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    <title>Rhode Island General Assembly records, 1653-1747</title>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
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  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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  <note>Originally processed as two collections titled, Records of the Rhode Island Legislature and Records of the Rhode Island General Assembly.</note>
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    <geographic>Rhode Island</geographic>
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    <geographic>Rhode Island</geographic>
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    <geographic>Newport (R.I.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <geographic>Portsmouth (R.I.)</geographic>
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    <geographic>Providence (R.I.)</geographic>
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    <geographic>Warwick (R.I.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <geographic>Rhode Island</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775</temporal>
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