The Road to Rebellion

In this essay, Dr. Erik J. Chaput and Russell DeSimone examine and contextualize the events surrounding the Dorr Rebellion of 1842 and the consequences that followed for those involved, primarily Providence attorney Thomas Wilson Dorr, who was the figurehead of one of the most significant constitutional reform efforts in antebellum American history. This essay, along with a collection of letters it accompanies on our Dorr Rebellion Letters project site, examines the momentous importance of the rebellion in terms of local Rhode Island history and national constitutional reform. The Dorr Rebellion Project http://library.providence.edu/dorr The Dorr Letters Project http://library.providence.edu:8080/xtf/index.htm

The Road Not Taken: John Brown Francis and the Dorr Rebellion

In this contextualizing essay, Dr. Erik J. Chaput and Russell DeSimone examine historical opposing views to Providence attorney Thomas Wilson Dorr and his attempt to reform the state\u27s archaic governing structure in the spring of 1842. Chief among these views is that of former Governor John Brown Francis, who urged both sides to find a compromise with each other. The essay, along with a collection of letters it accompanies on our Dorr Rebellion Letters project site, elucidates how the moderate faction within the Law and Order party; had this moderate voice been heeded Rhode Island’s Dorr Rebellion would have turned out quite differently and that there were alternative approaches that politicians might have taken. The Dorr Rebellion Project http://library.providence.edu/dorr The Dorr Letters Project http://library.providence.edu:8080/xtf/index.htm

Prison Correspondence

This overview essay by SCE Professor Erik J. Chaput provides context for the drafting of the letters from Dorr to his mother Lydia. The essay provides a brief description of Dorr\u27s treason trial, his sentencing and the nature of his imprisonment in the state prison on the Providence cove. The Dorr Rebellion Project http://library.providence.edu/dorr The Dorr Letters Project http://library.providence.edu:8080/xtf/index.htm

Editor\u27s Note

During the first half of the 19th century, Newport fostered the political ambitions of Thomas Wilson Dorr, who sought to implement a “People’s “Constitution” in Rhode Island to replace the original colonial Charter. In 1844, Dorr found himself on trial for treason in Newport’s Colony House. This historical event is the subject of the first article in this issue of the journal by Erik J. Chaput and Russell J. DeSimone. During the last half of the nineteenth century, the Auchincloss family was part of the so-called New York invasion that spurred the dramatic economic and social development of Newport as a leading American resort. The story of this family’s residency on Aquidneck Island over several generations is the subject of an article compiled by Richard J. Lundgre

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