All posts tagged "Portsmouth RI"
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14.6K7MassachusettsSamuel Gorton Insults the Puritans, Goes to Jail, Founds Warwick, R.I.
By 1648, most New England leaders had it in for Samuel Gorton. In just a handful of years he had been kicked...
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4.3K1Politics and MilitaryApril 25, 1775: Rhode Island Is ‘Firm and Determined’ Writes Metcalf Bowler
Just after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Rhode Island Speaker of the House Metcalf Bowler sent a letter to the Massachusetts...
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8.6K14Arts and LeisureThe Battle Behind The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic gave Julia Ward Howe something she wanted that her husband didn’t want her to have: Fame....
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