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Thomas Dorr's response to Whig accusations during the Dorr Rebellion, approximately 1842
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Thomas Dorr's response to Whig accusations during the Dorr Rebellion, approximately 1842.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1842]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Written in the third person and signed Gov. Dorr at the top of the page. Responds to accusations in Whig newspapers that he is one of the most pusillanimous cowards in existence and is about to descend upon Rhode Island with a military force. Compares Dorr to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over suffrage rights in Rhode Island. Penciled note on the verso indicates the document is written in Dorr's hand.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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