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The British Wool Society grazed sheep on the island in the 1790s and the land was farmed for many years until the last farmer, Peter Hogg, died in 1904. [11] Throughout most of its history, Cramond Island was used for farming, especially sheep-farming, [2] and perhaps served as a fishing outpost as well.
The early Rhode Island inhabitants named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter, dated July 8, 1663 and signed with the royal seal by King Charles II; this charter was the basis for Rhode Island's government for nearly two centuries: [38] Author: John Clarke; Governor: Benedict Arnold; Deputy Governor: William Brenton; Assistants: William Baulston ...
1748 – Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ending the War of the Austrian Succession. 1750 – Thomas Walker passes through the Cumberland Gap. Reversing itself, the Province of Georgia decides to permit slavery. 1754 – Outbreak of French and Indian War. French build Fort Duquesne. Albany Congress, where plans of colonial union are unveiled.
Gilbert Curle married Barbara Mowbray at Tutbury Castle. Curle married Barbara Mowbray, one of Mary's gentlewomen. [15] She was a daughter of John Mowbray, Laird of Barnbougle in West Lothian, near Cramond Island, and Elizabeth Kirkcaldy, a sister of William Kirkcaldy of Grange.
U.S. Naval Torpedo Station established on Goat Island. August: Ulysses S. Grant visits Newport. [8] 1870 Rose Island Light built. The People's Free Library, later the Newport Public Library opens at its new location on Thames Street on May 4 completing the merger with the Newport Free Library and Reading Room. [29]
1634 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1634th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 634th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1630s decade. As of the start of 1634, the ...
Providence, Rhode Island: Sampson, Murdock & Co. 1889. George Owen Willard (1891), History of the Providence stage, 1762-1891, Providence: Rhode Island News Co., OL 7237402M; Mariana M. Tallman (1893), "In and about Providence", Pleasant places in Rhode Island, and how to reach them, Providence: The Providence Journal Company
Cramond Roman Fort is a Roman-Era archaeological site at Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] The settlement may be the "Rumabo" listed in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography . The fort was established around 140 AD and occupied until around 170 AD, with a further period of occupation from around 208 to 214 AD. [ 2 ]