In Providence, RI there is a monument meant to commemorate the spot where Roger Williams first landed his boat in RI on a big rock called "Slate Rock" or "What Cheer Rock." But almost 400 years later, a few things have changed.

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References/Further Reading:

Rhode Island, A Guide To The Smallest State - Louis W. Cappelli, 1937
Historic Towns Of New England - Lyman P. Powell, 1899
History Of The State Of Rhode Island - Samuel Greene Arnold, 1860
The History Of The State Of Rhode Island - Thomas Bicknell, 1920
The State Of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations At The End Of The Century: A History - Edward Field, 1902
Colonial Rhode Island, - Alice Collins Gleeson, 1926
Once Upon A Time In Rhode Island - Katharine Pyle, 1914
Discourse Delivered At Providence - John Pitman, 1836
Records of the Colony Of Rhode Island - John Russel Bartlett, 1856
History Of Providence County, Rhode Island - Richard M. Bayles, 1891
Providence In Colonial Times - Gertrude Selwyn Kimball, 1912
Annals Of The Town Of Providence - William R. Staples, 1832
Anniversary Of The Settlement of Providence - Providence City Council, 1886
The Irresistible Democrat - Samuel Hugh Brockunier, 1940
The Real America in Romance - W. H. Wise, 1914
The Beginner's American History - D. H. Montgomery, 1920
Documentary History of Rhode Island - Howard M. Chapin, 1916
The Journal of American History - Edward Lewis Beckham, 1912
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Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society - RIHS, 1886
The Providence news - November 07, 1898
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https://archive.org/details/beginners...
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Annual Report of the New England Society In The City Of New York - 1920
The Freemason’s Repository - June 1898
Roger Williams, Prophet and Pioneer of Soul-liberty - Arthur Barsazou Strickland, 1919
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Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Essex Institute - 1870
http://www.old-maps.com/RI/Providence...
http://www.old-maps.com/RI/ri_Provide...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3774p.c...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3774p.l...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3774pm....
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/U...
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https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifest...
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http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/slat...
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsocie...