The New England Notes and Queries: Medium of Intercommunication for Historical and Genealogical (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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9781332311064: The New England Notes and Queries: Medium of Intercommunication for Historical and Genealogical (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The New England Notes and Queries: Medium of Intercommunication for Historical and Genealogical

Associated with him in this purchase were Richard and Rob ert Williams, who, Thompson states, were Welshmen and brothers, the latter, Robert, being, to use his own language, a near relative Of the celebrated Roger Williams. Querie Was Richard the one whom Baylies calls the Father of Taunton; and was Robert the one who signed the com pact in Providence, R. I., in 1640, who was a schoolmaster at Newport in 1665 and in 1672, and whom Roger in his writings frequently calls my brother? Providence, R. I. R. A. Guild.

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History of New Year's. - It is very appropriate that the 1st of January should be the first day of the first month of the year, as far as the Northern Hemisphere is concerned; since its beginning, being near the winter solstice, the year is thus made to present a complete series of the seasonal changes and operations, including equally the first movements of spring and the death of all annual vegetation in the frozen arms of winter. Yet the earliest calendars, as the Jewish, the Egyptian and Greek, did not place the commencement of the year at this point. It was not done till the formation of the Roman calendar, usually attributed to the second king, Numa Pompilius, whose reign is set down as terminating anno 672 B. C. Numa, it is said, having decreed that the year should commence now, added two new months to the ten into which the year had previously been divided, calling the first Januarius in honor of Janus, the deity supposed to preside over doors (Lat. janua, a door), who might very naturally be presumed also to have something to do with the opening of the year.

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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.

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