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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 ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Rhode Island. Governor (1790-1805 : Fenner)
Other Authors:	Fenner, Arthur, 1745-1805
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 32759.
Subjects:	Potter, Elisha Reynolds, > 1764-1835. United States. > Congress. > House > Elections. Elections > Rhode Island. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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