October, 1844. At the General Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden at Bristol, within and for said state, on the last Monday of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and of independence the sixty-ninth

Published by publisher not identified], [Providence, 1844

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8vo, pp. 70, [2]; uncut and largely unopened; large folding table ("Abstract of Returns from Several of the Banks"); signed at the end by Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, and R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued. Laws, allotments, and other enactments passed at the General Assembly of Rhode Island since the previous meeting in June, 1844. Not in American Imprints. Not in OCLC. Bound with: Cleveland, Thomas, Warden. Annual reports made to the General Assembly of Rhode-Island, at their October session, 1844, by the inspectors, warden & physician of the Rhode-Island state prison. Providence: Knowles and Vose, printers, 1844, 8vo, pp. 38, [2]; The sixth annual report of the prison, with rules and regulations, and accounts of the prisoners, although not by name. Thomas Wilson Dorr had been incarcerated for a few months when this report was issued, and he is clearly the last listed inmate. Thirty-eight years old, committed on June 27, 1844, for life, for "Treason," makes Dorr readily identifiable. Forward-looking penal philosophy of the warden, Thomas Cleveland: "It is, as I believe, the right of society to take the life of an offender if necessary, but not to take his mind, or to subject him to any process of infliction of which mental derangement shall be an ordinary, and not an unusual and unexpected result." American Imprints 5299.

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• Title: October, 1844. At the General Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden at Bristol, within and for said state, on the last Monday of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and of independence the sixty-ninth
• Publisher: publisher not identified], [Providence
• Publication Date: 1844
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