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RHODE
ISLAND 1840
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Updated
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TOPICS
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1740 |
50
YEARS BEFORE RHODE ISLAND'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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July 15, Richard Ward appointed governor of Rhode Island
(1740-May 1743).
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1741 |
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Coventry in
Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island.
Attractions & Recreation :
Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum,
Tiogue Lake, Woodland
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1742 |
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August 7, Nathanael
Greene, born in Potowomut, Kent County, Rhode Island.
General in the War of Independence (1775-1783).
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1743 |
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May, William
Greene appointed governor of Rhode Island (1743-May
1745).
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1744 |
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1745 |
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May, Gideon
Wanton appointed governor of Rhode Island (1745-May
1746).
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1746 |
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Barrington
town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part
of Bristol County and the town of Warren.
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Bristol
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, annexed to
Rhode Island. Seat of Bristol County and named Bristol
in England. Coordinates 41°40'N-71°16'W.
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Warren, transferred
from Massachusetts to Bristol County in Rhode Island.
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Brown University,
former Rhode Island College, founded in Warren, Bristol
County, Rhode Island.
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The Town of
Cumberland created in Providence County, Rhode Island,
as part of Rehoboth later Attleboro.
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May, William
Greene appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1746-May 1747).
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1747 |
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The Beavertail
Lighthouse, near Jamestown, Newport County, was
the first lighthouse built in Rhode Island.
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Bristol County
established and became part of the Rhode Island Colony.
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The town of
Cumberland incorporated in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
- The Redwood Library designed
by Peter Harrison, and build in Newport, Newport County,
Rhode Island. The oldest lending library in the U.S.
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Warren incorporated
in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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May, Gideon
Wanton appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1746-1748).
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1748 |
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William Greene,
appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1748-1755).
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A census showed
the population of Warren in Bristol County, Rhode Island,
to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.
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1749 |
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1750 |
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Kent County
established in Rhode Island.
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The Georgian
style John Hunt House, built around 1750, for Lt. John
Hunt Jr. in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode
Island.
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1751 |
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1752 |
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Maxwell House
built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island by Reverend
Samuel Maxwell. The Massasoit Historic Association owns
the house and is maintained as a working museum.
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1753 |
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1754 |
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Babcock-Smith
House built for Dr. Joshua Babcock in Westerly, Washington
County, Rhode Island. Listed in the National Register
of Historic Places.
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Cranston, separated
from Providence, and incorporated as town in Providence
County, Rhode Island. Named for Samuel Cranston, governor
of Rhode Island (1698-1727). Coordinates 41°47'N-71°26'W.
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1755 |
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Stephen Hopkins,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1755-1757).
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Gilbert Suart
born in Saunderstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Artist painter of portrait of George Washingthon on
the dollar bill.
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Maxwell House,
a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell
in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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May 10, Robert
Gray, born in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Explorer, trader and Captain of the first U.S. ship
to circumnavigate the globe, he also discovered the
Columbia River.
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1756 |
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1757 |
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William Greene,
appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1757-February
22, 1758).
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1758 |
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March 14, Stephen
Hopkins appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1758-1762).
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1759 |
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March 6,
Johnston incorporated as town in Providence County,
RI. Named for colonial attorney general August Johnston.
Area 24.4 sq.mi. (63km²). Attractions
& Recreation : e.g. Clemence Irons
House, Dame Farm, Johnston War Memorial Park
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April 18, first
meeting of Johston town freemen, Providence County,
Rhode Island.
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1760 |
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Warren in Bristol
County, became a well known Rhode Island whaling port.
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1761 |
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1762 |
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Samuel Ward,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1762-1763).
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Touro Synagogue,
dedicated in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
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1763 |
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Stephen Hopkins,
appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1763-1765).
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The Touro Synagogue
completed in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
The oldest synagogue in the U.S. designed by Peter Harrison.
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1764 |
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1765 |
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Samuel Ward,
appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1765-1767).
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1766 |
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February 10,
Henry Smith born in Providence, Providence County, Rhode
Island. Governor of Rhode Island (1805-1806).
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1767 |
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Stephen Hopkins,
appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1767-1768).
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1768 |
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Josias Lyndon,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1768-1769).
