Petitions Received, 1725-1890

Petition from the inhabitants of Warren to open an inoculating hospital in town, 1790

Petition of owner for compensation after slave enlisted in state service in 1778 during the War, February 1793

Petition by John Seketor, October 1801

Petition by the Narragansett Indian Council to sell land, 1803

Petition of James Allen against Indian Tribe, October 1809

Petition of Enoch Crandal to be released as Indian trustee, February 1810

Indian Petition against sale of land, October 1812

Indian Petition against sale of any more land, January 1813

Petition by Moses Stanton, June 1813

Petition by Narragansett Indians to have Rhode Island citizens removed from their land, May 1815

Petition to remove a Rhode Island citizen from tribal land, May 1815

Petition by Fanny Bosems, February 1816

Petition by the Narragansett Indian tribe, November 1, 1817

Petitions, deeds, correspondence with James Paul, 1817-1818

Petition by Narragansett Indian Council for sale of land, February 1820

Petition by Christopher Harry, February 1821

Petition of Daniel Seketer for settlement of Indian lawsuits, February 1821

Petition by Tobias Ross, October 30, 1821

Petition in support of the poor, October 1821

Petition by Eunice Rogers relating to Indian lands, October 1822

Petition by Citizens asking the General Assembly to refuse petitions of the Narragansett Indians, October 1823

Petition by the Physicians of Westerly and Charlestown asking for compensation for Medical Services to the Narragansett Indians, October 1823

Memorial on American Convention on Abolition of Slavery, June 1825

Petition from Johnston for free schools throughout the state, 1828

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Bristol, 1829

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Burrillville, 1829

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Glocester, 1829

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Middletown, 1829

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: North Providence, 1829

Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Smithfield, 1829

1829: Petition to admit non-freeholders to the franchise: Warren

Petition of the Colored people for relief against taxes, January 1831

Petition for sale of land by Matilda Congdon, October 1831

Petition and Act of the Providence African Society for Mutual Relief, June 1833

Petition Concerning Abolition of Slavery (Sample Representation of Town Petitions), June 1836

Petition by Thomas Taylor to sell land, February 1837

Petition of the Narragansett Indians for a Committee to Settle their Accounts, 1837

Memorial Regarding the Abolition of Slavery (Town Samples), January 1838

Memorial Remonstrance against resolution of Congress relative to anti-slavery petitions, January 1838

Petition of the Kent County Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society relating to the Resolution of Congress, January 1838

Petition by Daniel Harry for the Commutation of his sentence, June 11, 1839

Petition by John Olney for the Commutation of the sentence of Daniel Harry, c, 1838-1839

Petition by Citizens of Washington County to have Daniel Harry's death sentence changed to life imprisonment, June 1839

Petition for the Commutation of the sentence of Daniel Harry, June 1839