What to see in America . same vicinity are nowsome of the largest cotton mills in the world. Among the leaders in the Revolution the general who,next to Washington, did his country the greatest service,was Nathanael Greene. He was born in 1742 at Warwick,10 miles south of Providence. Twenty miles farther downthe shore of the bay, at North Kingston, was born in 1756Gilbert Stuart, one of the greatest of American painters,whose portraits of Washington and other distinguished Americans could hardlybe surpassed in lifelike-ness and charm of Kingston wasthe birthplace of OliverHazard Pe


What to see in America . same vicinity are nowsome of the largest cotton mills in the world. Among the leaders in the Revolution the general who,next to Washington, did his country the greatest service,was Nathanael Greene. He was born in 1742 at Warwick,10 miles south of Providence. Twenty miles farther downthe shore of the bay, at North Kingston, was born in 1756Gilbert Stuart, one of the greatest of American painters,whose portraits of Washington and other distinguished Americans could hardlybe surpassed in lifelike-ness and charm of Kingston wasthe birthplace of OliverHazard Perry, com-mander of our fleet inthe famous Battle ofLake Erie in the War of1812. Among Rhode Islandsimportant summer re-sorts are Newport, Nar-ragansett Pier, WatchHill, and Block first is the most fa-mous fashionable resortin America. It is on anisland in Narragansett Bay. The Indian name for the Is-land was Aquidneck, which means the Isle of Peace. Itis about 15 miles long, but for the most part very The Old Newport Mill Rhode Island 59


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