Petitions Received, 1725-1890
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00165, C#00063; C#00628
Petitions Received, 1725-1890
Petitions to the Rhode Island General Assembly indices, 1806-1867
Black Rhode Islanders Collection, 1652-1885
Scope and Contents
Record of granted petitions as submitted to the legislature by individual citizens, groups, municipalities, political, corporate & religious organizations and entities.
Dates
- Creation: 1725-1890
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
No special restriction unless otherwise specified.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is in the public domain unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to restrict reproduction of materials due to preservation concerns.
Biographical / Historical
Submissions relating to suffrage rights, slavery, affairs of Narragansett Indians, redress from actions of debt, insolvency and imprisonment, property encroachments & disbursement, establishment of militia companies, lotteries, public schools, railroads, the granting of divorces or adoption of children, etc.
Extent
45.00 Cubic Feet (93 volumes (as bound through 1867))
Abstract
Petitions submitted to the General Assembly for approval
Arrangement
Chronological
Accruals
C#0628 - additionally assigned
Existence and Location of Copies
70 micoriflm reels, 1725 - 1867 (vols. 1 - 74) C#137
Source
- Rhode Island. General Assembly (1643-) (Organization)
- Box: Petitions Received (Oversize) (Text)
- Box: 1. Petitions: Vol. 1, 1725-1729 (Text)
- Box: 2. Petitions: Vol. 2, 1728-1733 (Text)
- Box: 3. Petitions: Vol. 3, 1734-1738 (Text)
- Box: 4. Petitions: Vol. 4, 1739-1742 (Text)
- Box: 5. Petitions: Vol. 5, 1739-1748 (Text)
- Box: 6. Petitions: Vol. 6, 1743-1748 (Text)
- Box: 7. Petitions: Vol. 7, 1743-1750 (Text)
- Box: 8. Petitions: Vol. 8, 1751-1754 (Text)
- Box: 9. Petitions: Vol. 9, 1755-1757 (Text)
- Box: 10. Petitions: Vol. 9, Part 2, 1751-1759 (Text)
- Box: 11. Petitions: Vol. 10, 1758-1761 (Text)
- Box: 12. Petitions: Vol. 11, 1762-1765 (Text)
- Box: 13. Petitions: Vol. 11, Part 2, 1760-1765 (Text)
- Box: 14. Petitions: Vol. 12, 1766-1768 (Text)
- Box: 15. Petitions: Vol. 13, 1768-1770 (Text)
- Box: 16. Petitions: Vol. 13, Part 2, 1766-1770 (Text)
- Box: 17. Petitions: Vol. 14, 1770-1772 (Text)
- Box: 18. Petitions: Vol. 15, 1772-1775 (Text)
- Box: 18A. Petitions: Vol. 15, Part 2, 1773-1781 (Text)
- Box: 19. Petitions: Vol. 16, 1775-1777 (Text)
- Box: 20. Petitions: Vol. 17, 1778-1780 (Text)
- Box: 21. Petitions: Vol. 18, 1780-1781 (Text)
- Box: 22. Petitions: Vol. 19, 1782 (Text)
- Box: 23. Petitions: Vol. 20, 1783; Vol. 21, 1784-1785 (Text)
- Box: 24. Petitions: Vol. 22, 1785-1786; Vol. 23, 1786-1787 (Text)
