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A rectangular historical marker to British General Prescott mounted on a red wooden wall. — Historical Marker Database

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Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

Rhode Island

2009 West Main Road Middletown, RI 02842

Middletown, RI

Prescott's Headquarters.

Historical Marker Database

American Lieutenant Colonel William Barton learned that British General Richard Prescott, commander of the occupying forces on Aquidneck Island (Newport, Rhode Island), was staying at a farmhouse away from the main British encampment. On the night of July 9, 1777, men familiar with the terrain slipped past sentries and approached the farmhouse (the Overing house), capturing Prescott, his aide‑de‑camp, and a guard. Prescott’s capture was a major morale boost for the Americans. It also provided a crucial bargaining chip: the British agreed to exchange Prescott for American Major General Charles Lee, who had been captured months earlier.

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Historic Site

A rectangular historical marker to British General Prescott mounted on a red wooden wall.

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

0.00064388251785176

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

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Tombstones in the Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Portsmouth, RI1

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Portsmouth, RI 02871

5.1343299054559

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

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Fort/Outpost

A white stone marker labeled “Green End Fort” stands in a grassy landscape with bare trees and a bright blue sky.

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

5.4908983766638

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

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Museum

A white colonial‑style building with a central staircase and double doors is framed by bright pink flowering trees, with an American flag near the entrance and a clear blue sky overhead.

Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02841

5.9778926493964

Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

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Granite monument to 1st Rhode Island African American Regiment

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Portsmouth, RI 02871

6.0276281709942

1st Rhode Island Regiment

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Mid-18th-century Georgian mansion museum with period furnishings.

Hunter House, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

7.1962544634915

Hunter House, Newport, RI

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Museum

Artillery Company of Newport Museum

Newport, RI 02840

7.3674753620743

Artillery Company of Newport Museum

Historic Site

A light‑colored historic building with dark shutters and a central double‑door entrance sits on a corner lot, featuring three dormer windows on the roof and a short staircase leading up from the sidewalk.

Vernon House, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

7.4294758701864

Vernon House, Newport, RI

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Fort/Outpost

A small rocky island with a cream-colored lighthouse and red roof surrounded by water.

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

Newport, RI 02840

7.6242764913507

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

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A small rocky island with a cream-colored lighthouse and red roof surrounded by water.

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

Newport, RI 02840

7.6242764913507

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

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Fort/Outpost

A sunlit grassy field stretches toward a dense line of leafy trees, with long shadows cast across the ground.

Butts Hill Fort

Portsmouth, RI 02871

7.7083214717532

Butts Hill Fort

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Fort/Outpost

A stone fort wall with an arched entrance rises behind a grassy area where an informational sign, an old cannon, and a picnic table sit under a bright blue sky.

Fort Adams, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

9.094189969393

Fort Adams, Newport, RI

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General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode

Tiverton, RI 02878

10.558350253201

General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode Island (RI-8)

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A tall flagpole flying the U.S. flag rises from an open grassy field, with a leafy green tree beside it and a line of trees along the horizon.

Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI

Jamestown, RI 02835

11.508075746723

Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI

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Marker

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode

Bristol, RI 02809

13.333321065634

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode Island (RI-3)

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A small white historic building with four columns and green shutters stands at a roadside; the sign above the door reads “Kentish Guards 1774.”

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

East Greenwich, RI 02818

17.9490284168

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

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A historic yellow civic building stands behind a flagpole flying the American flag.

Site of the First Colonial Navy

East Greenwich, RI 02818

17.987147310274

Site of the First Colonial Navy

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Colonial Home of General James Mitchell Varnum

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.067208330258

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich, RI

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Museum

A small fortress like brick building sits on a street corner, with arched wooden doors, battlements, and a nearby cannon.

Varnum Armory Museum

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.102687903073

Varnum Armory Museum

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Bronze marker on boulder to commemorate spot of the burning of the Gaspee

Gaspee Monument

Warwick, RI 02888

24.801164554868

Gaspee Monument

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Colonial era 2-story manor house with 9 windows trimmed in white, with 2 chimneys and a red cannon in the front yard.

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Coventry, RI 02816

26.278534378186

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

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Red gambrel-roof farmhouse built in 1754 with center fireplace

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

Cranston, RI 02921

29.628396966968

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

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Museum

A large brick building with white trim and classical details stands behind a tall white fence, framed by autumn trees under a partly cloudy sky.

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

Providence, RI 02906

31.450252271521

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

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A reddish‑brown historic wooden house with tall narrow windows and an American flag at the entrance stands behind a matching rod iron fence.

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

Providence, RI 02903

31.748057825207

Governor Stephen Hopkins House