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- GLC#
- GLC00997
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 8 May 1779
- Author/Creator
- Greene, William, 1731-1809
- Title
- [Appointment of John Collins as a Rhode Island delegate to the general congress]
- Place Written
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 22 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed by Greene as governor of Rhode Island, countersigned by Henry Ward as secretary of state. Commissions Collins to represent Rhode Island in the general congress in Philadelphia until ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
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