3. Provenance 5. Inventory 6. Subjects |
Providence Town Papers
Papers, 1639-1832. Size: 75 ft. Catalog number: MSS 214, sg1 Processed by: Robin Flynn, February 1998 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
A resolution of the Providence City Council, approved March 6, 1891, appointed three men, Horatio Rogers, George M. Carpenter, and Edward Field, as record commissioners in charge of "collecting and printing the early records of the town of Providence." The records initially designated for the project originated from the earliest years of Providence's settlement to its incorporation as a city in 1832. Earlier but unsuccessful preservation efforts had been made in 1678, 1796, 1865, 1881, and 1884. In the end, the 1891 project took 15 years to complete, incorporated many more papers than were originally believed to exist, and provided researchers with organized access to the papers still in use today.
Between the years 1892 and 1897, Rogers, Carpenter and Field published five reports which they presented to the city council, pleading cases for appropriation of funds for the project and describing their findings, preservation plans, and results. Included in their first report to the city council are two appendices, A and B, listing town papers still surviving in 1678 and 1755; the papers originally designated for the commissioners' project. The majority of records surviving from these two lists were published in the 21-volume set The Early Records of the Town of Providence, volumes 1-14, 16, and 18-21 (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P9). The original records remain in the keeping of the Providence City Archives.
In addition to the above records, the commissioners discovered a huge amount of papers in cupboards at City Hall "... tied up in bundles and partly classified, dating back as far as 1678....Included in these papers are depositions, indentures, documents relating to the Revolutionary war, tax-lists, a mass of records relating to the colonial monetary system, and many other varieties of records too numerous to particularize." These papers were too valuable not to be included in the preservation project; consequently, they were "repaired, pressed, stamped as the property of the city, and finally mounted in large books made specially for the purpose." They were not published. Occupying over 180 volumes, these are the papers that comprise the bulk of the Town Papers in the custody of the RIHS.
The commissioners also found, in January 1893, Providence-related papers in the holdings of the Rhode Island Historical Society; specifically, in portions of the Theodore Foster and Rhode Island Manuscripts collections. With the cooperation of the Society, these documents were reviewed, then extracted from the Society's records and incorporated into the Providence Town Papers. They were bound into five volumes and classified as "Series 2" of the collection. The first two volumes of the series were published in The Early Records of the Town of Providence, volumes 15 and 17 (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P9). All five volumes from Series 2 are owned by the RIHS.
A copy of Reports of the Record Commissioners of Providence, 1892-1897 is also available at the RIHS library (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r). Researchers may want to consult this work as part of any study of the Providence Town Papers. In addition to providing an excellent overview of the scope of material involved in the project, the reports contain subject indexes to several volumes of the collection. A complete inventory of volumes in the Providence Town Papers, a list of their published and manuscript indexes, and an explanation as to which papers have been published, are detailed below.
Bibliography:
Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. First-Fifth report of the record commissioners relative to early town records. (Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1892-1897).
RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r
Scope and content:
The complete collection of Providence Town Papers is divided between the Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division and the Providence City Hall Archives. They derive from the pre-incorporation years of the city, 1633 to 1832. For the sake of simplicity, the papers can be thought of as belonging to two general groups: the published group, the originalsof which, for the most part, are kept at Providence City Hall; and the non-published group, which is bound into large volumes and is owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Attached to this finding aid are two lists: "Published Town Papers and location of original manuscripts" and "List of Books arranged by Prov. Record Commissioners." A review of these will help the researcher delineate how ownership of the papers is divided between the two archives. Researchers should also note that, because the scope of papers involved in the 1891 preservation project was larger than first realized, the papers that were ultimately published in Early Records of the Town of Providence (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P9) do not include the full range of the town papers in the holdings of the Providence City Archives.
The non-published papers were originally bound into close to 300 volumes. The Rhode Island Historical Society owns over 275 of these; document dates range from 1639 to 1832. Of the remaining volumes, five were removed from the collection and reorganized into the Warner Papers (MSS 778), and the balance are still owned by the City of Providence. The volumes owned by the RIHS are organized into 9 series. Series 3 contains the largest number of papers, over 64,000. The papers in Series 2, though dramatically fewer in number (1,369) are considered the most important group; they contain, for instance, the second-largest number of Roger Williams letters in any single collection (the first being the Winthrop Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society).
Both the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Providence City Archives own a set of the 21 volume publishedpapers, titled The Early Records of the Town of Providence (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P9). The earliest document date in this group is 1633. The only original documents among the published papers that are owned by the RIHS are those in volumes 15 and 17, which are part of Series 2 mentioned above.
The types of documents to be found in the Providence Town Papers are too numerous to list in this inventory. It suffices to say that almost any type of event in the lives of town officials and private citizens during the 199 years of history reflected in the collection is represented: social, agricultural, military, political, legal, financial, commercial, intercultural, and the like. By reviewing the "List of Titles" which precedes each of the subject indexes contained within the published commissioners' reports, the researcher can get a general idea of the scope of the papers. Close examination of the actual indexes, though they are incomplete, reveals a rich portrait of places, people, and events which underlay the landscape of modern Providence.
