Pawtucket and Providence Tercentenary road marker
PAWTUCKET
INCORPORATED 1862
INCORPORATED A CITY 1885
NAME OF INDIAN ORIGIN
MEANING
FALLS AT TIDE WATER
PROVIDENCE
"HAVING A SENCE OF
GOD’S MERCIFULL PROVIDENCE
UNTO ME IN MY DESTRESSE
CALLED THE PLACE PROVIDENCE."
ROGER WILLIAMS 1636
1937 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)
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