The Life and Times of Thomas Wilson Dorr: With Outlines of the Political History of Rhode IslandThe author, 1859 - 368 Seiten |
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... unscrupulous non - freeholders were qualified to vote by sham deeds of estates in which they really had no interest ; and to so great an extent was this fraud carried , that in many towns it was supposed THOMAS WILSON DORR . 23.
... unscrupulous non - freeholders were qualified to vote by sham deeds of estates in which they really had no interest ; and to so great an extent was this fraud carried , that in many towns it was supposed THOMAS WILSON DORR . 23.
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... qualified . In many instances one sham deed , by qual- ifying the father , made two voters by qualifying his eldest son at the same time . It will be recollected , also , that many of those who consented to be thus qual- ified were not ...
... qualified . In many instances one sham deed , by qual- ifying the father , made two voters by qualifying his eldest son at the same time . It will be recollected , also , that many of those who consented to be thus qual- ified were not ...
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... qualified freeholders were always allowed to vote ; and this feudal right was continued by the char- ter government up to the time of the present consti- tution . There can be no more dangerous feature in any gov- ernment than the ...
... qualified freeholders were always allowed to vote ; and this feudal right was continued by the char- ter government up to the time of the present consti- tution . There can be no more dangerous feature in any gov- ernment than the ...
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... qualified to vote for general officers , be , and they are hereby , requested to choose , at their semi - annual town or ward meetings in August next , so many delegates , and of like qualifications , as they are now respectively ...
... qualified to vote for general officers , be , and they are hereby , requested to choose , at their semi - annual town or ward meetings in August next , so many delegates , and of like qualifications , as they are now respectively ...
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... qualified by statute to vote . Free from all the side issues , which often bias men in party contests , every voter ... qualified by statute to vote . It therefore appeared that a decided majority , not only of all the male citizens of ...
... qualified by statute to vote . Free from all the side issues , which often bias men in party contests , every voter ... qualified by statute to vote . It therefore appeared that a decided majority , not only of all the male citizens of ...
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adjourned adopted aforesaid amend American appointed armed arrested Assembly authority called cause charter government charter troops Chepatchet citizens city of Providence civil clerks colony committed committee Company concurred consti convention court declared defendant delegates discharged district Dorr's duly duty elected electors enacted ernment exercise force freeholders freemen Glocester Governor Dorr Governor King held hereby House of Representatives hundred inhabitants Island and Providence Jedediah Sprague John Tyler June jury justice legislature liberty lieutenant governor majority martial law ment military muskets Newport non-freeholders number of votes oath offence officers passed Pawtucket people's constitution persons political president principles prison proceedings Providence county Providence Plantations qualified request resolutions Resolved returned Rhode Island Roger Williams Samuel W SAMUEL WARD KING secretary Senate session South Kingstown sovereign power sovereignty stitution suffrage party thereof Thomas W Thomas Wilson Dorr thousand tion town treason trial United votes given whole number