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Records Of The Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, In New England (Volume Viii) 1776 To 1779

Records Of The Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, In New England (Volume Viii) 1776 To 1779

John Russell Bartlett

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General ReferenceGeneral LawGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354507514
ISBN13: 9789354507519
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 674
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Open the council chamber doors of 1776. Hear a nation being administered. Records Of The Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, In New England (Volume VIII) gathers the official voice of Rhode Island 1776-1779: orders, petitions, votes, and the working paperwork of revolutionary era governance. This primary source volume is an archival document collection that lets you track how colonial legislation and laws shifted under war, uncertainty, and the pressure of independence. The texture is immediate: names, dates, committees, town concerns, and the hard choices that shaped daily life along the bay. From committee reports to courtroom directives, each page shows governance in motion, written without hindsight, without polish alone. For readers of New England colonial history, these colonial government records are vital early American state papers at their most revealing, sitting beside the best american revolution documents not as commentary but as evidence. For genealogy and local history, the entries anchor families, places, and networks in real time. For academic historical research, it is a dependable map of policy, finance, defence, and civil order during Rhode Island 1776-1779, and a cornerstone of colonial America primary sources. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to a working library, or to a shelf of classic documentation: more than background reading, it is the record of how a colony became a state.

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