 Museum of Rhode Island History - Reviews from across the web
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John Brown House Museum | Museum/Attraction Review | Providence | Frommers.com - expert review
Quite unlike the fiery 19th-century abolitionist of the same name, this John Brown was an 18th-century slave trader who amassed a fortune in the China trade. He contributed much of that fortune to the university that bears the family n...
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John Brown House Museum - expert review
The four Brown brothers -- John, Joseph, Moses, and Nicholas -- were prominent Providence merchants who made a fortune trading with the West Indies, Europe, and, later, China. This three-story Georgian mansion, designed for John by his brother Joseph in 1786, has elaborate woodwork and is filled wit...
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City of Providence - Mayor David N. Cicilline
In 2002, when the City of Providence was buckling under a $59 million deficit, an archaic administrative infrastructure, and the legacy of decades of corruption, David Cicilline announced his candidacy for Mayor. He pledged to restore public confidence in City Hall and to revitalize the city’s...
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Roger Williams Park Zoo
