Pettaquamscutt Rock - South Kingstown, RI
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N 41° 28.267 W 071° 27.082
19T E 295303 N 4593958
Pettaquamscutt Rock - South Kingstown, RI
Waymark Code: WM7RCA
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2009
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At this "round rock," noted Indian landmark, the original purchase of this land was made from Quassaquanch, Kachanaquant, and Quequaquenuet, chief Sachems of the Narragansetts, by Samuel Wilson, and Thomas Mumford January 20, 1657-8. Here at Treaty Rock Roger Williams and William Coddington probably completed purchase of Providence and Aquidneck, March 24, 1637-8, and the Atherton Company in 1662 forclosed its morgage on the Narragansett lands.
Erected by the town of South Kingstown - 1958
Organization that Placed the Marker: Town of South Kingstown
Year Marker was Placed: 1958
Related Website: Not listed
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