Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of North Kingstown: Delivered at Wickford July 4th, 1876 In accordance with the recommendations of the President and Congress of the United States, and the State Legislature (transmitted by His Excellency Governor Henry Lippitt) that appropriate exercises be held in the several towns of Rhode Island, on the one hundredth anniversary of American Independence and an historical sketch of each town be read on that occassion the Town Council of North Kingstown at its regular meeting May S, nominated David S. Baker. Jr. to prepare an Historical Address, and appointed Chas. Sisson, Chas. T. Crombe and Allen Reynolds of the Council a Committee of Arrangements. At the meeting of the Council, June 11, the sum of $200 was appropriated to enable the Committee of Arrangements to carry out the purposes of their appointment. 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.