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The attack by Massachusetts soldiers on the …
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This decision brought the Gortonists to seek out William’s friend and benefactor, Miantonomi, to purchase the land between the Pawtuxet River and Apponaug and from the bay to a point about 20 miles …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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7/19/12
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Benjamin Church, fearing the worst, sent his wife to the relative safe haven of Aquidneck Island and went to Plymouth to offer his services and advised immediate action. The Plymouth authorities were …
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Terry D'Amato
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8/8/12
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22 views
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From its earliest days as a colony, Rhode Island attracted the ire of its neighboring colonies because of its basic concepts. Roger Williams' doctrine that conscience was to be the sole guide of the …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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12/20/12
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Miantonomi, grand-sachem of the Narragansett Indians, accompanied by a number of lesser sachems and warriors, met with a group of English colonists led by Samuel Gorton, John Greene and Randall …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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7/12/12
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On December 10, 1675, in a blinding snowstorm, the thousand soldiers, armed with four-foot long muskets and carrying 20 bullets each, reached their destination an hour or two after noon. Church …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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8/16/12
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23 views
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In addition to the school crisis came the impact of the war in Europe and the threat to the United States. Early in 1941, city officials were called upon to preside at a very emotional program when …
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Don D'Amato
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4/11/12
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A feeling of nostalgia engulfed historian Don …
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Under Joseph Carrolo’s leadership, the “beach” grew and prospered. Alice remembers the excitement of the many “Mardi-gras” held there and still chuckles over one of the incidents that …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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3/15/12
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Rhode Island's history shows that a number of its residents who were considered to be pillars of society in their own lifetime were later considered scoundrels and vice versa. Modern historians, for …
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Terry D'Amato
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12/27/12
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Most of us in Rhode Island have been conditioned to point with pride at Roger Williams, great contribution to freedom of religion. This, of course, is rightly so, but we often forget that Williams …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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6/13/12
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19 views
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One of the major problems of the time was the large number of blackbirds that abounded in the 17th century. To counter this, the Indians built a “watch house” in the fields where the older …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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6/6/12
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21 views
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