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Pawtucket and Lincoln Tercentenary road marker

Pawtucket and Lincoln Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Providence County, dedicated 1936.

Pawtucket and Lincoln, Smithfield Avenue · location approximate

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PAWTUCKET INCORPORATED 1862 INCORPORATED A CITY 1885 NAME OF INDIAN ORIGIN MEANING FALLS AT TIDE WATER LINCOLN INCORPORATED 1871 NAMED FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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1838 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1863 · New map of Massachusetts compiled from the latest and best authorities (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1864 · Massachusetts, Connecticut, And Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1882 · Index Map: Index. Index Map, City of Providence and Five Miles Around. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · 28. Providence sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Index Map: Index. Index Map, City of Providence and Five Miles Around, 1882, covering the location of Pawtucket and Lincoln Tercentenary road marker, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Index Map: Index. Index Map, City of Providence and Five Miles Around, 1882, 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)

Pawtucket and Lincoln Tercentenary road marker

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