Newport and Middletown Tercentenary road marker
NEWPORT
SETTLED 1639
INCORPORATED AS A TOWN 1784-1787
INCORPORATED AS A CITY 1853
PROBABLY NAMED FOR
NEWPORT, ENGLAND
MIDDLETOWN
INCORPORATED 1743
NAMED FOR ITS LOCATION IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND
1937 text, presented as a historical document.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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)
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