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File:Roger Williams and Narragansetts.jpg

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Engraved print depicting Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, meeting with the Narragansett Indians
Date first published 1856
Source New York Public Library: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?806876
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