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"American Revolutionary War"

POSTPONED: A People’s Tour of the John Brown House Museum

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED A People’s History Tour of the John Brown House was researched and presented by local … Continue reading POSTPONED: A People’s Tour of the John Brown House Museum

Feb 1, 2019
  • Abraham Whipple
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Bohea tea
  • cargo
  • Colonial America
  • colonists
  • Gaspee
  • John Brown
  • molasses
  • narragansett bay
  • Nathaniel Whitting
  • Navigation Acts
  • Newport
  • rhode island
  • Rogue Island
  • rum
  • schooner
  • smuggling
  • tea

Rogue Island

Smuggling in Colonial Rhode Island and the Gaspee Affair On June 9, 1772 the British customs schooner Gaspee ran aground … Continue reading Rogue Island

Aug 31, 2017
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Battle of Rhode Island (1778)
  • diaries and journals
  • John Sullivan
  • Men's Diaries
  • Noah Robinson
  • Redwood Library & Athenaeum
  • Stephen Hopkins
  • Theodore Foster

Fighting Like Heroes: Accounts of the Battle of R.I., 1778

The Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill, occurred August 29, 1778 in Tiverton, R.I. … Continue reading Fighting Like Heroes: Accounts of the Battle of R.I., 1778

Apr 21, 2016
  • 18th century
  • American Revolutionary War
  • maritime
  • seafaring

The Good, the Bad, and the Awesome

The GOOD Esek Hopkins was born on April 26, 1718 in Scituate, Rhode Island to William Hopkins and Ruth Wilkinson. … Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Awesome

Jan 29, 2016
  • American Revolutionary War
  • John Carter
  • paper
  • Printing History
  • R.I. Imprints
  • Stephen Hopkins
  • William Goddard

Pushing Paper: Collections Highlight

For Rhode Island one of the most important events of the late 18th Century was the opening of paper mills … Continue reading Pushing Paper: Collections Highlight

May 4, 2015
  • 4 May 1776
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • Independence Day Rhode Island

Happy R.I. Independence Day!

Happy Rhode Island Independence Day! Happy Independence Day Rhode Island! Two full months before the Continental Congress in Philadelphia declared independence … Continue reading Happy R.I. Independence Day!

Jul 3, 2014
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • Declaration of Independence
  • early printing
  • Fourth of July
  • john brown house museum
  • Solomon Southwick

Object Thursday: The Declaration of Independence

Tonight, Thursday, July 3rd,  the Rhode Island Historical Society will display a rare, original Rhode Island edition of the Declaration … Continue reading Object Thursday: The Declaration of Independence

Nov 24, 2013
  • 18th century
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Benedict Arnold
  • diaries
  • Enos Hitchcock
  • manuscripts
  • primary source research

A perfidious wretch: Hitchcock's sermon on Arnold's treason

By you probably know how much I like the Reverend Enos Hitchcock in all his forms and centuries. We are … Continue reading A perfidious wretch: Hitchcock's sermon on Arnold's treason

Oct 17, 2013
  • 18th century
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Brief Encounter
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • costume
  • embroidery
  • Faith & Freedom
  • Gallery Night
  • Grenadiers
  • military history
  • textiles

Object Thursday: Grenadier's Caps at Gallery Night

Just back from conservation and display in Boston, tonight’s Brief Encounter will feature the ca. 1745 British Grenadier’s cap from … Continue reading Object Thursday: Grenadier's Caps at Gallery Night

May 17, 2013
  • 18th century
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • Enos Hitchcock
  • RIHS publications

Faith & Freedom Friday: Enos Hitchcock, Army Chaplain

He was born on March 3, 1744 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came to Providence after the Revolutionary War. When fighting … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday: Enos Hitchcock, Army Chaplain

Apr 11, 2013
  • accessions
  • American Revolutionary War
  • British Army
  • cataloging
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • costume
  • curation
  • Grenadiers
  • military history
  • research
  • rhode island
  • uniforms

Object Thursday: Not at Bunker Hill– A British Officer’s Cap

Every object tells a story, and sometimes more than one. In the RIHS Museum collection, we have a very beautiful … Continue reading Object Thursday: Not at Bunker Hill– A British Officer’s Cap

Mar 29, 2013
  • #FreedomRI
  • American Revolutionary War
  • banners
  • Dorr Rebellion
  • ephemera
  • providence
  • Rhode Island at War
  • suffrage
  • Thomas Wilson Dorr

Faith & Freedom Friday: Revolution and Rebellion

On Saturday,  April 17, 1841, the Suffrage Association of Rhode Island held a Suffrage Parade. The members of the Association … Continue reading Faith & Freedom Friday: Revolution and Rebellion

Nov 15, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • maritime
  • New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC)
  • seafaring

Object Thursdays – Ship's Log

The Society’s collection of maritime records includes a large number of ships logs in MSS 828: The Ships’ Logs Collection. … Continue reading Object Thursdays – Ship's Log

Oct 19, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • genealogy
  • programs

Your Revolutionary Past

Most of us a have a rebel or two in the extended family tree, but how many of us have … Continue reading Your Revolutionary Past

Oct 11, 2012
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • Civil War
  • john brown house
  • primary source research
  • Rhode Island at War

History Many Ways: What Cheer! Day 2012

One of the most rewarding things about working at the RIHS is the opportunity to share our wonderful collections with … Continue reading History Many Ways: What Cheer! Day 2012

