The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett
Otherwise Called The Fones Record
James N. Arnold
One of the oldest surviving documents of Washington County, Rhode Island, the so-called Fones Record commences with a 1659 land grant from Coginaquond, Sachem of the Narragansetts, to a group of proprietors consisting of prominent New England officials. Contains the records of organization and every deed and land transaction consummated by the proprietors until 1686.