History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: From the Settlement of the State, 1636, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 1790; 1700 1790. E-book. Formato PDF Samuel Greene Arnold   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Although the death of the Earl of Bellemont occurred at a fortunate moment for Rhode Island, we shall soon see that it did not restore peace to the colony. His successor pursued the same line of policy with even greater pertinacity but with less ability, and met with a defeat the more humiliating as his measures were more personal and direct. A special session of the General Assembly was held shortly after this event, to lay a tax of four hundred pounds for the public service. The apportionment indicates that Providence had recovered its relative prosperity, lost during Philip's war. The duties which in our day are performed by the State Auditor, were formerly assigned to committees, the members of which were usually selected, one from each town, by the Assembly.

History of the State of Rhode Island: And Providence Plantations. E-book. Formato PDF Samuel Greene Arnold   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Several months were Spent abroad in 1846 — 7, in the examination of government archives, chie?y in England and France, in search of materials not to be found in America. The kindness of gentlemen in official station, particularly in Her Britannic Majesty's Government, in securing permission to examine their records, and of those in the State Paper Offices at London, Paris and the Hague, in facilitating his labors, should receive the grateful acknowledgments of the writer. Copies of the English documents herein referred to are now in Mr. Brown's library, he having given orders, previous to the author's visit to England, to have every thing pertaining to Rhode Island, and much more besides, Copied for his private collection; which was done under the supervision of Henry Stevens, Esq., a. Gentleman whose experience eminently qualified him for the task. Many of these authorities extend beyond the limits of this volume.