Sketches life and deeds of Duffié and announces plans for a monument to be erected in his honor next to the French Memorial in the North Burial Ground in Providence; requests donations.
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Type-signed and dated at end: By order of the Executive Committee, Lieut. William P. Lovett, Chairman. Sergt. William Gardiner, Secretary. Providence, R.I., July 29, 1887.
Illustration of model of planned monument at head of title on page [1]; regimental insignia bearing legend "1st R.I. Cav. VA" on page [4]
The Sidney S. Rider Collection, the largest private collection of materials related to the history of Rhode Island, was purchased from Sidney Rider and presented to the library by Marsden Perry in 1903. Rider was a leading Providence bookseller, publisher …
