Gaspee Days Committee History Files |
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Specially issued post card datemarked June 9, 1973 on the 201st anniversary of the attack on the HMS Gaspee by Rhode Island patriots. Painting is adapted from that of Brownell. |
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Specially issued postal
cachet postmarked on the 200th anniversary of the Burning
of the Gaspee.
Artwork appears to be original, and artist is
unknown. Click image to show detail |
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Gaspee-RI
Tercentennial Commemorative Envelope of 1936 bought on
eBay. While used occasionally through the years to depict the Gaspee, this explosion is obviously that of an earlier 17th century ship of the line, and NOT a schooner |
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1906 Post Card by the Hugh C. Leighton Co. Postcard depicts the RI State Capitol, the Burning of the Gaspee by Brownell, then current Governor George H. Utter, and the RI State Seal. Painting is adapted from that of Brownell. |
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1990 25th Anniversary of
Gaspee Days cover envelope. Image is that of J. McKevin
engraved by Rogers |
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Special issue post card
painted by Don Magnus, 1990 in commemoration of Rhode
Island adopting the US Constitution in 1790--the very last
of the original 13 states to do so. |
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Patriotic naval heroes
cachet of 1944, historically somewhat inaccurate.
Image redrawn from Harper's
Magazine. THE ROWBOAT ADMIRAL- Abraham Whipple led the first American naval attack on a British ship.. His "fleet" consisted of rowboats, his "armament" of paving stones, and his crew of fishermen.. Yet he captured and destroyed a British man o' war, the "Gaspee". |
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1990 Cancellation postmark from the Pilgrim
Station, Warwick Post Office 02888. This honors the
25th Annivesary of the founding of the Gaspee Days
Committee. |
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1974 Bicentennial Commemorative.
This colorful post card uses the Burning of the Gaspee by Charles DeWolf Brownell from 1892. |
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Gaspee (Sabin's) Point Lighthouse that once stood in the Providence River (Narragansett Bay), Rhode Island. It was located about a quarter mile offshore and stood on the east side of the River marking a sharp turn in the river's channel. It was burned and removed in 1968 to make way for the widening and deepening of the Providence River channel. This card was published by Blanchard Young & Co. of Providence, Rhode Island - #C 900 |
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Burning of the Gaspee with RI Regimental
Flag: Collectible series of early American flag stickers produced for Quality Bakers in New York by the 1976 National Flag Foundation. |
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