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Providence

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located at head of Narragansett Bay on Providence river; purchased by Roger Williams from Amerindians in 1636; grew as trade center for slaves, molasses and rum 1680s; destroyed British tea and housed troops in Revolutionary War; damaged in hurricane of 1938.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);

Born

Lee Bontecou (American, born 1931)

Sidney Chafetz (American, 1922-2013)

Arthur Deshaies (American, 1920-2011)

Died

Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

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