Excerpt from An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island In presenting this volume, the Committee can therefore speak with much confidence respecting the manner in which Professor Elton has met the wishes of the Historical Society. He is entitled to the thanks of that Society, for the valuable addition which hel aas made to their Collections, and deserves the grateful remembrance of the people oi [our State, for the satisfactory manner in which he has illustra ted this history of their forefathers. Albert G. Greene, william G. Goddard. Providence, April, 1838. 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.