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    <mods:title>At the General Assembly of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America</mods:title>
    <mods:subTitle>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</mods:subTitle>
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