NEW AGE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATE. PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1841. VOL. 2. NO. 42.
Providence: 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." [4] pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed, a bit of crimping. Good+.
The "Proposed Constitution," adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed, along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights.
The New Age, a rare newspaper, was an organ of the Rhode Island Suffrage Association, allied with Thomas Dorr, urging universal white male suffrage. Item #37248
Price: $450.00
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