Note 352 — Chapter XXV
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The following memorandum appears on the records of Providence, about August 30, 1676, after the death of Philip:
“By God’s providence, it seasonably came to pass, that Providence Williams brought up his mother from Newport in his sloop, and cleared the town by his vessel of all the Indians, to the great peace and content of all the inhabitants.” The Indians, here mentioned, were probably prisoners.