Excerpt from Life of Roger Williams, the Founder of the State of Rhode Island IN preparing the following sketch of Roger Williams, the writer has consulted nearly all the works of New England history, from which ma terials might be derived for the illustration of his life and character. He 18, however, by far the most indebted to the elaborate Memoir, prepared by the late Mr. Knowles, a work of great fulness and accuracy of information re specting not only the immediate subject to which it relates, but also the general affairs of New England in that early age. This work, which probably contains all that can now be known concerning the life of the calumniated founder of Rhode Island, renders the task of a sabse quent biographer comparatively easy. The nar rative of Mr. Knowles has been generally com pared with the original authorities on which he relies, and in all cases his statements have been found to be correct. 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.