William E. Foster

1851 – 1930

• How to choose editions
• Libraries and readers
• Point of view in history
• References to political and economic topics ...
• References to the history of presidential administration, 1789-1885
• Some Rhode Island contributions to the intellectual life of the last century
• Stephen Hopkins
• The civil-service reform movement
• The civil-service reform movement
• Town government in Rhode Island
• Charles Ammi Cutter
• Early attempts at Rhode Island history