| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Providence: June 23 and 24, 1886
| | | | Creator: | Providence (R.I.) City Council. | | | | Publication: | Printed by authority of the City Council, Providence,1887. | | | | Notes: | Music: p. [27-75, 93-98, 103-112, 164-171] | | | | Call #: | B 6948 | | | | Extent: | viii, 236 p. illus. 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Providence (R.I.) -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Annals of the town of Providence: from its first settlement, to the organization of the city government, in June, 1832
| | | | Creator: | Staples, William Read, 1798-1868 | | | | Publication: | Printed by Knowles and Vose, Providence,1843. | | | | Call #: | F6B R475C v.5 | | | | Extent: | vi, 670 p. 23cm. | | | | Subjects: | Providence (R.I.) -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | A historical discourse delivered on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the planting of Providence
| | | | Creator: | Durfee, Thomas, 1826-1901 | | | | Publication: | S. S. Rider, Providence,1887. | | | | Notes: | Delivered in the First Baptist church, in Providence, June 24, 1886. | | | | Call #: | P 2226 | | | | Extent: | 69p. 24cm. | | | | Subjects: | Providence (R.I.) -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | The Providence Plantations for two hundred and fifty years: An historical review of the foundation, rise and progress of the city of Providence ... also, sketches of the cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and the other towns of the state for which Providence is the commercial centre, together with an account of the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Providence, including the oration by Chief-Justice Thomas Durfee, list of organizations and societies participating, and other matters connected therewith, being an historical souvenir of this occasion
| | | | Creator: | Greene, Welcome Arnold, 1795-1870 | | | | | Durfee, Thomas, 1826-1901 | | | | Publication: | J. A. & R. A. Reid, Providence, R.I,1886. | | | | Notes: | Half-title on recto of frontispiece. The oration of Thomas Durfee was also published separately with title "A historical discourse delivered on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the planting of Providence ... Providence, S. S. Rider, 1887." "Members of the state government of Rhode Island for 1886, with sketches of the lives of all past governors": p. [362]-373. "The reunion of the descendants of Roger Williams ... with the roll of those who attended": p. 466-468. | | | | Call #: | F6Y P969G | | | | Extent: | 468 p. illus., front. 37 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Williams family | Providence (R.I.) -- History | Rhode Island -- History | Rhode Island -- Governors
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Harris papers
| | | | Creator: | Rhode Island Historical Society | | | | | Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938 | | | | | Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963 | | | | | Rhode Island Historical Society | | | | Publication: | Printed for the Society, Providence,1902] | | | | Notes: | Documents relating to the career of William Harris, one of the founders of Rhode Island. "List of seventeenth century place-names in Providence Plantations, 1636-1700," compiled by Clarence S. Brigham: p. [373]-400. This was also published separately, Providence, 1903. | | | | Call #: | F6B R475C v.10 | | | | Extent: | 410 p. fold. map. 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Harris, William, -- 1610-1681 | Names, Geographical -- Rhode Island | Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Rhode Island -- Public lands | Providence (R.I.) -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | The forgeries connected with the deed given by the sachems Canonicus and Miantinomi to Roger Williams of the land on which the town of Providence was planted
| | | | Creator: | Rider, Sidney S. (Sidney Smith), 1833-1917 | | | | Publication: | S. S. Rider, Providence,1896. | | | | Notes: | Edition strictly limited to two hundred and fifty copies." | | | | Call #: | F6D R475 ser.2, no.4 | | | | Extent: | vi p., 1 Á., 128 p. fold. plan, fold. facsim. 22 X 17 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Miantonomo, -- Sachem of the Narragansetts, -- d. 1643 | Land tenure -- Rhode Island | Indians of North America -- Rhode Island -- Land transfers | Providence (R.I.) -- History | Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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