A short history of Rhode Island

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STATUE OF ROGER WILLIAMS.
George Washington Greene, LL.D.,
Late Non-Resident Professor of American History in Cornell University; Author of “The Life of Major-General Nathanael Greene;” “Historical View of the American Revolution,” etc., etc.
PROVIDENCE: J. A. & R. A. Reid, Publishers, 1877.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by
ANNA MARIA GREENE,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.