Rhode Island History Journal, Vol. 17, January 1958

In this issue:

Early Music in Rhode Island Churches: I. Music in the First Congregational Church, Providence, 1770-1850 by Joyce Ellen Mangler music First Congregational Church Providence church organ Ezra Stiles William Billings Andrew Law Oliver Shaw

The Theatre in Rhode Island before the Revolution by Constance D Sherman theater David Douglass opposition to theater Providence General Assembly John Brown

Nathanael Greene’s Letters to ‘Friend Sammy’ Ward (concluded) by Clarkson A Collins, 3rd and Clifford P. Monahon Nathanel Greene Samuel Ward, Jr. Kitty Littlefield trouble with England South Carolina

Massachusetts Records: A Handbook for Genealogists, Historians, Lawyers, and Other Researchers, by Richard LeBaron Bowen, reviewed by Clifford K Shipton

The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950, by John Hutchins Cady, reviewed by Robert N Cook

Catalog of the Rhode Island Historical Society Furniture Collection (continued) by Ralph E Carpenter Jr furniture Townsend-Goddard breakfast table tall case clock desk Job Townsend dining table

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