A brief account of some pretended portraits of Roger Williams, the first settler of Providence, R.I., 1850-1885.

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A brief account of some pretended portraits of Roger Williams, the first settler of Providence, R.I., 1850-1885.

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Volume containing materials written or collected by Charles Deane related to a fraud of an engraved portrait of Roger Williams. Includes an 1850 newspaper article by Deane, engravings, notes, and letters written to Deane on the subject, 1868-84.

1 vol. in a case.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683

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Governor of Rhode Island and clergyman. From the description of Letter of Roger Williams, 1647 August 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066899 Roger Williams (1603-1682/83), clergyman and founder of Rhode Island, was born in London, England. Upon graduating from Pembroke College in 1624, Williams became a chaplain at Otes, in Essex County, England. In 1630 he embarked for New England, where he soon incurred the wrath of the Massachusetts magistrates for his criticism of t...

Deane, Charles, 1813-1889

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Charles Deane was a merchant with the firm of Waterston, Pray & Company. He retired from the firm in 1864 and devoted himself to researching early American history. From the description of Letter, 1879 Oct[obe]r 17, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot [Boston, Mass.]. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 15143373 American historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, Messrs. Bartlett & Welford, booksellers in New Yo...