The Rhode Island compacts : typescript, [197-?]

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The Rhode Island compacts : typescript, [197-?]

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Compacts were statements of intent, for establishment of local government, written by the early settlers of America. Includes transcriptions of the Mayflower Compact (1620), and the compacts of three towns in Rhode Island: Providence (ca. 1638), Portsmouth (1638) and Newport (1639). Author discusses the historical importance of the compacts. Includes lists of names of those who signed the documents.

11 leaves ; 28 cm.

Rhode Island Historical Society

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