Site of "Cat Swamp"
This swamp, now drained, in the northerly part of the Moses Brown farm east of the Moses Brown School and extending further north was formerly much noted for the variety and beauty of its wild flowers.
Oh what must HPL have thought when he first heard of this? :)
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Moses Brown School
This school recently known as the Friends School on Hope street and Lloyd avenue was opened in Portsmouth RI in 1784 as the New England Yearly Meeting Boarding School but about four years later was suspended for want of adequate income Moses Brown was one of its earliest friends and contributors and he prudently managed the fund till the school was re opened in Providence in 1819 on a lot of land containing forty three acres donated by him some of which has since been sold and used for house lots He continued to give generously towards the support of the school during the remainder of his life and in his will He died in 1836 almost 98 years of age His son Obadiah Brown was also a generous contributor till his death in 1822 and by his will he gave to the school $100,000
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POINTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
1911
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