BRISTOL, a seaport-town of Rhode island, capital of a county of the same name. It has a considerable coasting trade and extensive fisheries. The shipping belonging to the port amounts to 13,198 tons. Pop. 4616. It is situated on the east side of Narragansett bay, 18 miles S.S.E. of Providence. Mount Hope, which lies about two miles north-east of Bristol, within the township, is a hill of a conical form, famous for having been the residence of the Indian king, Philip, who for so long a period retarded the progress of the young colony by his repeated and sometimes successful attacks.