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Title:
  • A summary of the amount of the estimation of the Colony of Rhode-Island : as taken by us the subscribers, pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of said Colony, passed at their sessions in June, Anno Domini 1767.
Call No:
  • G1157
  • Broadsides 1768 No.2
Subjects:
Author:
Imprint Place:
  • Newport [R.I. :
Publisher/Printer:
  • s.n.],
Imprint Date:
  • 1768.
Physical Description:
  • 1 broadside ;
  • 25 x 20 cm.
Bibliographic References:
  • Alden, J.E. Rhode Island,
  • Shipton & Mooney Bristol
  • 389
  • 41872 B2938
Notes:
  • Printed area measures: 21.6 x 18.1 cm.
  • Below title table of the estimated value of property in Rhode Island, divided by counties and towns, with columns for number of acres of woodland, value of woodland, sum total of rents at 20 and 15 years, sum total of rateables, whole amount of each town, polls, and whole amount of each county; the grand total is 2,078,119 pounds, one shilling. Estimate is dated Newport, May 6th, 1768, includes justification beginning: "Agreeable to the appointment of the General Assembly, and in pursuance of the Act passed," with printed signatures of Nathaniel Mumford, James Angell, Joseph Crandall, Thomas Greene and Joseph Lippitt. Alden proves through printer's bill that printer was Solomon Southwick in Newport. Name of commission and imprint supplied by Alden.
  • 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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