The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. An Historical Review of the Foundation, Rise and Progress of the City of Providence, With a Graphic Description of the City at the Present Time, and of Its Industries, Commerce, Manufactures, Business Interests, Educational, Religious and Charitable Institutions, Civic, Scientific, and Military Organizations; also, Sketches of the Cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and Other Towns of the State. ... Illustrated with Many Engravings of Historical Places ...
- Singerman ID
- supp2292
- Year
- 1886
- Entry
- Greene, Welcome Arnold, ed. The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. An Historical Review of the Foundation, Rise and Progress of the City of Providence, With a Graphic Description of the City at the Present Time, and of Its Industries, Commerce, Manufactures, Business Interests, Educational, Religious and Charitable Institutions, Civic, Scientific, and Military Organizations; also, Sketches of the Cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and Other Towns of the State. ... Illustrated with Many Engravings of Historical Places ... Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1886. 468 p., map, [1] p.
- Author/Editor
- Greene, Welcome Arnold, ed
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. An Historical Review of the Foundation, Rise and Progress of the City of Providence, With a Graphic Description of the City at the Present Time, and of Its Industries, Commerce, Manufactures, Business Interests, Educational, Religious and Charitable Institutions, Civic, Scientific, and Military Organizations; also, Sketches of the Cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and Other Towns of the State. ... Illustrated with Many Engravings of Historical Places ...
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- J. A. & R. A. Reid
- Notes
- For the B’nai B’rith, Independent Order Free Sons of Israel, and Independent Order of the Sons of Benjamin lodges in Providence, see p. 207. Also in Providence: the Montefiore Benevolent Association (formerly the Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Association), p. 224; Hebrew Cemetery, p. 361. For Newport and its Jewish cemetery, see p. 436 (view of the entrance) and p. 442; Touro Synagogue, p. 444. Greene was assisted by Rev. William H. Fish and Robert A. Reid; the work of numerous contributing writers is acknowledged, also credits given for the photographs, designs, and engravings.
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Greene, Welcome Arnold, ed, “The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. An Historical Review of the Foundation, Rise and Progress of the City of Providence, With a Graphic Description of the City at the Present Time, and of Its Industries, Commerce, Manufactures, Business Interests, Educational, Religious and Charitable Institutions, Civic, Scientific, and Military Organizations; also, Sketches of the Cities of Newport and Pawtucket, and Other Towns of the State. ... Illustrated with Many Engravings of Historical Places ...”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/54832