Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Providence County, RI Events Date Type 12/31/1865 A morning fire in downtown Providence, Rhode Island causes heavy damage Crime/Disasters 02/28/1860 Abraham Lincoln speaks in Providence, Rhode Island Campaigns/Elections 04/05/1865 Republicans successful in Rhode Island elections, re-electing the governor and both congressmen Campaigns/Elections 09/20/1860 Rhode Island Republican Convention held in Providence Campaigns/Elections 03/20/1866 Rhode Island Republicans nominate Union General Ambrose Burnside for governor. Campaigns/Elections 10/19/1856 William Sprague, former Rhode Island governor and senator, dies in Providence Personal People Birthplace of Babbitt, Elijah Bowen, Christopher Columbus Chace, Elizabeth Buffum Curtis, George William Jenckes, Thomas Allen Burial Place of Anthony, Henry Bowen Browne, George Huntington Burnside, Ambrose Everett Jenckes, Thomas Allen Simmons, James Fowler Sprague, William IV Places Name Type Brown University, Providence, RI Location or Site Documents Date Title 08/01/1854 Frances Watkins Harper to William Still, August 1, 1854 06/09/1857 New York Times, “The American Division of the Sons of Temperance,” June 9, 1857 08/02/1859 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Convention of Colored Citizens,” August 2, 1859 03/02/1860 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Abraham Lincoln’s Speech,” March 2, 1860 07/07/1860 Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “The Democratic ‘Irrepressible Conflict,’” July 7, 1860 08/19/1861 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Waking Up,” August 19, 1861 Images Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1858, zoomable view
