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Chester, daughter of Henry and Helen "Wilson and the widow of Stephen Chester, He contri- buted to American Art exhibitions, to the Cen- tennial exhibition of 1876, and the Paris Salon of 1878. Among his important paintings are : The Duck's Breakfast, Centennial exhibition (1876); Lolette, Paris Salon (1878); The Little Prince (1878) ; Un Jour de Conge (1879); Pink of Old Fashion (1883); Helena (1883); Infantry in Arms (1887); Loves' Avibush (1890); Pleasant Reflections (1897); and numerous portraits,

LIPPITT, Charles Warren, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Providence, R.I., Oct. 8, 1846 ; eldest son of Governor Henry (q.v.) and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt. He was graduated from Brown, Ph,B., 1865, and pursued a post-gi'aduate course with private tutors in Cambridge, Mass., and Provi- dence. After trav- elling in Europe lie joined his father in 1869 in cotton manu- facturing. He was president of the Franklin Lyceum, 1875-76; was chief of Governor Lippitt's staff with the rank of colonel, 1875-77; a member of the Provi- dence board of trade, being its vice-presid- and president, 1881-82 ; was elected vice-president of the national board of trade in 1880 ;and held various other positions of trust and responsibility. He was married, in February, 1886, to Margaret Barbara, daughter of Alexander and Charlotte Barbara (Ormsbee) Farnum. He was chairman of the Republican state convention, 1894 ; and governor of the state, 1895-96. In the Republican national convention of 1896 he re- ceived the unanimous support of the delega- tion from his state for the Vice-Presidential nomination. He was elected a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and president of the Brown University Alumni association. He deliv- ered notable addresses throughout the country, including one upon the tariff before the Repub- lican club of New York, 1896, used as a campaign document ; and one at the centennial celebration of the settlement of Cleveland, Ohio, 1896.

LIPPITT, Christopher, soldier and pioneer manufacturer, was born in Cranston, R.I., in 1744 ; son of Christopher and Catharine (Holden) Lip- pitt ; grandson of Moses and Ann Phillis (Whipple) Lippitt and of Anthony and Phebe (Rhodes) Hol- den ; great-grandson of Moses and Mary (Knowles) Lippitt, and greats-grandson of John Lippitt, who

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came from England to America and settled on the Providence Plantations in 1638. He attended the country school ; represented his town in the general assembly, 1765-75 ; and was captain in the militia and justice of the peace, 1766-75. In 1775 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel in com- mand of the minute-men, who when Commodore Wallace of the British squadron landed his mari- nes on the island of Prudence and burned the houses, removed the inhabitants and portable property and abandoned the island. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, Jan. 18, 1776, and shortly after, colonel of a volunteer regiment of infantry, enlisted by the general assembly for defending the state. He was stationed at New- port till Sept, 15, 1776, when with his regiment he joined Washington's army at Harlem Heights, N.Y, He served at White Plains, Trenton and Princeton, and went into winter quarters atMor- ristown. He was brevetted brigadier-general by Washington, and in January, 1777, returned with his regiment to Rhode Island, where, as brigadier- general of the militia of the county of Provi- dence, he led the state force in the battle of Rhode Island, Aug, 29, 1778, He was again a represent- ative in the general assembly, 1778-1783 ; declined to serve as judge of the superior court and as delegate to congress, and favored the adoption of the Federal constitution. He was married, March 23, 1777, to Waite, daughter of William and Patience (Clarke) Harris ; she died, Sept. 8, 1836. They had twelve children. General Lippitt was an early member of the Providence Peace Society. In 1807 he supervised the building of the Lippitt Mill in Warwick, R.I., the third cotton mill erected in the state, and served as its first agent. See Autobiographical Sketch prepared at the request of the R.I. Historical society (1822). He died in Cranston, R.I., June 17, 1824.

LIPPITT, Henry, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Providence, R.I., Oct. 9, 1818 ; son of Warren and Eliza (Seamans) Lijjpitt ; grandson of Charles and Penelope (Low) Lippitt and of

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Young and Mary (Larcher) Seamans, and great-grandson of Christopher and Catharine ,;^' (Holden) Lippitt. He was "^ graduated from the Kings- s ton, R.I., academy, and en- '^ tered mercantile business in "-^. .^ Providence in 1831. He was "K^yV^

married, Dec. 16, 1845, to Mary Ann, eldest daugh- ter of Dr. Joseph and Mary Ann (Bailey) Balch of Providence. In 1848 he identified himself with cot- ton manufacturing, having large interests in mills in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and was also prominently connected with several financial and industrial concerns. In 1840 hp reorganized the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, served in