Excerpt from Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island: Or, Sketches of the Efforts of the Government and People in the War of the Revolution History has rendered but partial justice to the efibrts of Rhode Island during our Revolutionary struggle. No state made greater sacrifices - no state furnished more men in pro portion to its population - none more money in proportion to its wealth; and she had the honor of furnishing a General second only to the immortal commander-in-chief. Next to Washington stood General Greene, in all those traits of char acter deemed so essential in a commander of an army. 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.