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1Title:  Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Providence: June 23 and 24, 1886    
 Creator:  Providence (R.I.) City Council. 
 Publication:  Printed by authority of the City Council, Providence,1887. 
 Notes:  Music: p. [27-75, 93-98, 103-112, 164-171] 
 Call #:  B 6948 
 Extent:  viii, 236 p. illus. 31 cm. 
 Subjects:  Providence (R.I.) -- History
 
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2Title:  Annals of the town of Providence: from its first settlement, to the organization of the city government, in June, 1832    
 Creator:  Staples, William Read, 1798-1868 
 Publication:  Printed by Knowles and Vose, Providence,1843. 
 Call #:  F6B R475C v.5 
 Extent:  vi, 670 p. 23cm. 
 Subjects:  Providence (R.I.) -- History
 
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3Title:  A historical discourse delivered on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the planting of Providence    
 Creator:  Durfee, Thomas, 1826-1901 
 Publication:  S. S. Rider, Providence,1887. 
 Notes:  Delivered in the First Baptist church, in Providence, June 24, 1886. 
 Call #:  P 2226 
 Extent:  69p. 24cm. 
 Subjects:  Providence (R.I.) -- History
 
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4Title:  Early attempts at Rhode Island history    
 Parent:  Rhode Island Historical Society. Collections. Providence, 1885. 26 cm. v. 7, 1 p. l., p. [7]-134    
 Creator:  Foster, William E. (William Eaton), 1851-1930 
 Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
 Foster, Theodore, 1752-1828
 Publication:   
 Call #:  F6B R475C v.7 
 Extent:   
 Subjects:  Providence (R.I.) -- History | Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
 
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5Title:  A discourse delivered at Providence, August 5, l836: in commemoration of the first settlement of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Being the second centennial anniversary of the settlement of Providence    
 Creator:  Pitman, John, 1785-1864 
 Publication:  B. Cranston, Providence,1836. 
 Call #:  Pam. P890 
 Extent:  72 p. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Providence (R.I.) -- History
 
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6Title:  The Providence Plantations for two hundred and fifty years: An historical review of the foundation, rise and progress of the city of Providence ... also, sketches of the cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and the other towns of the state for which Providence is the commercial centre, together with an account of the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Providence, including the oration by Chief-Justice Thomas Durfee, list of organizations and societies participating, and other matters connected therewith, being an historical souvenir of this occasion    
 Creator:  Greene, Welcome Arnold, 1795-1870 
 Durfee, Thomas, 1826-1901
 Publication:  J. A. & R. A. Reid, Providence, R.I,1886. 
 Notes:  Half-title on recto of frontispiece. The oration of Thomas Durfee was also published separately with title "A historical discourse delivered on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the planting of Providence ... Providence, S. S. Rider, 1887." "Members of the state government of Rhode Island for 1886, with sketches of the lives of all past governors": p. [362]-373. "The reunion of the descendants of Roger Williams ... with the roll of those who attended": p. 466-468. 
 Call #:  F6Y P969G 
 Extent:  468 p. illus., front. 37 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williams family | Providence (R.I.) -- History | Rhode Island -- History | Rhode Island -- Governors
 
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7Title:  Harris papers    
 Creator:  Rhode Island Historical Society 
 Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938
 Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963
 Rhode Island Historical Society
 Publication:  Printed for the Society, Providence,1902] 
 Notes:  Documents relating to the career of William Harris, one of the founders of Rhode Island. "List of seventeenth century place-names in Providence Plantations, 1636-1700," compiled by Clarence S. Brigham: p. [373]-400. This was also published separately, Providence, 1903. 
 Call #:  F6B R475C v.10 
 Extent:  410 p. fold. map. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Harris, William, -- 1610-1681 | Names, Geographical -- Rhode Island | Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Rhode Island -- Public lands | Providence (R.I.) -- History
 
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8Title:  The forgeries connected with the deed given by the sachems Canonicus and Miantinomi to Roger Williams of the land on which the town of Providence was planted    
 Creator:  Rider, Sidney S. (Sidney Smith), 1833-1917 
 Publication:  S. S. Rider, Providence,1896. 
 Notes:  Edition strictly limited to two hundred and fifty copies." 
 Call #:  F6D R475 ser.2, no.4 
 Extent:  vi p., 1 Á., 128 p. fold. plan, fold. facsim. 22 X 17 cm. 
 Subjects:  Miantonomo, -- Sachem of the Narragansetts, -- d. 1643 | Land tenure -- Rhode Island | Indians of North America -- Rhode Island -- Land transfers | Providence (R.I.) -- History | Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
 
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