Thomas Wilson Dorr correspondence, 1848-1853.
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Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854
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Thomas Wilson Dorr, is well known as the leader of the Dorr Rebellion. A Providence lawyer, Dorr had become the leader of the Law and Order Party that had a platform of suffrage reform. At the time, Rhode Island was still operating under the colonial charter of 1663, which stated that only landowners had the right to vote. Dorr's party sought a more democratic constitution which would give voting power to the landless. The party held a convention and adopted a "People's Constitution,...