Note: The researcher may want to read the July, 1952 issue of Rhode Island History, pages 65-70, which gives some additional detail relating to the nature of the documents in the collection. This can be found in the RIHSL Reading Room, Call # F76 .R472.
Provenance:
The papers currently owned by the Society were transferred from the City of Providence in the spring of 1952. The papers in volumes 1-5 of Series 2, formerly part of the Theodore Foster Papers and the Rhode Island Manuscripts collection, had once been in the possession of the Society much earlier. They were originally transferred from the city to the Society in 1845 in unbound form, where they became mixed with manuscripts already in the Society's possession. During the 1891 reorganization project, they were extracted from the Society's collections, mounted in five volumes, and returned to the city. They were then given back to the Society in the accession of 1952, where they remain today.
During the 1890s several groups of papers, some rather substantial in size, were presented to the record commissioners by Ann Elizabeth Arnold, Howard Redwood Guild, William Henry Fenner, and the Olney family. Around 1895, Catherine R. Peirce loaned a large group of papers from the Warner family; these papers were subsequently sold by the owner to the John Carter Brown Library, but in 1906 were transferred back to the RIHS. Originally bound in volumes 173 to 177, they have since been removed from the Providence Town Papers, unbound, re-housed in document boxes, and shelved as a separate collection under "Warner" (MSS 778).
Examination of the "List of Books Arranged by the Record Commissioners" (see attachment) indicates where the above donations are located in the many volumes of papers. Insertion of these groups of papers into the collection sometimes interrupted its chronological arrangement.
Processing note:
The papers arrived at the Society already bound in the volumes in which they remain today. Processing was not so much a matter of physical re-arrangement as determining:
1) what portion of the Providence Town Papers is in the holdings of the RIHS;
2) what portion is still in the Providence City Archives;
3) what portion has been published, and which published papers are available at the RIHS;
4) how much of the collection, if any, has been indexed; and
5) relationship, usefulness, and location of existing indexes to the collection.
This inventory was begun by Rufus Lund in 1994 and completed by Robin Flynn in 1998.
In 1998, the contents of Series 7, Freemen Meeting Minutes, were transferred to MSS 214, sg11.
In 2006, the documents in Volume 1 of Series 1 and Volume 1 of Series 2 we removed from the books because of the decrepid state of the original bindings and papers, which were putting them in danger. Oversize documents were removed to an appropriate size flat box. Multiple documents grouped on a page were kept together in folders, to follow the orgainzation of the indexes.
Inventory:
Series 1: (1642-1799, 2 boxes, 1 oversize box, vols. 2-39D)
The papers in this series have not been published. However, several indexes exist for volumes 1-39D; see the attached "List of Indexes..." for their types and locations.
Vol. or Box # Document # Date range
Box 1 #1-#166 1642-1750
Box 2 #167-#350 1751-1761
Box 3 (Oversize items) #2, 21, 22, 29 , 32, 62, 71, 72, 90 1647-1759
91, 93, 96, 123, 171 ,174,
283, 289 & 314
Vol. 2-33 (Arnold) #351-14003 1762?-1799
Vol. 33-34 (Bowen) #14004-14626 1745-1772
Vol. 34-36 #14627-14975 1684-1828
Vol. 36-39 #14976-16610 1698-1799
Vol. 39a-c (Fenner, #16626-17707 1640-1815
Bates, Olney)
Series 2: (1639-1823 and undated, 5 volumes)
Document numbers in this series were each prefixed with a "0" to distinguish them from the numbering system in Series 1. Part of Series 2, documents 01-0717 (volumes 1 and 2), 1639-March 1722, was published in Volumes XV and XVII of The Early Records of the Town of Providence (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P9); each volume includes both subject and name indexes. Additional indexes exist for the whole series; please see attached "List of Indexes."
Vol. or Box # Document # Date range
Box 1 #01-#0170 USE PUBLISHED VERSION 1672-1750
Box 2 #0171-#0367 USE PUBLISHED VERSION 1751-1761
Box 3 (Oversize items) # 012, 065, 066, 0118, 0120, 0134,
0135, 0136, 0167, 0168, 0173, 0199,
0202, 0243, 0252, 0253, 0254, 0263,
0264, 0265, 0360 USE PUBLISHED VERSION
Vol. 2 #0368-0717 USE PUBLISHED VERSION 4/1682-3/1722
Vol. 3 #0718-0974 4/1722-2/1754
Vol. 4 #0975-01056 8/1754-6/1823
Vol. 5 #01057-01369 undated
Series 3: (1800-1832 and undated, vols. 40-154)
There are over 64,000 papers in Series 3. Each document number is prefixed with "00" to distinguish it from similarly-numbered documents in the previous two series; thus, 001-0064170. These papers have not been published. They have been indexed by subject, at least partially, in the WPA card index and the incomplete subject index shelved with the collection (.5 ft grey archival box). See attached "List of Indexes."
