Lot 241
[Rhode Island]. "At the General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations…." Attleborough: Printed by Solomon Southwick, 1777, 12½ x 8", 16 pp (recto/verso). Upper left corner is chewed, including part of the original paper, edge chips, and overall light toning. Being the minutes of a meeting to discuss state business, attended by Governor Nicholas Cooke, Deputy-Governor William Bradford and other prominent Rhode Islanders. Some of the business has to do with the Revolutionary War, such as the committee established to "inquire into the Grounds and Reasons of the Miscarriage of the late Expedition against the Enemy on Rhode-Island" or a memo of "sundry Articles of Clothing wanted for the Soldiers in Col. Greene's and Col. Angell's Battalions." Period notes penned at the top include "persons having money in their hands for salt," and "Town Council to appoint persons To Take Care of Soldiers familes."
Reference: Evans 15570.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,200.
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