NEWS
Posted: 21 August
2011
Reading of the
Seixas and Washington letters: For the past 64 years, the
Touro Synagogue Foundation and Congregation Jeshuat Israel has
provided a ceremony where select individuals read the famous
1790
letter from Moses Seixas,
Warden of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island,
welcoming President George Washington to Newport. Following,
they read President
George Washington's letter to the Touro
Synagogue.
Written on August
17, 1790, during the infancy of the United States, the Warden of
Touro Synagogue welcomes President George Washington for his
forthcoming trip to Newport, Rhode Island. The letter captures
sentiment and will of a congregation that was welcomed to
Newport through Rhode Island's Charter of 1663. George
Washington responded by writing the famous
Washington letter to the Touro
Congregation.
Postings to
Virtual Library: Both the 1790
letter from Moses Seixas and
George Washington's letter to the Touro
Synagogue have been posted to the John Clarke
Society's Virtual Library. Please take time to read these
important letters and look through the various documents that
have been posted in recent months.
Graveside
Ceremony: The United Baptist, John Clarke Memorial Church
will hold a memorial at the graveside of Dr. John Clarke to
commemorate his birthday in early October. Scheduled for Sunday,
October 2, 2011, Rev. Paul Hanson will conduct the service. The
graveyard is located at the
intersection of Callendar and Dr. Marcus
Wheatland Boulevard, behind the Newport Police
Station on Broadway. Time of the ceremony will be announced
shortly. Free and open to the public.
Go to the Virtual Library Directory>>
COMING SOON
Director to
lecture at the Rhode Island Historical Society: September
15, 2011, Thursday evening, James Wermuth will deliver a lecture
to the Rhode Island Historical Society at the Society's John
Nicholas Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence, RI. The
lecture will discuss John Clarke's preeminent role in writing
and procuring Rhode Island's Royal Charter of 1663 and the
relevance of Clarke's legacy to the current national political
environment.
Oxford Scholar
to lecture in honor of John Clarke Day: October 1, 2011,
Saturday, 11:00 am, Redwood Library & Athenaeum. Free and open
to the public. Prof. Victor Victor Nuovo, Ph.D., a John Locke
Scholar, will deliver a lecture on John Locke's ideas of freedom
of religion. An Oxford scholar and Professor of philosophy at
Middlebury College, Dr. Nuovo is a highly revered expert. This
lecture commemorates John Clarke Day at the approximate date of
his birth.
OLDER NEWS
Posted: 15 August
2011.
News: Rhode Island
& Providence Plantation's 1776
Act Repealing An Act
has
been added to the Society's Virtual Library. Through
ratification of the Act..., the Colony or RI&PP formally
repealed allegiance to England independent of the other American
colonies.
George Brian
Sullivan Ph.D. is hereby honored for increasing public access to
Rhode Island's founding documents and is named a Friend of the
John Clarke Society herewith:
Friends of the Society.
Currently Under Consideration:
A park honoring John Clarke that would replace the two 1950's era gas
stations at the top of Washington Square is currently under consideration.
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