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1769 |
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Joseph Wanton
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1769-November 7,
1775).
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July, the 'Liberty'
a sloop harassing Colonial coasters and fishermen, was
captured by angry residents of Newport in Newport County,
Rhode Island.
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1770 |
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The western
part of Warren town separated and incorporated as Barrington
in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°44'N-71°16'W.
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Abraham Greene
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
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1771 |
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1772 |
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1773 |
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Varnum House
Museum, built by James Mitchell Varnum in East Greenwich,
Kent County, Rhode Island. Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
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1774 |
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Rhode Island,
first colony to prohibit importation of slaves.
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The first circus
in the U.S. performed in Newport, Newport County, Rhode
Island.
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Dr. Peter Turner
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
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1775 |
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Dr. Babcock
appointed first postmaster of Westerly in Washington
County, Rhode Island.
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October, British
ships fired upon the town of Bristol in Bristol County,
Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions was revoked.
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November 7,
Nicholas Cooke, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1775-May
1778).
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| 1776 |
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JULY
4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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The British occupied Newport in Newport County, Rhode
Island.
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May, Rhode Island became the first colony to declare
its independence from Great Britain.
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1777 |
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1778 |
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William Greene,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1778-1786).
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Revolutionary
War battle ships intentionally sunk during the siege
of Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island. Sunk by
the British to avoid French vessels from landing to
help the American's effort for Independence.
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May 25, Warren
raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary
War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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1779 |
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October 25,
Before leaving Rhode Island, the British burned the
Brenton Point barracks in Newport, Newport County and
Beavertail lighthouse.
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1780 |
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April
7, William Ellery Channing, born in Newport, Newport
County, Rhode Island. Harvard graduate (1798), Unitarian
theologian, author, clergyman, congregationalist, moralist
and minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1840,
burried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. His statues standing in Boston
Public Garden and Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
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1781 |
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George Washington
met Generals Lafayette and Rochembeau in Newport, Newport
County, Rhode Island, to plan the final battles of the
Revolution.
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General Washington
attended a town meeting in the Touro Synagogue in Newport,
Newport County, Rhode Island.
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1782 |
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1783 |
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1784 |
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Beavertail
lighthouse near Jamestown in Newport County, operational
again after being burned by British forces in 1779.
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1785 |
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4th of July
celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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1786 |
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April 15, Walter
Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
University of Pennsylvania M.D. graduate, physician,
and one of the founders in 1832 of the Boston Lying-In
Hospital.
Professor of obstetrics, midwifery and medical jurisprudence
at Harvard. First to use ether as an
anesthetic in obstetrics. Officer of the Massachusetts
Medical Society and editor
of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery.
Died on July 27, 1876 in Brookline, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
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May 3, John
Collins, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1786-May
5, 1790).
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1787 |
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Quaker Meetinghouse
and the windmill rebuilt, destroyed during British occupation,
in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
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1788 |
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1789 |
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First United
Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established in Warren,
Bristol County.
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1790 |
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Rhode Island population, 68,825 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol
County population, 3,211 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 8,848 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport
County population, 14,300 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 24,391 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 18,075 residents.
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May 17, Arthur Fenner, appointed governor of Rhode Island
(1790-October 15, 1805).
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May
29, Rhode Island RI, 13th
state admitted to the Union
Rhode
Island Today : Capital
Providence. Area 1,545 sq.mi.(4.002km²),
50th largest state. Counties
5 : Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence,
Washington. Attractions
& Recreation : Beavertail State Park,
Blackstone River Bikeway, Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Blackstone
River Visitor Center, Block Island National Wildlife
Refuge, Brenton Point State Park, Burlingame Campground,
Burlingame State Park, Charlestown Breachway, Colt
State Park, Dame Farm, East Bay Bike Path, East Beach,
East Matunuck State Beach, Fisherman's State Park,
Fort Adams State Park, Fort Wetherill, Goddard Memorial
State Park, Haines Memorial State Park, Heritage Harbor
Museum, John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge, Lincoln
Woods State Park, Misquamicut State Beach, Narragansett
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ninigret
National Wildlife Refuge, Roger Wheeler State Beach,
Roger
Williams National Memorial, Sachuest Point National
Wildlife Refuge, RISD Museum, Salty Brine State Beach,
Scarborough State Beach, Snake den State Park, Touro
Synagogue National Historic Site, Trustom Pond
National Wildlife Refuge, World War II Memorial State
Park.
