Providence Rhode Island Gazette

Excerpts From a Colonial Newspaper

Publication Dates appear in bold

 

June 29, 1771: The Highway Robber
August 8, 1772: Walpole Testifies as to Parson's Character
January 23, 1773: Admiral Montague Meets a Farmer on the Road.
January 1, 1774: The Delaware Pilots receive a warning.
June 3, 1775: Witnesses at Lexington describe the initial encounter with regular troops.
ay 6, 1775: Items for Sale by Providence Merchants
May 3, 1777: The Raid on Danbury
July 12, 1777: How Thirty-Eight Rhode Island Men Captured a British Major-General
July 16, 1777: Jonathan Slocum of Warwick, convicted of forgery