diarist
Benjamin Newberry.
English-born American colonial merchant, diarist, and politician who served as the third Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies
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About Benjamin Newberry
Benjamin Newberry (1652–1711) was an English-born American colonial merchant, diarist, and politician who served as the third Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies. A member of Newport's Quaker community, he kept a diary documenting late 17th-century colonial life in Rhode Island.
Everything about Benjamin Newberry →- Occupation
- diarist, merchant, official, Phaenandrogomphus
- Citizenship
- Colony of Rhode Island and Plantations, United States, Iceland, United Kingdom
- Born
- November 3, 1652
- Died
- November 10, 1711