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Narraganset Bay......March 14, 1643 General Court changes the name of Aquedneck to the Isles of Rhodes or Rhode Island......March 13, 1644 Grant to John Smith to establish a grist-mill above Mill Bridge in Providence, the first in Rhode Island......1646 Committees from Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick at Portsmouth, adopt the charter of 1643, choose John Coggeshall president of the colony, and give a tax of £ 100 to Roger Williams for obtaining the charter......May 19-21, 1647 Canonicus, sachem of the Narragansets, dies......June 4, 1647 William Coddington receives from the council of state in England a commission, signed by John Bradshaw, to govern Rhode Island and Connecticut during his life, with a council of six, to be named by the people and approved by himself. Authority procured April 3, 1651, and asserted......August, 1651 Roger Williams sent as agent of Providence to obtain a confirmation of their charter, and Dr. John Clarke, agent of Portsmou