ARRESTS OF WOMEN -- STATEMENT OF MRS. ABBEY H. LORD. Providence, June 5, 1844
by [Women: Dorr Rebellion: Arrests Of Women]. Lord, Abby H
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Providence [Rhode Island]: [House of Representatives], 1844. First edition. Single sheet, folded to make 4 octavo pages [paginated 1073 -1075]. 8vo. Moderate wear and creasing to text, two-inch narrow chip on spine (not affecting text), text is foxed and soiled, else a good copy. First edition. Single sheet, folded to make 4 octavo pages [paginated 1073 -1075]. 8vo. A scarce publication [OCLC lists no holdings].
Prints "Addenda No. 242: Arrests of Women- Statement by Mrs. Abbey H. Lord," about her arrest for violation of the militia law, signed [in type] "Abbey H. Lord/ Hon. E. Burke, Member of Congress." Mrs. Abby H. Lord states, in part: "I send you a correct statement of the arrests of the women, and leave you to do as you see fit with it... I told him that I had no one to train in his company; that we were all Dorrites...". Also prints "Addenda No. 243: Copy of an indictment against Mrs. Abbey H. Lord" signed [in type] by "Joseph M. Blake. Attorney General [and] Walter Paine, Jr., Clerk." The Dorr Rebellion, named for its leader Thomas W. Dorr, took place in 1842. It was directed against the government of Rhode Island for its unconstitutional activities, including its failure to extend voting rights, enact a bill of rights, or reapportion the legislature.
Prints "Addenda No. 242: Arrests of Women- Statement by Mrs. Abbey H. Lord," about her arrest for violation of the militia law, signed [in type] "Abbey H. Lord/ Hon. E. Burke, Member of Congress." Mrs. Abby H. Lord states, in part: "I send you a correct statement of the arrests of the women, and leave you to do as you see fit with it... I told him that I had no one to train in his company; that we were all Dorrites...". Also prints "Addenda No. 243: Copy of an indictment against Mrs. Abbey H. Lord" signed [in type] by "Joseph M. Blake. Attorney General [and] Walter Paine, Jr., Clerk." The Dorr Rebellion, named for its leader Thomas W. Dorr, took place in 1842. It was directed against the government of Rhode Island for its unconstitutional activities, including its failure to extend voting rights, enact a bill of rights, or reapportion the legislature.
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- Title
- ARRESTS OF WOMEN -- STATEMENT OF MRS. ABBEY H. LORD. Providence, June 5, 1844
- Author
- [Women: Dorr Rebellion: Arrests Of Women]. Lord, Abby H
- Format/Binding
- Single sheet, folded to make 4 octavo pages [paginated 1073 -1075]. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate wear and creasing to text, two-inch narrow chip on spine (not affecting text), text is foxed and soiled, else a good co
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- [House of Representatives]
- Place of Publication
- Providence [Rhode Island]
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- Women
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Thought;
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