At a town-council holden in and for the town of Providence, this second day of August, A.D. 1799.
Subtitle: It is voted and resolved, that three hundred copies of the first five sections of the act, entitled, "An act to prevent the spreading of the small-pox, and other contagious sickness in this state," be printed, and that all vessels coming from foreign ports, or from places where infectious diseases are prevalent, shall be immediately furnished, with one of said copies ..
Contributors: Jackson, Nathan Waterman, 1761-1829; Rhode Island.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 36180
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1799
Place of publication: [Providence
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Smallpox; Quarantine -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Ships -- Health regulations -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Harbors -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Regulations
Notes: Signed: A true extract from vote, of said council, witness, Nathan W. Jackson, council-clerk

Followed by the five sections, in two columns

Evans 36180

Alden, J.E.  Rhode Island, 1630

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