Memorandum book, 1773-1845, bulk: 1773-1816.

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Memorandum book, 1773-1845, bulk: 1773-1816.

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Rough accounts and memoranda kept by various members of the Gorton family over several generations include accounts of the Gorton's Rhode Island general mercantile business, Thomas Gorton's expense record for his travels to attend the Rhode Island General Assembly, and accounts of legal business transacted by Thomas Gorton Jr. Most of the accounting appears to have been done by Thomas Gorton and his son Benjamin Gorton.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Gorton, Thomas, 1741-

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Gorton, Benjamin, 1768-

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Gorton family.

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Rhode Island. General Assembly

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Following each decennial Census of the United States, Rhode Island, like most states, must redraw existing congressional and state legislative districts based on the principal of one-person, one-vote. While the ultimate responsibility for the redrawing process lies with the Rhode Island Legislature, this decade, like in 1990, the Legislature has established a Special Commission on Reapportionment. The Commission recommended plans for congressional, senatorial and repres...