Rider, Sidney S. Soul Liberty : Rhode Island's Gift to the Nation (Rhode Island Historical Tracts. Second Series, No. 5). Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1897. First Edition. [11349]
Original printed blue wrappers, some chipping edges of the front wrapper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. viii, 65 clean pp. Largely unopened with the top page folds uncut. Good.
Limited to 250 copies.
Title continues: An Inquiry concerning the Validity of the Claims made by Roman Catholics that Maryland was settled upon that basis before Roger Williams planted the Colony of Rhode Island.
Rider finds the Roman Catholic claims to be false.
Sidney Smith Rider (1833-1917), b. Brainards' Bridge, New York; d. Providence, Rhode Island. As a lad of 12 years of age he moved with his family to Rhode Island, where he was apprenticed to Charles Burnett, a Providence bookseller. He took an avid interest in Rhode Island history, and was eventually able to acquire Burnett's bookshop. Rider assembled the largest private collection of materials related to the history of Rhode Island, which was purchased for the Brown University Library in 1903. He published several serials on book collecting and Rhode Island History, including The Bibliomaniac, Book Notes, The Literary News, and Rhode Island Historical Tracts.