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Central
Falls established in te Black Valley region in Providence
County, Rhode Island.
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December,
the first water-powered textile mill build by English
manufacturer Samuel Slater on the banks of the Blackstone
River at Pawtucket in Providence County, Rhode Island.
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1791 |
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1792 |
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1793 |
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1794 |
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1795 |
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1796 |
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1797 |
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1798 |
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1799 |
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1800 |
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Rhode Island
population, 69,122 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol
County population, 3,801 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 8,487 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport
County population, 14,845 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 25,854 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 16,135 residents.
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Fort Dumplings
established, overlooking East Passage in Newport County,
Rhode Island.
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1801 |
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1802 |
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Warren town's
first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased, Bristol
County, Rhode Island.
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February
26, Esek Hopkins died in Providence, Providence County,
Rhode Island. First commodore of the United States Navy
during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Born, April
26, 1718 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.
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| 1803 |
Louisiana
Purchase
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September
3, Prudence Crandall, born in Hopkinton, Washington
County, Rhode Island. School teacher who attempted to
educate Negro girls in a Connecticut school.
- December 20, Samuel Hopkins
died in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Theologian,
writer, Congregationalist opposing slavery. Born on September
17, 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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1804 |
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The East Greenwich
Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse) built
by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.
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1805 |
- February 10, Henry Smith
appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1805-May 7,
1806).
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October 15,
Paul Mumford, appointed acting governor of Rhode Island.
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October 23,
John Russell Bartlett, born in Providence, Providence
County, Rhode Island. Bibliographer and Rhode Island
Secretary of State.
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November 5,
Thomas Wilson Dorr, born in Providence, Providence County,
Rhode Island. Lawyer and constitutional reformer (Dorr
Rebellion).
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1806 |
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The Town of
Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
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April 16, Old
Glocester in Providence County, Rhode Island, divided
in half, with the southern half retaining the original
name and the northern half called Burrillville.
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May 7, Isaac
Wilbur appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1806-May
6, 1807).
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November 17,
Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
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1807 |
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May 6, James
Fenner elected governor of Rhode Island (1807-May 1,
1811).
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1808 |
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1809 |
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1810 |
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Rhode Island
population, 76,931 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol County
population, 5,072 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 9,834 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport County
population, 15,294 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 30,769 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 14,962 residents.
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1811 |
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May 1, William
Jones elected governor of Rhode Island (1811-May 7, 1817).
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1812 |
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The Moffett Mill
constructed along the Moshassuck River in Lincoln, Providence
County. A two-story high building believed to be the first
machine shop in Rhode Island.
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Rehoboth set
off as the township of Seekonk, western part East Providence
in Providence County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°49'N-71°23'W.
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1813 |
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1814 |
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1815 |
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1816 |
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1817 |
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Nehemiah R. Knight,
elected governor of Rhode Island (1817-January 9, 1821).
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1818 |
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Jamestown in
Newport County, Rhode Island, population grew to 504 people.
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1819 |
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1820 |
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Rhode Island
population, 83,059 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol County
population, 5,637 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 10,227 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport County
population, 15,770 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 35,698 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 15,683 residents.
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1821 |
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January 9,
Edward Cox elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May
2, 1821).
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May 2, William
C. Gibbs elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May
5, 1824).
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1822 |
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Rhode Island
Historical Society established.
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1823 |
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1824 |
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The name of
the village of Central Falls in Providence County, Rhode
Island, given by Stephen Jenkins, a prominent businessman.
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Construction
of Fort Adams, in Newport County, Rhode Island, begun
but completion took about 30 years.
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Cranston Print
Works, founded in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode
Island.
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February
24, George William Curtis, born in Providence, Providence
County, Rhode Island. Author, editor and journalist,
works e.g. ' The Potiphar Papers'.
Died on August 31, 1892 in Staten Island, New York.
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May 5, James
Fenner elected second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1824-May 4, 1831).
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1825 |
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Construction
of the 45 mile Blackstone Canal began, between Worcester
and Providence in Providence County, Rhode Island.
