Potter, Elisha R., Jr. The Early History of Narragansett; with an Appendix of Original Documents, many of which are now for the first time published; (Collections of the Rhode-Island Historical Society, Vol. III.). Providence: Marshall, Brown and Company, 1835. Second Edition. [11105]
Gray cloth with the original printed spine title label, "Second Edition" on label, 9 x 6 1/4 inches, 1 inch tear to top of rear joint, boards secure, tight. xix, [1], 423 clean pp. Good. Hardcover.
Howes P 510.
A valuable history of Narragansett that includes a large number of original documents. The author was a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
His notes and correspondence "may be the best collection in the holdings of the Manuscripts Division for research on either the Dorr Rebellion or early 19th-century Rhode Island politics..." - Rhode Island Historical Society.
Elisha Reynolds Potter (1811-1882), b. & d. at Kingston, Rhode Island. He graduated at Harvard in 1830, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He was an officer in the State Militia, served in the Rhode Island House of Representative, was a delegate to the state constitutional convention, and for one term in the US Congress as a Law and Order Party member. He served several terms in the Rhode Island State Senate, and was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1868 until 1882.