Vol. # Document # Date range
40-151 001-0063576 1800-1832
152 (misc. papers) 0063577-0063640 1717-1827
153-154 (undated papers) 0063641-0064170 undated
Series 4: Sprague Papers
This series contains only one volume. These papers range from 1722 to 1801 and are numbered 1 through 25. They have not been published, and no index has been found for them.
Series 5: Reports Relating to Streets and Highways
The contents of volumes 163 and 164 were copied for use by the public under the auspices of the record commissioners. The copied material was bound into two volumes, numbered 1 and 2, which are in the holdings of the Providence City Archives and the index for them exists in the Fourth report of the record commissioners relative to early town records (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r). That index does not refer to the volumes below, for which no index has been found.
Vol. # Document # Date range
163 (petitions) A1-A223 1686-1805
164 (plats) B1-B111 1713/14-1813
Series 6: Bank Mortgages
This series contains volumes numbered 165-172. Its dates range from 1720-1786 and 1797-1798. These papers have not been published. They are indexed by name of mortgagor in the Fourth report of the record commissioners relative to early town records (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r). See attached "List of Indexes."
Series 7: Town Meeting Minutes, 1800-1824, volumes 178-180.
These do not appear to have been indexed or published.
TRANSFERRED TO MSS 214, SG 11 IN APRIL/MAY, 1998. rpf
Series 8: Records of Notes and Certificates, 1786-1814, volume 181.
These do not appear to have been indexed or published.
Series 9: Tax Books: Valuation Lists, Colony and Town Rates, 1705, 1749-1789. Volumes 190-236; 243-257; 260-292; 294-295.
See the attached "List of Books. . ." for a detailed listing of the Volumes in this series. Volumes 237-242 and 258-259 are located at the Providence City Hall Archives. The Fifth report of the record commissioners relative to early town records (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r) also contains a list of the above volumes as well as other tax documents in the Town Papers.
WPA Index Box List:
The WPA began a subject index, on index cards, which cites documents by volume and page number. This index appears to include Series 1 through 3. These index cards are in the MSS Reading Room and 1st aisle of the 2nd floor stacks (43 card file boxes).
The categories with the most cards are Town Council Meeting, Highways, Poor, Licenses and Bond for Liquor, Orders for Services and School, Bills, Bonds, and Certificates of Indebtedness.
These cards have been put in some degree of order over the years, but order within some categories has been lost or never existed. The index might prove more useful in researching a general subject rather than an individual. As the cards themselves are of good quality and accuracy, browsing through them might be preferable to browsing through the bound volumes of faded documents.
A box list follows:
Box 1: Acadia - Bills against town
Box 2: Bills against town - Bills, Henry Bowen
Box 3: Bills, Henry Bowen - Bonds
Box 4: Bonds - Bridges
Box 5: Bridges - Certificates of indebtedness
Box 6: Certificates of indebtedness - P-Y
Deeds, A-N
Box 7: Deeds, O-Z
Freemen
Box 8: Gangways - Highways
Box 9: Highway bills (locality given)
Box 10: Highway bills - Labor and misc.
Box 11: Highway bills - Labor and stones
Box 12: Highway orders - Hospitals
Box 13: Hospital reports - Land leases
Box 14: Legal - Letters, health
Box 15: Letters (hospitals - licenses)
Box 16: Licenses and bonds (Liquor A-H)
Box 17: Licenses and bonds (Liquor H-S)
Box 18: Licenses and bonds (Liquor S-Z)
Box 19: Market houses - Notes, bank
Box 20: Notes (bank - claims)
Box 21: Notes (claims - personal)
Box 22: Notes (personal)
Notes by virtue of resolution
Box 23: Notices, bank notes due - Orders, accounts
Unboxed: Miscellaneous orders
Box 24: Orders, school
Box 25: Orders (school - services)
Box 26: Orders (services - paper money bank)
Box 27: Orders (paper money bank - poor)
Box 28: Poor, B
Box 29: Poor, C
Box 30: Poor, D
Box 31: Poor - Town Council Complaints
Boxes 32-38: Town Council Meetings
Box 39: Town Council Meetings - Town of Scituate
Box 40: Town Sergeant
Box 41: Town Stocks - Vagrancy Proceedings
Box 42: Vagrancy Proceedings - Watch
Box 43: Watch - Young's Corner
Tables:
Table 1
Published Town Papers and location of original manuscripts |
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Vol. # |
Title of volume |
Location of original manuscipt |
I |
“First Book of the Town of Providence...Long Book” |
Providence City Hall Archives (PCHA) |
II |
“Second Book of the Town of Providence...Old Burnt Book” |
PCHA |
III-V |
“Third Book of the Town of Providence...Book with the Brass Clasps” |
PCHA |
VI-VII |
“Will Book No. 1, 1670-1720/1" |
PCHA |
VIII-IX |
“Book of Records of Town Meetings No. 3, 1677-1750" |
PCHA |
X |
“Town Council No. 1, 1692-1714" |
PCHA |
XI |
“Town Meetings No. 1, 1692-1715" |
PCHA |
XII |
“Town Council No. 2, 1715-32" |
PCHA |
Vol. # |
Title of volume |
Location of original manuscript |
XIII |
“Town Meeting No. 2, 1716-21" |
PCHA |
XIV |
“Deed Book No. 1, 1677-1705" |
PCHA |
XV* |
“Town Papers Vol. 1, 1635-82, pp. 01-0367" |
RI Historical Soc. Library, Mss. Division |
XVI |
“Will Book No. 2, 1716-28/29" |
PCHA |
XVII* |
“Town Papers Vol. 2, 1682-1722, pp. 0368-0717" |
RI Historical Soc. Library, Mss. Division |
XVIII -XIX |
“North Burial Ground Records” |
PCHA |
XX-XXI |
“Deed Book No. 2, 1705-12/13" |
PCHA |
*Volumes 3-5, pp. 0718-01369, are unpublished. Volume 5 contains undated papers.