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1826 |
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1827 |
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1828 |
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1829 |
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January
7, James Burrill Angel, born in Scituate, Providence
County, Rhode Island. Educator and diplomat, author
of e.g. 'Progress in International Law'
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1830 |
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Rhode Island
population, 97,199 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol
County population, 5,446 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 12,789 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport
County population, 16,535 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 47,018 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 15,411 residents.
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St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell Warren,
built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In National
Register of Historic Buildings.
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September 12,
William Sprague born in Cranston, Providence County,
Rhode Island. Governor of RI and Senator
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1831 |
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May 4, Lemuel
H. Arnold elected governor of Rhode Island (1831-May
1, 1833).
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1832 |
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June, Samuel
Willard Bridgham elected mayor of Providence in Providence
County, Rhode Island (1832-December 28, 1840).
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1833 |
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May 1, John
B. Francis elected governor of Rhode Island (1833-May
2, 1838).
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1834 |
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1835 |
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Rhode
Island's first railroad operational.
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1836 |
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1837 |
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1838 |
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May 2, William
Sprague elected governor of Rhode Island (1838-May 1,
1839).
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1839 |
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May 2, Samuel
W. King elected governor of Rhode Island (1839-May 2,
1843).
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1840 |
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Rhode Island population, 108,830 residents.
- Rhode Island, Bristol
County population, 6,476 residents.
- Rhode Island, Kent County
population, 13,083 residents.
- Rhode Island, Newport
County population, 18,874 residents.
- Rhode Island, Providence
County population, 58,078 residents.
- Rhode Island, Washington
County population, 14,324 residents.
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1740-1840
BRISTOL COUNTY
Timeline 23
Topics
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Bristol
County Newspapers
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Places/Towns :
Annawomscutt, Barrington, Bay Spring, Beach Terrace,
Bristol, Bristol Highlands, Coggeshall, East Warren, Laurell
Park, Nayatt, Touisset Highlands, Portsmouth, Prudence
Island, Warren, West Barrington.
Same name counties (1)
: Bristol County, Massachusetts
Adjacent counties (4) :
Bristol County, MA - Kent County, RI - Newport County,
RI - Providence County, RI
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Barrington
town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part
of Bristol County and the town of Warren.
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Bristol
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, annexed to
Rhode Island. Seat of Bristol County and named Bristol
in England. Coordinates 41°40'N-71°16'W.
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Warren, transferred from Massachusetts to Bristol County
in Rhode Island.
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Brown University, former Rhode Island College, founded
in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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Bristol County
established, became part of the Rhode Island Colony.
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Warren incorporated
in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
Attractions
& Recreation : 2nd Story Theatre, Burr's
Hill Park, Charles R. Carr Collection, Cutler Mills
District, East Bay Bike Path, Firemen's Museum, First
United Methodist Church, Masonic Temple, Maxwell House,
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Warren Baptist Church,
Warren Town Hall
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A census showed
the population of Warren in Bristol County, Rhode Island,
to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.
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Maxwell House
built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island by Reverend
Samuel Maxwell. The Massasoit Historic Association
owns the house and is maintained as a working museum.
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Maxwell House,
a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell
in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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Warren in Bristol
County, became a well known Rhode Island whaling port.
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The western
part of Warren town separated and incorporated as Barrington
in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°44'N-71°16'W.
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October, British
ships fired upon the town of Bristol in Bristol County,
Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions was revoked.
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May 25, Warren
raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary
War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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4th of July
celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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First United
Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established in Warren,
Bristol County.
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Bristol
County population, 3,211 residents.
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Bristol
County population, 3,801 residents. (18.37%
increase since 1790)
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Warren town's
first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased, Bristol
County, Rhode Island.
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Bristol
County population, 5,072 residents. (33.43% increase
since 1800)
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Bristol
County population, 5,637 residents. (11.13%
increase since 1810)
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- Bristol County
population, 5,446 residents. (-3.50%
decrease since 1820)
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St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell Warren,
built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In National
Register of Historic Buildings.
