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Pawtucket (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
passed......1889 First State convention of the Union Reform party held, and Arnold B. Chace nominated for governor......Feb. 25, 1889 Australian ballot system introduced at State election......April 2, 1889 John W. Davis elected governor by the legislature, there being no choice by the people......May, 1890 Celebration of the centennial of the introduction of cotton-spinning into America begins at Providence......Sept. 29, 1890 Monument to Samuel Smith Collyer dedicated at Pawtucket at close of cotton centennial celebration......Oct. 4, 1890 Vote for governor: Davis, Democrat, 22,249; Ladd, Republican, 20,995; Larry, Prohibition, 1,829; Burton, National, 384......April 1, 1891 Soldiers' home at Bristol dedicated......May 21, 1891 Herbert W. Ladd, Republican, elected governor by the legislature......May 26, 1891 Ex-Gov. Henry Lippitt dies at Newport, aged seventy-three......June 5, 1891 New State-house authorized and $1,500,000 in bonds ordered issued...
Pocomoke City (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
by Massachusetts, on the west by Connecticut, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Block Island, about 9 miles from the mainland, is a portion of the State's territory. Area, 1,250 square miles, in five counties. Population 1890, 345,506; 1900, 428,556. Capitals, Providence and Newport. Roger Williams, banished from Plymouth colony, with five companies settles at a spot which he calls Providence......June, 1636 Aquedneck Island settled by eighteen proprietors at Portsmouth, now New Town, first called Pocasset......1637 Canonicus and his nephew Miantinomo, sachems of the Narragansets, deed to Roger Williams all lands between the Pawtucket and Pawtuxet rivers......March 24, 1638 Roger Williams and Governor Winthrop make a joint purchase of Prudence Island......Nov. 10, 1638 First general training or militia muster in Rhode Island held at Portsmouth......Nov. 12, 1638 Aquedneck purchased from the Indians by William Coddington and his friends ......Nov. 22, 1639
Woonsocket (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
ention at Newport, resolve hereafter to act independently of the Republican party......Oct. 18, 1882 Amendment to the State constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, goes into effect......July 1, 1886 Compulsory education act passed requiring at least twelve weeks of school attendance, six of them consecutive, by all children between seven and fifteen years of age......1887 Arbor Day established as a legal holiday......1887 City of Woonsocket incorporated......1888 Bourn amendment to the State constitution, abolishing property qualification for electors, proclaimed by governor......November, 1888 State agricultural school established by act of legislature......1888 Vote at April election for governor: John W. Davis, Democrat, 21,289; H. W. Ladd, Republican, 16,870; James H. Chace, Law Enforcement party, 3,597; H. H. Richardson, Prohibition, 1,346. There being no choice, the legislature chose H. W. Ladd......May 28, 18
Portsmouth (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
ck Island settled by eighteen proprietors at Portsmouth, now New Town, first called Pocasset......16ng or militia muster in Rhode Island held at Portsmouth......Nov. 12, 1638 Aquedneck purchased frers, to planters of the towns of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport, for incorporation of Providencd......1646 Committees from Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick at Portsmouth, adopt tPortsmouth, adopt the charter of 1643, choose John Coggeshall president of the colony, and give a tax of £ 100 to Rogertheir charter, and Dr. John Clarke, agent of Portsmouth and Newport, to obtain a repeal of Coddingto..Feb. 18, 1653 Assembly of island towns, Portsmouth and Newport, restore code of 1647, and electy 17-18, 1653 Providence and Warwick with Portsmouth and Newport in one General Assembly re-estabams dies, aged eighty-four, and is buried in Portsmouth......1683 Royal government established inon Lake Erie......1813 Friends' school at Portsmouth established in 1784, but discontinued after
Louisburg (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
500 and £ 10 for any one who takes a ticket......Jan. 23, 1733 Sloop Pelican, the first whaling vessel from Rhode Island, arrives at Newport with cargo......June, 1733 Assembly meets at Greenwich for the first time......Feb. 18, 1734 Newport artillery incorporated by act of Assembly......Feb. 1, 1742 Gen. Nathanael Greene born at Potowamet, in township of Warwick......May 22, 1742 Legislature resolves to raise 150 men and to fit out the colony ship Tartar for the siege of Louisburg......May, 1745 Two large privateers, with 400 men, sail from Newport into a northeast snowstorm, are lost, and nearly 200 women in Newport are made widows......Dec. 24, 1745 Eastern boundary of Rhode Island, disputed by Massachusetts and settled by a royal commission in 1741, is confirmed by royal decree received......Nov. 11, 1746 Company of the Redwood Library, formed in 1735 at Newport, receives a charter from the colony......August, 1747 Providence Library Association chart
