Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society volume 13
Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society volume 13
Rhode Island Historical Society
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While they were confined to the town of Glocester, Mr. Vernon kept a diary of their daily life about the town, and it is this diary which his descendant, Mr. Thomas Ver- non, has now printed. So far as our knowledge extends it is the only thing of the kind. Its only fault is that it is too brief. The temptation is strong to make some extracts from it, but it being so entirely foreign in its nature from such a 42 RHODE ISLAND HISTOKICAL SOCIETY. report as this is, that we forbear. Itaflbrdsa mos...t excellent picture of the times and the men in one of our back towns during the war of the Revolution. In the matter of binding books nothing has been accom- plished since our last quarterly report, a lack of funds being the cause. The amount expended on bindings and repairs of books during the nine months of our service has been one hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifty-three cents. Towards these expenses the Society appropriated one hun- dred dollars. This sum, however, we have not used, but we have raised the entire amount by personal solicita- tion among those people who love literature, paid all the bills, settled our entire business, and are prepared to hand over the management unencumbered to our successors.
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