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A Day in the Life: The Curious Rediscovery of Henry Bowen’s Day Book at the Providence City Archives
The Providence City Archives houses more than 24,000 cubic feet of archival material throughout the city, and only 75 percent of it has been accounted for thus far, so the …
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Why Captain Wallace Failed to Prevent the Revolutionary War
From December 1774 to March 1776, Captain James Wallace of the British Navy patrolled Narragansett Bay. He had two objectives: first, to minimize smuggling that evaded imperial custom duties; and …
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2 months ago
Barrington’s Nockum Hill, Oliver Cromwell, and the English Civil War: A Prelude to King Philip’s War
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In the Barneyville Historic District of Swansea, Massachusetts, near Old Providence Road and the Palmer River, there is a granite monument erected in 1912 with a bronze plaque that reads …
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