Annals of the Town of Providence, by William R. Staples;

Winthrop’s Journal.

My sincere thanks are due Mr. Howard M. Chapin, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, for the illustrations of the Charter House, statue of Roger Williams and the Roger Williams seal, also for permission to photograph the Roger Williams compass, and for other substantial assistance rendered in the preparation of this little volume.

I desire, too, to express my thanks for the story of the Roger Williams watch given by Mr. Henry Russell Drowne of New York City and photograph of the same.

The Author.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[Foreword][v]
[Introduction][xi]
[I][Out of the Shadows][3]
[II][Westward, Ho!][15]
[III][New Neighbors][23]
[IV][The War of Words][38]
[V][“A Corner for the Persecuted”][52]
[VI][The Pequot War][68]
[VII][The Indian Key][80]
[VIII][In Quest of the Charter][93]
[IX][Narragansett Days][108]
[X][The Charter on Trial][120]
[XI][The Second Mission][128]
[XII][Roger Williams as Colonial President][142]
[XIII][The Coming of the Quakers][156]
[XIV][Roger Williams as Citizen][169]
[XV][King Philip’s War][185]
[XVI][Back to the Shadows][200]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
[Detail of Roger Williams Statue][Frontispiece]
[Entrance to Charter House, London][10]
[The Roger Williams Tree][46]
[The Williams Street Monument][56]
[The First Baptist Church of Providence][78]
[Canonicus Bridge, The Betsey Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park][120]
[Statue of Roger Williams, Roger Williams Park][162]
[Roger Williams’ Pocket-Compass, Sun-Dial and Watch][206]

INTRODUCTION