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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
ed by a vote of the people......Dec. 27-29, 1841 Thomas W. Dorr elected governor under the people's constitution......April 18, 1842 Dorr government attempts to organize, May 3, 1842, but is resisted by legal State government......May 3, 1842 Constitution to supersede the charter of 1663 is framed by a convention which meets at Newport, Sept. 12, 1842, adjourns to East Greenwich, and completes its labors Nov. 5; constitution ratified by vote of the people, 7,032 to 59......Nov. 21-23, 1842 Franklin Lyceum, formed in 1831, is incorporated at Providence......1843 Dorr sentenced to imprisonment for life......June 25, 1844 Dorr, released from prison under an act of general amnesty in 1847, is restored to civil and political rights......1851 Rhode Island adopts the Maine liquor law......May 7, 1852 Newport incorporated as a city......May 20, 1853 Statue of Franklin unveiled at Providence......Nov. 19, 1858 Legislature repeals the personal liberty bill......Jan