Runaways, Deserters, and Notorious Villains from Rhode Island Newspapers Volume 2
- Author: Maureen Alice Taylor and John Wood Sweet
- SKU: 1969
- ISBN: 0897254279
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$34.50
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Description:
Runaways, Deserters, and Notorious Villains From Rhode Island Newspapers Volume 2: Additional notices from The Providence Gazette, 1762-1800 as well as advertisements from all other Rhode Island Newspapers from 1732-1800, by Maureen Alice Taylor and John Wood Sweet. 224 pages, printed endpapers, 1,553 entry Every Name Index. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 2001.
This sescond volume of Runaways, Deserters, and Notorious Villains brings into print an astonishing number of additional notices from Rhode Island Newspapers concerning individuals you might not find elsewhere. They include Revolutionary War deserters and runaway slaves, giving a wealth of detail about Rhode Island citizens of that time. If you enjoyed the first volume, you will want to have this latest volume.
