The Historical Rhode Island Book Collection is a collection of 59 volumes relating to the history of Rhode Island and its people primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries. Several of the volumes have great period illustrations and portraits of relevant historical figures. All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. History of Rhode Island (1853) - Peterson, Edward - 370 pages
2. The correspondence of the colonial governors of Rhode Island, 1723-1775 Volume 1 (March 1902) - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Rhode Island; Kimball, Gertrude Selwyn - 434 pages
3. The correspondence of the colonial governors of Rhode Island, 1723-1775 Volume 2 (March 1902) - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Rhode Island; Kimball, Gertrude Selwyn - 498 pages
4. Bibliography of Rhode Island history (1902) - Brigham, Clarence Saunders - 287 pages
5. Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People (1910) - Weeden, William Babcock - 381 pages
6. Rhode Island in the rebellion (1864) - Stone, Edwin Winchester - 398 pages
7. A short history of Rhode Island (1877) - Greene, George Washington - 356 pages
8. History of higher education in Rhode Island (1894) - Tolman, William Howe - 210 pages
9. History of Providence County, Rhode Island Volume 1 (1891) - Bayles, Richard M. (Richard Mather), editor - 821 pages
10. History of Providence County, Rhode Island Volume 2 (1891) - Bayles, Richard M. (Richard Mather), editor - 639 pages
11. A history of Barrington, Rhode Island - Bicknell, Thomas Williams - 620 pages
12. Rhode Island in the War with Spain - Kinnicutt, Frances E - 415 pages
13. Rhode Island, a study in separatism (1905) - Richman, Irving Berdine - 395 pages
14. The Rhode Island declaration of independence (1907) - Lippitt, Charles Warren - 38 pages
15. History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations Volume 1 (1859) - Arnold, Samuel Greene - 574 pages
16. History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations Volume 2 (1859) - Arnold, Samuel Greene - 600 pages
17. History of the Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry (1879) - Corliss, Augustus Whittemore Alvord, Henry E. (Henry Elijah) - 11 pages
18. History of the Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island (1878) - Bartlett, John Russell - 152 pages
19. An account of the churches in Rhode-Island (1854) - Jackson, Henry - 134 pages
20. Rhode Island and the formation of the Union (1898) - Bates, Frank Greene - 221 pages
21. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery (1865) - Reichardt, Theodore - 153 pages
22. Pictures of Rhode Island in the past, 1642-1833 (1900) - Kimball, Gertrude Selwyn - 175 pages
23. Historical sketches of the churches of Warwick, Rhode Island (1880) - Fuller, Oliver Payson - 106 pages
24. Reminiscences of Rhode Island and ye Providence Plantations (1905) - Noyes, Isaac Pitman - 47 pages
25. Rhode Island in the colonial wars. A list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in King George's war, 1740-1748 (1920) - Chapin, Howard Millar - 38 pages
26. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Volume 1 (1920) - Bicknell, Thomas Williams - 426 pages
27. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Volume 2 (1920) - Bicknell, Thomas Williams - 823 pages
28. The history of Warren, Rhode Island, in the war of the revolution, 1776-1783 (1901) - Baker, Virginia - 68 pages
29. History of Methodism in Providence, Rhode Island, from its introducion in 1787 to 1867 (1868) - McDonald, W - 136 pages
30. A history of the Fire department of Warren, Rhode Island (1912) - Virginia Baker - 120 pages
31. Biographical history of the manufacturers and business men of Rhode Island, at the opening of the twentieth century (1901) - Hall, Joseph D[avis] - 334 pages
32. The Hazard family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894 : being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard ... (1895) - Robinson, Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) - 292 pages
33. Life of Roger Williams, founder of the state of Rhode Island (1846) - Gammell, William - 221 pages
34. Memoir of Roger Williams, the founder of the state of Rhode-Island (1834) - Knowles, James D. (James Davis) - 437 pages
35. Report upon the disabled Rhode Island soldiers; their names, condition, and in what hospital they are (1863) - 24 pages
36. Annals of Centerdale in the town of North Providence, Rhode Island (1909) - Angell, Frank Capron - 196 pages
