Rhode Island History Journal, Vol. 30, July 1971

In this issue:

Students and the Andrews Legend at Brown by James E. Hansen II Elisha Benjamin Andrews Brown University John D. Rockefeller, Jr. intercollegiate athletics African Americans J. Lewis Diman Mary E. Woolley James H. Higgins Alexander Meiklejohn John Hope

The French Fleet at Newport, 1780-1781 by Henry J. Yeager American Revolution French Navy Newport Comte de Rochambeau Thomas Chevalier de Villebresme Loyalists American soldiers British soldiers Benedict Arnold

Rhode Island’s Paper Money Issue and Trevett v. Weeden (1786) by Patrick T. Conley paper money Trevett v. Weeden judicial review Revolutionary War debt Country Party Peter Edes Henry Marchant James Mitchell Varnum David Howell United States Constitution

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