Recommendations For Watchmen For The Mayor And Board Of Aldermen

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Providence: June, 1842. Five pages of manuscript containing the recommendary signatures of 28 persons, 8 x 10 inches, with cover 13 x 18 inches, folded in half; previous folds, some browning; very good and legible. The Dorr Rebellion began in early 1842, and these recommendations for additional watchmen for the City of Providence date just after the Dorrites' unsuccessful attack against the arsenal at the Dexter Training Ground in May. Prior to the

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