Providence

Providence, a seaport and semi-capital of Rhode Island, U.S., on a river of the name, 44 m. SW. of Boston; it is a centre of a large manufacturing district, and has a large trade in woollens, jewellery, and hardware; has a number of public buildings, and institutions, churches, schools, libraries, and hospitals, as well as beautiful villas and gardens.

Population (circa 1900) given as 175,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)