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A copy of the May 4 resolution in broadside form showing the revealing substitution of the written word “state” for the printed word “colony”, an alteration probably made lade in July 1776

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“Act for All Reasons — Revolutionary Politics and May 4, 1776.”

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Rhode Island Declaration of Independence.

Author and Contributors
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LaFantasie, Glenn W.

Date Published

1976

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http://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1976_May.pdf

Publisher

Rhode Island Historical Society

Place Of Publication

Providence, R.I.

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Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

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8p.

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RIH, 35 (1976), 39-47.

Periodical Title
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Rhode Island History

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http://rihs.minisisinc.com/rihs/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RIHS_M2L/LINK/SISN+26566?SESSIONSEARCH

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LaFantasie, Glenn W. "Act for All Reasons -- Revolutionary Politics and May 4, 1776." Rhode Island History. Vol. 35 (May 1976), 39-47.

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