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	Rhode Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rhode (pronounced "Road") Island is part of the New England region, and was one of the thirteen original American colonies that declared independence against British rule to begin the American Revolution.
		Rhode Island is bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts, on the west by Connecticut, and on the south by Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
		Rhode Island was one of the Northern colonies (aka "New England" colonies).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhode_Island (1920 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Rhode Island
		Rhode Island, in full, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the New England states of the United States, bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts; on the south by Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound (arms of the Atlantic Ocean); and on the west by Connecticut.
		Rhode Island entered the Union on May 29, 1790, as the last of the 13 original states (although it had been the first to declare independence in 1776).
		The landscape of Rhode Island can be divided into two major regions: the Seaboard Lowland, which includes the Atlantic coast area and the Narragansett Lowland or Basin, and the Eastern New England Upland, in the west.
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	World Almanac for Kids
		RHODE ISLAND, in full, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the New England states of the U.S., bordered on the N and E by Massachusetts, on the S by Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound (arms of the Atlantic Ocean), and on the W by Connecticut.
		Among the widespread mammals of Rhode Island are white-tailed deer, beaver, otter, rabbit, raccoon, skunk, squirrel, and woodchuck.
		Rhode Island is governed under a constitution adopted in 1842, as amended; this instrument replaced a colonial charter of 1663.
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	ninemsn Encarta - Search View - Rhode Island
		Among the widespread mammals of Rhode Island are white-tailed deer and woodchuck.
		Rhode Islanders were active in whaling and the slave trade, and Newport became one of the leading commercial centres in British America.
		Rhode Island sympathized with the South’s position in the period before the American Civil War, but in 1860 cast its vote for Abraham Lincoln in an effort to maintain the Union.
	au.encarta.msn.com /text_761572815__1/Rhode_Island.html (1958 words)

	rhode island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In full, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the New England states of the U.S., bordered on the N and E by Massachusetts, on the S by Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound (arms of the Atlantic Ocean), and on the W by Connecticut.
		Rhode Island, with an area of 4002 sq km (1545 sq mi), is the smallest U.S. state; about 0.7% of its land area is owned by the federal government.
		Rhode Island's first newspaper, the Rhode Island Gazette, was published in Newport in 1732 by James Franklin (1697-1735), brother of Benjamin Franklin.
	equineestates.com /library/United_States/rhode_island.htm (3382 words)

	Famous Rhode Islanders: Nathanael Greene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Greene was born to a Quaker family at Potowomut (Warwick), Rhode Island.
		He served in the Rhode Island legislature from 1770 to 1772, and in 1775.
		Rhode Island placed a statue of Greene in the U.S. Capitol in 1870.
	reed.senate.gov /greene.htm (310 words)

	Encyclopedia: Warwick, Rhode Island
		Kent County is a county located in the state of Rhode Island.
		A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island.
		List of Rhode Island counties: Rhode Island Bristol County: formed in 1747 from land gained from Bristol County, Massachusetts after resolution of a boundary dispute between the two colonies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Warwick,-Rhode-Island (1487 words)

	NATHANAEL GREENE - LoveToKnow Article on NATHANAEL GREENE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		(1742-1786), American general, son of a Quaker farmer and smith, was born at Potowomut, in the township of Warwick, Rhode Island, on the 7th of August (not, as has been stated, 6th of June) 1742.
		In 1775, in command of the contingent raised by Rhode Island, he joined the American forces at Cambridge, and on the 22nd of June was appointed a brigadier by Congress.
		His statue, with that of Roger Williams, represents the state of Rhode Island in the National Hall of Statuary in the Capitol at Washington; in the same city there is a bronze equestrian statue of him by H. Brown.
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GREENE_NATHANAEL.htm (1138 words)

	nategreene
		Nathaniel Greene was born in 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island.
		In 1774, Greene was a member of the Rhode Island legislative committee in charge of preparing Rhode Island's defenses.
		In April of 1775, the Assembly of Rhode Island met and established an Army.
	www.geocities.com /peks19/nategreene.html (514 words)

	Rhode Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Charles II of England granted John Clarke a Royal Charter on July 8, 1663 to Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which effectively united the two colonies into one.
		This is unique to Rhode Island and the only colony to be issued a charter without the consent of the crown.) Rhode Island was the only one of the thirteen colonies that had complete religious freedom.
		Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 states to ratify the United States Constitution (May 29, 1790) doing so after being threatened of having its exports taxed as a foreign nation.
	www.firebird.cn /wiki/Rhode_Island (1781 words)

