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Book/Printed Material State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D. 1789

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Title

  • State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D. 1789 : An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve passed on the 28th day of September, 1787, recommended to the legislature of this state to call a convention within the same, for the purpose of adopting the Constitution of a general government ...

Names

  • Rhode Island.
  • Ward, Henry, 1732-1797.
  • Carter, John, 1745-1814, printer.
  • Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Providence] : Printed by J. Carter, [1789]

Headings

  • -  Rhode Island.--Convention--(1790)
  • -  United States.--Constitution
  • -  Rhode Island--Politics and government--1775-1865
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Providence

Genre

  • Broadsides--Rhode Island--Providence--1789
  • Laws--Rhode Island--1789
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Rhode Island--Providence--1789

Notes

  • -  Signed: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, sec'ry.
  • -  Date and place of publication supplied by Evans.
  • -  Evans 22109
  • -  Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1180
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Town-clerk East-Greenwich.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 35 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Const Conv no. 20

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898146

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Rhode Island, Henry Ward, John Carter, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D.: An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve passed on the 28th day of September, 1787, recommended to the legislature of this state to call a convention within the same, for the purpose of adopting the Constitution of a general government. [Providence: Printed by J. Carter, 1789] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898146/.

APA citation style:

Rhode Island, Ward, H., Carter, J. & Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. (1789) State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D.: An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve passed on the 28th day of September, 1787, recommended to the legislature of this state to call a convention within the same, for the purpose of adopting the Constitution of a general government. [Providence: Printed by J. Carter] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898146/.

MLA citation style:

Rhode Island, et al. State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D.: An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve passed on the 28th day of September, 1787, recommended to the legislature of this state to call a convention within the same, for the purpose of adopting the Constitution of a general government. [Providence: Printed by J. Carter, 1789] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898146/>.