Leaders of Rhode Island's Golden Age, ThePicking up where The Makers of Modern Rhode Island left off, Dr. Patrick T. Conley, president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, takes us through the golden age of the state's history, from 1861 to 1900. It was during this period that Rhode Island played a leadership role in the Industrial Revolution. From military leaders like General Ambrose Burnside to social reformers such as Sarah Elizabeth Doyle and architects Charles F. McKim and Stanford White, they ensured that the state's contributions to the nation would never be forgotten. This volume includes more than one hundred biographical sketches of influential Rhode Islanders who helped make this brief span of time the greatest in the state's history. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Major General Zenas Randall Bliss | 25 |
John Gorham | 40 |
Charles Fletcher | 53 |
Simon Willard Wardwell Jr | 61 |
Joseph Banigan | 74 |
POLITICIANS AND POLITICAL REFORMERS | 87 |
Governor Augustus O Bourn | 100 |
Sidney S Rider | 144 |
Theodore Barrows Stowell | 158 |
ARChITECTS AND ARTISTS | 171 |
George William Whitaker | 184 |
Charles Walter Stetson | 193 |
THE ENTERTAINERS | 209 |
Paul A Hines | 222 |
Sarah Elizabeth Doyle | 236 |
Chief Justice John Henry Stiness | 114 |
Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer | 127 |
PhySICIANS | 131 |
Dr William W Keen Jr | 249 |
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