Rhode Island – General

[Note from the Editor: The following list is excerpted from “American Millionaires, The Tribune’s list of all Americans reputed to be worth a million or more,” published by The Tribune …
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Long-simmering tensions in southeastern New England over land and the mistreatment of Indigenous people finally exploded into all-out conflict in June 1675. King Philip’s War, as it became known, began …
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In the vault at the South Kingstown Town Hall, tucked into the inside back cover of Town Meeting Records March 1798 to 1836 South Kingstown, there are several typewritten copies …
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[Note from the authors: The essay that follows is a condensed version of a longer essay that is to accompany a major addition to the Dorr Rebellion Project (at http://library.providence.edu/dorr/) …
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[Editor’s Note: The following interesting sketch of one of the most severe winters in the history of Rhode Island, the winter of 1739 to 1740, was written by William Greene …
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In its September 1840 term, the Providence Supreme Court published an especially peculiar document. The court’s order in Burrillville, a seemingly-simple inheritance dispute, combined handwritten text with printed character in …
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[Note from the Editor: Last week’s article consisted of three short stories by Ed Iannuccilli from his childhood growing up in the 1940s in Providence on Wealth Avenue, near Academy …
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Life holds a knapsack full of memories—all of them significant; many, if not most, are worth recording. Growing up in a neighborhood of family and friends was a journey to …
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I was just 18 years old, a college freshman, on May 4, 1970, when National Guardsmen in Ohio opened fire and killed four student protestors at Kent State University. Fifty …
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My fascination with antique glass bottles began when I was around ten years old. I was visiting a neighbor’s house that was built near an …
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