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Rhode Island History; Rhode Island Naval History; History of Rhode Island (1853; full text online) State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century by Edward Field (ed.). History of the state, published in 1902. (Full text available online.) 1663 charter Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine; Indian Place Names
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
Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, A.C. Greene and Brothers, 1865, OCLC 83697440, OL 20490388M Frederic Denison (1879), "Newport" , The past and the present: Narragansett, sea and shore , Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid
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 ...
Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]
Pages in category "Rhode Island history-related lists" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island;
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The Stephen Hopkins House is the oldest extant house in Providence. The Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly 400-year history integral to that of the United States, including significance in the American Revolutionary War by providing leadership and fighting strength, quartering troops, and supplying goods to residents by circumventing the blockade of Newport.