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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
Speech of Governor Dorr [on silk]
Concerning the case against Dorr and his subsequent imprisonment; on silk. (With loss on decorative lower left margin.)
GLC07252
1843 ca.
The Four traitors [anti-Dorr illustrated broadside]
Illustrations and text of 4 politicians who "infamously sold themselves to the Dorrites, for office and political power."
GLC07254
To the Democrats of Rhode Island
Anti-Dorrite propaganda, comparing resolutions of Dorrites to "Real Facts"
GLC07245.03
1843/01/23
King, Samuel Ward (1786-1851)
Proclamation. By His Excellency Samuel Ward King [RI Constitution ratification]
Regarding ratification of new constitution.
GLC07251.02
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