Middletown and Portsmouth Tercentenary road marker
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
1937 text, presented as a historical document.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)
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