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Proceedings of the town of Providence. : The resolutions of the town of Providence, officially detailed below, were, after full discussion and mature deliberation, almost unanimously adopted by the most numerous town-meeting ever held in this town...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Providence (R.I.)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18466.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Embargo, 1807-1809.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Providence (R.I.)--Politics and government.
- Providence (R.I.).
- Rhode Island--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Rhode Island.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1801-1809.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- Providence: : Printed by J. Carter., [1809]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Proceedings and resolutions of a meeting of the freemen of Providence, held on January 28, 1809, its object being "to take into consideration the alarming situation of the country, arising from the several embargo laws, and especially the last, and to adopt such measures as may be thought proper for the security and safety of our rights and liberties."
- Signed: Nathan W. Jackson, town-clerk.
- Followed by the text of "An act to enforce and make more effectual an act, entitled 'An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States,' and the several acts supplementary thereto," passed January 9, 1809.
- Text printed in four columns.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18466).
- Contains:
- United States. Act to enforce and make more effectual an act, entitled "An act laying an embargo ..."
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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