petitions

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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

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Prisoner/ judicial related petitions submitted to the General Assembly

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The records are of the Division of Women and Children and document activities relating to the establishment of minimum wages for women and minors employed in certain trades and industries as stipulated by powers established in Chapter 2289 of the 1936 Public Laws of Rhode Island. The Division head also served as the Chair for the Mimimum Wage Board.

Abstract The Narragansett Indian collection is a compilation of documents extracted from manuscript proceedings of the general assembly. Comprising 196 items, the records consist primarily of eighteenth & nineteenth century acts & resolutions, petitions, memorials & reports issued as relating to land transfers between tribal leaders & the colony / state, or between individual members residing both inside & outside of Rhode Island. Several stray items surrounding efforts toward...

Abstract The Narragansett Indian collection is a compilation of documents extracted from manuscript proceedings of the general assembly. Comprising 196 items, the records consist primarily of eighteenth & nineteenth century acts & resolutions, petitions, memorials & reports issued as relating to land transfers between tribal leaders & the colony / state, or between individual members residing both inside & outside of Rhode Island. Several stray items surrounding efforts toward...

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Petitions submitted to the General Assembly that were not granted or were withdrawn.

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Petitions submitted to the General Assembly for approval

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Petitions submitted by individual citizens, groups, municipalities, political, corporate & religious organizations & entities. Wide array of topics including suffrage rights, slavery, affairs of Narragansett Indians, redress from actions of debt, insolvency & imprisonment, property encroachments & disbursement, establishment of lotteries, public schools, railroads, etc.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 1. History of RIWSA - 1893- Written by Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer and published in Providence by E.L. Freeman & Son. Covers period of 1863 to 1893. Included is note on the location of Roger Williams Hall (100 Weybosset Street). - 2 copies 2. History of RIWSA - c. 1908- Supplement to history by Spenser. Covers period 1893 to December 11, 1908 (fortieth anniversary celebration of RIESA) 3. Constitution of RIWSA - 1892 and RIESA (Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association)...