiest colonists. Many clues suggest Benedict knew all about the Elizabethan colonization effort of 1583 and how the Tower functioned as a horologium, a building that keeps track of time. Benedict Arnold was buried about 500 feet west of the Tower. And about 500 feet west of his grave was where his Governor's mansion stood, on Thames Street across from his wharf (now called Bowen's Wharf). The Roots of Freedom in America During John Dee's life, England's prevailing religion flipped from Catholic to Protestant to Catholic to Protestant. Dee's dream was to establish a New World utopia, where all religions would be tolerated. And in the 1600s, it was Rhode Island Governor Benedict Arnold who made Dee's vision a reality. And the freedom of conscience enjoyed by Rhode Islanders later influenced the writers of the United States Constitution.
Author : SAMUEL GREENE ARNOLD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOMDLP:afj7769:0001.001
Author : George Washington Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : HARVARD:32044013683990
Author : Samuel Greene Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019988070
Author : Jared Sparks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517141443
Among the first settlers and proprietors of Rhode Island was William Arnold, a name of some note in the local annals of his time. He had three sons, Benedict, Thomas, and Stephen. The eldest, that is, Benedict Arnold, succeeded Roger Williams as president of the colony under the first charter, and he was at different times governor under the second charter during a period of fifteen years; a proof of the respect in which he was held by his contemporaries.The family spread out into several branches. One of these was established at Newport, from which place two brothers, Benedict Arnold and Oliver Arnold, emigrated to Norwich in Connecticut, the former about the year 1730, or perhaps a little earlier, the latter several years afterwards. They were coopers by trade, but Benedict discontinued that occupation soon after his removal to Norwich, and engaged in commerce. He made one or two voyages to England, but was principally concerned in navigation to the West Indies, and was owner of the vessels he commanded. Having accumulated means sufficient to enable him to change this pursuit for one which he liked better, he became a merchant, and for several years carried on an extensive business at Norwich. He was a man of suspicious integrity, little respected, and less esteemed. Prosperity deserted him, and by degrees he sank into intemperance, poverty, and contempt.In the mean time he had married Mrs. Hannah King, a widow lady, whose name before her first marriage was Waterman. Her family connexions were highly respectable, and she is represented as having been eminent for her amiable temper, piety, and Christian virtues. The children of this second marriage were three sons and three daughters. Benedict, the eldest, died in infancy. The same name was given to the next son. Of the six children, only he and his sister Hannah survived the years of childhood.Benedict Arnold, the second son above named, and the subject of this notice, was born at Norwich, on the 3d of January, 1740. As his father's affairs were then in a successful train, it is probable he enjoyed the advantage of as good schools as the town or its vicinity afforded.For a time he was under the tuition of Dr. Jewett, a teacher of some celebrity at Montville. There is no evidence, however, that his acquirements reached beyond those usually attained in the common schools. While yet a lad he was apprenticed to two gentlemen by the name of Lathrop, who were partners as druggists in a large establishment at Norwich, and alike distinguished for their probity, worth, and the wide extent of their business. Being allied by a distant relationship to the mother of the young apprentice, they felt a personal interest in his welfare, especially as no benefit to him was now to be hoped from the example or guidance of his father.It was soon made obvious to these gentlemen, that they had neither an agreeable nor an easy task before them. To an innate love of mischief, young Arnold added an obduracy of conscience, a cruelty of disposition, an irritability of temper, and a reckless indifference to the good or ill opinion of others, that left but a slender foundation upon which to erect a system of correct principles or habits. Anecdotes have been preserved illustrative of these traits. One of his earliest amusements was the robbing of birds' nests, and it was his custom to maim and mangle young birds in sight of the old ones, that he might be diverted by their cries. Near the druggist's shop was a schoolhouse, and he would scatter in the path broken pieces of glass taken from the crates, by which the children would cut their feet in coming from the school. The cracked and imperfect phials, which came in the crates, were perquisites of the apprentices. Hopkins, a fellow apprentice and an amiable youth, was in the habit of placing his share on the outside of the shop near the door, and permitting the small boys to take them away, who were pleased with this token of his good will.
Author : Samuel Arnold
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368833909
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author : Samuel Greene Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000112242890
Author : Edward Peterson
Publisher : New York : [s.n.]
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:32044035984962
Author : Thomas Williams Bicknell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : WISC:89073239279
Author : Rhode Island
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : UCR:31210002923132
Author : Henry Edward Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Warwick (R.I.)
ISBN : HARVARD:HX4XJ4
Author : Rhode Island
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : IND:30000155751765
