Abstract

The George T. Smith papers contain documents from his service in the Rhode Island Militia, dated between 1867 and 1887. They include promotions in rank and appointments to the positions of commissary and adjutant. The collection also contains a plot deed in Pocasset Cemetary in Cranston for Smith's wife, Lucy Ann Smith, and a deed to a property in Providence owned by his daughter, Gertrude E. Smith.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the life and work of Mahlon Van Horne, who served as pastor of the Union Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, for 28 years, beginning in 1869, along with papers from his family. Included is the original manuscript of his sermon, “The Negro in Rhode Island,” that he delivered in 1887, a letter he wrote October 15, 1902, reporting the death of his son in a horse-riding accident in St. Thomas, a letter addressed to Florence (Van Horne) Miller, a collection...