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At the General Assembly of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America: begun and holden by adjournment, at East-Greenwich, within and for the colony aforesaid, on the last Monday in February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, and fourth of the reign of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. An act for the establishment of a college, or university, within this colony

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Year:
1764
Contributor:
Rhode Island
Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795
Subject:
Imprint 1764.
United States > Rhode Island > Newport
Extent:
8 p. ; 2̕

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The original draft of the act was written by Ezra Stiles, then minister in Newport. Cf. Evans.
Place of publication and printer's name from colophon.

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"At the General Assembly of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America: begun and holden by adjournment, at East-Greenwich, within and for the colony aforesaid, on the last Monday in February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, and fourth of the reign of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. An act for the establishment of a college, or university, within this colony " (1764). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:579802/

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