Table 2
List of Indexes to Providence Town Papers in RIHSL holdings* |
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Series no. |
Type of index and physical description |
Location of index |
1 and 3 |
Subject, incomplete: missing A - Ni. In .5 ft grey archival box. |
Shelved w/collection |
1-3 |
Subject, WPA card index. In 43 card file boxes. Cards list individuals’ names when applicable, also volume and page number where item is found. A complete box list is in the finding aid. |
Shelved w/collection |
1 |
Name, 1642-1790 (vols. 1-39); large thin volume. |
Shelved w/collection |
1 |
Name, Fenner Papers (vols. 39A-D); thin volume. |
Shelved w/collection |
1 |
Subject, 1642-1790: papers #’d 1-5979, 14004-14872, 14882, 14776-15089a, 15093-4, 15330a-f, 16611-16625. Published. Does not include vols. 39a-d (Fenner, Bates, Olney Papers). |
Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners . . RIHS Reading Room F89 .P9 P93 1892r |
1 |
Subject, Fenner Papers; .25 ft grey archival box. |
Shelved w/collection |
2 |
Name, 1639-1823; thin volume. |
Shelved w/collection |
2 |
Subject, volumes 1-5. Published. |
Fifth Report of the Record Commissioners . . RIHS Reading Room F89 .P9 P93 1892r |
2 |
Name and place, volumes 1 and 2 only. Published (index to published town papers). Name index includes categories for "Indians" and "Negroes." |
RIHS Reading Room F89 .P9 P9 |
6 (Bank Mort-gages) |
Name (of mortgagor); published. Shows date mortgage issued and book/page where record is found. |
Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners . . RIHS Reading Room F89 .P9 P93 1892r |
N/A |
Name and place index to Early Records of the Town of Providence, Volumes I-XXI (Providence, RIHS, 1949)**. Published. Includes categories for “Indians” and “Negroes.” |
RIHS Reading Room F89 .P9 P9 |
*An index for plats for Providence streets and highways exists in the Fourth report of the record commissioners relative to early town records (RIHS Reading Room Call # F89 .P9 P93 1892r). That index does not reference the items in Series 5 of the Providence Town Papers at the RIHS. It refers to two volumes owned by the Providence City Hall Archives, which contain copies of the contents of Series 5. For more information read the record commissioners' 4th Report.
**Original manuscripts of documents published in this series are in the holdings of the Providence City Hall Archives, with the exception of contents of volumes XV and XVII, which are part of RIHSL holdings.