	Today in History: August 7
		Closely associated with General George Washington during the war, the subsequent artistic expression of John Trumbull (1756-1843) was largely dedicated to commemorating the great events and individuals of the American Revolution.
		Appointed to the rank of major general in 1776, Greene is best known for his astuteness as commander in chief of the southern army, a position he assumed in 1778.
		He was elected commander in chief of the Rhode Island army in 1775 and served with ">George Washington during the siege of Boston in 1775 and 1776.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/aug07.html (397 words)

	The American Revolution (Nathanael Greene)
		She was the niece of two future governors of Rhode Island and the daughter of the deputy to the General Assembly.
		In April of 1775, the Assembly of Rhode Island met at Providence and established an Army of Observation.
		In August, he was promoted to the rank of major general, but was bed laden with a fever during the Battle of Long Island, on 27 August 1776.
	www.theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/ngreene.asp (2382 words)

	Rhode Island Rentals Links
		The Aldrich Mansion is one of Rhode Islands treasures on the bay.
		Located in the center of the capital city in Rhode Island, the hotel is in close proximity to all that the city has to offer.
		Rhodes offers facilities that are highly flexable, configurable for many different types of events.
	www.rirental.com /links.html (843 words)

	Potowomut School Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Potowomut School is located in the Potowomut section of Warwick, Rhode Island, lying across Cowesett Bay, south of Warwick Neck and between the towns of East Greenwich and North Kingstown.
		On the other side of the road is Potowomut Neck, a peninsula formed by Greenwich Cove, Cowesett Bay and Green's River.
		When Potowomut School first opened in approximately 1929 it was dedicated as Nathanael Greene School of Potowomut.
	www.warwickschools.org /POTOWOMUT/welcome.shtm (170 words)

	Ancestors of Carl James Hessler - pafg12 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		George Gardner was born on 4 Jan 1704 in Narragansett, Washington Co. Rhode Island.
		Job Harrington was born on 16 Oct 1701 in Kingston, Washington Co. Rhode Island.
		Susannah Greene was born on 30 Jun 1699 in Potowomut, Rhode Island.
	www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~chessler/paf3/pafg12.htm (368 words)

	Nathanael Greene
		Nathanael Greene was born on August 7, 1742, in Potowomut, Rhode Island.
		Later, while on visit in Rhode Island, Greene missed the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, and by the March of 1776, Boston had been evacuated.
		From the affairs of the scoundrel Banks, Greene was eventually exonerated, but he was left with no property in Rhode Island, leading to his final establishment at Mulberry Grove, an estate outside Savannah in the autumn of 1785.
	www.harwich.edu /depts/history/HHJ/ngreenej.html (7422 words)

	Rhode Island Minerals
		The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, conglomerates and sandstones.
		The island of Conanicut on which Jamestown is located is made up chiefly of a rather fissile, greenish shale accompanied in the southern portion by altered shales and granites.
		A local chemist is authority for the statement that the locality is reported to have shown a trace of platinum in the debris.
	www.minsocam.org /MSA/collectors_corner/arc/rimin2.htm (1096 words)

	Nathanael Greene Homestead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Rhode Island 02816-5314 Admission: $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children.
		The Homestead is located in the village of Anthony, Coventry, (Kent County) Rhode Island.
		The cannon in the front of the house was probably made at the family forge in Potowomut.
	members.aol.com /JonMaltbie/Homestead.html (320 words)

	Nathaniel Greene - Biography - Rhode Island Postal History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Nathanael Greene was born on May 27, 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island.
		The Gaspee later was burnt to the waterline by Rhode Islanders angry over the methods that Lieutenant Dudingston, her commander used to enforce revenue collection.
		Nathanael served several terms in the colonial legislature and was elected as the commander of the Rhode Island Militia in 1775.
	rhodeisland-philatelic.com /rhodeisland/armynavy4.htm (692 words)

	Rhode Island @ HockeyLiving.com
		ORONO - When the University of Rhode Island made a run at UMaine during the second half of Wednesday night's game, Black Bears coach Ann McInerney waited for her team to respond.
		A state better known for its yacht racing, Rhode Island will become the center of American cyclo-cross with this coming weekend’s Verge New England Championships Cyclo-Cross Series Finals, the W.E. Stedman Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross, on Saturday, and the Castor’s Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross, on Sunday.
		Rhode Island Hosts Verge NECCS Finals A state better known for its yacht racing, Rhode Island will become the center of American cyclo-cross with this coming weekend's Verge New England Championships Cyclo-Cross Series Finals, the W.E. Stedman Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross, on Saturday, and the Castor's Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross, on Sunday.
	www.hockeyliving.com /info/Rhode_Island (2386 words)

	GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		NATHANAEL GREENE, Major-General in the Continental Army, was born on July 27, 1742, Potowomut, Warwick, Rhode Island.
		Maxwell Greene of Potowomut, General Greene's birthplace, also presented to the Chapter a photograph of a letter from General Greene to his wife.
		In 1907 the Chapter acquired land on Forge Road on the river in Potowomut near the historic Forge Farm, General Greene's birthplace.
	members.cox.net /gngreene/ChapterHistory.html (467 words)

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		Greene was born on July 27, 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island to a Quaker family, who believed that their children would learn more from manual labor then from attending school.
		After serving in the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1770 to 1772, he was among the organizers of the Kentish Guard in 1774, a militia unit formed for the protection of Rhode Island in anticipation of war.
		Greene assisted John Sullivan in planning his Rhode Island Campaign in 1778, and on June 23, 1780 he was in command at Springfield, NJ when British troops under Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen advanced from New York City.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/g/greenecorr.xml (10842 words)

	Nathaniel Greene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Greene was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island on August 7, 1742 to a prosperous Quaker farmer and ironmaster.
		In 1770, Greene moved to Coventry, Rhode Island to work in the family foundries and was eventually put in charge of one of them.
		He was soon elected to the Rhode Island Assembly, and was re-elected three times.
	darter.ocps.net /classroom/revolution/greene.htm (147 words)

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		His exceptional grades had gotten him an eight-week internship at the Naval Research Institute in Potowomut, Rhode Island, where he was studying the ecological impact of local industry on marine life in Narragansett Bay.
		When he’d left for Rhode Island he gave me his entire share of the rent for July and August, plus two hundred and fifty dollars for electric bills and gas bills and anything else that might crop up.
		He hadn’t taken it with him to Rhode Island, and that didn’t surprise me. Albert was not the picture-taking type.
	www.onlytheunusual.com /Tales/Pedestrian.htm (4948 words)

	Hougham/huffam family tree Nov 2005 - pafg464 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		He was buried in Conimicut, Kent, Rhode Island.
		Deliverance Potter was born in 1637 in of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.
		She died in 1664 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.
	houghamfamily.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /pafg464.htm (446 words)

	Descendants of Joseph Varner (Sr.)
		Susanna was born in Warwick, Rhode Island 1650.
		Jabez was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island 17 Nov 1673.
		Rufus was born in Warwick, East Greenwich, Rhode Island 17 Mar 1747/1748.
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	Nathanael Greene Biography / Biography of Nathanael Greene Biography
		American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was considered "the greatest military genius of the war." His chief contribution to the American victory lay in his brilliant southern campaign.
		Nathanael Greene was born in Potowomut, R.I., on Aug. 7, 1742.
		In the same year he was elected a deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly and was returned to office in 1771, 1772, and 1775.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-nathanael-greene (235 words)

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		Richard Ward Greene (1792-1875) was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island to Christopher (1748-1830) and Deborah (Ward) Greene (1758-1835).
		In 1814 he settled in Boston and practiced law there until he returned to Rhode Island and began a practice in Providence in 1816.
		Greene served as District Attorney from 1826 until 1848 when he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
	www.rihs.org /mssinv/Mss144.htm (1907 words)

	Nathanael Greene -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		After managing a branch of his father's iron foundry, Greene served several terms in the colonial legislature and was elected commander of the Rhode Island army, organized in 1775; he was made a major general in 1776.
		Rhode Island's fiercely independent citizens played major roles both before and during the American Revolution.
		When the British revenue sloop Gaspee was accidentally grounded in Narragansett Bay in 1772, a group of townspeople from Providence boarded it and burned the ship to the waterline.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037965?hook=761711 (673 words)

	Nathanael Greene
		Later, Peale's son Rembrandt copied the portrait twice, possibly for display in the family's Baltimore and New York museums (now at the Maryland and Rhode Island historical societies, respectively).
		Rembrandt painted a copy of the Greene portrait (owned by the Maryland Historical Society) around 1795 for use during a patronage trip to Charleston, and for the Baltimore Peale Museum.
		reene was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island, on July 27, 1742.
	www.cr.nps.gov /museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/greene.html (360 words)

	Rhode Island NEMO Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		An established partnership with the RI Office of Municipal Affairs integrates training on resource management skills with legal roles and responsibilities of board members and techniques for maintaining community character.
		The six locations covered included: Aquidneck Island; the Hunt-Potowomut watershed in cooperation with the Coastal Resources Center; the Blackstone, Pawcatuck, and Scituate Watersheds, and the town of Glocester.
		Provided direct technical assistance to communities resulting in award of nonpoint funds for local projects, new or expanded town GIS capability, development of wastewater management plans and ordinances, and adoption of nonpoint source controls through zoning ordinances and land development standards.
	www.uri.edu /ce/wq/mtp/html/URINEMO.html (381 words)

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