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Home of General James Mitchell Varnum

Home of General James Mitchell Varnum is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

East Greenwich · location approximate

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Home of General James Mitchell Varnum Brigadier-General in the Revolutionary War. Built 1773

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1780 · An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets, shewing Admiral… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1800 · The state of Rhode Island (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1807 · Siege of Newport, Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Rhode Island (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Rhode Island, 1797, covering the location of Home of General James Mitchell Varnum, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Rhode Island, 1797, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

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