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Title Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence : immigration to Rhode Island / William Jennings Jr. and Patrick T. Conley.
Author Jennings, William, Jr.
Publication Info. Charleston, SC : History Press, [2013]
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 West Oaks Genealogy  RG 974.52 JEN    Lib Use Only
Description 221 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Making Providence fine for the Fabre Line -- The early years: 1911-1914 -- Disruptions of war: 1914-1918 -- Revival and repression: 1919-1921 -- The quota years: 1921-1925 -- Steaming into history: 1926-1934 -- Passengers and their places of settlement -- Cargo of the Fabre Line -- Fore and aft: a summation -- Appendix.
Subject Immigrants -- Rhode Island -- Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 20th century.
Fabre Line (Firm)
Steamboat lines -- Rhode Island -- History -- 20th century.
Passenger ships -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History.
Rhode Island -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author Conley, Patrick T.
Added Title Immigration to Rhode Island
ISBN 9781626192294 : $19.99
1626192294