(RHODE ISLAND.) Set of Rhode Island Historical Tracts, including the coveted "Bills of Credit or Money of Rhode Island." 25 volumes. 4to, original printed wrappers, moderate wear; minimal wear to contents; uncut. Providence: Sidney Rider, 1877-1896
Historian Sidney Rider published and edited this series, which includes both historical essays and transcriptions of unpublished historical documents. The edition was limited to 250 copies of each issue. Tract #8 is sought as a reference work by paper-money collectors: Elisha Potter and Sidney Rider's "Some Account of Bills of Credit or Money of Rhode Island." It is profusely illustrated with plates, and as issued includes an original 1780 banknote matted in (facing page 110).
Other interesting subjects include "Visits of the Northmen to Rhode Island" (2), William Rogers' 1779 "Journal of a Brigade Chaplain in the Expedition against the Six Nations (7), Rider's "Historical Inquiry Concerning the Attempt to Raise a Regiment of Slaves in Rhode Island" (10), a lost tract by Roger Williams (14), and more.
