Providence Voter Lists (MSS 214 sg 14)
Rhode Island Historical Society
121 Hope StreetProvidence, RI 02906
Tel: 401-273-8107
Fax: 401-751-7930
email: reference@rihs.org
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The 1840 list of freemen who voted at the presidential election was donated in 1873 by Henry T. Beckwith. The John Brown Barton list of Providence voters, dated 1825, was donated in 1890 by Albert Barton, and the 1770 list of east-side freemen was donated by Mary Rivers in 1900. |
| Processing information: | The papers were placed in archival boxes and folders. The provenance of the collection was researched and an inventory was compiled. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Robin Flynn. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Mark Chepkwony 2009 June 22 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
