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A horrible plot discovered!! [anti-Dorr]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07248.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Broadside Date: 1842/05/14 Pagination: 1 sheet + clipping Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Warning that Dorr is soliciting men in New York to bring violence to Rhode Island. With manuscript note.

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