Table 3
List of Books arranged by Prov. Record Commissioners |
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Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
1 |
Providence Town Papers (Series 1 begins here) |
1642-July 1761 |
1-350 |
RIHS |
2 |
Providence Town Papers |
July 1761-Oct 1775 |
351-851 |
“ |
3 |
Providence Town Papers |
Oct 1775-Oct 1777 |
852-1317 |
“ |
4 |
Providence Town Papers |
Oct 1777- Aug 1779 |
1318-1800 |
“ |
5 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1779-Jan 1781 |
1801-2314 |
“ |
6 |
Providence Town Papers |
Jan 1781-Aug 1782 |
2315-2775 |
“ |
7 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1782-Aug 1784 |
2776-3208 |
“ |
8 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1784-Aug 1785 |
3209-3569 |
“ |
9 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1785-Sept 1786 |
3570-4010 |
“ |
10 |
Providence Town Papers |
Sept 1786-Nov 1787 |
4011-4481 |
“ |
11 |
Providence Town Papers |
Nov 1787-Aug 1788 |
4482-4948 |
“ |
12 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1788-Dec 1789 |
4949-5368 |
“ |
13 |
Providence Town Papers |
Dec 1789-Dec 1790 |
5369-5814 |
“ |
14 |
Providence Town Papers |
Dec 1790-May 1791 |
5815-6335 |
“ |
15 |
Providence Town Papers |
May 1791-Dec 1791 |
6336-6784 |
“ |
16 |
Providence Town Papers |
Dec 1791-Aug 1792 |
6785-7264 |
“ |
17 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1792-Jan 1793 |
7265-7733 |
“ |
18 |
Providence Town Papers |
Jan 1793-Nov 1793 |
7734-8152 |
“ |
19 |
Providence Town Papers |
Nov 1793-Mar 1794 |
8153-8608 |
“ |
20 |
Providence Town Papers |
Mar 1794-Dec 1794 |
8609-9030 |
“ |
21 |
Providence Town Papers |
Dec 1794-Feb 1795 |
9031-9504 |
“ |
22 |
Providence Town Papers |
Feb 1795-Sept 1795 |
9505-9955 |
“ |
23 |
Providence Town Papers |
Sept 1795-Jan 1796 |
9956-10374 |
“ |
24 |
Providence Town Papers |
Jan 1796-May 1796 |
10375-10850 |
“ |
25 |
Providence Town Papers |
May 1796-Oct 1796 |
10851-11260 |
“ |
26 |
Providence Town Papers |
Oct 1796-Jan 1797 |
11261-11681 |
“ |
27 |
Providence Town Papers |
Jan 1797-Sept 1797 |
11682-12143 |
“ |
28 |
Providence Town Papers |
Sept 1797-Jan 1798 |
12144-12537 |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
29 |
Providence Town Papers |
Jan 1798-May 1798 |
12538-12933 |
RIHS |
30 |
Providence Town Papers |
May 1798-Oct 1798 |
12934-13299 |
“ |
31 |
Providence Town Papers |
Oct 1798-May 1799 |
13300-13592 |
“ |
32 |
Providence Town Papers |
May 1799-Oct 1799 |
13593-13845 |
“ |
33 |
Providence Town Papers: Bowen Papers |
Oct 1799-Dec 1799 |
13846-14186 |
“ |
Providence Town Papers |
Dec 1745-Sept 1772 |
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34 |
Providence Town Papers: Bowen Papers |
Sep 1772-Sep 1807 |
14187-14649 |
“ |
Providence Town Papers: Guild Papers |
Mar 1684/5-May 1722 |
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35 |
Providence Town Papers: Guild Papers |
May 1722-May 1806 |
14651-14920 |
“ |
36 |
Providence Town Papers: Guild Papers |
Oct 1806-Apr 1828 |
14921-15330 |
“ |
Providence Town Papers |
Sept 1698-Feb 1793 |
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37 |
Providence Town Papers |
Oct 1784-Apr 1799 |
15330A-15800 |
“ |
38 |
Providence Town Papers |
Apr 1799-May 1799 |
15801-16275 |
“ |
39 |
Providence Town Papers: Town of Prov vs. Martha Howell |
May 1799-Dec 1799 |
16276-16625 |
“ |
39A |
Providence Town Papers: Fenner Papers |
May 1640-Jan 1714 |
16626-16946 |
“ |
39B |
Providence Town Papers: Fenner Papers |
Mar 1714-June 1766 |
16947-17337 |
“ |
39C |
Providence Town Papers: Fenner, Bates, Olney Papers |
Mar 1641-Feb 1815 |
17338-17727 |
“ |
39D |
Providence Town Papers: Arthur & Thos. Fenner Papers (end Series 1) |
ca. 1750-1815 |
17728-18069 |
“ |
1 |
Providence Town Papers (begin Series 2) |
1639-Apr 1682 |
01-0367 |
“ |
2 |
Providence Town Papers |
Apr 1682-Mar 1722 |
0368-0717 |
“ |
3 |
Providence Town Papers |
Apr 1722-Feb 1754 |
0718-0974 |
“ |
4 |
Providence Town Papers |
Aug 1754-June 1823 |
0975-01056 |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
5 |
Providence Town Papers (end Series 2) |
UNDATED |
01057-01369 |
RIHS |
40-43 |
Providence Town Papers (begin Series 3) |
1800 |
001-001803 |
“ |
44-46 |
Providence Town Papers |
1801 |
001804-003139 |
“ |
47 |
Providence Town Papers |
1801-1802 |
003140-003399 |
“ |
48-49 |
Providence Town Papers |
1802 |
003400-004215 |
“ |
50 |
Providence Town Papers |
1802-1803 |
004216-004717 |
“ |
