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[General Assembly of Rhode Island]
Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, As Revised by a Committee, and Finally Enacted By the General Assembly at the Session in January, 1844
Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, As Revised by a Committee, and Finally Enacted By the General Assembly at the Session in January, 1844
Author: [General Assembly of Rhode Island]
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Place of Publication: Providence
Publisher: Knowles and Vose
Publication Date: 1844

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Octavo; viii, 594 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full brown calf with red leather label to spine. Leather much scuffed with numerous small stains. Joints and hinges starting to crack. Minor chipping at head of spine. Annotations to front free-end page. Text block lightly age-toned and foxed. A few scattered ink annotations. Includes “An Act to Secure and Appropriate the Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund” at pp. 476-477. This act recognized the trust established by Abraham Touro to maintain the structure and grounds of what would become known as Touro Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. Shelved in Case 7.
Item: 1352931