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General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06077 Author/Creator: Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Pamphlet Date: 1784/10 Pagination: 30 p. 31.6 x 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Printed by John Carter. Resolution welcoming Lafayette back to America. Documentation of payment to Gideon Davenport for service by people he enslaved for Rhode Island's Continental battalions (p. 12). With state seal.

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