Pawtucket and North Providence Tercentenary road marker
Pawtucket and North Providence Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Providence County, dedicated 1936.
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1937 text, presented as a historical document.
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Historical maps covering this location
- 1760 · New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1775 · The seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1775 · The Seat of war, in New England (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1800 · The state of Rhode Island (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.
What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.
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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)