Title: Letter from Governour Wanton to the General Assembly of Rhode island. Prevented by indisposition from attending the Assembly. Sends them the Letter from Lord Dartmouth, of March 3, with Lord North's Resolution, and recommends their compliance with the terms of it.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 2, Page 0471
Author/Presenter: Wanton, Joseph, Governour of Rhode-Island
Type: Correspondence
Themes: Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies; Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: support for hierarchy; Political philosophy: British supremacy; Political philosophy: charters and fundamental law; Political philosophy: English constitution; Political philosophy: longing for peace, peace overtures; Political philosophy: rebellion
Date Presented: 1775-05-02
Date Composed: 1775-5-2
Where Written: Newport, Rhode-Island, North America
Recipient: Rhode-Island, General Assembly
Document ID: S4-V2-P01-sp19-D0036
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