from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 173) p. LXXIX. "THOMAS SIMPSON - Born Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1840; in 1855 he was apprenticed to Knowles, Anthony & Co., for four years and worked there until the breaking out of the Civil war. After the war he worked in the office of George H. Whitney, and later was in the partnership of Miller, Gray & Simpson. He was initiated into Providence Union June 9, 1866. Feb. 17, 1882, he was appointed U S. Consul to Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, and held the office until his death, which occurred in New York city Sept. 3, 1907. In the Civil war he served in the 1st Light Battery, and also in Battery F, 1st R. I. L. A., rising to the rank of lieutenant. He was captured by the rebels and confined to Libby Prison and also at Danville, Va. WILLIAM H. SLOCUM - Born Pawtucket, R. I., Oct. 21, 1883; learned printing in Providence Evening Telegram office, beginning in 1901; initiated into Providence Union March 25, 1906; employed on Attleboro Sun in 1907. WILLIAM E. SMART - Born Searsport, Me., March 26, 1854; learned stereotyping in Washington, D. C., beginning in 1881; foreman of Providence Journal stereotype room from 1884 to 1904; initiated into Providence Typographical Union March 27, 1887; now located in Boston, Mass. E. P. SMITH (Bone) - Born Nashville, Tenn., and learned printing there, beginning about 1860. He was admitted to Providence Union by card Oct. 12, 1872, and worked in this city on the Morning Herald for about three months. He was a noted 'tourist' and staunch unionist. He died in Memphis, Tenn., in the fall of 1883, and is buried in the printers' lot in Elmwood Cemetery. EDWARD S. SMITH - Died Worcester, Mass., March 12, 1902, and is buried in Hope Cemetery in that city. He worked at printing in Providence in 1886, having been admitted by card to No. 33 at the January meeting in that year. He was a member of Worcester Union at the time of his death." continued in part 174.