Providence; Record Commissioners
Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 318
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Excerpt from The Early Records of the Town of Providence, Vol. 3 This volume, like the preceding volumes of the Early Records of the Town of Providence, is printed under authority of several resolutions passed by the City Council of Providence, the first of which was approved March 6, 1891, and is as follows: "Resolved, That Horatio Rogers, George M. Carpenter, and Edward Field, are hereby appointed record commissioners, who shall serve without compensation, for the purpose of collecting and printing the early records of the town of Providence. And said commissioners are hereby authorized to expend the sum of one thousand dollars for collecting and printing said records, said sum to be charged to the appropriation for printing." The book, a portion of which is here reproduced in type, has been designated at different times as "y" booke Called y booke with brass Claspps," "The new Book with Brass Clapes," "The Book with Brass Clasps," and the "Third Book Town of Providence." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.