51-52 |
Providence Town Papers |
1803 |
004718-005583 |
“ |
53 |
Providence Town Papers |
1803-1804 |
005584-005825 |
“ |
54-56 |
Providence Town Papers |
1804 |
005826-007121 |
“ |
57 |
Providence Town Papers |
1804-1805 |
007122-007626 |
“ |
58-59 |
Providence Town Papers |
1805 |
007627-008483 |
“ |
60 |
Providence Town Papers |
1805-1806 |
008484-008750 |
“ |
61-63 |
Providence Town Papers |
1806 |
008751-009983 |
“ |
64 |
Providence Town Papers |
1806-1807 |
009984-0010477 |
“ |
65 |
Providence Town Papers |
1807 |
0010478-0010993 |
“ |
66 |
Providence Town Papers |
1807-1808 |
0010994-0011293 |
“ |
67-68 |
Providence Town Papers |
1808 |
0011294-0012215 |
“ |
69 |
Providence Town Papers |
1808-1809 |
0012216-0012690 |
“ |
70-71 |
Providence Town Papers |
1809 |
0012691-0014044 |
“ |
72 |
Providence Town Papers |
1809-1810 |
0014045-0014547 |
“ |
73 |
Providence Town Papers |
1810 |
0014548-0015308 |
“ |
74 |
Providence Town Papers |
1810-1811 |
0015309-0016224 |
“ |
75-76 |
Providence Town Papers |
1811 |
0016225-0017783 |
“ |
77 |
Providence Town Papers |
1811-1812 |
0017784-0018230 |
“ |
78-79 |
Providence Town Papers |
1812 |
0018231-0019903 |
“ |
80 |
Providence Town Papers |
1812-1813 |
0019904-0020765 |
“ |
81 |
Providence Town Papers |
1813 |
0020766-0021389 |
“ |
82 |
Providence Town Papers |
1813-1814 |
0021390-0021753 |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
83-84 |
Providence Town Papers |
1814 |
0021754-0022958 |
RIHS |
85 |
Providence Town Papers |
1814-1815 |
0022959-0023656 |
“ |
86-87 |
Providence Town Papers |
1815 |
0023657-0024849 |
“ |
88 |
Providence Town Papers |
1815-1816 |
0024850-0025313 |
“ |
89-90 |
Providence Town Papers |
1816 |
0025314-0026697 |
“ |
91 |
Providence Town Papers |
1816-1817 |
0026698-0027408 |
“ |
92-94 |
Providence Town Papers |
1817 |
0027409-0028908 |
“ |
95 |
Providence Town Papers |
1817-1818 |
0028909-0029456 |
“ |
96-98 |
Providence Town Papers |
1818 |
0029457-0031197 |
“ |
99 |
Providence Town Papers |
1818-1819 |
0031198-0031984 |
“ |
100-2 |
Providence Town Papers |
1819 |
0031985-0033779 |
“ |
103 |
Providence Town Papers |
1819-1820 |
0033780-0034132 |
“ |
104-6 |
Providence Town Papers |
1820 |
0034133-0036061 |
“ |
107 |
Providence Town Papers |
1820-1821 |
0036062-0036878 |
“ |
108-10 |
Providence Town Papers |
1821 |
0036879-0038525 |
“ |
111 |
Providence Town Papers |
1821-1822 |
0038526-0038881 |
“ |
112-13 |
Providence Town Papers |
1822 |
0038882-0040092 |
“ |
114 |
Providence Town Papers |
1822-1823 |
0040093-0040845 |
“ |
115-17 |
Providence Town Papers |
1823 |
0040846-0042421 |
“ |
118 |
Providence Town Papers |
1823-1824 |
0042422-0043207 |
“ |
119-22 |
Providence Town Papers |
1824 |
0043208-0045441 |
“ |
123 |
Providence Town Papers |
1824-1825 |
0045442-0046274 |
“ |
124-26 |
Providence Town Papers |
1825 |
0046275-0048080 |
“ |
127 |
Providence Town Papers |
1825-1826 |
0048081-0048503 |
“ |
128-31 |
Providence Town Papers |
1826 |
0048504-0051055 |
“ |
132 |
Providence Town Papers |
1826-1827 |
0051056-0051677 |
“ |
133-35 |
Providence Town Papers |
1827 |
0051678-0053611 |
“ |
136 |
Providence Town Papers |
1827-1828 |
0053612-0054155 |
“ |
137-40 |
Providence Town Papers |
1828 |
0054156-0056396 |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
141 |
Providence Town Papers |
1828-1829 |
0056397-0057304 |
RIHS |
142-44 |
Providence Town Papers |
1829 |
0057305-0058896 |
“ |
145 |
Providence Town Papers |
1829-1830 |
0058897-0059299 |
“ |
146-47 |
Providence Town Papers |
1830 |
0059300-0060653 |
“ |
148 |
Providence Town Papers |
1830-1831 |
0060654-0061482 |
“ |
149-50 |
Providence Town Papers |
1831 |
0061483-0062777 |
“ |
151 |
Providence Town Papers |
1831-1832 |
0062778-0063576 |
“ |
152 |
Providence Town Papers: Miscellaneous |
Dec 1717-Dec 1827 |
0063577-0063640 |
“ |
153 |
Providence Town Papers: Undated papers |
NO DATE |
0063641-0063837 |
“ |
154 |
Providence Town Papers: Undated papers (end Series 3) |
NO DATE |
0063838-0064170 |
“ |
155 |
Providence Town Papers: Sprague Papers (Series 4) |
1722-1801 |
1-25 |
“ |
163 |
Reports Relating to Streets and Highways (Series 5) |
1686-1805 |
A1 - A223 |
“ |
164 |
Reports Relating to Streets and Highways (Series 5) |
1713/14-1813 |
B1 - B111 |
“ |
165 |
First Bank Mortgages (Series 6 = bks. 165-172) |
|
N/A |
“ |
166 |
Second Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
167 |
Fourth Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
