. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ned a preparatory Latin school at Warren, being encouragedby those who had a future college in mind. This school went with thecollege to Providence and became the well-known L^niversity GrammarSchool. Mr. Manning was chosen president of Rhode Island College in1765, and was the only teacher till in 1766 David Howell was chosen asthe first tutor of the college. Mr. Manning was pastor of the Warrenchurch till 1770, when the college was removed to Providence. From 1706 to 1752 ten Baptist churches were organized in Smithfield,H
. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ned a preparatory Latin school at Warren, being encouragedby those who had a future college in mind. This school went with thecollege to Providence and became the well-known L^niversity GrammarSchool. Mr. Manning was chosen president of Rhode Island College in1765, and was the only teacher till in 1766 David Howell was chosen asthe first tutor of the college. Mr. Manning was pastor of the Warrenchurch till 1770, when the college was removed to Providence. From 1706 to 1752 ten Baptist churches were organized in Smithfield,Hopkinton, North Kingstown, Scituate, Warwick, Cumberland, EastGreenwich, Exeter, Westerly and Coventry. In 1764 a Baptist churchwas founded in Cranston; in 1765 one in North Providence and one inFoster. In 1790 there were thirty-eight Baptist churches, thirty-sevenministers and 3,502 members. In 1813 there were thirty-six churches,thirty meeting houses and over five thousand members. In 1844 therewere forty-one churches, with 7,381 members. In 1850 there were forty-. CEXTRAL COXCREGATIOXAL CHURCH RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES 587 nine churches and 7,2jS members. In 1890 there were sixty-nine churches,with 12,039 members. The Congregational Church. The body of churches in Rhode Island, known as Congregational,while their founders came from the Bay Colony, were, in spirit, morenearly representative of the Plymouth Pilgrim church. While the theo-logical views of Pilgrim and Puritan were nearly identical, the Puritanrather insisted on a state-church and a church-state. He was jealous ofchurch authority and prerogatives and intended to build a commonwealthexclusively Puritan. Hence came the persecution of Baptists and Quakersand the witchcraft craze, all of which were expressions of fidelity to aunified Puritan church-state. As already stated, the atmosphere of early New England was chargedwith Congregationalism. Every congregation of worshippers was a self-governing body, with a body of elde
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