Canonicus Memorial: Services of Dedication, Under the Auspices of the Rhode Island Historical Society. September 21, 1883.
Providence, RI: Providence Press Company, 1883. Wraps. First Edition. 31 pp. 4to. Terra cotta colored paper stiff paper wraps, small tear at head and foot of spine. Very Good.
Program from the dedication ceremony for the Canonicus Memorial. Canonicus (c. 1565-1647) was a chief of the Narragansett tribe who welcomed Roger Williams into the tribe when he was driven from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and granted him a parcel of land that led to the establishment of the Providence Plantation and Colony of Rhode Island.
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