Providence Proprietors of the Lands* Receipts from the founding members of Providence, including genealogical information. Signers include: Valentine Whitman, Richard Waterman, Mercy Waterman, Thomas Walling, Edward Smith, Benjamin Smith, Nicholas Power, James Mathewson, Andrew Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris, Henry Harris, and Henry Esten. 10 pages., 1718 - 1723

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 130

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of materials related to American history with a focus on Rhode Island history. The collection includes legal documents, correspondence, poems, portraits, ship’s papers, business records, and ephemera dating from 1655 to 1922.

Dates

1718 - 1723

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

From the Collection: French

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Arnold, Frederick Augustus, 1841-1924 (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Aguinaldo , Emilio, 1869-1964 (Person)
From the Collection: Allyn, Thomas (Person)
From the Collection: Allen, William , 1784-1868 (Person)
From the Collection: Anthony , Henry. B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884 (Person)
From the Collection: Arnold , Jonathan, 1741-1793 (Person)
From the Collection: Arnold, Oliver (Person)
From the Collection: Arnold, Richard , 1769–1847 (Person)
From the Collection: Arnold , Russell Greene (Person)
From the Collection: Arnold , Samuel Greene, 1821-1880 (Person)
From the Collection: Anrold, Stephen , 1728-1796 (Person)
From the Collection: Backus, Joseph (Person)
From the Collection: Bainbridge, William (Person)
From the Collection: Bancroft, George (Person)
From the Collection: Banks , Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 (Person)
From the Collection: Barras , Jacques-Melchio, Comte de,, 1719-1793 (Person)
From the Collection: Bates , Louise Prosser (Person)
From the Collection: Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Providence, R.I. ) (Organization)
From the Collection: Biddle , Owen , 1737-1799 (Person)
From the Collection: Bourn , Augustus Osborn, 1834- (Person)
From the Collection: Bowler, Mat (Person)
From the Collection: Brigham , Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963 (Person)
From the Collection: Brown , John , 1736-1803. (Person)
From the Collection: Brown , Nicholas, 1729-1791 (Person)
From the Collection: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 (Person)
From the Collection: Byfield , Nathanael, 1653-1733 (Person)
From the Collection: Carnan , Christopher (Person)
From the Collection: Case, John (Person)
From the Collection: Chace , Jonathan, 1829-1917 (Person)
From the Collection: Clarke , Joseph (Person)
From the Collection: Clay , Henry (Person)
From the Collection: Clinton , Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 (Person)
From the Collection: Coote , Eyre (Person)
From the Collection: Coxe , Tench , 1755-1824 (Person)
From the Collection: Chapin , Howard M., 1887-1940 (Person)
From the Collection: Crossing, William (Person)
From the Collection: Curtis , George William, 1824-1892 (Person)
From the Collection: Davis , George A. (Person)
From the Collection: Davis , John William (Person)
From the Collection: Rhodes, Elisha Hunt, 1842-1917 (Person)
From the Collection: Dearing, Ebenezer (Person)
From the Collection: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794 (Person)
From the Collection: Dibblee , Thomas Bloodgood (Person)
From the Collection: Dyer , Elisha, 1811-1890 (Person)
From the Collection: Estaing , Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794 (Person)
From the Collection: Fenner , Arthur (Person)
From the Collection: Garrison , Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907 (Person)
From the Collection: Garrison , William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (Person)
From the Collection: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 (Person)
From the Collection: Getty , George Washington (Person)
From the Collection: Gladding, John (Person)
From the Collection: Gray , Edward (Person)
From the Collection: Great Britain. Privy Council. (Organization)
From the Collection: Greene , Stephen (1825) (Person)
From the Collection: Hadden , James Murray, -1817 (Person)
From the Collection: Hall, Lovice (Person)
From the Collection: Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 (Person)
From the Collection: Hazard , Rowland Gibson, 1801-1888 (Person)
From the Collection: Hopkins, Samuel , 1721-1803 (Person)
From the Collection: Hosford , Benjamin (Person)
From the Collection: Howard, Martin (1746) (Person)
From the Collection: Jackson , Andrew (1813) (Person)
From the Collection: Jenckes , Thomas A. (Thomas Allen), 1818-1875 (Person)
From the Collection: Jenks, William (Person)
From the Collection: King, Jonathan (1778) (Person)
From the Collection: Lee, Henry (1794) (Person)
From the Collection: Lippitt, Henry , 1818-1891 (Person)
From the Collection: Littlefield, Alfred Henry, 1829-1893 (Person)
From the Collection: Loomis , Stephen (1707) (Person)
From the Collection: Louis XVI , King of France, 1754-1793 (Person)
From the Collection: Lyman, Daniel , 1756-1830 (Person)
From the Collection: Lyndon , Josias, 1704-1778 (Person)
From the Collection: Martin , Michael (1655) (Person)
From the Collection: Hopkins, Stephen , 1707-1785 (Person)
From the Collection: Nichols , Benjamin (1750) (Person)
From the Collection: Oster, Martin (1782) (Person)
From the Collection: Porter, Daniel (1705) (Person)
From the Collection: Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (Organization)
From the Collection: Prince, Asa, Captain (1777) (Person)
From the Collection: Rochambeau , Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807 (Person)
From the Collection: St. Clair , Arthur, 1734-1818 (Person)
From the Collection: Sherburne , Henry , 1747-1824 (Person)
From the Collection: Smith, James Youngs, 1809-1876 (Person)
From the Collection: Spooner, William (1782) (Person)
From the Collection: Sullivan , John (1778) (Person)
From the Collection: Swain , Charles (Person)
From the Collection: Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817 (Person)
From the Collection: Turner, Peter, 1751-1822 (Person)
From the Collection: United States. Continental Congress. (Organization)
From the Collection: United States. Continental Congress. Marine Committee (Organization)
From the Collection: Van Zandt, Charles C. (Charles Collins), 1830-1894 (Person)
From the Collection: Vaughan , Henry (1830) (Person)
From the Collection: Walley , John (1689) (Person)
From the Collection: Waterman , Nathaniel (Person)
From the Collection: Welles , Gideon, 1802-1878 (Person)
From the Collection: Wheaton, Frank (1864) (Person)
From the Collection: Whipple , Abraham, 1733-1819 (Person)
From the Collection: Whipple, R.R. (Resolved Rhodes), 1805-1835 (Person)
From the Collection: Whitman , Sarah Helen, 1803-1878 (Person)
From the Collection: Winship , George Parker, 1871-1952 (Person)
From the Collection: Winsor, Justin (1885) (Person)
From the Collection: Winter, William (1866) (Person)
From the Collection: Wolcott , Charles (1721) (Person)
From the Collection: Wolcott , Henry (1710) (Person)
From the Collection: Wooster , Daniel (1775) (Person)

Physical Storage Information

Box: 2, Folder: 130 (manuscript)

Repository Details

Part of the Providence Public Library Repository

https://www.provlib.org/research-collections/special-collections/

Contact:
150 Empire Street
Providence RI 02903 United States of America
401-455-8021
special_collections@provlib.org

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