1791 RI Governor ARTHUR FENNER Signed Appointment
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1791 RI. Governor Arthur Fenner Signed Appointment
ARTHUR FENNER (1745-1805). American Revolution Patriot, 4th Governor of Rhode Island from 1790-1805.
HENRY WARD (1732-1797). American Patriot who Espoused National Independence, attended Colonial Congress at New York City in 1765, Committee of Correspondence Member, Secretary of Rhode Island from 1760 till his death.
May 9, 1791-Dated Federal Period, Partly-Printed Document Signed, "A Fenner", as Governor of Rhode Island, 1 page, 8.25" x 5.75", Fine. Being an Appointment for Daniel Updike "to the Place and Office of a Justice of the Peace in the Town of North Kinghaven in the County of Washington..." Also Signed, "Henry Ward" as Secretary. Appears full and centered from the face and nice for framing and display, yet borders are trimmed with minor edge and internal splits with some archival fiber tape reinforcements along the folds on its reverse. Docket on reverse. Daniel Updike (1761-1842) was Attorney General of this State in 1790 and Secretary of the State Convention for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Arthur Fenner (December 10, 1745 " October 15, 1805) was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until his death in 1805. He has the seventh longest Gubernatorial tenure in Post-Constitutional U.S. History at 5,641 days. Fenner was a prominent Country Party (Anti-Federalist) leader. Around 1764, Fenner joined several others as a petitioner for the Chartering of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the original name for Brown University).
During the American Revolution he served as a lieutenant in Hitchcock's Regiment in 1775 during the Siege of Boston. He then served as a captain in Babcock's/Lippitt's Regiment of Rhode Island state troops in 1776. For many years before becoming governor, Fenner served as the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
Daniel Updike (1761-1842) was Attorney General of this State in 1790 and Secretary of the State Convention for the ratification of the Constitution.
1791 RI. Governor Arthur Fenner Signed Appointment
ARTHUR FENNER (1745-1805). American Revolution Patriot, 4th Governor of Rhode Island from 1790-1805.
HENRY WARD (1732-1797). American Patriot who Espoused National Independence, attended Colonial Congress at New York City in 1765, Committee of Correspondence Member, Secretary of Rhode Island from 1760 till his death.
May 9, 1791-Dated Federal Period, Partly-Printed Document Signed, "A Fenner", as Governor of Rhode Island, 1 page, 8.25" x 5.75", Fine. Being an Appointment for Daniel Updike "to the Place and Office of a Justice of the Peace in the Town of North Kinghaven in the County of Washington..." Also Signed, "Henry Ward" as Secretary. Appears full and centered from the face and nice for framing and display, yet borders are trimmed with minor edge and internal splits with some archival fiber tape reinforcements along the folds on its reverse. Docket on reverse. Daniel Updike (1761-1842) was Attorney General of this State in 1790 and Secretary of the State Convention for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Arthur Fenner (December 10, 1745 " October 15, 1805) was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until his death in 1805. He has the seventh longest Gubernatorial tenure in Post-Constitutional U.S. History at 5,641 days. Fenner was a prominent Country Party (Anti-Federalist) leader. Around 1764, Fenner joined several others as a petitioner for the Chartering of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the original name for Brown University).
During the American Revolution he served as a lieutenant in Hitchcock's Regiment in 1775 during the Siege of Boston. He then served as a captain in Babcock's/Lippitt's Regiment of Rhode Island state troops in 1776. For many years before becoming governor, Fenner served as the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
Daniel Updike (1761-1842) was Attorney General of this State in 1790 and Secretary of the State Convention for the ratification of the Constitution.
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