BOOK NOTES:  Some books which might be of general interest to students of the "Early Republic" period -- If you find any worth purchasing after following one of these links, a portion will go to support of this web site: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough a "story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work." The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs.  From book description: "For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving.  But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.

United States Geography in the Early Republic - RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island

Towns and Cities of Rhode Island

Arcadia

Arctic

Ashton

Barrington

Block Island

Bradford

Bridgeton

Bristol

Central Falls

Charleston

Chepachet

Coventry

Cranston

East Greenwich

E. Providence

Exeter

Farmingdale

Foster

Greenville

Harrisville

Hopkinton

Howard

Kingston

Middletown

Narragansett

Natic

Newport

North Scituate

Oakland Beach

Pawtucket

Portsmouth

Providence

Riverside

Rumford

Saylesville

Shawomet

Slatersville

Tiverton

Valley Falls

Wakefield

Warren

Warwick

Washington

West Barrington

Westerly

Wickford

Woonsocket

Counties of Rhode Island

Bristol

Comprised mostly of a finger of land bordering Bristol County, MA. Contains Bristol, the county seat, Barrington, and Warren. Mount Hope Bay borders it on its east.

Kent

Newport

Home of Ezra Stiles, where he pastored the Second Congregational Church before becoming president of Yale.

Providence

Capitol of RI, lying at the head of Narragansett Bay. After being an agricultural, and then a shipbuilding center, it became, by the 1830s, an important manufacturing center, especially for textiles.

Home of Brown University.

Washington

Rivers, Lakes, etc. of Rhode Island

Aquidneck Island

Middle of Newport County; the largest island in Narragansett Bay; contains city of Newport.

Mount Hope Bay

Has Bristol County on its west, and part of Newport County (Tiverton and N. Tiverton) on its east. Empties into Narragansett Bay.

Narragansett Bay

Cuts more than halfway up the state, separating the main body of RI from the irregular five-mile strip attached to the western border of Bristol County, MA.