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1842/04/14
To the people of Rhode-Island
Outlines letters of John Whipple and President Tyler (Tyler letter is the same as in 7246.01) (Slight losses affecting text.)
GLC07246.02
1844 ca.
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854
T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842
Engraved from daguerreotype. Lithograph by J. Baillie; distributed by Sowle & Shaw, New Bedford. (Baillie as print maker is described in America on Stone 84-85.)
GLC07247.01
1842/05/05
Appointment of Charles Landers as captain of first Woonsocket artillery Co.
GLC07247.02
1842/05/14
A horrible plot discovered!! [anti-Dorr]
Warning that Dorr is soliciting men in New York to bring violence to Rhode Island. With manuscript note.
GLC07248.01
1842/05/19
Vinton's address on ... Newport artillery
Thanking God for quick suppression of insurrection. (Losses affecting text.)
GLC07248.02
1842/06/29
King, Samuel Ward, 1786-1851
Proclamation by His Excellency Samuel Ward King [Dorr as fugitive]
Offering $1,000 reward for the "delivery of the fugitive traitor Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.01
1842/06
An Act.... [declaring martial law]
calling for martial law, with clipped signature "Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.02
1823/06/06
Clipped signature "Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.03
1843/01/23
Proclamation. By His Excellency Samuel Ward King [RI Constitution adopted]
Announcing constitution adopted by a majority of qualified electors.
GLC07250
1842/11/07
Proclamation. By His Excellency Samuel Ward King [day of Thanksgiving]
Regarding setting aside day of thanksgiving
GLC07251.01
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