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211 "Bolico."
A servant of the Doctor's who went to drive Mrs. MacSparran and is several times referred to in the Diary.
212 "Capt. Sweet."
Capt. Benoni Sweet, sometimes styled "Dr." Sweet, lived
in a house still standing, in a somewhat dilapidated condition,
on the Post Road, at the foot of "Ridge Hill," about a half
mile south of Silver Spring in North Kingstown. He was a
son of James Sweet, who is said to have emigrated from
Wales and purchased the above estate. But it is certain that
John Sweet, the father of James, was living in Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1632 and in Providence as early as
1637. James, who was born in 1622, was doubtless brought
over to this country in early childhood. Benoni had been a
captain in the British service, being well-informed and of
polished manners. His principal claim to note is the fact
that he was a "natural bone-setter" and the ancestor ofthe
well-known family so widely and numerously famed for that
gift. The explanation given by one of the family of the way
in which he was enabled to detect dislocations, which had
eluded the skill of scientific surgeons, although recorded
many years since, sounds like an account of the employment
ofthe newly-discovered X-rays, — "Why, . . . I see the bone
as plainly as if it had no flesh on it." (Hazard's Recollections
of Olden Times, p. 286.) The peculiar capacity of Benoni
Sweet and his descendants, to the present generation, certainly implies some highly exceptional power. Capt. Sweet
was a communicant of S. Paul's, having been baptized by
Dr. MacSparran, November 28, 1724, and at the succeeding
Easter having become a Vestryman. He died in 1751? as
noted later in this Diary. (Note 300.) — Updike's Narragansett Church, p. 94.
213 "Deputy Governor Robinson?
William Robinson, the husband of Mrs. MacSparran's sister,
who, probably, built the original portion of the house now
called "Canonchet" and appears to have been living there
at this date. The Doctor commonly speaks of his brother-in-
law as Mr. Robinson, and this present very formal style of
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| Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
| Creator | MacSparran, James |
| Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000189 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JI2otes 211 "Bolico." A servant of the Doctor's who went to drive Mrs. MacSparran and is several times referred to in the Diary. 212 "Capt. Sweet." Capt. Benoni Sweet, sometimes styled "Dr." Sweet, lived in a house still standing, in a somewhat dilapidated condition, on the Post Road, at the foot of "Ridge Hill," about a half mile south of Silver Spring in North Kingstown. He was a son of James Sweet, who is said to have emigrated from Wales and purchased the above estate. But it is certain that John Sweet, the father of James, was living in Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1632 and in Providence as early as 1637. James, who was born in 1622, was doubtless brought over to this country in early childhood. Benoni had been a captain in the British service, being well-informed and of polished manners. His principal claim to note is the fact that he was a "natural bone-setter" and the ancestor ofthe well-known family so widely and numerously famed for that gift. The explanation given by one of the family of the way in which he was enabled to detect dislocations, which had eluded the skill of scientific surgeons, although recorded many years since, sounds like an account of the employment ofthe newly-discovered X-rays, — "Why, . . . I see the bone as plainly as if it had no flesh on it." (Hazard's Recollections of Olden Times, p. 286.) The peculiar capacity of Benoni Sweet and his descendants, to the present generation, certainly implies some highly exceptional power. Capt. Sweet was a communicant of S. Paul's, having been baptized by Dr. MacSparran, November 28, 1724, and at the succeeding Easter having become a Vestryman. He died in 1751? as noted later in this Diary. (Note 300.) — Updike's Narragansett Church, p. 94. 213 "Deputy Governor Robinson? William Robinson, the husband of Mrs. MacSparran's sister, who, probably, built the original portion of the house now called "Canonchet" and appears to have been living there at this date. The Doctor commonly speaks of his brother-in- law as Mr. Robinson, and this present very formal style of [ "8] |
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