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Bristol
County population, 6,476 residents. (18.91%
increase since 1830)
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BRISTOL
COUNTY FACTS, STATISTICS, COMPARISON
(Source
U.S. Census Bureau - retrieved March 2010)
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Bristol
County Population 1790 - 1890
(2008 estimate)
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1790
- 3,211 residents
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1800
- 3,801 residents (18.37% increase
since 1790)
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1810
- 5,072 residents ( 33.43% increase
since 1800 - highest increase)
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1820
- 5,637 residents (11.13% increase
since 1810)
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1830
- 5,446 residents ( -3.5% decrease
since 1820)
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1840
- 6,476 residents (18.91% increase
since 1830)
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1850
- 8,514 residents (31.47% increase
since 1840)
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1860
- 8,907 residents (4.61% increase
since 1850)
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1870
- 9,421 residents (5.77% increase
since 1860)
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1880
- 11,394 residents (20.94% increase
since 1880)
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1890
- 11,428 residents (0.29% increase
since 1880
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1890
- 255.9% increase since
1790
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2008
estimate - 48.838 residents - 1,420.95%
increase since 1790
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Adjacent
counties : Comparison - LAND AREA
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556.00 sq.mi.
(1.440km²) Bristol County, MA (largest)
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413.27 sq.mi.
(1.070km²) Providence County, RI
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170.17 sq.mi.
(441km²) Kent County, , RI
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104.05 sq.mi.(269km²)
Newport County, RI
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24.86 sq.mi.
(64km²) Bristol County, RI (smallest)
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Adjacent
counties : Comparison - PER CAPITA MONEY INCOME(1999)
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$ 26,779
- Newport County, RI (highest)
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$ 26,503
- Bristol County, RI (- 1.04% lower compared to
Newport, RI)
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$ 23,833
- Kent County, RI (- 12.36% lower compared to
Newport, RI)
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$ 20,978
- Bristol County, MA (- 27.65% lower compared
to Newport, RI)
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$ 19,255
- Providence County, RI (lowest - 39.07% lower
compared to Newport, RI)
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Adjacent
counties : Comparison - HOUSING UNITS(2008)
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256,548 - Providence County, RI (highest)
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225,178 - Bristol County, MA
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72,562
- Kent County, RI
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40,966 - Newport County, RI
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20,266 - Bristol County, RI (lowest)
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Adjacent
counties : Comparison - POPULATION ESTIMATE(2008)
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626,150 - Providence County, RI (highest)
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545,823 - Bristol County, MA
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168,058 - Kent County, RI
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80,478 - Newport County, RI
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48,838 - Bristol County, RI (lowest)
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Adjacent
Counties : Comparison - NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS
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23
- Newport County, RI (highest
important historical significance?)
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15
- Provdence County, RI
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13
- Bristol County, MA
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1
- Bristol County, RI -
Kent County, RI (lowest)
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1740-1840
KENT COUNTY
Timeline 5
Topics
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1741 |
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Coventry in
Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island.
Attractions & Recreation :
Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum,
Tiogue Lake, Woodland
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1750 |
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Kent County
established in Rhode Island.
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1770 |
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Abraham Greene
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
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1774 |
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Dr. Peter Turner
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
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The East Greenwich
Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse) built
by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.
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1740-1840
NEWPORT COUNTY Timeline
18 Topics
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The Beavertail
Lighthouse, near Jamestown, Newport County, was
the first lighthouse built in Rhode Island.
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The
Redwood Library designed by Peter Harrison, and build
in Newport, Newport County, RI. The oldest lending
library in the U.S.
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May 10, Robert
Gray, born in Tiverton, Newport County, RI. Explorer,
trader and Captain of the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate
the globe, he also discovered the Columbia River.
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Touro Synagogue,
dedicated in Newport, Newport County, RI. Oldest synagogue
in the United States.
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The Touro Synagogue
completed in Newport, Newport County, RI. The oldest synagogue
in the U.S. designed by Peter Harrison.
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July, the
'Liberty' a sloop harassing Colonial coasters
and fishermen, was captured by angry residents of
Newport in Newport County, RI.
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The first circus
in the U.S. performed in Newport, Newport County, RI.
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The British occupied Newport in Newport County, Rhode
Island.
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Revolutionary
War battle ships intentionally sunk during the siege
of Newport in Newport County, RI. Sunk by the British
to avoid French vessels from landing to help the American's
effort for Independence.
