Legendary Locals of Jamestown, Rhode Island

by Sue Maden and Rosemary Enright

When Caleb Carr, one of the 101 men who purchased Conanicut and Dutch Islands in 1657, petitioned the General Assembly to incorporate Jamestown in 1678, the town had 150 inhabitants. The community thrived until the American Revolution, when the British occupation drove away many people. Nicholas Carr and John Eldred both remained, rebelling in their own ways. The town recovered slowly, and its character changed with modernized modes of transportation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467101303
• ISBN13: 9781467101301
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"