Rhode Island
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7.5KSamuel Cranston, Rhode Island’s 30-Term Governor
Rhode Island’s Governor Samuel Cranston won election as Rhode Island’s governor 30 times, twice in one year. No other governor surpassed Cranston’s...
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9.8KWhat the Insider’s Guide to Colleges in New England Said in 1972
In 1972, undergraduates at the Yale Daily News published The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, an entertaining but blatantly sexist description of...
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6.8KA Newport Quaker and The French Pirates – The John Hull Story
Captain John Hull made frequent trips between America and England as early as the 1680s. He ran a profitable line of ships...
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5.9KHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
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13.9K4How the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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9.0K2Samuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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