Rhode Island Laws, ca. 1860.

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Rhode Island Laws, ca. 1860.

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"Rhode Island Legislation. A vindication of the committees of the Collonial Assemblies against the charge of having interpolated the printed Collonial Laws, which were first published A.D. 1719," by Preston Cummings of Leicester, Mass. A ms. essay responding to conclusions of John Russell Bartlett in his Records of the colony of Rhode Island (1856-65), concerning the exclusion of Catholics as freemen in an act passed in 1664. From the papers of Charles Deane, Boston (Mass.) merchant and historian.

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Cummings, Preston, 1800-1875

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Deane, Charles, 1813-1889

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Charles Deane was a merchant with the firm of Waterston, Pray & Company. He retired from the firm in 1864 and devoted himself to researching early American history. From the description of Letter, 1879 Oct[obe]r 17, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot [Boston, Mass.]. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 15143373 American historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, Messrs. Bartlett & Welford, booksellers in New Yo...

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

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U.S Boundary Commissioner, antiquarian and bibliographer; John Bartlett was appointed in 1850 to establish the border between Mexico and the United States. He worked in Texas and southern New Mexico until 1852, when he decided to go to San Diego and work from there to the east. He was removed from his position in February 1853. He published his account of his experiences in two volumes, "Personal and Narrative of Explorations and Incidents Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Co...