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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
Boundary-line with Connecticut signed at Westerly......Sept. 27, 1728 George Berkely, dean of Derry, afterwards bishop of Cloyne, arrives in Rhode Island and purchases a farm in Middletown, near New York......Jan. 23, 1730 [After two and a half years he returned to England, giving his farm and a collection of books to Yale College.] Assembly passes an act for the relief of poor sailors; 6d. a month to be deducted for the purpose from the wages of every Rhode Island seaman......May, 1730 Rhode Island Gazette published by James Franklin, brother of Benjamin, for seven months at Newport; first in the State......Sept. 27, 1732 A private company petitions the legislature to sanction a lottery; suppressed by statute under a penalty of £ 500 and £ 10 for any one who takes a ticket......Jan. 23, 1733 Sloop Pelican, the first whaling vessel from Rhode Island, arrives at Newport with cargo......June, 1733 Assembly meets at Greenwich for the first time......Feb. 18, 17