Rhode Island. Governor (1790-1805 : Fenner) & Fenner, A. State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations: To the freemen of the state aforesaid. Elisha R. Potter, Esq; the first representative of this state in the Fifth Congress of the United States ... declared his resignation ... I do therefore ... require you, at your respective town-meetings ... to elect a suitable person, legally qualified, to sit as the first representative of this state ... Given under my hand, at Providence, this twenty-fourth day of July, A.D. 1797 ..
Chicago Style (17th ed.) CitationRhode Island. Governor (1790-1805 : Fenner) and Arthur Fenner. State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations: To the Freemen of the State Aforesaid. Elisha R. Potter, Esq; the First Representative of This State in the Fifth Congress of the United States ... Declared His Resignation ... I Do Therefore ... Require You, at Your Respective Town-meetings ... to Elect a Suitable Person, Legally Qualified, to Sit as the First Representative of This State ... Given Under My Hand, at Providence, This Twenty-fourth Day of July, A.D. 1797 ..
MLA (9th ed.) CitationRhode Island. Governor (1790-1805 : Fenner) and Arthur Fenner. State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations: To the Freemen of the State Aforesaid. Elisha R. Potter, Esq; the First Representative of This State in the Fifth Congress of the United States ... Declared His Resignation ... I Do Therefore ... Require You, at Your Respective Town-meetings ... to Elect a Suitable Person, Legally Qualified, to Sit as the First Representative of This State ... Given Under My Hand, at Providence, This Twenty-fourth Day of July, A.D. 1797 ..