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50 Fair Street, Pawtuxet

50 Fair Street, Pawtuxet is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

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50 Fair Street, Pawtuxet Built by Ephraim Bowen, the last survivor of the party that burned the Gaspee, 1772.

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1776 · A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1780 · An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets, shewing Admiral… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1781 · A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)

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