168 |
Fifth Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
169 |
Seventh Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
170 |
Eighth Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
171 |
Ninth Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
172 |
Tenth or Last Bank Mortgages |
|
“ |
“ |
Former-ly 173-177 |
Warner Papers: transferred to MSS 778 (formerly part of Series 4) |
1642-1921 |
Unbound; see MSS 778 |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
178-180 |
Town Meeting Minutes (formerly Series 7) transferred to MSS 214, sg 11 |
Apr 1800-Aug 1812 |
N/A |
RIHS, MSS 214, sg 11 |
181 |
Record of Town Notes, Certificates (Series 8; book 181 only) |
1786-1814 |
N/A |
“ |
Accounts of Nathan W. Jackson |
1800-1801 |
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182 |
Records of Warrants and Lists of Delinquents in Military Prosecutions for Penalties |
1834-1837 |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
183 |
Records of Fire Buckets |
1811-14, 1816-18, 1820-24, 1828 |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
184 |
Record of Fire Buckets |
1825 |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
List of People of Color on the East Side of the River |
Aug 9, 1824 |
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185 |
Rules and Orders for the Management of the Workhouse |
? |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
186 |
Plats of Streets and Highways, vol. 1 |
? |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
187 |
Plats of Streets and Highways, vol. 2 |
? |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives |
188 |
Topographical Map of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
? |
? |
Providence City Hall Archives? |
190 |
Assessments List (imperfect) (Begin Series 9) |
UNDATED |
N/A |
RIHS |
191 |
Providence Valuation of Estates |
UNDATED |
N/A |
“ |
192 |
Providence Colony Rate |
June 1705 |
“ |
“ |
193 |
Providence Colony Rate |
Sept 29, 1705 |
“ |
“ |
194 |
Providence Colony Rate |
September 1749 |
“ |
“ |
195 |
Providence Colony Rate |
January 1752 |
“ |
“ |
196 |
Providence Colony Rate |
December 1754 |
“ |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
197 |
Providence Colony Rate |
December 1755 |
“ |
RIHS |
198 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1756 |
“ |
“ |
199 |
Providence Colony Rate |
January 1757 |
“ |
“ |
200 |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1757 (imperfect) |
“ |
“ |
201 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 1757 |
“ |
“ |
202 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1757 |
“ |
“ |
203 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1757 (imperfect) |
“ |
“ |
204 |
Providence Colony Rate |
December 1757 |
“ |
“ |
205 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 1758 |
“ |
“ |
206 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 1759 |
“ |
“ |
207 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 1760 |
N/A |
“ |
208 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 11, 1760 |
“ |
“ |
209 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1761 |
“ |
“ |
210 |
Providence Town Rate |
November 1761 |
“ |
“ |
211 |
Providence Colony Rate |
October 1762 |
“ |
“ |
212 |
Providence Colony Rate |
September 1763 |
“ |
“ |
213 |
Providence Colony Rate |
September 1763 |
“ |
“ |
214 |
Providence Colony Rate |
October 1764 |
“ |
“ |
215 |
Providence Town Rate |
October 1764 |
“ |
“ |
216 |
Providence Proportion of Colony Rate |
1765-1766 |
“ |
“ |
217 |
Providence Town Rate |
September 1766 |
“ |
“ |
218 |
Providence Colony Rate |
July 1768 |
“ |
“ |
219 |
Providence Colony Rate |
June 1769 |
“ |
“ |
220 |
Providence Colony Rate |
June 1769 |
“ |
“ |
221 |
Providence Colony Rate |
June 1770 |
“ |
“ |
222 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1770 |
“ |
“ |
223 |
Providence Colony Rate and Fire Engine Tax |
September 1771 |
“ |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
224 |
Providence Colony Rate |
September 1771 |
“ |
RIHS |
225 |
Providence Colony Tax |
September 1772 |
“ |
“ |
226 |
Providence Colony Rate |
September 1772 |
“ |
“ |
227 |
Providence Colony Rate |
October 1773 |
“ |
“ |
228 |
Providence Colony Rate |
February 1775 |
“ |
“ |
229 |
List of men and arms in Providence |
September 6, 1775 |
“ |
“ |
230 |
Providence Town Rate |
January 1776 |
“ |
“ |
231 |
Providence Rate Streak |
January 1777 |
“ |
“ |
232 |
Providence Colony Rate Streak |
