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Excerpt from Narragansett Sea and Shore: An Illustrated Guide to Providence, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Block Island, Watch Hill, Rocky Point, Silver Spring, and All the Famous Sea-Side Resorts of Rhode Island, With a Map of Narragansett Bay Our work, both in the letter - press and illustrations, will reveal the steady and wonderful progress made on these shores from the providential begin ning in 1636. The key to this progress will be recognized in the faith, spirit, principles, courage and perseverance of our fathers. This is not a reprint of any previous work, but something projected on its own novel base; nor is it made up of extracts from other volumes. Our design is to show what was and what is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.