This Spring is the site of the first settlement by Roger Williams in…
This Spring is the site of the first settlement by Roger Williams in the State of Rhode Island. Banished by the Bay Colony from Massachusetts on account of his religious beliefs, he fled into the wilderness and found refuge with Massasoit who gave him a grant of land upon which he built his home near this spring. Warned that he was still within the limits of the Colony, he removed across the river and founded a settlement which is now Providence.
1937 text, presented as a historical document.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUSGS Historical Topographic Map Collection
Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)
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