Some of the historic documents at the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum are more interesting than incredibly important.
For example, here we have a 1797 dated arrest warrant for East Greenwich resident, Thomas Howland, for not paying his fine and late fee ($2.22 total) for skipping out on parade duty as a member of the Kentish Guards!
1797 Arrest Warrant for “Failure to Parade” 
1797 Arrest Warrant for “Failure to Parade” 
1797 Arrest Warrant for “Failure to Parade”
An arrest warrant! Apparently, the 18th-century EG Parade Committee didn’t mess around.
