TITLE | TYPE | DATE CREATED | COLLECTION(S) | DESCRIPTION |
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Women's Hand Fan - 5I Recto | Image | 1845 | The Dorr Rebellion | During Dorr's time in prison, he was purportedly given the task of painting women's hand-f… |
T.W. Dorr Inaugurated Governor of Rhode Island, May 3d, 1842 | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | Hand colored lithograph, probably copied from an image of Thomas Dorr published in the August, 1842… |
Second Ward. For Delegates to the Peoples' Convention of October 4th | Image | 1841 | The Dorr Rebellion | In July of 1841 the Rhode Island Suffrage Association called for a people's constitutional conv… |
People's Constitutional and State Rights' Ticket | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | On April 18, 1842 the suffrage party held an extra-legal election to select state officers under the… |
Statue of Thomas Wilson Dorr | Image | 2014 | The Dorr Rebellion | The People's Governor - 1842 Constitutional Reformer. Statue created by sculptor, Joseph Avaris… |
Portrait of Thomas Wilson Dorr | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | This print drawn from a daguerreotype of Thomas Dorr was done in Philadelphia in 1842 by William War… |
The Doctrine of Sovereignty | Image | 1853 | The Dorr Rebellion | Thomas W. Dorr penned this credo on the doctrine of sovereignty in 1853 the year before his death. I… |
The Capture of Acote Hill | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | In the face of an opposing force of nearly 3,500 militiamen then converging on Dorr's encampmen… | |
The Dorr Mansion | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | Built by Sullivan Dorr in 1809, the Dorr Mansion was designed by John Holden Greene and erected on t… | |
Portrait of Thomas Wilson Dorr | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | This image was engraved from a daguerreotype of Thomas W. Dorr and was executed by Archibald L. Dick… |
The Great Political Car | Image | 1845 | The Dorr Rebellion | In 1844 Thomas W. Dorr was tried for treason, found guilty and sentence to life in prison. Dorr… |
The Great Political Car (detail) | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | ||
The Great Political Car (text) | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | ||
Postcard of Chepachet | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | Postcard of Chepachet - Main Street, looking South. | |
Postcard of Chepachet | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | Postcard of Chepachet - Main Street, showing Bridge. | |
Suffrage Association Clambake Ribbon | Image | 1842-09-28 | The Dorr Rebellion | Suffrage Association Clambake Ribbon - September 28, 1842. |
Postcard of Fort Adams | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | In June 1842, President John Tyler sent additional Federal troops to Rhode Island in case their serv… | |
The Four Traitors | Image | 1845 | The Dorr Rebellion | Dating from 1845, this broadside depicts Charles Jackson, Samuel Man, James Simmons and Lemuel Arnol… |
Friends of the Constitution | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | This broadside was issued for the constitutional vote of March 1842. It suggests to suffrage support… |
Hurrah for the Old Charter | Image | 1842 | The Dorr Rebellion | This anti-Dorrite broadside celebrates the March 1842 defeat of the General Assembly's proposed… |
Postcard of Chepachet Inn | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | This inn, owned by Dorrite supporter Jedediah Sprague, was used as Dorr's Headquarters during h… | |
Martial Law | Image | 1842-06-25 | The Dorr Rebellion | Thomas Dorr issued a proclamation on June 25th 1842 calling for the Peoples' Government to reco… |
Dorr War Poem | Image | The Dorr Rebellion | During the period of the rebellion many mass suffrage meetings and suffrage clambakes were held. Usu… | |
Proclamation by Samuel Ward King | Image | 1842-04-04 | The Dorr Rebellion | Governor King on April 4, 1842, in response to a resolution passed by the General Assembly the previ… |
The Convention Quickstep | Image | 1841 | The Dorr Rebellion | The cover of sheet music for the 'Convention Quick Step'. Arranged for the piano and flute… |