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Fun Facts
Dr. Eben Tourgee, founder of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, was a descendent of one of the Frenchtown Huguenots who were here in 1682. Dr. Tourgee also taught at the East Greenwich Academy when it was known as the Providence Conference Seminary and Musical Institute.
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Prophetess, Jemima Wilkinson (the Publick Universal Friend), established a meeting house in Frenchtown, located on what is now South County Trail.
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