Rhode Island And The Union 1774 1790 PDF Download

Excerpt from Rhode Island in the Continental Congress: With the Journal of the Convention That Adopted the Constitution; 1765 1790 During the year 1863, the late Hon. Wilkins Updike, of South Kingstown, deposited with the Secretary of State certain papers, documents and minutes, pertaining to the famous State Convention of 1790, which adopted the Constitution of the United States. These papers, in the Spring of 1864, were put into the hands of the late William R. Staples, together with a certified copy of the following resolutions, passed by the General Assembly, at the January session: - Resolved, That the Hon. William R. Staples be, and he hereby is, authorized to edit the Journal of the Rhode Island Convention for the adoption of the Constitution of the United States; also the proceedings of the towns relative to the ratification of the Constitution, and other papers connected therewith; and that when completed he cause five hundred copies of the same to be printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the use of the General Assembly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.