Middletown (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
Greyhound, off the southeast coast of Long Island, are brought to Newport, tried, and twenty-six sentenced and hanged on Gravelly Point, opposite the town......July 12, 1723 Property qualification for suffrage established, requiring a freehold of value of £ 100 or an annual income of £ 2......Feb. 18, 1724 Boundary-line with Connecticut signed at Westerly......Sept. 27, 1728 George Berkely, dean of Derry, afterwards bishop of Cloyne, arrives in Rhode Island and purchases a farm in Middletown, near New York......Jan. 23, 1730 [After two and a half years he returned to England, giving his farm and a collection of books to Yale College.] Assembly passes an act for the relief of poor sailors; 6d. a month to be deducted for the purpose from the wages of every Rhode Island seaman......May, 1730 Rhode Island Gazette published by James Franklin, brother of Benjamin, for seven months at Newport; first in the State......Sept. 27, 1732 A private company petitions the legislat
Greenwich, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
s of every Rhode Island seaman......May, 1730 Rhode Island Gazette published by James Franklin, brother of Benjamin, for seven months at Newport; first in the State......Sept. 27, 1732 A private company petitions the legislature to sanction a lottery; suppressed by statute under a penalty of £ 500 and £ 10 for any one who takes a ticket......Jan. 23, 1733 Sloop Pelican, the first whaling vessel from Rhode Island, arrives at Newport with cargo......June, 1733 Assembly meets at Greenwich for the first time......Feb. 18, 1734 Newport artillery incorporated by act of Assembly......Feb. 1, 1742 Gen. Nathanael Greene born at Potowamet, in township of Warwick......May 22, 1742 Legislature resolves to raise 150 men and to fit out the colony ship Tartar for the siege of Louisburg......May, 1745 Two large privateers, with 400 men, sail from Newport into a northeast snowstorm, are lost, and nearly 200 women in Newport are made widows......Dec. 24, 1745 Eastern bounda
Tiverton (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
1778 French fleet of eleven sail-of-line ships, under Count d'estaing, appearing off Brenton's Reef, six British war-vessels attempt to leave the harbor. They are pursued, and are run ashore and set on fire by their crews......Aug. 5, 1778 While the French fleet, dispersed by storms, refits at Boston, the British attack the Americans on Butts Hill; the Americans lose 211 men, the British somewhat more......Aug. 29, 1778 Americans under General Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island to Tiverton, Aug. 30, 1778, and the British fleet with the army of Sir Henry Clinton arrives at Newport......Aug. 31, 1778 Maj. Silas Talbot, with the sloop Hawk, captures the Pigot, a British galley which blockaded the eastern passage......Oct. 28, 1778 General Assembly grants £ 500 for distressed inhabitants of Newport......January, 1779 British embark for New York......Oct. 11-25, 1779 French army lands at Newport......July 10, 1780 Public reception given to General Washington in New
Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
e, a sloop loaded with provisions captured the day before near Block Island......June, 1706 Colony of Rhode Island first issues paper money (£ 5,000), to defray the expenses of war......Aug. 16 1710 Latin school in Newport opened by Mr. Galloway......1711 First quarantine act, against small-pox......1711 First edition of the laws of Rhode Island printed in Boston......1719 Thirty-six pirates, captured by Captain Solgard, of British ship Greyhound, off the southeast coast of Long Island, are brought to Newport, tried, and twenty-six sentenced and hanged on Gravelly Point, opposite the town......July 12, 1723 Property qualification for suffrage established, requiring a freehold of value of £ 100 or an annual income of £ 2......Feb. 18, 1724 Boundary-line with Connecticut signed at Westerly......Sept. 27, 1728 George Berkely, dean of Derry, afterwards bishop of Cloyne, arrives in Rhode Island and purchases a farm in Middletown, near New York......Jan. 23, 1730
Butts Hill (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
d a number of houses at Warren......May 25, 1778 William Ellery, Henry Marchant, and John Collins sign the Articles of Confederation......July 9, 1778 French fleet of eleven sail-of-line ships, under Count d'estaing, appearing off Brenton's Reef, six British war-vessels attempt to leave the harbor. They are pursued, and are run ashore and set on fire by their crews......Aug. 5, 1778 While the French fleet, dispersed by storms, refits at Boston, the British attack the Americans on Butts Hill; the Americans lose 211 men, the British somewhat more......Aug. 29, 1778 Americans under General Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island to Tiverton, Aug. 30, 1778, and the British fleet with the army of Sir Henry Clinton arrives at Newport......Aug. 31, 1778 Maj. Silas Talbot, with the sloop Hawk, captures the Pigot, a British galley which blockaded the eastern passage......Oct. 28, 1778 General Assembly grants £ 500 for distressed inhabitants of Newport......January, 1779 Britis
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