Excerpt from An Address to the People of Rhode-Island: Delivered in Newport, on Wednesday, May 3, 1843, in Presence of the General Assembly, on the Occasion of the Change in the Civil Government of Rhode-Island, by the Adoption of the Constitution, Which Superseded the Charter of 1663 Swan, Christopher Grant Perry, and Nathaniel S. Ruggles be a commit tee to make the necessary arrangements for a proper commemoration of the cessation of the old, and the installation of the new government; and that they be authorized to ...
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Excerpt from An Address to the People of Rhode-Island: Delivered in Newport, on Wednesday, May 3, 1843, in Presence of the General Assembly, on the Occasion of the Change in the Civil Government of Rhode-Island, by the Adoption of the Constitution, Which Superseded the Charter of 1663 Swan, Christopher Grant Perry, and Nathaniel S. Ruggles be a commit tee to make the necessary arrangements for a proper commemoration of the cessation of the old, and the installation of the new government; and that they be authorized to invite some distinguished Citizen of this State to express our sentiments on the occasion as to the important results to be deduced from this eventful era of our history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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8vo, pp. 80. Removed from a nonce volume. VG. Until the election of 1842 the state had been operating under the charter granted by Charles II in 1663. Earlier in 1842 a group of citizens had met and drafted the "People"s Constitution, " shortly thereafter the legistature met and created the "Freeman"s Constitution." The populace selected the "People"s Constitution" but the State Supreme Court and President Tyler refused to recognize it. After various meetings an amended "Freeman"s Constitution" was selected and recognized.
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