Revolutionary Defences In Rhode Island An Historical Account Of The Fortifications And Beacons Erected During The American Revolution With Muster Ro PDF Download

Excerpt from Revolutionary Defences in Rhode Island: An Historical Account of the Fortifications and Beacons Erected During the American Revolution, With Muster Rolls of the Companies Stationed Along the Shores of Narragansett Bay I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to my friend Norman M. Isham, Esquire, for his generous contribution to these pages, in making the drawings and the map of the State of Rhode Island, which form a part of the illustrations of this book. I am also indebted to the Honorable Charles P. Bennett, Secretary of State, for the privilege of reproducing the map of the operations on Rhode Island, now in his custody, and to the Honorable George M. Carpenter, the Honorable Amos Perry, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and to R. H. Tilley, Esquire, Libra rian of the Newport Historical Society, forthe opportunity of using valuable manu scripts, interesting relics, and for many other kindnesses. The full-page photographs, with one exception, the Butt's Hill fort, are the work of Samuel B. Burnham, Esquire. 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.