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Harman Garrett was a Niantic sachem and then governor of the Eastern Pequots slightly east of the Pawcatuck River in what is now Westerly, Rhode Island. His chosen English name was very similar to that of Herman Garrett, a prominent colonial gunsmith from Massachusetts in the 1650s.
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- ↑ Estimated water use and availability in the Pawcatuck Basin, southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut, 1995-99. DIANE Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4289-8392-2 . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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- ↑ Native American Place Names of Connecticut. Applewood Books. 1 March 2001. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-55709-540-4 . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ William Bright (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ Isaacs, Anna (2013-03-30). "At last, North Stonington bridges the gap". The Day. Connecticut. Retrieved 1 April 2013.