King, Samuel Ward, 1786-1851 [A proclamation by Samuel Ward King]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04161 Author/Creator: King, Samuel Ward, 1786-1851 Place Written: Rhode Island Type: Broadside Date: March 1842 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 50.5 cm, Width: 30.5 cm Order a Copy
Contains a brief introduction by King as Governor, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Includes a reprinted letter by President John Tyler stating that he cannot get involved (by raising a militia) with rising tensions in Rhode Island unless there is an actual insurrection. Also includes a reprinted letter from John Whipple discussing the People's Constitution (Dorr's constitution) and the "legal constitution" of Rhode Island.
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