State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, October session, A.D. 1778 : Whereas many inhabitants of the island of Rhode Island, after having suffered every evil and insult ...
Three resolutions, the first appointing a committee to provide for the relief of all those persons on the island who are destitute of the means of support and subsistence; the second, on methods of soliciting funds, and other details; and the third, giving orders for publication of the resolutions in the next Providence gazette.