North Providence centennial. A report of the celebration at Pawtucket, North Providence, of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, June 24, 1865. With an address containing matters of local interest. Printed and published under the direction of the committee of arrangements

  • Pawtucket: Robert Sherman, printer, Main Street, 1865
Pawtucket: Robert Sherman, printer, Main Street, 1865. First edition, 8vo, pp. 91, [1]; includes a "Centennial Address" by Massena Goodrich, p. [13]-52; Parks 2556; Sabin 55727. Bound with: Goodrich, Massena, Rev. Historical Sketch of the Town of Pawtucket, Pawtucket: Nickerson, Sibley & Co., 1876; pp. 189, [1]; Parks 259. Bound with: Bartlett, John Russell, A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee, in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June, 1772; accompanied by Correspondence Connected Therewith; the Action of the General Assembly Thereon, and the Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry Appointed by King George the Third... Providence: A. Crawford Green, printer to the state, 1861, edition limited to 125 copies printed for private distribution, pp. 139, [1]; Bartlett, p. 30; Howes B-199; Sabin 3740. Original printed front wrapper for each of the three titles bound in at the back; 19th-century half roan, spine abraded, top 2" of spine chipped away, front joint cracked; 19th-century bookplate of Howard Willis Preston, ex-R.I. State Library with their bookplate, and "no longer the property of Rhode Island State Library," as made known by a dozen or so rubberstamps on the front endpapers; internally fine but in a scruffy binding.

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North Providence centennial. A report of the celebration at Pawtucket, North Providence, of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, June 24, 1865. With an address containing matters of local interest. Printed and published under the direction of the committee of arrangements

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Robert Sherman, printer, Main Street: Pawtucket

Date

1865


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