If this poem is keeping close to accuracy and not expanding the boundaries
of Plymouth Plantation in its poetic license, it seems unlikely that it
refers to the Newport Tower. It was about 40 miles cross country as the
crow flies, between Plymouth Harbor and Newport, but many many more miles to
sail there. But perhaps you just added the poem for our enjoyment and not
to be taken literally.
As ever,
Laurel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sinclair" <labehotierre@wanadoo.fr>
To: <sinclair@quarterman.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: The Henry Voyage
> Dear Wanda
>
> This is not the Benedict Arnold of Revolutionary shame There is a theory
> that Benedict Arnold (1615-1678), Governor of Newport, Rhode Island, had
> the Newport Tower built as a windmill. In 1653, Benedict Arnold, came to
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