(RHODE ISLAND) Algerine Law

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(RHODE ISLAND.) Algerine Law. Letterpress broadside, 15 x 11 inches; folds, minimal wear and toning. [Rhode Island?, 1842]

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The text begins "One other State besides Rhode-Island, has, what some people might suppose to be, an Algerine Law." Mocks prominent Dorr Rebellion supporter David Parmenter for having once evaded a forgery prosecution on a technicality. DeSimone, Broadsides of the Dorr Rebellion 14; one copy in OCLC, at Brown University.