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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Williams (R.) — Continued, 

 occasions) to all the English inhabit- | 

 ing those parts ; yet pleasant and | 

 profitable to the view of | all men. | By- 

 Roger Williams, j of Providence, in 

 New England. | 



London. | Printed by Gregory Dex- 

 ter. I 1643. [Providence. 1827.] 



Title verso blank 1 1, text pp. 17-163, "the 

 table " verso approval 1 1. 8°. 



Copies seen : Boston Athenaeum, British Mu- 

 seum, Trumbull. 

 A Key into the Language of Amer- 

 ica : Or an Help to the Language of the 

 Natives, in that part of America, called 

 New England. Together with brief 

 Observations of the Customs, Manners, 

 and Worships, &c. of the aforesaid 

 Natives, in Peace and War, in Life and 

 Death. By Roger Williams of Provi- 

 dence in New England. 



In Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. first series, 

 vol. 3, pp. 203-239, Boston, 1794, 8°. The vol- 

 ume was reprinted at Boston in 1810. 



The above partial reprint of Roger Williams' 

 Key does not include the Narraganset vocabu- 

 laries. It contains, however, many native terms 

 scattered throughout, and on p. 210 are the nu- 

 merals 1-6 masculine, and 1-5 feminine. Sub- 

 sequently, at the request of Dr. B. S. Barton, 

 the vocabularies were reprinted as follows : 



< Vocabulary of the Narroganset Lan- 

 guage. 



In Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. first series, 

 vol. 5, pp. 80-106. Boston, 1816, 8°. 



The vocabularies of each chapter, which 

 were omitted in the preceding reprint, are here 

 given in full. 



The volume was originally printed in 1798 ; 

 this I have not seen; but besides the above 

 reprint of 1816 there is also one of 1835. (Con. 

 gress. ) 



A key into the language of America, 



edited by J. Hammond Trumbull. 



In Narragansett Club Publications, first se- 

 ries, vol. 1, pp. 1-219, 3 pp. (table and licence), 

 ProvidencB, 1866, sm. 4°. 



This reprint (with half-title as above verso 

 blank) is accompanied by a preface, pp. 3-16, 

 and copious notes by Dr. Trumbull. In his pref- 

 ace he says: "It has been the desire of the 

 Narragansett Club and the constant aim of the 

 editor, to ensure the literal accuracy of the 

 reprint, — even to the reproduction of the typo- 

 graphical errors — of the original. " The pagina- 

 tion of the original work is shown by brackets. 



Copies seen : Boston Athenaeum, Congress, 

 Trumbull, Earaes. 



The Field copy, no. 2562, sold for $9; the 

 Brinley copy, no. 5681, $5; the Murphy copy, 

 no. 2737, $10. Priced by Triibner, 1882, p. 3, 1 I. 

 lU. 6d. 



Williams (R. ) — Continued. 



A key into the language of America, 



or an help to the language of the na- 

 tives of New England, London, by 

 Roger Williams : 1643. 



In Baird (S. F.), U. S. Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries, part 1, pp. 164-165, Washington, 

 1873, 80. 



Indian names of various fishes (reprinted 

 from the Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. vol. 1). 

 See Wood (W.) 



Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, 

 born in Wales in 1599 ; died in Rhode Island 

 early in 1683. He embarked at Bristol 1 Dec, 

 1630, in the sbip "Lion," and on 5 Feb., 1631, 

 arrived at Boston. Soon after his arrival in 

 Massachusetts he was invited to the church at 

 Salem as assistant to the pastor, Mr. Skelton. 

 Mr. Williams was settled 12 April, 1631, as as- 

 sistant or teacher in the Salem church. At 

 lUymouth he was settled in August, 1631, as 

 assistant to the pastor, Ralph Smith. Here he 

 made his first acquaintance with the chiefs of 

 the Wampanoags and li^arragansetts, and being 

 an excellent linguist soon learned to talk in the 

 language of those Indians. 



In 1634 he was settled as pastor of the church 

 in Salem. 



In 1638 he assisted John Clarke and William 

 Coddington in negotiating the purchase of 

 Aquidneck, or Rhode Island, for which the 

 Indians were liberally paid. 



In 1643 he went to England and obtained the 

 charter for the Rhode Island and Providence 

 settlements, dated 14 March, 1644. Mr. Wil- 

 liams landed in Boston 17 Sept., 1644. Through 

 his exertions a treaty was made with the Nar- 

 ragansetts 4 Aug. , 1645, which saved New Eng- 

 land from the horror s of an Indian war. 



Mr. Williams sailed in November, 1651, for 

 England, in company with John Clarke. 



He returned to Providence in 1654 and took 

 part in the reorganization of the colonial gov- 

 ernment in that year. He was chosen, 12 Sept., 

 1654, president of the colony and held that of- 

 fice until May, 1658. 



In King Philip's war Mr. Williams accepted 

 a commission as captain of militia, and was ac- 

 tive in drilling the train-bands, though his ad- 

 vanced age prevented him from taking the 

 field. — Appleton's Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 

 Williamson (William Durkee). The f 

 history | of the | state of Maine ; ( 

 from I its first discovery, A. D. 1602, | 

 to I the separation, A. D. 1820, inclu- 

 sive. I By William D. Williamson. | In 

 two volumes, j Vol. I [-!!]• I 



Hallowell : | Glazier, Masters & co. | 

 1832. 



2 vols. : title verso copyright 1 I. preface pp. 

 iii-iv, list of authors, pp. v-vi, contents pp. 

 vii-xii, text pp. 9-650, appendix pp. 651-660; 

 title verso copyright 1 1. contents pp. iii-viii, 

 text pp. 9-705, appendix pp. 707-714, 8°. 



