Roger Williams

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English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

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As a result, Providence and Warwick, and Coddington's opponents on Rhode Island, dispatched Roger Williams and John Clarke to England to get Coddington's commission canceled. Source: Internet

Brown University 's John Carter Brown Library has long housed a 234-page volume referred to as the "Roger Williams Mystery Book". citation The margins of this book are filled with notations in handwritten code, believed to be the work of Roger Williams. Source: Internet

However, the other New England colonies began to fear and mistrust the Narragansetts, and soon came to regard Roger Williams' colony as a common enemy. Source: Internet

Massachusetts Bay asked for Roger Williams' help, which he gave despite his exile. Source: Internet

By William Gammell, A.M. Professor in Brown University Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street. 1854 Life of Roger Williams, the earliest Legislator and true Champion for a Full and Absolute Liberty of Conscience. Source: Internet

Foot-Prints of Roger Williams: A Biography, with sketches of important events in early New England History, with which he was connected. Source: Internet

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