Revolutionary Defences in Rhode Island
Author: Edward Field
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 226
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Author: Edward Field
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marian Mathison Desrosiers
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-12-11
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1476681546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Thomas Banister fought for the British during the American Revolution, his farm and business were confiscated. He was exiled in far-off Nova Scotia, before he returned to a secluded life on Long Island. His older brother, John Banister married with a child, swore allegiance to the United Colonies, then witnessed the destruction of his Newport lands by the British Army. Convinced British laws supported remuneration, John left for England, where he sought justice for four years. His wife, Christian Stelle Banister, managed the family property and raised their son while the state threatened confiscation and the French Army lived in Newport. Tracing the lives of three young Americans during the Revolution, this study of the Banister family of Rhode Island contributes to an understanding of the war's effects on the lives of ordinary people.
Author: Thomas Hamilton Murray
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donald A. D'Amato
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2001-11-20
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1439630496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough known as the retail capital of Rhode Island, Warwick is much more than a conglomeration of shopping centers, malls, and industrial parks; it is a city marked by an extraordinary history and in many ways, serves as a mirror of the American experience. Like many communities across the United States, Warwick developed from a rural hamlet into a town distinguished by a variety of industries in the nineteenth century, attracting immigrants from across the globe desiring a new beginning within its mill villages. These industries brought wealth and opportunity, and paved the way for Warwick's transformation from small town to cosmopolitan center. Warwick: A City at the Crossroads is not a stale chronology, but is a work that breathes new life into the memorable characters and events that shaped the community's history over the past four centuries. Taking readers on an exciting journey through Warwick's past, this unique illustrated history begins with the first Narragansett Indian tribes that hunted amidst the virgin wilderness and details an evolving landscape touched by colonial settlement, wars, storms, depressions, resort development, and industrialization up through the present day. However, the true measure of a community is in its people, and Warwick possesses a remarkable cast of colorful characters, such as controversial city father, Samuel Gorton, Revolutionary War heroes Nathanael Greene and James Varnum, textile magnate Robert Knight, and scores of other distinct personalities, ranging from privateers and bootleggers to feared political bosses and industrial giants.
Author: Howard M. Chapin
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 24
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 770
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dale E. Floyd
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 418
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