Providence: George H. Whitney, 1853. 32pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [loosened]. Persistent stain to first five leaves, Good+. More about THE SPIRIT OF RHODE-ISLAND HISTORY. A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE RHODE-ISLAND HISTORICAL...
[Providence? 1842]. Broadside, 11-1/2" x 20". Printed in three columns. Woodcut illustration of Rhode Island seal, with the word 'Hope' printed at head of title. Old light folds, several fox spots. Good+. Governor King's folio broadside publishes President Tyler's Letter of April 11, 1842, promising that American troops would... More about BY HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL WARD KING, GOVERNOR, CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE...
Providence: Charles Burnett, 1848. 56pp, stitched, original printed wrappers [minor extremity wear, spine wear]. Else Near Fine. The constitutionality of Rhode Island's Charter government, as well as the Dorr Constitution, reached the Supreme Court after Martin Luther, a Dorr "insurgent," challenged the authority of the existing Rhode Island government... More about THE RHODE-ISLAND QUESTION. ARGUMENTS OF MESSRS. WHIPPLE AND WEBSTER, IN THE CASE OF MARTIN...
Providence: Stillwell, 1844. Port. frontis of Thomas Dorr with tissue guard [foxed]. 324pp. Original cloth, Very Good plus. A thorough and sympathetic evaluation of the Dorrites and their political movement for democracy in Rhode Island. Ascribed to Frances Green or Catherine R. Williams. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 48898. Not in Bartlett or AI. More about MIGHT AND RIGHT; BY A RHODE ISLANDER
Boston: Tappan & Dennet, 1844. 131, (1)pp. Disbound neatly, without wrappers. Else Very Good. The only State without a written constitution, Rhode Island still governed itself under its colonial charter, barring about half the adult males from the suffrage. Dorr led the effort to change his State's political system... More about REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THOMAS WILSON DORR, FOR TREASON AGAINST THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,...