The Post Office at Hope,
(Scituate Township, Providence County), Rhode Island
was established on February 14, 1865. The first Postmaster
was Daniel Hall. This post office is currently in operation
under Postmaster Mary Lou Clark appointed on August 21,
2004.
The village of Hope was the
site of the Hope Furnace built in 1765 and owned by
the Brown Family of Providence. The Hope Furnace
manufactured bar iron and nails and also
cast cannon used in the Revolutionary War. In
1806-07 cotton manufacturing began in the village and a
second mill was built in 1825 by Ephraim
Talbot. Around 1827 Brown and Ives purchased the property
and formed the Hope Company.
The brothers Stephen Hopkins,
Governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence
and Esek Hopkins, first Commander in Chief and Commodore of
the United States Navy were both born in Scituate
Township.
From: "The History of Rhode Island
with Illustrations" published by Hong Wade & Co., Philadelphia in 1878
HOPE VILLAGE
This is a thriving little village, situate in the southeast part of the town of
Scituate, and is the terminus of the Pawtuxet Valley Railroad, being a branch
road from River Point to Hope, about three and a half miles long, making
connection with Providence. It has two or three stores, and some mechanical
trade is engaged in. The Hope Manufacturing Company's mills are located here,
which give the village a large supply trade, and a consequent appearance of
enterprise and thrift. In 1872, the company built some thirteen large,
two-story tenement houses, for the accommodation of their employees. In 1874,
they also erected a church for the use of those in their employ, and others who
might desire to attend services on the Sabbath. It cost about $15,000, is
pleasantly located, and is at present used by the Methodist denomination. Hope
is one of the oldest places in the State, and is noted, in its early history,
as being the place where cannon were cast for use in the Revolutionary War.
They also used to make bar-iron and nails, the ore being carted from the
Cranston ore-beds. Thirteen new cannon, cast at the Hope furnace, were fired
at the Great Bridge in Providence, in honor of the Declaration of Independence
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