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History of Glocester, Rhode Island, USA

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(West Glocester) (Chepachet) (Harmony)

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• 1819 - Gloucester
  Gloucester is a post township, situated 16 miles from Providence; bounded on the north by Burrellville, on the east by Smithfield, on the south by...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1841 - THE LAST SOLDIER GONE!
  Departed this life at Thompson, Connecticut, on the 12th ult., Mr. Ezekiel Blackmarr, in the 99th year of his age. He was the son of James Blackmarr, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Gloucester
  Gloucester a township of Providence co., Rhode Island, 15 miles W. by N. from Providence. Population, 2872.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
• 1859
  GLOUCESTER, a township in Providence do., in Rhode island, 16 m. WSW of Providence. Pop. 2,304.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
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  Main Street Looking South, Chepachet, R.I.
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• 1895 - Glocester / Harmony / Chepachet
  Glocester, Glöster, a township of Providence co, R.I., bounded W. by the Connecticut line. Pop. 2098. It contains Harmony and Chepachet.
  Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  
  
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  South part of Main Street, Chepachet, R.I.
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  Old Stage Coach
  Centredale, Greenville and Harmony, R.I.
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• 1916
  Glocester, a township (town) of Providence co., R.I., bounded W. by the Connecticut boundary-line. Pop. in 1900, 1462.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
  
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  Gautreau's "Home of Good Food"
  Chepachet, Rhode Island
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