Rhode Island.
1852. Little Rhody; in whose University [at Providence] so many months were passed conning over scenes which the last summer has realized.—S. S. Cox, ‘A Buckeye Abroad,’ p. 444.
1862. I must say of [Mr. Sheffield] and of his State, as did the “Sage of Ashland” in bygone days, “God bless little Rhody; she is always right.”—Mr. Geo. W. Dunlap of Kentucky, House of Repr., Jan. 31: Cong. Globe, p. 598/2.
