CHAPTER XXX.

COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF RHODE ISLAND.

Rhode Island wiser on account of her previous struggles for self-government, 270

Commercial condition of Rhode Island, 271

Trade with East Indies commenced, 271

1790. First cotton factory went into operation, 273

1799. Free school system established, 273

1819. Providence Institution for Savings founded, 274

Canal from the Providence River to the north line of the state projected and failed, 274

1801. Great fire in Providence, 274

Visit of Washington to Rhode Island, 275

1832. Providence made a city, 275

Rhode Island in the War of 1812, 276