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1842/03/19
To the public [Dorr's rebellion]
Broadside regarding Dorr's Rebellion, issued to clear up "deception" regarding Reverend William Balch's stance supporting Dorr.
GLC07244.01
1842 ca.
The Truth, or Review of a circular... [Dorr's rebellion]
Regarding Dorr's Rebellion. Title continued: "...addressed to the electors of the Western Congressional District" on upcoming election.
GLC07244.02
20 May 1842
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
to Elisha R. Potter
Written at the height of the Dorr controversy, when Thomas W. Dorr's followers who wanted to put a new Rhode Island state constitution in place to expand suffrage, illegally elected Dorr the governor. Tyler explains his response to the affair, his...
GLC01131
25 September 1831
Allyn, Nelson (fl. 1831)
to Joseph Allyn
Nelson writes to his brother Joseph in Connecticut, roughly one month after Nat Turner's Rebellion. Discusses family and mutual acquaintances, noting he is in good health. Writes, "the insurrection of the blacks have made greate disturbance here...
GLC05655
1845
Dorr, Thomas Wilson (1805-1854)
Governor Thomas Dorr
Mezzotint engraving taken from daguerreotype. Engraved by W. Warner, from a December 1841 image.
GLC07258
1844 ca.
T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842
Engraved from daguerreotype. Lithograph by J. Baillie; distributed by Sowle & Shaw, New Bedford. (Baillie as print maker is described in America on Stone 84-85.)
GLC07247.01
1842/05/14
A horrible plot discovered!! [anti-Dorr]
Warning that Dorr is soliciting men in New York to bring violence to Rhode Island. With manuscript note.
GLC07248.01
1842/05/19
Vinton's address on ... Newport artillery
Thanking God for quick suppression of insurrection. (Losses affecting text.)
GLC07248.02
1844/06/25
Speech of Governor Dorr
Concerning the case against Dorr and his subsequent imprisonment. Printed on bright yellow paper.
GLC07253.02
1843/03/29
Dorrite falsehood / nailed to the counter
Regarding debts incurred during "Dorrite War"
GLC07245.01
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