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Middletown and Portsmouth Tercentenary road marker

Middletown and Portsmouth Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Newport County, dedicated 1936.

Newport County · dedicated 1936 · Middletown and Portsmouth, West Main Street · location approximate

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MIDDLETOWN INCORPORATED 1743 NAMED FOR ITS LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND PORTSMOUTH SETTLED IN 1638 AS POCASSET RENAMED IN 1639 PROBABLY FOR PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND

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

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