March 1777 |
“ |
“ |
233 |
Providence Valuation List |
March 1777 |
“ |
“ |
234 |
Providence Valuation List |
May 1777 |
“ |
“ |
235 |
Providence Colony Rate |
November 1777 |
N/A |
“ |
236 |
Providence Valuation List |
November 1777 |
“ |
“ |
237 |
Providence Colony Rate |
February 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
238 |
Providence Valuation List |
February 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
239 |
Providence Colony Rate Streak |
April 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
240 |
Providence Valuation List |
April 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
241 |
Providence Town Rate |
June 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
242 |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1778 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
243 |
Providence Rate Streak |
September 1778 |
“ |
RIHS |
244 |
Providence Valuation List |
September 1778 |
“ |
“ |
245 |
Providence Rate Streak |
December 1778 |
“ |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
246 |
Providence Valuation List |
December 1778 |
“ |
“ |
247 |
Providence Rate Streak |
March 1779 |
“ |
“ |
248 |
Providence Valuation List |
March 1779 |
“ |
“ |
249 |
Providence Rate Streak |
July 1779 |
“ |
“ |
250 |
Providence Valuation List |
July 1779 |
“ |
“ |
251 |
Providence Valuation List |
January 1780 |
“ |
“ |
252 |
Providence Rate Streak |
March 1780 |
“ |
“ |
253 |
Providence Valuation List |
March 1780 |
“ |
“ |
254 |
Providence Rate Streak |
May 1780 |
“ |
“ |
255 |
Providence Valuation List |
May 1780 |
“ |
“ |
256 |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1780 |
N/A |
“ |
257 |
Providence Rate Streak |
July 1780 |
“ |
“ |
258 |
Providence Rate Streak |
August 1780 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
259 |
Providence Valuation List |
August 1780 |
“ |
Providnce City Hall Archives |
260 |
Providence Rate Streak |
September 1780 |
“ |
RIHS |
261 |
Providence Rate Streak |
December 1780 |
“ |
“ |
262 |
Providence Valuation List |
December 1780 |
“ |
“ |
263 |
Providence Valuation List |
January 1781 |
“ |
“ |
264 |
Providence Rate Streak |
February 1781 |
“ |
“ |
265 |
Providence Rate Streak |
June 1781 |
“ |
“ |
266 |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1781 |
“ |
“ |
267 |
Providence Rate Streak |
September 1781 |
“ |
“ |
268 |
Providence Valuation List |
September 1781 |
“ |
“ |
269 |
Providence Rate Streak |
March 1782 |
“ |
“ |
270 |
Providence Valuation List |
March 1782 |
“ |
“ |
271 |
Providence Rate Streak |
July 1782 |
“ |
RIHS |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
271a |
Providence Valuation List (see bk. # 293 below) |
July 1782 |
“ |
“ |
272 |
Providence Valuation List and Providence Rate Streak |
July 1783 |
“ |
“ |
273 |
Providence Rate Streak |
August 1783 |
“ |
“ |
274 |
Providence Valuation List |
February 1784 |
“ |
“ |
275 |
Providence Rate Streak |
March 1784 |
“ |
“ |
276 |
Providence Valuation List |
August 1784 |
“ |
“ |
277 |
Providence Rate Streak |
September 1784 |
“ |
“ |
278 |
Providence Rate Streak |
July 1785 |
“ |
“ |
279 |
Providence Valuation List |
July 1785 |
“ |
“ |
280 |
Providence State Tax |
October 1785 |
“ |
“ |
281 |
Providence Town Tax |
September 1786 |
N/A |
“ |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1786 |
|||
282 |
Providence Valuation List |
September 1786 |
“ |
“ |
Providence State Rate |
September 1786 |
|||
283 |
Providence State Tax |
April 1787 |
“ |
“ |
284 |
Providence Valuation List |
April 1787 |
“ |
“ |
285 |
Providence Rate Streak |
July 1787 |
“ |
“ |
286 |
Providence Valuation List |
July 1787 |
“ |
“ |
287 |
Providence Rate Streak |
November 1787 |
“ |
“ |
288 |
Providence Valuation List |
November 1787 |
“ |
“ |
289 |
Providence Valuation List |
June 1788 |
“ |
“ |
290 |
Providence Rate Streak |
August 1788 |
“ |
“ |
291 |
Providence Rate Streak |
April 1789 |
“ |
“ |
292 |
Providence Valuation List |
April 1789 |
“ |
“ |
293 |
Providence Valuation List mislabelled as 1789; actual date is 1782. See bk. # 271a, above. |
See 271a |
“ |
“ |
294 |
Providence Rate Streak |
November 1789 |
“ |
“ |
Bk. # |
Description |
Date range |
Page range |
Location |
295 |
Providence Valuation List (end Series 9) |
November 1789 |
“ |
RIHS |
Subjects:
Arnold family.
Bates family.
Bowen family.
Fenner family.
Guild family.
Olney family.
Sprague family.
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