Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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An artist's conception of the flight of Roger Williams from Massachusetts in 1636, The picture was prob- ably inspired by Williams own account of being storm tossed in the wilderness during his journey. Rhode Island HistoricalrsrocietyA Thumb prints of Roger Williams ,gggpmfi'w Rhode Island Historical Society Signature of Roger Williams bk JMefs embroke College-Cambridge, England where Jel bione Q!LE:VL Roger Williams attended. Unelj QEuh'once Rhode Islcnd Historical Society

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BLOCK AND ROODT EYLANDT BLACKSTONE LEAVES MASSACHUSETTS The first white landholder in the Narragansett Bay region; settled in northern Rhode Island about two years before the arrival of Roger Wil- liams and his party; the recluse of Study Hill. Whereas some attribute the name Rhode Island to Verrazzano, others wish to claim Adrian Block as the man who is actually responsible. Block, so they say, gave it the name Roodt Evlandt' commeniorating the fiery aspect of the shore duc to the red clay. To those who know, however, it really doesn't matter as long as you pronounce it RHO D'ISLAND. In 1614, Adrian Block found the Indian island of Manisses, which Verrazzano had named Louisa some ninety years before. The Dutch explorer save to the island his own name. Block Island has been connected through the years with both the dramatic sea exploits of the past and the fantastic stories which usually accompany them. I left England to get from under the Lord Bishops, but in America I am fallen under the power of the lord brethrenand thus William Blackstone left Massa- chusetts for consciences sake. This was in 1634. His was the first white settlement in Rhode Tsland. William Blackstone, a clergyman of the Church of England, was a man of strong will who rejected the interference of his neighbors in matters of his spirit and sought the solace of the isolated existence. He is sometimes described as an horticulturist who planted the first apple orchard in Rhode Island. But more often than not, he is compared to the man whom he precededRoger Williams. Blackstone's lack of social-consciousness serves the historian with beautiful example of the real worth of Williams whose pre-occupation with the condition of his fellow men was instrumental in furthering the causes of human liberty and justice. Gave his name to Block Island; explored and left definite records and descriptions of Narragansett Bay, the surrounding country, and the Indian tribes, he found there.

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Rhode Island Historical Society ROGER WILLIAMS: Founder of the first Rhode Island town; the chief figure in the early colonization of the Narragansett country; ohlamed the first Rhode Island Charter; contributed greally to the understanding between the Indians and settlers; successful in his task in spite of many private and public difficulties. e o quut, S ADELIC ; A E i4 hf A;m o 1l mu o, By, e T, Uy rz,nzxz,,zx z TP e 144444: lwip E B o Rhode Island sttoncal Soczety Right: ProvidenceFEast Side of River