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Providence Merchant John Brown Gets Rich Privateering in 1776 and 1777
1 year ago

Providence Merchant John Brown Gets Rich Privateering in 1776 and 1777

By  •  American Revolution and Revolutionary War, Maritime

Throughout the churning tides of 1776 and 1777, John Brown, a prominent merchant from Providence, amassed a fortune by investing in privateers. Through reviewing a comprehensive list of his privateers …
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General Isaac Peace Rodman, Citizen-Soldier and Martyr for the Union Cause
1 year ago

General Isaac Peace Rodman, Citizen-Soldier and Martyr for the Union Cause

By  •  Civil War

At the outbreak of the Civil War, thousands of men flocked to enlist in newly established companies and regiments in the Union Army then organizing in small towns throughout the …
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Banister’s Band of Brothers: Fox Hunting in South Kingstown and Narragansett After the American Revolution
1 year ago

Banister’s Band of Brothers: Fox Hunting in South Kingstown and Narragansett After the American Revolution

By  •  Colonial

We viewed the sea from a high rock…below us of three or four miles extent, a pleasant green meadow, thro’ the middle of which run a pritty winding river. Hamilton …
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