On This Point

On This Point is a Rhode Island historical marker in Washington County, dedicated 1936.

Marker at Lighthouse Point, Wickford., North Kingstown · location approximate

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On This Point During the Revolution Stood a Cannon Protecting Updike's Newtown, Now Wickford against "Enemys Excursions On the Main". It Was Manned by the Newtown Rangers Which Were Chartered April 17, 1775. Erected by Pettaquamscutt Chapter, D. A. R. September 22, 1936

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1780 · An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets, shewing Admiral… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1781 · A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay (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)
1807 · Siege of Newport, Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Siege of Newport, Rhode Island, 1807, covering the location of On This Point, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Siege of Newport, Rhode Island, 1807, 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)

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