Rhode Island Tercentenary Issue
First Day Cover
300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Rhode Island
Issued on May 4, 1936 in Providence, RI - Scott #777 |
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Unofficial Town Cancel -
Warren, RI
1st John B. Kilton Cachet - Planty 777-61d |
The Warren Post
Office,
(Warren Township, Bristol County)
was established in July of 1792,
(The first official records date to
July 31, 1792.) under
Postmaster Nathaniel Phillips. This Post Office is
currently in operation under Postmaster Lauri T. Papsadore
appointed on February 18, 2006.
The area where Warren now
stands was once home to Massasoit, Chief of the
Wampanoag Tribe. A trading post was
established there around 1632 by the Plymouth
Colony and in 1636 Roger Williams
took refuge there with Massasoit when he was banished
from Salem.
During King Philip's
War (1675-1676)
the town was completely destroyed, however after hostilities
ended the town was quickly rebuilt. By the mid 1700s the town
was well established as a major whaling port and
shipbuilding center. During the Revolutionary War;
Warren was raided and sacked in
1878 by the British. Warren's first Cotton Mill
was established in 1847 by the
Warren Manufacturing Company. |
Sources:
Check List of Rhode Island Post
Offices 1790-1994 - Del Beaudreau
Rhode Island Postal History: The Post Offices - Merolla, Jackson
& Crowther |
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