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Excerpt from A Short Sketch of the Redwood Library: Of Newport, Rhode Island The Redwood Library was incorporated in the year 1747. The Articles of Incorporation by the Governor and Company of The English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declare "Whereas Abraham Redwood Esq. hath generously engaged to bestow five hundred pounds sterling, to be laid out in a collection of useful books, suitable for a public library proposed to be erected in Newport ... the said Governor and Company do give and grant that the said Abraham Redwood, James Honyman, and others be, and are hereby constituted, a body politic incorporate, by the name of the Company of the Redwood Library." 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.