CITY CHARTER, PROPOSED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FREEMEN OF PROVIDENCE, AT A TOWN MEETING, TO BE HOLDEN APRIL 29TH, 1829. PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE FREEMEN, BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.

[Providence: 1829]. 12pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Lightly foxed, else Very Good. Good+.

By 1829, Providence had grown to city-like proportions. Its population now exceeded 16,000. The Town Meeting agreed to hand control over city government to elected municipal officials. The Freemen approved this charter proposal by a vote of 312 to 222. They assumed-- optimistically-- that elected officials would be better qualified to spend public moneys.
Bartlett, Rhode Island 214. AI 40192 [5]. Item #33303

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