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First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8; original pictorial wrappers torn, with about one-quarter missing, affecting 2 letters in the title and the typographic border; front wrapper soiled, moderate foxing. "This book is dedicated to the three tail bashaw of Tripoli, and all the Barbary powers, by Roger O. Dogerty, alias, Peter Madicanscutter." A marvelous long and knowledgeable account of the Dorr Rebellion in verse, in support of the Dorrite reformers, pointing out rule by foreign edict. Rhode Island is still ruled by privileges accorded the Legislature by the Royal Charter of 1663, according to the majority of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, which declared the Rhode Island political system to be an "essential parliamentary form of government." Not in American Imprints; Sabin 80868.…