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April
7, William Ellery Channing, born in Newport, Newport
County, Rhode Island. Harvard graduate (1798), Unitarian
theologian, author, clergyman, congregationalist, moralist
and minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1840,
burried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. His statues standing in Boston
Public Garden and Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
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George Washington
met Generals Lafayette and Rochembeau in Newport, Newport
County, RI, to plan the final battles of the Revolution.
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General Washington
attended a town meeting in the Touro Synagogue in Newport,
Newport County, Rhode Island.
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Beavertail
lighthouse near Jamestown in Newport County, operational
again after being burned by British forces in 1779.
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April 15, Walter
Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, RI. University
of Pennsylvania M.D. graduate, physician, and one of
the founders in 1832 of the Boston Lying-In Hospital.
Professor of obstetrics, midwifery and medical jurisprudence
at Harvard. First to use ether as an
anesthetic in obstetrics. Officer of the Massachusetts
Medical Society and editor
of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery.
Died on July 27, 1876 in Brookline, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts.
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Quaker Meetinghouse
and the windmill rebuilt, destroyed during British occupation,
in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
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Fort Dumplings
established, overlooking East Passage in Newport County,
RI.
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December
20, Samuel Hopkins died in Newport, Newport County, RI.
Theologian, writer, Congregationalist opposing slavery.
Born on September 17, 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Jamestown in
Newport County, RI, population grew to 504 people.
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Cranston,
separated from Providence, and incorporated as town in
Providence County, Rhode Island. Named for Samuel Cranston,
governor of Rhode Island (1698-1727). Coordinates 41°47'N-71°26'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Sprague Mansion historic landmark, The Friends Meeting-House
historic landmark.
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March 6, Johnston
incorporated as town in Providence County, RI. Named
for colonial attorney general August Johnston. Area
24.4 sq.mi. (63km²). Attractions
& Recreation : e.g. Clemence Irons
House, Dame Farm, Johnston War Memorial Park
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April 18, first
meeting of Johston town freemen, Providence County,
RI.
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February 10, Henry
Smith born in Providence, RI. Governor of Rhode Island
(1805-1806).
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February
26, Esek Hopkins died in Providence, Providence County,
RI. First commodore of the United States Navy during
the American Revolution (1775-1783). Born, April 26,
1718 in Scituate, Providence County, RI.
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October 23,
John Russell Bartlett, born in Providence, RI. Bibliographer
and Rhode Island Secretary of State.
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November 5,
Thomas Wilson Dorr, born in Providence, RI. Lawyer and
constitutional reformer (Dorr Rebellion).
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April 16, Old
Glocester in Providence County, Rhode Island, divided
in half, with the southern half retaining the original
name and the northern half called Burrillville.
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November 17,
Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
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Cranston Print
Works, founded in Cranston, Providence County, RI
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February 24,
George William Curtis, born in Providence, RI. Author,
editor, works e.g. ' The Potiphar Papers'.
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Construction
of the 45 mile Blackstone Canal began, between Worcester
and Providence in Rhode Island.
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January
7, James Burrill Angel, born in Scituate, Providence
County, Rhode Island. Educator and diplomat, author
of e.g. 'Progress in International Law'
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June, Samuel Willard
Bridgham elected mayor of Providence in Rhode Island (1832-December
28, 1840).
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
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RHODE
ISLAND
STATISTICS - COUNTY (LAND) AREA
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1.070km²
- RI Providence - (MS
Issaquena) (largest
county in Rhode Island) |
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862km²
- RI Washington |
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441km²
- RI Kent |
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269km²
- RI Newport |
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65km²
- RI Bristol (smallest
county in Rhode Island) |
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RHODE
ISLAND
STATISTICS - COUNTY CREATION
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2
counties established : Newport - Providence
(First counties established in
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county established : Washington |
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county established : Bristol |
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county established : Kent |
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CELEBRITIES
BORN IN rhode island
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1939 |
- November 14, Wendy
Carlos, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Composer, electronic musician
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1953 |
- December 30, Meredith
Louise Vieira, born in East Providence,
Rhode Island. Emmy Award winning journalist, show hostess,
TV personality
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