Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1678-1706A. C. Greene and Brothers, state printers, 1858 - Rhode Island |
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... concerning the estate of George Browne , and that there may be Commissioners appointed to order the estate of the said George Browne , as a bankrupt . This Assembly had much serious debates , and pe- ruseinge and consideration of the ...
... concerning the estate of George Browne , and that there may be Commissioners appointed to order the estate of the said George Browne , as a bankrupt . This Assembly had much serious debates , and pe- ruseinge and consideration of the ...
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... concerning the action that hath been legally tryed at two Gen- erall Courts of Tryalls , betweene Capt'n Peleg Sanford , plain- tiff , and said Miles Forster , defendant . This Assembly con- ceive that it doth not properly belong to ...
... concerning the action that hath been legally tryed at two Gen- erall Courts of Tryalls , betweene Capt'n Peleg Sanford , plain- tiff , and said Miles Forster , defendant . This Assembly con- ceive that it doth not properly belong to ...
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... concerning raising moneys for the payment of the Collony's debts , shall be first adjetated and determined . Voted , This Assembly haveing taken into their serious con- sideration the great necessity for the raisinge of moneys for the ...
... concerning raising moneys for the payment of the Collony's debts , shall be first adjetated and determined . Voted , This Assembly haveing taken into their serious con- sideration the great necessity for the raisinge of moneys for the ...
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... concerning severall Indians that were brought in , and that voluntarily came in themselves unto the respective townes aforesaid , in the time of the late Indian warr , and being chief- ly desirous to maintaine , uphold and preserve ...
... concerning severall Indians that were brought in , and that voluntarily came in themselves unto the respective townes aforesaid , in the time of the late Indian warr , and being chief- ly desirous to maintaine , uphold and preserve ...
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... concerning difference about title of lands , between William Harris and others , shall , as the Governor sees cause , be transcribed by the Recorder , and accordingly returne thereof to be made to his Majesty . The charge thereof to be ...
... concerning difference about title of lands , between William Harris and others , shall , as the Governor sees cause , be transcribed by the Recorder , and accordingly returne thereof to be made to his Majesty . The charge thereof to be ...
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according adjourned appointed Arnold Arthur Fenner Assistants authority aforesaid authority thereof Caleb Carr Capt'n John Charter chosen Clerk Coddington Collony of Rhode Collony's command commission Commissioners Committee Constables copy Court of Tryalls Deputy Governor East Greenwich Edward Election empowered England Esq'r forthwith freemen further enacted Generall Assembly held Generall Treasury Governor and Councill granted hath hereby enacted humbly inhabitants Island and Providence Jahleel Brenton John Coggeshall John Greene Joseph Jencks Jun'r Justices King's Province Kingstown land late letter levy Lieut Lordships Majestie's Majesty Majesty's Collony Major John Greene Narragansett Country Newport oath officers paid Peleg Sanford person or persons petition Portsmouth pounds present Providence Plantations Recorder respective towns Rhode Island Samuel Gorton Samuell Cranston Seal sent severall shillings therein thereunto Thomas town of Newport Treasurer Tryalls unto Voted Walter Clarke Warwick Westerly Weston Clarke Whereas William William Coddington
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