Historic Documents of Smithfield, R.I.

 

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Smith-Appleby Family

• Smith-Appleby family marriages & documents
• Ester Appleby estate summons
• James Appleby estate papers
• John Smith Appleby family Bible pages

Smith-Appleby House

• History of the Smith-Appleby House
• Smith-Appleby House Building Sequence
• 1726 Deed of Elijah Smith

Town Government  

• Written Record of Smithfield’s First Town Meeting – 1730
• Smithfield Town Meeting – 1855
• Town Treasurer’s Report – 1876 
• Town Treasurer’s Report – 1878 
• Town Treasurer’s Report – 1887 
• Town Treasurer’s Report – 1891
• Town Treasurer’s Report – 1920
• Town Officers 1874
• Town Officers & Highway Districts – 1875
• Town Officers 1889-90
• Town Officers 1903-04
• Smithfield Tax Documents
• 1848 Smithfield, R. I. Tax Receipt 
• 1897 Smithfield, R. I. Tax Receipt 

Banking Institutions

• Banks & Bank Notes (Exchange Bank, Greenville Bank, Greenville Trust, Smithfield Bank)
• Smithfield Union Bank

Maps

• Enfield Village Map – 1895
• Maps of Fountain Spring
• Spragueville & Mountaindale – 1895
• 1851 Map of Smithfield

Esmond Mills

• The Story Of Bunny Cortex – 1915
• 1917 Bunny Esmond Booklet
• The Story Of Bunny Esmond – 1947
• 1940 Survey of Esmond Mills
• 19th Century Map of Enfield Cotton Mill 

Georgiaville

• Georgiaville Historic District National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Sept. 3, 1985
• Georgiaville Postmark, 1938 commemorative
• Georgiaville village map, 1895
• Georgiaville Fire Co. By-Laws – 1932
• Georgiaville Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary – 1940
• Georgiaville Fire Co. Roster – 1965

Greenville

• Greenville Post Mark 1907
• Wilkinson Hall Music Program – 1939
• Maps Of Fountain Spring

Esmond (a.k.a. Enfield) 

• Enfield (Esmond) village map, 1895

Schools

• Smithfield School History 1636 to 1875
• Smithfield Grammar School Program 1926
• Teaching Certificate 1861
• Jenckes Mowry Certificate – 1863
• 1862 Smithfield School Committee Report
• 1866 Smithfield School Committee Report
• 1873 Smithfield School Committee Report
• 1876 Smithfield School Committee Report
• 1882 Smithfield School Committee Report
• 1890 Smithfield School Committee Report
• Enfield School Poem
• Saxton’s River
• Vintage School Dept. Letterhead – 1940s 

Smithfield Meeting House Lottery of 1807

• Smithfield Meeting House Lottery of 1807
  • Read the article about the Smithfield Meeting House Lottery of 1807

 Military

• Smithfield’s World War II Honor Roll PDF

Transportation

• Esmond Train Schedule – 1906 

Woonasquatucket River Company

• Act to Incorporate the Woonasquatucket River Company

Organizations

• Apple Blossom Garden Club Booklet 1960-61
• Greenville Drama Club Program – 1930s 
• Smithfield Lions Club – 55th Celebration – 2007

Smithfield Families

• Lines to the Memory of Grace Potter

State of Rhode Island

• “My Rhode Island” – prize song