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Providence, Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1789 : Gentlemen, I have in vain used every means within my power to procure a copy of the prox agreed upon at the convention in East-Greenwich, designing to reprint it ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ward, Henry, 1732-1797
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 22237.
Subjects:	Rhode Island. > General Assembly > Officials and employees. Rhode Island. > General Assembly > Elections. Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1775-1865. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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