Excerpt from Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society: 1881-82 The close of another year has matured a fresh harvest of historical events for us to gather and bind into sheaves to be garnered here. Our duties are so quiet and secluded, that the busy population around us are scarcely a *are that their words and actions are subjected to vigilant notice and re corded for future generations. Reporters for journals hover around to note daily incidents as they occur, and even the sunbeams, with photographic fidelity, record a smile or a tear; while the telegraph and steam power swiftly transfer a knowledge of passing events throughout the world, to excite human sympathies. With the improved facilities for diffusing knowledge of passing events, and the rapid accumulation of the records Of them, our historic labors become greater every year. After providing a repository for collections of manuscripts and books, next follows the task Of arranging them in classified order and of cataloguing them for facility of reference. Then comes a necessity for keeping the rooms open daily, and of providing an intelligent custodian. This has been rendered more indispensable by the increased interest in genealogical researches into family relationships. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.