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Title:
  • To the freemen of the colony of Rhode-Island. : Gentlemen, As it has been generally wished and expected, especially in this part of the Colony, that at the ensuing Election there might not be any Contest respecting General Officers,...
Call No:
  • G1157
  • Broadsides 1775 No.24
Biographical/Historical note:
  • Darius Sessions served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island 1769-1775.
Subjects:
Author:
Imprint Place:
  • [Providence :
Publisher/Printer:
  • Carter, John,
Imprint Date:
  • 1775]
Physical Description:
  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ;
  • 35 x 23 cm.
Bibliographic References:
  • Bristol
  • Shipton & Mooney Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, Reilly, E., Dict. of Col. Am. Printers' Ornaments
  • B4114
  • 42937 622 520,531,575
Notes:
  • Defending Governor Wanton against political opposition and character assassination. For a reply see Alden 590.
  • Signed and dated at end: I am, gentlemen, your real friend and servant, Darius Sessions. Providence, April 15, 1775. Place of publication supplied by Alden. In this edition the title occupies two lines, with "Rhode-Island" in italics. John Carter owned all the ornaments used here. Rhode Island Historical Society holds only known original imprint. Newsbank Readex Early American Imprints Series uses RIHS copy.
  • Darius Sessions served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island 1769-1775.
  • Preservation and electronic cataloging for this broadside was made possible by a generous grant from the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars, the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the General Society of Colonial Wars.
Location:
  • Broadside Collection: G 1157
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