Colony of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, May session, 1776.
Subtitle: An act repealing an act intituled, "An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty the allegiance of his subjects in this his colony and dominion of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations;" and altering the form of commissions, of all writs and processes in the courts, and of the oaths prescribed by law.
Contributors: Rhode Island.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 15056.
Publisher: Printed by John Carter
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [Providence
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Loyalty oaths -- Rhode Island.; Broadsides.; Rhode Island -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Other titles: Act repealing an act intituled, "An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty ...
Work titles: Act repealing an act intituled, "An act for more effectual securing to His Majesty"
Notes: The act which was repealed did not actually prescribe allegiance to the King; it empowered colony officials to "tender the oaths of allegiance and abjuration unto" persons suspected of disloyalty to the King.The repeal was nonetheless considered a revocation of allegiance to George III, and the date of its passage is a legal holiday in Rhode Island. Cf. Lovejoy, D.S.  R.I. politics and the American Revolution (1958), p. 220.

Imprint supplied by Alden.

Evans 15056.

Alden, J.E.  Rhode Island, 661.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15056).