On the Reverend Nathaniel Clap, minister in Newport, circa 1725

On the Reverend Nathaniel Clap, minister in Newport, circa 1725

If, during his daily walk, he met any children flying kites, playing marbles, or whirling peg tops, he would buy the toys from them and exhort them not to gamble or indulge in vain sport.

—from Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State, Federal Writers Project, 1937.

Note: Reverend Clap (1667-October 30, 1745), is buried in Newport Historical Cemetery #12.

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2020-03-19