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The early Rhode Island inhabitants named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter, dated July 8, 1663 and signed with the royal seal by King Charles II; this charter was the basis for Rhode Island's government for nearly two centuries: [38] Author: John Clarke; Governor: Benedict Arnold; Deputy Governor: William Brenton; Assistants: William Baulston ...
president of the Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association [50] Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947) 2007 one of America's youngest college presidents [51] M. Therese Antone: 2006 President of Salve Regina University [52] Nancy Gewirtz (1945–2004) 2006 Co-founder of The Poverty Institute and the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty ...
The park and museum are named after Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island, and are located on land donated by Williams family. The museum is part of the Providence Parks. It was founded in 1896.
Past inductees included people with notable roles in Rhode Island history, from Roger Williams to Samuel Slater, and more recently, TV and radio personality Gene Valicenti and PPAC CEO Lynn Singleton.
The French in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coleman, Peter J. The Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790–1860 (1963). online edition; Conley, Patrick T. The Irish in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coughtry, Jay A. The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700–1807 (1981).
Linda’s was opened in 1976 by its namesake proprietor Linda Williams. Williams grew up in Chapel Hill and ran Linda’s for more than 30 years, eventually selling the bar in 2004, while still ...
The Roger Williams National Memorial is a landscaped urban park located on a common lot of the original settlement of Providence, Rhode Island, established by minister Roger Williams in 1636. The national memorial commemorates the life of Williams, who co-founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and championed religious ...
Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]