D'Wolf Slave Auction Account From 1807 Records
Rhode Island records detail Capt. D'Wolf selling 106 enslaved Africans from July 17 to August 12 1807 in Charleston South Carolina. Prices ranged from 360 down to 225 for men and boys and 320 to 225 for women and girls. Total cash received 2250 with 26840 on time payments plus 5 percent commission totaling 1454.50 making 27635.50.
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Rhode Island Historical Society
D’ Wolf
Champlin
James D’wolf
Bristol
Rhode Island
Charleston
S. C
D’wolf
Africa
Rhode Island Education Department Announces Summer School
The Rhode Island College of Education site will be painted this summer so the usual teacher professional development program moves to Hope High School Providence. The five week program runs June 26 to July 31 with six daily sessions from 9 to 12 and features a roster of Rhode Island education leaders as instructors.
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Rhode Island College of Education
James F. Rockett
Hope High School
Hope Street
Providence
Mary Lee
John L Smith
Lincoln
Harry F Nugent
Joseph H Stannard
Mt Pleasant
George J. O'Brien
George J West
Marguerite Tully
St Mary's Parochial School Graduates 29 In Ceremony
Prof George H Baldwin urged honesty loyalty and courage as 29 graduates of St Marys Parochial School received diplomas and penmanship certificates in a Friday commencement at St Marys Auditorium. Evelyn Lemaire and Ann Foley were valedictorian and salutatorian. James Bottomley won the Christian Doctrine prize.
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George H. Baldwin
St. Mary's Parochial School
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Baldwin
Michael L. Ryan
Evelyn Blanche Lemaire
Ann Meredyth Foley
Thomas J Gillan
Miss Lemaire
Charles Francis McHugh
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Christian Doctrine
James Leo Bottomley
William Demers
William Byrnes
Fr. Ryan
Gertrude Loretta Belmore
Marie Isabelle Berwick
Doris Marie Brooks
Josephine Lillian Coggeshall
Rosanna Mary Desmarais
Ann Mere
U S Rubber Handles Olympians 5 3 In Bristol Tilt
The U S Rubber team defeated the Olympians 5 to 3 at Bristol Common, aided by Floyd Ryone who earned his first win of the season. Salzano homered twice among three extra base hits for the Olympians, while Iasiello and Cabral contributed key RBIs for U S Rubber. The crowd turnout topped earlier games as Ryone fanned seven while Marshall took the loss for the Olympians.
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U. S
Bristol Common
Olympians
Frost Kings
Floyd Ryone
Salzano
John “Foxy
Marshall
Iasiello
Cabral
Desilets
D’ambrosio
Morris
Perry
Lastello
Duffy
DelPiano
Massa
Triple Marshall
D‘ambrosio
U S
Huston
E. Massa
Santo
D'Ambrosio
del Piano
tIastello
Iastello
Ryone
Ryons
J Borges
Dryer
J Joseph
J Velleca xRan
Jastello
Pastime Features Love Affair King of Chinatown
Two film bill kicks off Wednesday and Thursday June 21 22 with Love Affair starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer and Second feature King of Chinatown starring Anna May Wong Akim Tamiroff and J Carrol Naish. Friday and Saturday June 23 24 presents It’s a Wonderful World starring Claudette Colbert James Stewart with Kip Beau and Nat Rendleton.
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Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Maria Ouspenskaya
Lee Bowman
Astrid Allwyn
Maurice Moscovich
Akim Tamiroff
Paramount
Anna May Wong
J. Carrol Naish
Claudette Colbert
James Stewart
Guy" Kipbeows
Nat Rendleton
Fdeie Kennedy
Frdtices
Drake
Ernest Truex
Marriage Intentions Filed With Town Clerk
Marriage intentions were filed with Town Clerk John W. Church listing couples Aldo Medeiros Conto of Seekonk and Christian Oliveira Mello of Bristol. Mary Juhn Freitas of Bristol and Louis Rodrigues of Fall River. Annie Elvira Riccio and Waitham Ferrara both of Bristol. Roberta Laura Hoar and John Theodore Vester of Bristol. Mary Ventura of Bristol and Antone Lawrence Jr of Plymouth. Doris Gertrude Pierce of Newport and Joseph Anthony Flynn of Bristol. Margretta Thomas of Warren and Frank Duarte Correiro of Bristol.
