Rhode Island General Assembly records, 1653-1747. 

 - 24  items. 6  containers. 2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Minutes, acts, and proceedings of Rhode Island's colonial legislature sitting in various towns.  The records reflect the degree of local self-government granted to the colony by England and document the legislative and judicial histories of Newport, Portsmouth, Providence, and Warwick, as well as the colony as a whole. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009023 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 83085753  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Justice, Administration of--Rhode Island.<br/>Legislative bodies--Rhode Island.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Newport (R.I.)--History.<br/>Portsmouth (R.I.)--History.<br/>Providence (R.I.)--History.<br/>Warwick (R.I.)--History.<br/>Rhode Island--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.