. Cranston : a historical sketch . 0 014 075 630 1. Published by order of the One FiftiethAnniversary Committee. PROVIDENCE, R. I. T. S. HAMMOND, 98 WEYBOSSET ST. 1904 Copyrighted, 190-1, by J. Earl Clauson INTRODUCTORY The writer has sought to give in the following pages some ofthe leading facts in the history of the territory embraced in the townof Cranston, Rhode Island, from the time of the first settlementtherein, through a century and a half of corporate existence. Eventshaving a bearing on the development of the town or throwing light onthe circumstances surrounding its resi
. Cranston : a historical sketch . 0 014 075 630 1. Published by order of the One FiftiethAnniversary Committee. PROVIDENCE, R. I. T. S. HAMMOND, 98 WEYBOSSET ST. 1904 Copyrighted, 190-1, by J. Earl Clauson INTRODUCTORY The writer has sought to give in the following pages some ofthe leading facts in the history of the territory embraced in the townof Cranston, Rhode Island, from the time of the first settlementtherein, through a century and a half of corporate existence. Eventshaving a bearing on the development of the town or throwing light onthe circumstances surrounding its residents have been givenprecedence over personalities, and it is hoped from this sketch theremay be gained a consecutive idea of the story of Cranston. Existinghistories of Rhode Island and State and town records have beendrawn on fredy for material. CRANSTON. CHAPTER ONE. 16B8-1754. Among the companions of Roger Williams when, In 1636, driven fromSeekonk by his Massachusetts persecutors, he found a refuge on thebank of the Mosshassuck river, was Wil
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