Report of the trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr, for treason against the state of Rhode Island, containing the arguments of counsel, and the charge of Chief Justice Durfee

by Joseph S. Pitman

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First edition

Boston: published by Tappan & Dennett, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 131, 1 index and errata; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. The only state without a written constitution, Rhode Island still governed itself under its colonial charter granted by Charles II, which effectively barred about half the adult males from suffrage. Dorr led the effort to change Rhode Island's political system which became known as the Dorr Rebellion or

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