Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations as adopted

by the Convention assembled at Providence, November, 1841 by Henry Y. Cranston, President of the Convention

$400 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Providence: Knowles & Vose, printers, 1842. 8vo, pp. 27, 1 ; self-wrappers; removed from binding; stitching partially perished and a small staple neatly applied in top gutter margin; modeate foxing to title page; all else very good. Known as the Landholders' Constitution, from the fact that only owners of real estate, and their eldest sons were allowed to vote for delegates to the Convention, adopted by the charter government in Providence. Once again

• Binding: Wrappers

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