the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War Samuel Ward (1725–1776) – Supreme Court Justice, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a delegate to the Continental Congress Samuel Ward Jr. (1756–1832) – American Revolutionary War soldier and delegate to the secessionist Hartford Convention Roger Williams (1603–1684) – founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, influential author, considered the first proponent of separation of church and state Abraham Whipple (1733–1819) – Continental Navy commander-in-chief See also Index of Rhode Island-related articles Outline of Rhode Island Notes Citations General bibliography Primary sources Dwight, Timothy. Travels Through New England and New York (circa 1800) 4 vol. (1969) Online at: vol 1 ; vol 2; vol 3; vol 4 McPhetres, S. A. A political manual for the campaign of 1868, for use in the New England states, containing the population and latest election returns of every town (1868) Rhode Island's Geography and Climate Secondary sources Adams, James Truslow. The Founding of New England (1921) Adams, James Truslow. Revolutionary New England, 1691–1776 (1923) Adams, James Truslow. New England in the Republic, 1776–1850 (1926) Andrews, Charles M. The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths (1919). Short survey by leading scholar. Axtell, James, ed. The American People in Colonial New England (1973), new social history Brewer, Daniel Chauncey. Conquest of New England by the Immigrant (1926). Coleman, Peter J. The Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790–1860 (1963) Conforti, Joseph A. Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century (2001) Dennison, George M. The Dorr War: Republicanism on Trial, 1831–1861 (1976) Hall, Donald, ed. Encyclopedia of New England (2005) Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England (1998) Lovejoy, David S. Rhode Island Politics and the American Revolution, 1760–1776 (1969) McLaughlin, William. Rhode Island: A Bicentennial History (1976) Moondancer & Strong Woman "Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England". Bauu Press. (2007). Palfrey, John Gorham. History of New England (5 vol. 1859–90) Sletcher, Michael. New England. (2004). Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright. Nelson W. Aldrich, a Leader in American Politics (1930). WPA. Guide to Rhode Island (1939). Zimmerman, Joseph F. The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action . (1999) External links State of Rhode Island Government website Energy & Environmental Data for Rhode Island USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources