Folder

Description

Date(s)

Provenance

1

Committee to inspect land records signed by Henry Bull, Francis Willet[t], William Greene

3/10/[1729]

Transfer from MSS 9003

1

Deed of land in Warwick from William Gorton to Greene

5/3/1729

1

Deed of land in Warwick from Greene to Anthony Low

11/4/1731

1

Warrant for arrest of Thomas Hill signed by Greene, Justice of the Peace

3/27/1738

1

Letter from Greene to [Daniel Abbott] Deputy Governor, Warwick - boundary line with Connecticut

9/30/1738

Transfer from MSS 9003

1

General Assembly minutes

½7/1740

#1983.74.5.1

1

General Assembly minutes

7/15/1740

#1983.74.5.2

1

"Memorandum of the hard Winter in the year 1740 which by all Relation was ye hardest that ever was in New England since ye memory of any man Living"

[1740-1741]

1

Discharge of Greene and Thomas Owen from their duties as administrators for estate of Emmanuel Rouse by Smithfield Town Council, signed by Daniel Jenckes as Council Clerk

3/1/1741

#1977.118.4

1

Letter from Gov. Richard Ward urging Greene to run for Governor

2/5/1742

1

Autograph of William Greene

[Apr 1742]

#1886.10.2

Transfer from MSS 9003

1

Greene to House of Deputies - payment of his salary and Resolution granting Greene 75 pounds.

6/24/1742

Transfer from MSS 9005

1

General Assembly minutes

10/27/1742

#1983.74.5.3

2

Excerpt from an Act of Parliament concerning Registers

6/16/1743

2

William Greene to House of Deputies - raising troops for the expedition against Fort Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

2/5/1744

2

Letter of Marque for Capt. Thomas Mackfarland of the Ship Triton to seize ships belonging to the King of Spain and extracts from the Treaty Marine between Holland and Great Britain concluded in London in 1674. The whole document attested to by Gov. William Greene

4/16/1744

#1977.118.6

2

Letter of Marque for Capt. James Allen of the Sloop Revenge to seize ships belonging to the King of Spain and extracts from the Treaty Marine between Holland and Great Britain concluded in London in 1674. The whole document attested to by Gov. William Greene

6/6/1744

#1965.33

2

General Assembly minutes

11/28/1744

#1983.74.5.4

3

"List of the fleet of Ships intended to sail the latter end of March in all to the number of sixteen" addressed to "Gentlemen" and signed by Sam. Manichel[?] at Providence

3/19/1745

#1977.118.5

3

Royal order regarding the eastern boundary of RI

5/28/1746

#1983.74.5.6

3

Warrant to Job Bennett, Jr. to gather members of the General Assembly for a meeting

6/11/1746

Transfer from MSS 9003

3

General Assembly minutes

8/19/1746

#1983.74.5.5

3

Letter from Thomas Ward - commission for James Coggeshall, Jr.

5/19/1753

3

Letter to Roger Wolcott, Gov. of Connecticut -counterfeit bills,

9/12/1753

3

Deposition regarding Gideon Wanton and the Ship Industry

2/6/1754

Transfer from MSS 9006

4

Letter from Thomas Ward - Certificates of Commissions for officers appointed to command troops.

4/22/1755

4

Draft of a letter to Earl of Loudoun

5/9/1757

4

Instructions to Samuel Angell, Esq. Chief Officer of the 450 men raised by RI for the Campaign of 1757, Copy

5/10/1757

4

Instructions to Col. John Andrews to march with his troops to Albany for the defense of Fort William Henry and Fort Howard near Lake George, Copy

8/17/1757

4

Letter from Earl of Loudoun

9/7/1757

4

Gov. William Greene to the RI General Assembly regarding disposition of French prisoners of war, Copy

9/23/1757

4

Letter from Thomas Ward regarding Capt. Joseph Bull and the number of prisoners he carried plus other administrative matters

12/29/1757

4

An account of sundry articles supplied by the Colony of Rhode Island to the Provincial Forces

1757

4

Appointment of Gov. Greene, John Andrews and Samuel Ward to go to the Convention of Northern Provinces and Colonies in Hartford to be held 2/20/1758 called by the Earl of Loudoun, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces

2/14/1758

4

Instructions to Gov. Greene, John Andrews and Samuel Ward appointed to go to the Convention of Northern Provinces and Colonies in Hartford

2/14/1758

4

Private instructions to Gov. Greene, John Andrews and Samuel Ward regarding the number of troops they may agree to supply from RI

2/14/1758

4

Instructions to Gov. Greene, John Andrews and Samuel Ward to discover what proportion of supplies each colony sent to the troops at Fort William Henry

2/14/1758

5

Photocopies of selected documents