Dorr Rebellion correspondence

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Dorr Rebellion correspondence

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Abstract: Correspondence received by the Quartermaster General during the Dorr Rebellion, 1842. During the Dorr Rebellion, the Law and Order government of Governor Samuel Ward King received assurances from local artilleries that they would not use their weapons against “the legal government of RI.”

Scope and Content: Communications concerning the Dorr insurrection or letters of notaries involved in the affair (11 items). Includes Mayor Thomas Burgess of Providence to Governor James Fenner, May 18, 1842; Governor Samuel Ward King to Governor James Fenner, June 27, 1842; Colonel Allen (member of governor’s council) to L. H. Arnold, Commandant at Pawtucket, June 30, 1842; Joseph B. Wilkinson & Colonel George W. Bennett, militia officers (depositions) 1842; Thomas Wilson Dorr to William Simons, February 18, 1846; Silas Wright (Tammany Hall Dorr supporter) to William H. Seward, then Governor of NY, Aug. 14, 1839; Mrs. Catherine R. William (Dorr supporter) to Governor James Fenner Dec. 29, 1843; Olney Ballou (Dorr supporter) to Governor James Fenner, Dec. 28, 1836; James Bankhead (advisor to Law & Order Party 1842) to Major Milo Mason. June 1, 1820 & William Gibbs McNeil (General of State Militia forces at time of insurrection) to Tristam Burgess, Oct. 16, 1835. See Adjutant General Correspondence, 1842, for bulk of Dorr related military communications / orders.

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Dorr Rebellion correspondence, 1842

Dorr Rebellion correspondence, 1820-1846

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