Bookplates
In addition to collections of materials like books, manuscripts and images, the Historical Society has a wide range of ephemeral … Continue reading Bookplates
The King is Dead! (Oh, wait…) Long Live the King! (Sanford Ross, pt. 2)
Our last post described Sanford Ross and some of the details of his daily life that are vividly brought out … Continue reading The King is Dead! (Oh, wait…) Long Live the King! (Sanford Ross, pt. 2)
Sanford Ross, pt. 1
The previous post offered a note on the Thanksgiving celebrations of 1812 in Rhode Island*. That it turns up in … Continue reading Sanford Ross, pt. 1
Happy Thanks Givin
The image below is taken from a copy of the 1812 New England Almanack. This almanac and a few others … Continue reading Happy Thanks Givin
An Impartial Hand
In a recent New Yorker article on the history of debtor imprisonment*, Jill Lepore briefly mentions a 1754 Rhode Island … Continue reading An Impartial Hand