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Title:
Preparations for the defense of Rhode Island, 1755 : historical documents / edited, transcribed, and annotated with an introduction by John B. Hattendorf.
Publisher:
Published by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
37 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Other Authors:
Hattendorf, John B., writer of introduction. transcriber, annotator, writer of introduction.
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Notes:
"Issued at the Winter Court of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations by its Governor, the Honorable Roger Freeman Giraud and the Council of the Society." "December 2017." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Documents. A. Letter from Stephen Hopkins to the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Robinson, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, 17 April 1755 -- Two enclosures to Stephen Hopkins's Letter of 17 April 1955: 1. A plan and profile of the fortifications now erecting to defend the town and harbour of Newport on Rhode Island, Marcy 1755 (by Peter Harrison) ; 2. Plan of the town and harbour of Newport, Rhode Island, America, P. Harrison -- B. The petition of Richard Partridge, Agent for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, to the Lords Justices, Regents of the Kingdom of Great Britain, &c., July 1755 -- C. Letter from Richard Partridge to Governor Stephen Hopkins, 8 August 1755 -- D. Extract from Richard Partridge's letter to the Committee of War, 10 September 1755.
Series:
Publication / Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; 73
ISBN:
1978366418
9781978366411
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1014022227
Locations:
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

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