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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 2 2 Browse Search
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1775 Gov. Joseph Wanton suspended from office, to which he had just been elected for the seventh time, for upholding the action of the British government......May 3, 1775 Admiral Wallace, commanding British fleet in Rhode Island, bombards Bristol, plunders the people, and burns Governor Bradford's house and seventeen others, together with two churches......Oct. 7, 1775 Charles Dudley, the King's collector of customs for Rhode Island, flees for refuge on board a ship-of-war......Nov. 15, 1775 British troops, 250, landed at Providence, are driven to their ships by troops from Warren and Bristol. Dec. 13, 1775 A false alarm brings troops under Generals Greene, Sullivan, and Washington to Providence, Washington returning to New York......April 7, 1776 Last Colonial Assembly of Rhode Island at Providence, May 1, 1776; abjures allegiance to the British crown......May, 1776 Declaration of Independence celebrated in Rhode Island, which the Assembly names The State of