Oct 9, 2012
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • 54th Regiment of Foot
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Bourbonnais
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • events
  • Exhibitions
  • history
  • john brown house
  • living history
  • rhode island
  • Rhode Island at War
  • rhode island regiment
  • what cheer day

What Cheer! Day Preparation Underway

It’s a busy week for us here at the RIHS, as everyone prepares for our first What Cheer! Day  on … Continue reading What Cheer! Day Preparation Underway

Sep 27, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Cemeteries
  • primary source research

RI Cemetery Database Updated

New data and photograph files about burials in the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries (RIHC) Database have just been added to … Continue reading RI Cemetery Database Updated

Jun 21, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Civil War
  • events
  • Exhibitions
  • john brown house
  • Rhode Island at War
  • War of 1812

Sneak a Peak at the Gallery

Each day we work at the museum, we get a little closer to finishing the exhibit installation. The cases in … Continue reading Sneak a Peak at the Gallery

May 30, 2012
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Memorial Day
  • Rhode Island at War

Memorial Day: Remembering Rhode Island’s Early Veterans

In the process of helping to create a year of programming based on “Rhode Island at War,” and as a … Continue reading Memorial Day: Remembering Rhode Island’s Early Veterans

May 11, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • commemoration
  • Nathanael Greene
  • postal history collection
  • Rhode Island at War
  • seafaring
  • submarines

Nuclear Nathanael Greene

In another serendipitous moment, while looking for a sheet of much earlier 5-cent stamps, I found this: The USS Nathanael … Continue reading Nuclear Nathanael Greene

May 4, 2012
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Independence Day
  • rhode island
  • Rhode Island Independence Day

Happy Rhody Independence Day!

Two full months before the Continental Congress in Philadelphia declared independence from Great Britain, the General Assembly of Rhode Island … Continue reading Happy Rhody Independence Day!

Dec 24, 2011
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Valley Forge

Cold Christmas

New England troops had a cold Christmas in 1777 at Valley Forge. Most of us are familiar with the story—ragged, … Continue reading Cold Christmas

Dec 23, 2011
  • 18th century
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • costume
  • embroidery
  • free pocket pattern
  • pocket
  • textiles

What's in a Pocket?

Lucy Lockett lost her pocket Kitty Fisher found it Not a penny was there in it Only ribbon round it … Continue reading What's in a Pocket?

Dec 22, 2011
  • 1st Connecticut Regiment
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Ebenezer David
  • Jeremiah Greenman

Fire Cake & Water: Soldiers’ Winter Part III

Perception is reality, but how does a soldier’s own reality color his perception? For Jeremiah Greenman of the 2nd Rhode … Continue reading Fire Cake & Water: Soldiers’ Winter Part III

Dec 15, 2011
  • 1st Connecticut
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • diaries
  • diaries and journals
  • Ebenezer David
  • Jeremiah Greenman

Soldiers' Winter Part II

There is yet another Rhode Island record of the events at Fort Mifflin: the letters of Ebenezer David, Chaplain of … Continue reading Soldiers' Winter Part II

Dec 14, 2011
  • 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
  • Albigence Waldo
  • American Revolutionary War
  • connecticut regiment
  • diaries and journals
  • Jeremiah Greenman
  • rhode island
  • whitemarsh pennsylvania

Soldiers’ Winter

Sometimes you find the best things in a random way: thanks to an emailed reference question, I discovered the diary … Continue reading Soldiers’ Winter

Nov 10, 2011
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • images

Unknown Soldiers

Tomorrow is Veterans Day, and we hope you will join us at the Museum of Work & Culture at 11:00 … Continue reading Unknown Soldiers

May 4, 2011
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Gaspee
  • Independence Day
  • Printing History

Happy Rhody Independence Day!

! Happy Independence Day Rhode Island! Two full months before the Continental Congress in Philadelphia declared independence from Great Britain, … Continue reading Happy Rhody Independence Day!

May 26, 2010
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Independence Day
  • maritime
  • textiles

Feel the Burn

As we begin the season of celebrating Gaspee Days (6 May to 13 June)—complete with children dressed as gravediggers—, here’s … Continue reading Feel the Burn

May 4, 2010
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Independence Day

Independence Day

It’s that time again, time to celebrate Rhode Island’s declaration of their independence from Great Britain. Last year we posted … Continue reading Independence Day

Feb 17, 2010
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • cataloging
  • early printing
  • ephemera

Talk of the Town, 18th Century-Style

Thanks to the generous support from the following organizations: Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution Rhode Island … Continue reading Talk of the Town, 18th Century-Style

Jan 27, 2010
  • almanacs
  • American Revolutionary War
  • ephemera
  • George III
  • provenance
  • useful books

The King is Dead! (Oh, wait…) Long Live the King! (Sanford Ross, pt. 2)

Our last post described Sanford Ross and some of the details of his daily life that are vividly brought out … Continue reading The King is Dead! (Oh, wait…) Long Live the King! (Sanford Ross, pt. 2)

May 4, 2009
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Independence Day
  • John Carter
  • rhode island

Happy Independence Day

Yes, it’s true that July 4th is the traditional day of celebrating the 13 American Colonies’ independence from Great Britain. … Continue reading Happy Independence Day

Mar 18, 2009
  • American Revolutionary War
  • maps

Here be Cannons, or, Where the Horses are "Boney and Strong"

War brings a new perspective to most things, including maps. The surveying for this map of the Narragansett Bay was … Continue reading Here be Cannons, or, Where the Horses are "Boney and Strong"

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