Item #56137 Speech of Gov. Dorr, in answer to the question by the court, why sentence should not be pronounced against him. Newport, Tuesday, June 25, 1844. Thomas Wilson Dorr.

Speech of Gov. Dorr, in answer to the question by the court, why sentence should not be pronounced against him. Newport, Tuesday, June 25, 1844

Providence: A. H. Stillwell, No. 1 Market Square, [1844]. Folio broadside approx. 15" x 11". text in triple column beneath the running head, typographic filigree borders; slight chipping in the margins, the whole toned, and mounted; good. Several versions of Dorr's speech at his trial in Newport are known, one published by William Simons, Jr. (on silk and on blue paper), another by the Republican Herald Office (on silk and on blue paper), and another by A. H. Stillwell, also apparently in at least two versions (on white paper and blue paper). This version not recorded in OCLC or American Imprints. This is likely DeSimone & Schofield 135 (on white paper) and apparently trimmed to the border. The trial, held in Newport, was a travesty and an embarrassment. Dorr points out that all the jurors selected, and 147 out of 148 empaneled, were politically opposed to him. The decision and the judgment of the court, life imprisonment at hard labor, contained the seeds of its own defeat, brought about swiftly by public opinion. Within a year Dorr was released from prison, and in 1851 his civil rights were restored. Item #56137

Price: $750.00

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