Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1784-1792A. C. Greene and brothers, state printers, 1865 - Rhode Island |
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... authority thereof it is enacted , that no person or persons , whether negroes , mulattoes , or others , who shall be born within the limits of this state , on or after the ... authority aforesaid , 1784. ] 7 AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS .
... authority thereof it is enacted , that no person or persons , whether negroes , mulattoes , or others , who shall be born within the limits of this state , on or after the ... authority aforesaid , 1784. ] 7 AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS .
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Rhode Island John Russell Bartlett. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , that all persons held in servi- tude or slavery , who shall be hereafter emancipated by those who claim them , shall be supported as other paupers ...
Rhode Island John Russell Bartlett. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , that all persons held in servi- tude or slavery , who shall be hereafter emancipated by those who claim them , shall be supported as other paupers ...
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... authority aforesaid , that the following shall be the form of the oath ( or in cases of tender consciences of the affirmation ) of allegiance , to be taken by all persons who shall hereafter be admitted to vote in the election of any ...
... authority aforesaid , that the following shall be the form of the oath ( or in cases of tender consciences of the affirmation ) of allegiance , to be taken by all persons who shall hereafter be admitted to vote in the election of any ...
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... authority aforesaid , that if any creditor to such estate shall neglect to exhibit his claim or demand within the time aforesaid , he shall be forever afterwards precluded from demanding the same from the executors or administrators of ...
... authority aforesaid , that if any creditor to such estate shall neglect to exhibit his claim or demand within the time aforesaid , he shall be forever afterwards precluded from demanding the same from the executors or administrators of ...
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... authority aforesaid , that the secretary furnish the delegates to Congress , whensoever he shall be by them , or either of them , thereunto requested , with commissions , signed by the governor , under the seal of the state , par ...
... authority aforesaid , that the secretary furnish the delegates to Congress , whensoever he shall be by them , or either of them , thereunto requested , with commissions , signed by the governor , under the seal of the state , par ...
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agreeably allowed and paid appointed a committee Arnold Arthur Fenner authority aforesaid authority thereof Benjamin Bourne Caleb certificates collector of impost commissioners Committee appointed Congress county of Newport county of Providence county of Washington Daniel Owen debt Deputy Governor discharge dollars duly considered duties East Greenwich ensign Esek Hopkins Excellency the Governor freemen further enacted further voted George Champlin granted hath Henry Marchant hereby appointed hereby directed hereby empowered Honorable hundred inhabitants Island and Providence issue Jabez Bowen James Jeremiah Olney John Sayles Jonathan Joseph Joseph Stanton justice late lawful money legislature lottery Monday officers Olney Paul Allen Pawcatuck river payment Peleg Peleg Arnold persons prayed this Assembly preferred a petition Providence Plantations received regiment of militia represented unto respective Rowse Samuel session shillings ship or vessel South Kingstown taxes Thomas unto this Assembly voted and resolved Whereas William
Popular passages
Page 259 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 259 - Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual...
Page 374 - That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, requested...
Page 459 - States; and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution...
Page 381 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number...
Page 262 - We will neither import nor purchase, any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time, we will wholly discontinue the slave trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Page 458 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever.
Page 279 - And be it further enacted, that all actions of trespass quare clausum fregit, all actions of trespass, detinue, action, sur trover, and replevin for taking away of goods and cattle, all actions of account, and upon the case, other than such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant their factors or servants...
Page 390 - That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several States to pass laws, making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof...
Page 226 - Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery, held at Boston by Adjournment, November 27, 1770.