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The Lightships of Rhode Island, 1853-1962
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Maritime
The use of lightships as navigation aids began in England with the shipping of coal from Newcastle to London. With disturbing frequency, ships foundered on the rocks and shoals at …
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The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee
With but few exceptions,[1] it has usually been surmised by historians that the 1772 attack on the Royal Navy schooner Gaspee was a spontaneous response to the accidental grounding of …
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A School Teacher’s Life on Prudence Island in the Early 1900s
[From the editor: This charming article displays the author’s wonderful humor and eye for detail. Its author, Rachel Chase Boynton, was born in December 1894, the daughter of Captain Halsey …
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