Front:
Providence, R. I Landing Place of Roger Williams.
THE LANDING PLACE OF
ROGER WILLIAMS
Back:
THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO, MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME. U. S. A. L1358
QUALITY
To the memory of Roger Williams, the
apostle of soul liberty, founder of the State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, this
monument is dedicated by the Providence Asso-
ciation of Mechanics and Manufacturers.
Below this spot, then at the waters edge, stood
the rock on which, according to tradition,
Roger Williams, an exile, for his devotion to
freedom of conscience, landed 1636, and hav-
ing a sense of God's merciful providence unto
me in my distress, called the place Providence,
I desired it might be for a shelter for persons
distressed for conscience.
(Signed) Roger Williams.
and Island Possessions
Cuba, Canada and
For Foreign.