- Box: 25. Petitions: Vol. 24, 1788-1789; Vol. 25, 1789-1791 (Text)
- Box: 25A. Petitions: Vol. 25, Part 2, 1771-1791 (Text)
- Box: 26. Petitions: Vol. 26, 1791-1792; Vol. 27, 1792-1793 (Text)
- Box: 27. Petitions: Vol. 28, 1793-1794; Vol. 29, 1795 (Text)
- Box: 27A. Petitions: Vol. 26, Part 2, 1790-1794 (Text)
- Box: 27B. Petitions: Vol. 28, Part 2, 1794-1796 (Text)
- Box: 28. Petitions: Vol. 30, 1796 (Text)
- Box: 28A. Petitions: Vol. 30, Part 2, 1796 (Text)
- Box: 29. Petitions: Vol. 31, 1797-1798 (Text)
- Box: 29A. Petitions: Vol. 31, Part 2, 1796-1797 (Text)
- Box: 30. Petitions: Vol. 32, 1799-1800; Vol. 33, 1800-1801 (Text)
- Box: 30A. Petitions: Vol. 32, Part 2, 1798-1799 (Text)
- Box: 30B. Petitions: Vol. 33, Part 2, 1800-1801 (Text)
- Box: 31. Petitions: Vol. 34, 1802-1803; Vol. 35, 1803-1804 (Text)
- Box: 31A. Petitions: Vol. 34, Part 2, 1802-1803 (Text)
- Box: 31B. Petitions: Vol. 35, Part 2, 1804-1805 (Text)
- Box: 32. Petitions: Vol. 36, 1805-1806 (Text)
- Box: 32A. Petitions: Vol. 36, Part 2, 1806-1807 (Text)
- Box: 33. Petitions: Vol. 37, 1806-1808; Vol. 38, 1808-1809 (Text)
- Box: 34. Petitions: Vol. 39, 1809-1810-; Vol. 40, 1811-1812 (Text)
- Box: 34A. Petitions: Vol. 39, Part 2, 1809-1810 (Text)
- Box: 35. Petitions: Vol. 41, 1812-1813; Vol. 42, 1813-1814 (Text)
- Box: 36. Petitions: Vol. 43, 1815; Vol. 44, 1816 (Text)
- Box: 37. Petitions: Vol. 45, 1816-1817 (Text)
- Box: 38. Petitions: Vol. 46, 1817-1818 (Text)
- Box: 39. Petitions: Vol. 47, 1818-1819 (Text)
- Box: 40. Petitions: Vol. 48, 1819-1820; Vol. 49, 1821-1822 (Text)
- Box: 41. Petitions: Vol. 50, 1822-1823; Vol. 51, 1823-1824 (Text)
- Box: 42. Petitions: Vol. 52, 1824; Vol. 53, 1824-1825 (Text)
- Box: 43. Petitions: Vol. 54, 1825-1826; Vol. 55, 1826-1827 (Text)
- Box: 44. Petitions: Vol. 56, 1827-1828; Vol. 57, 1829 (Text)
- Box: 45. Petitions: Vol. 58, 1830-1831; Vol. 59, 1831-1833 (Text)
- Box: 46. Petitions: Vol. 60, 1833-1834; Vol. 61, 1835-1836 (Text)
- Box: 47. Petitions: Vol. 62, 1836-1837; Vol. 63, 1837-1838 (Text)
- Box: 48. Petitions: Vol. 64, 1839-1840; Vol. 65, 1840-1841 (Text)
- Box: 49. Petitions: Vol. 66, 1841-1842 (Text)
- Box: 49A. Petitions: Vol. 66, Part 2, 1836-1842 (Text)
- Box: 50. Petitions: Vol. 67, 1843-1844 (Text)
- Box: 51. Petitions: Vol. 68, 1844-1845 (Text)
- Box: 52. Petitions: Vol. 69, 1846-1847 (Text)
- Box: 52A. Petitions: Vol. 69, Part 2, 1843-1847 (Text)
- Box: 53. Petitions: Vol. 70, 1847-1850 (Text)
- Box: 53A. Petitions: Vol. 70, Part 2, 1848-1851; Vol. 74, 1858-1867 (Text)
- Box: 54. Petitions: Vol. 71, 1851-1853 (Text)
- Box: 54A. Petitions: Vol. 71, Part 2, 1852-1854; Vol. 73, 1855-1857 (Text)
- Box: 55. Petitions: Vol. 72, 1854-1860 (Text)
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island State Archives Repository
