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Charter: City of East Providence Framed by the Charter Commission of the Town of East Providence to be submitted to the Electors of the Town of East Providence, November 4, 1952.

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At the suggestion of Hon Ernest L. Sprague, Secretary of State, Grace E. Macdonald of the State Library, was assigned the task of classifying and recoding the volumes in the state archives, and in the process created a check list of session of the General Assembly, adding the manuscript material prepared in connection with the various sessions.

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This series consists of annual reports of the chief factory inspector and factory inspectors from 1895-1937.

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The Chief Information Officer and Year 2000 Coordinator from the Year 2000 State Compliance Program records include various files (reference and vendor, agency) and reports, audits, videotapes, workshop materials and CDs.

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The Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation Citizens Solid Waste Management Advisory Board Records of the Director consists primarily of correspondence, clippings, reports, brochures, programs, meeting notes, meeting notices and agendas, magazine articles, speeches and notes, and copies of legislation.

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The City and Town School Committee annual reports document the activities of the School District. Usually includes summary statistical information concerning the student population.

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The Civil and Military lists include the the names of civil and military officials for a given year in the state of Rhode Island.

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Registry of civil commissions. Record of commissions officers elected by militia companies.

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Log of volunteers for the Providence Warning District. Includes: date of watch, hours of watch, names of members of a watch, names of groups (if volunteers for a particular watch were all from an organization), designation of the captain of a watch.

Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties &...

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The Clarke Family personal papers contain the probate papers of Lutham Clarke, 1753-1760 (Joseph Clarke - Executor), the private papers of Mary Clarke, 1764-1766 (Mother of Joseph Clarke), and the private papers of Samuel Clarke, 1757-1760.

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Reproductions of two colonial flags:

1. The Rhode Island Regiment Flag - white field with anchor and motto "Hope" and 13 gold stars on a blue canton.

2. 1775 Grand Union Flag (Continental Colors) - 13 white strips across a red field and the British "Union Jack" in the canton.

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Colonial Rhode Island by Alice Collins Gleeson published by the Automobile Journal Publishing Co., Pawtucket, RI. © 1926 Alice Collins Gleeson. 260 pages.

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The Colony of Rhode Ialand census includes city or town, name of head of household, number of males and females under 16 and over 16, race, total per household. This material has been microfilmed, see C#00153.

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Includes reports from 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963.

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Report of the Commission Appointed to Draft and Report an Act dicviding the City of Providence into five senatorial districts in accordance with the provision of Article XIX of Amendments to the Constitution of the State made to General Assembly of Rhode Island.

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Includes report and maps accompanying report of the Commission.

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Sealed volume title on cover reads, Record book of the Commission appointed to re-destrict the state. Filed by the Secretary Fredrick B. Cole on May 14, 1934.

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The Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs records contains information on the commission's efforts to investigate problems common to persons of American Indian heritage in Rhode Island.