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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
nsets, captured, refuses to ransom his life by making peace, is turned over for execution to friendly Indians, who send his head as a token of love and loyalty to the commissioners at Hartford......April 4, 1676 Massacre in a cedar swamp near Warwick of 171 Indians by a party of English who did not lose a man......July 3, 1676 King Philip shot through the heart by an Indian while attempting to escape from a swamp near Mount Hope......Aug. 12, 1676 Governor Benedict Arnold dies June 20, 1678, and is succeeded by William Coddington......Aug. 28, 1678 Governor Coddington dies Nov. 1, 1678, and is succeeded by deputy-governor John Cranston......Nov. 15, 1678 Maj. Peleg Sandford succeeds Cranston as governor, who dies......March 12, 1680 Custom-house established at Newport to enforce the navigation acts published by the beat of drums......April 1, 1681 Assembly first meets at Providence under new charter......Oct. 26, 1681 Roger Williams dies, aged eighty-four, an