FILE - Rhode Island state archivist Ashley Selima points to the seal of King George III on a September 1772 proclamation in Providence, R.I., May 24, 2018. The document established a commission to ...
The second of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a storied expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage has been ...
A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state officials announced Tuesday. The June 10, 1772, burning ...