01918cpcaa2200397 a 4500 mm 83085753 DLC 20260227111721.0 cr ||||||||||| 830304|||||||||||| eng mm 83085753 DLC DLC dacs DLC C lcmd Rhode Island. General Assembly. Rhode Island General Assembly records, 1653-1747. 24 items. 6 containers. 2 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009023 Originally processed as two collections titled, Records of the Rhode Island Legislature and Records of the Rhode Island General Assembly. Justice, Administration of Rhode Island. Legislative bodies Rhode Island. Newport (R.I.) History. Portsmouth (R.I.) History. Providence (R.I.) History. Warwick (R.I.) History. Rhode Island History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009023 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009023.3 44048 44048