37. Historical sketch of the town of Charlestown in Rhode Island : from 1636 to 1876 (1877) - Tucker, William Franklin - 88 pages
38. Diary of Colonel Israel Angell, commanding the Second Rhode Island continental regiment during the American revolution, 1778-1781; (1899) - 149 pages
39. Celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town of Bristol, Rhode Island (1881) - Miller, William Jones - 194 pages
40. Picturesque Rhode Island. Pen and pencil sketches of the scenery and history of its cities, towns and hamlets, and of men who have made them famous (1881) - Munro, Wilfred Harold - 304 pages
41. History of Newport County, Rhode Island. From the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress (1888) - Bayles, Richard M. (Richard Mather), editor - 1060 pages
42. A brief history of the town of Glocester, Rhode Island : preceded by a sketch of the territory while a part of Providence (1886) - Perry, Elizabeth A - 136 pages
43. The life and times of Samuel Gorton; the founders and the founding of the republic, a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country, now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 .. (1907) - Gorton, Adelos - 154 pages
44. New index to the Civil and military lists of Rhode Island. Two volumes in one, giving Christian and family names, arranged alphabetically; also, additional indexes of both volumes (1907) - Smith, Joseph Jencks - 182 pages
45. Memoirs of Rhode Island officers who were engaged in the service of their country during the great rebellion of the South. Illustrated with thirty-four portraits (1867) - Bartlett, John Russell - 452 pages
46. Rhode Island : its making and its meaning : a survey of the annals of the Commonwealth from its settlement to the death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683 Volume 1 (1902) - Richman, Irving Berdine - 266 pages
47. Rhode Island : its making and its meaning : a survey of the annals of the Commonwealth from its settlement to the death of Roger Williams, 1636-1683 Volume 2 (1902) - Richman, Irving Berdine - 295 pages
48. The rights and wrongs of Rhode Island : comprising views of liberty and law, of religion and rights, as exhibited in the recent and existing difficulties in that state (1842) - Goodell, William - 120 pages
49. Tales of an old sea port; a general sketch of the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, including, incidentally, an account of the voyages of the Norsemen, so far as they may have been connected with Narragansett Bay: (1917) - Munro, Wilfred Harold; Fauque, Elzéar; D'Wolf, John - 292 pages
50. Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island: or, Sketches of the efforts of the government and people in the war of the revolution. Together with the names of those who belonged to Rhode Island regiments in the army. With biographical notices, reminiscences, etc., etc (1850) - Cowell, Benjamin - 352 pages
51. Official register of Rhode Island officers and soldiers wo served in the United States army and navy from 1861 to 1865. Published by order of the General assembly, January session, 1866 (1866) - 96 pages
52. A history of the destruction of His Majestys Schooner Gaspee, in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June; accompanied by the correspondence connected therewith; the action of the general assembly of Rhode Island thereon, and the official journal of the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry appointed by King George the Third, on the same (1861) - Bartlett, John Russell - 140 pages
53. Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution : with some mention of those serving in the regiments of Elliott, Lippitt, Topham, Crary, Angell, Olney, Greene, and other noted commanders (1903) - Murray, Thomas Hamilton - 90 pages
54. History of Brown University : with illustrative documents. (1867) - Guild, Reuben Aldridge - 443 pages
55. Museum illustrating the history of the state (1916) - Chapin, Howard M - 32 pages
56. History of Fall River : with notices of Freetown and Tiverton (1862) - Fowler, Orin - 100 pages
57. The Narragansett historical register (1883) - 432 pages
58. Washington County [records of births, marriages and deaths] (1894) - Arnold, James N. (James Newell) - 562 pages
59. Early Rhode Island houses : an historical and architectural study (1895) - Isham, Norman Morrison; Brown, Albert F. (Albert Frederic) - 234 pages

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