state government records

The Rhode Island Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Archive consists of a wide variety of materials relating primarily to the activities in Rhode Island related to the Bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Receipts & expenditures, federal military appropriations (1911 - 1921)

Rhode Island Adjutant General - Daily Operations

Correspondence index

Duplicate transparent copies of outgoing correspondence.

Payments made for examined National & State Guard recruits by the Medical Corps of the Rhode Island National Guard

Rhode Island Military Department, officers engaged

Rhode Island Militia / National Guard expenditures

Adjutant General - Orders issued

Dorr Rebellion - Orders Issued, June 25 - 29, 1842

Military orders issued, RI Executive Department

Adjutant General - orders & notifications received

Service Medals, RI Milita & National Guard

Record of cases brought before courts of Admiralty & Vice Admiralty as established throughout the British colonies to adjudicate disputes involving maritime activities between merchants & seaman

The Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries records consist primarily of meeting minutes, meeting notices and correspondence.

Document which records the names and number of shares held by the original subscribers to bank in Rhode Island.

Certification of results of federal and state elections. Includes results and plurality of all federal and state races as well as results of state referenda questions. Also includes special election results and official count of presidential electors. These records are filed with SOS/Division of Elections by the Board of Elections.

Record of legislative or executive appointments made to boards & commissions as mandated by statute or created by joint resolution, public or private act.

Records include meeting minutes and administrative files.

Record of oaths, registered bonds, notifications, applications and/or certificates as pertaining to executive appointments made to established State agencies, boards & commissions, advisory councils, trustees, the judiciary, positions requiring advise & consent of the Senate or individuals acting in the capacity of railroad, metropolitan park & steamboat police.

The Charlestown Town Clerk Records contain materials from the town of Charleston, Rhode Island in the 1700s-1800s. The records are believed to have been collected by a town clerk of Charlestown and contain governmental records from that time.

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.

Civil War Military Accounts