Pitman, John, Judge of U.S. District Court for Rhode Island

To members of the General Assembly of Rhode-Island. Friends and fellow-citizens... [drop title]

[Providence: publisher not identified, 1842.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; stitching renewed, some toning, else very good. Apparently two issues were printed, this with one more line on the first page, but the text is identical. An anti-Dorr tract which describes Dorrites as an unrepresentative faction. The constitutional and historical issues are well presented. Originally a supporter of the extension of suffrage, Pitman, a Federal district judge, changed his mind after the People's Convention of 1841. Pitman appeals to the founding fathers, and for some reason attacks Orestes Brownson. Not in American Imprints or Bartlett; Sabin 63054. Item #55350

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