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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... hereby granted ; that the said Joseph Taber , Pardon Gray , John Cooke , William Ladd , William Whitridge , Abra- ham Brown , Benjamin Howland , and Nathaniel Briggs be , and they are , hereby appointed directors of the said lottery ...
... hereby granted ; that the said Joseph Taber , Pardon Gray , John Cooke , William Ladd , William Whitridge , Abra- ham Brown , Benjamin Howland , and Nathaniel Briggs be , and they are , hereby appointed directors of the said lottery ...
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... hereby granted ; and that the said John Whip- ple , Benjamin Comstock , Samuel Young , William Wheaton , Amos Allen , and Jonathan Marsh , be , and they are , hereby appointed directors of said lottery , and empowered to draw a scheme ...
... hereby granted ; and that the said John Whip- ple , Benjamin Comstock , Samuel Young , William Wheaton , Amos Allen , and Jonathan Marsh , be , and they are , hereby appointed directors of said lottery , and empowered to draw a scheme ...
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... hereby repealed . Whereas , Jeremiah Olney , Esq . , late commandant of this ... appoint a committee to adjust the accounts of the additional pay , due to the ... appointed a committee to settle and adjust the said accounts on the same ...
... hereby repealed . Whereas , Jeremiah Olney , Esq . , late commandant of this ... appoint a committee to adjust the accounts of the additional pay , due to the ... appointed a committee to settle and adjust the said accounts on the same ...
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... hereby appointed a committee to divide the said lot ; that the said committee employ a surveyor , if necessary ; that Mrs. Bannister , the wife of Mr. John Bannister , who owns one - half of the said lot , be notified of the time when ...
... hereby appointed a committee to divide the said lot ; that the said committee employ a surveyor , if necessary ; that Mrs. Bannister , the wife of Mr. John Bannister , who owns one - half of the said lot , be notified of the time when ...
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... appoint a committee to inquire into the premises , and cause justice to be done therein ; which being duly considered , - It is voted and resolved , that John Jenckes and Ezek Hopkins , Esqs . , be , and they are , hereby appointed a ...
... appoint a committee to inquire into the premises , and cause justice to be done therein ; which being duly considered , - It is voted and resolved , that John Jenckes and Ezek Hopkins , Esqs . , be , and they are , hereby appointed a ...
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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
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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.
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Page 226 - Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery, held at Boston by Adjournment, November 27, 1770.