Slate Rock vandalism

Poem, protesting the destruction of Slate Rock [or What Cheer Rock] by the Seekonk River, in the course of road building during the Civil War. The rock had been traditionally associated with the arrival of Roger Williams in Rhode Island. Caption title. At end of text: Isaac P. Noyes. November 9, 1906. First line: Slate Rock, on the western shore of the Seekonk River.

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Original record: Slate Rock vandalism
Collection: Harris Broadsides
Date(s): 1604 – 1683
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Noyes, Isaac Pitman, b. 1840 (creator)
Subject(s): Civil War
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Design and construction
Historic sites
History
Poetry
Protest poetry, American
Providence
Rhode Island
Roads
Roger Williams
What Cheer Rock (Providence, R.I.)
Williams, Roger
Type: text

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