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- GLC#
- GLC01450.410.03-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 21 August 1777
- Author/Creator
- Rhode Island Assembly
- Title
- [Rhode Island resolution ordering the purchase of land near a gun powder mill]
- Place Written
- Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 19 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed twice by J. Lyndon (clerk of the lower house), R.J. Holme (deputy secretary of the Upper House), and certified a true copy Henry Ward. Authorizes Jacob Goffe to purchase land near the mill and build a house, all at the state's expense. The resolution by the Lower House was agreed to by the Upper House the next day, with the caveat that Caleb Harris "be added to superintend the Business." A signed note by Harris on the verso indicates he received the contents from Joseph Clarke, the state treasurer.
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