A concise history, of the efforts to obtain an extension of suffrage in Rhode Island from the year 1811 to 1842
Providence: Benjamin F. Moore, printer, 1842. First edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 6-171, [1]; original green cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover; ex-Newport Historical Society (released) with its pressure stamp on title page and last page of text; occasional spotting and foxing; all else very good. With the ownership signature on the title page of "B. Diman." Jacob Frieze (1789-1880), a Universalist minister from New England, was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist, reporting on, and participating in, the events culminating in the Dorr War, 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett, p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Item #55919
Price: $250.00
