Citations:Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

English citations of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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• 1739, John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America.‎^[1], →OCLC, page 46:

  In 1663 July 8. Charles 2d. granted an ample Charter, whereby the Province was made "a Body Corporate and Politick, in Fact & Name, by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Engliſh Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America." This Charter we enjoy to this Day, thro' the merciful Providence of GOD.

• 1842, “Article Eighth. Of the Executive Power.”, in Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations‎^[2], Providence, RI: Knowles & Vose, →OCLC, page 14:

  Sec. 9. All commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary.

• 1971, Carl R. Woodward, Plantation in Yankeeland: The Story of Cocumscussoc, Mirror of Colonial Rhode Island‎^[3], →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii:

  Of the several distinctive features which made the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations different from its contemporaries, one of the most unique was the system of large plantations in the fertile Narragansett country that flourished during the pre-Revolutionary period, but were destined for decline in the years following.

• 1972, Robert N. Webb, The Colony of Rhode Island‎^[4], New York: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51:

  Slavery in the United States has been almost completely associated with the South. Yet, it was a northern colony — the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — that dominated the slave trade in the mid-eighteenth century.

• 2010, Rod L. Evans, Sorry, Wrong Answer‎^[5], Bristol Park Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 55, 61:

  17. What is the official name of America's state that is the smallest in area?[...]
  17. The U.S. state that is the smallest in area is called Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Ironically, the smallest state has the largest official name.

• 2021 November 20, Jennifer McDermott, “A year later, Rhode Island buildings still say ‘Plantations’”, in Associated Press‎^[6], archived from the original on 20 November 2021:

  Rhode Island was incorporated as The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations when it declared statehood in 1790. In 2010, nearly eight in 10 voters rejected the shorter name in a referendum.

• 2022 February 6, David Ng, “Opinion/Ng: As we observe Black History Month, what RI's past sins can teach us”, in The Providence Journal‎^[7], archived from the original on 18 February 2022:

  Our State House reporter Patrick Anderson has been tracking the two-year effort to implement voters' decision to shorten the state's name from "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" to "Rhode Island." But printing up new stationery is one thing; scrubbing words that are literally carved into stone on a building is another. The analogy cannot be ignored. Some sins are not easily erased.
  Still, it is one step.