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Aldo Medeiros Conto
Wheaton Avenue
Seekonk
Christian Oliveira Mello
Bay View
Bristol
Mary Juhn Freitas
High Street
Louis Rodrigues
Melville Street
Fall River
Annie Elvira Riccio
Wood Street
Waitham Ferrara
Mt Hope Avenue
Roberta Laura Hoar
John Theodore Vester
Mary Ventura
Washington Street
Antone Lawrence, Jr
Cordage Terrace
Plymouth Mass
Doris Gertrude Pierce
Friendship Street
Newport
Joseph Anthony Flynn
Margretta Thomas
Joyce Street
Warren
Frank Duarte Correiro
Bay View Avenue
Bristol Town Expands Amid Record Building Boom
Bristol shows a surge in permits totaling over 47000 with major projects including the rebuilt Bristol Yacht Club designed by Norman Herreshoff, a 14 room house for Clark Freeman at Pappasquash Point, a 7500 stable on the Rockwell estate, and a 20000 Mount Hope Diner rebuild. Additional homes arise on Thames Street and Bristol Neck as construction continues.
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Bristol
Otis M. Bailey, Sr
Bristol Yacht Club
Norman Herreshoff
John H Cady
Providence
Clark Freeman
Pappasquash Point
Charles B. Rockwell
Mount Hope
Joseph Campo
Thames Street
Bristol Neck
Subscribers To Benefit Card Party In East Providence
Two East Providence women and more than twenty local residents are among early subscribers to a card party planned for June 26 at the Colt Memorial auditorium to aid the Fourth of July celebration fund. The list includes Mrs Ira A Ballou and Mrs Ira A Ballou Jr and numerous town residents.
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East Providence
Colt Memorial Auditorium
Ira A Ballou
Ira A Ballou, Jr
P J Tetreault
Veronica Trainor
Harry Tuplin
Katherine Bertrand
L. H. Callan
John Card
Marguerite Cirillo
Marie Vermette
A. F. D’angello
Marian Darling
Ambrose Desilets
A. Ferrara
Charlotte Young
Earl Hobson
Roland Martelly
James F. McKenna
Howard R Newman
William L. Serbst
Joseph Simmons
Laura D Simmons
Joseph Silvia
Frank Smith
Wilhelmina Sylvia
Edward P. Church
Emelie Jester
Thomas Brown
Edward LeClerc
Otis M Bailey, Jr
Anthony DuPont
Walter Kerr
James J Velleca
Aurelia Faria
Max B. Grossman
Funeral Rites Held for Thomas Brelsford Jr
Delegations from Bristol senior high school and St Andrew's Club attended the funeral for Thomas F Brelsford III a high school junior who died Friday at Rhode Island Hospital after a two month illness. Rev Herbert D Graetz officiated at the First Congregational Church service held at the boy's parents home. Burial followed in North Cemetery with bearers from St Andrew's Club namely Munroed Taves Douglas Baker Earl P Rounds Alexander Anderton William Ander ton and Austin Waitt.
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Bristol Senior High School
St. Andrew's Club
St Michael's Church
Thomas F Brelsford
Rhode Island
Herbert D Graetz
First Congregational Church
Thomas F. Brelsford
Woodstreet
St Andrew's Club
Munroed Taves
Douglas Baker
Earl P Rounds
Alexander Anderton
William Anderton
Austin Waitt
Panther Patrol Clinches Narrow Scout Meet Victory
The Panther Patrol won the interpatrol track meet at Camp Wampanoag by one point over the Flying Horses and two over the Beavers. Alfred Perry led with 32 points, closely followed by Anthony Balzano of the Flying Horses and Domenic Turillo of the Beavers. The Ever Readys scored 12 points as Panthers claimed victory and shared watermelons with scouts after the event.
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Panther
Camp Wampanoag
Beavers
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Panthers
Alfred Perry
Flying Horses
Anthony Balzana
James Lewis
Anthony Balzano
Flying Horse
Econd
Domenic Turillo
Tug of War
Ever
Beaver
George Morris
Sea Scouts
Admiral Edwards
Joseph Belanger
Albert Vasconcellos
John Freitas
Maynard Suzman
George R. Fish
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D’wolf Family
Charles C. F. Thompson
Education Department
Teachers
A. Weaver
Bay View Ave
K. I
Rbert C. Eales NO
Pleasant ST
Fall River, MA
J. J. Nascimento
St. Mary’s
Boy Scout
Awashanks Herd
Scout Hall
Crescent Park
King William F Head
S. S. Edwards
John R Edwards
Campangoog
Pet. Ever Readys
U.S
Faselo
Armen
Oh Salzano
P ' Cardoza
If 'Drver
Cf Tourgney
Codola
Ss Duffy
Frank M. Dimond
Church Street
R. I
Webb Oil Co., Inc
John W. Church
Thomas Brelsford
Panther Patrol
Scout
What Cheer Laundry
Cranston ST Providence
T Point
Roosevelt
Stanley Walter Dhuban
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
King George
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Argentina
J. A. de Marval
Grover
Wendy Barrie
Hague
Fairchild
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