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Mount Hope’s King Philip Legacy in Bristol’s Historic Place
Historic Mount Hope in Bristol links Massasoit and Massachusett leader Philip to King Philip War. The article traces Massasoit’s hospitality to the Pilgrims, Philip’s rise, battles near Mount Hope, the Swansea massacre, and the King Philip Spring and Chair memorials, plus the King Philip Museum and Haffenreffer collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Haley
Rhode Island
WJAR
Providence Institution For Savings
Old Stone Bank
Haffenreffer
Mount Hope
Bristol
Rode Island
New England
Massasoit
Wampanoags
Cape Cod Bay
Roger Williams
Salem
Sowan
Massachusetts
Alexander
Plymouth
Philip
Connecticut River
Providence
Mooanam
Wamsutta
Metacomet
Sachem
Narragansett Bay
Swansea
Rhode Island Historical Society
Mount Hane
Saupe
Newcom
Captainjchain
Benjamin Church
Eng
Mount Fish
Hope Bay
Mount Hope Farms
Metacom Avenue
Church
R. F. Haffenreffer
William Bradford
Mount Hone
General Assembly
United States Senate
King Philip Museum
Summit of
Irene M. McCann