Show historic buu one of the most remarkable historia relics in rhode island is the bell on the butterfly factory near the village of saylesville Say lesville around this bell about four inches from the crown is this superscription peter amsterdam anno 1263 ME fecat it ia thus set forth that peter made this bell in amsterdam in the jear tho figure carved on the bell together with other authenticated facts lead to the belief that this bell was long used on a convent in england and was sequestrated rated during ane Be formation it is also a part of its history that it was used in the the ship guerriere which was captured by the united states ship constitution ang 19 1812 the bell was subsequently sold by the united states authorities with a lot of captured stores and thus came through the hands of the late stephen H smith to its present place in the butterfly factory pawtucket B L tribune |