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East Providence and Barrington Tercentenary road marker

East Providence and Barrington Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Bristol County, dedicated 1936.

East Providence and Barrington, Old Barrington Road · location approximate

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EAST PROVIDENCE INCORPORATED 1862 PREVIOUSLY PART OF MASSACHUSETTS BARRINGTON INCORPORATED 1717 ANNEXED TO RHODE ISLAND 1746 REINCORPORATED 1770 PROBABLY NAMED FOR BARRINGTON, ENGLAND

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1716 · Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula / multis in locis emendata a… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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)
1781 · A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay, 1776, covering the location of East Providence and Barrington Tercentenary road marker, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay, 1776, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. 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)

East Providence and Barrington Tercentenary road marker

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