Image / T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842

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Title: T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842
Creator: Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855, printer
Sowle & Shaw, printer
Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855, publisher
Sowle & Shaw, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1839
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a portrait of Thomas Wilson Dorr, disputed Governor of Rhode Island and convicted leader of the state's "Dorr Rebellion" of 1841-1842; Dorr is seated in the Governor's chair and holds the Constitution of Rhode Island in one hand.
Date supplied by cataloger based on item text. "Lith & Pubd. by J. Baillie 118 Nassau St. N.Y. Sowle & Shaw New Bedford & 52 Cornhill Boston, Mass."--text, bottom margin. ""The process of this court does not reach the man within. The Court cannot shake the constrictions of the mind, nor the fixed purpose which is sustained by integrity of heart. From this sentence of the Court I appeal to the People of our State and of our Country. They shall decide be-tween us." Extt. from Dorr's Speech, Newport R.I. June 25th 1844."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 46.36 x 34.29 cm (18 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_POL_003942
491462
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4230
Language: English
Subject: Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854--Pictorial works
Dorr Rebellion, 1842
Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Politics & Social Issues
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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