Silas Downer:
Forgotten Patriot
His Life and Writings

by Carl Bridenbaugh

Dust Jacket - front:

This is a lovely book. This book was published in 1974 by The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation. The book contains a reprints of original documents by or relating to Silas Downer, which were published in 1764-1768. The book measures 6 ¼ inches by 9 ¼ inches and contains 118 pages. The dust jacket has a gilt crest on the front. The dust jacket shows minor signs of wear and is in very good condition. The green cloth cover of the book itself has the title in gilt on the spine and the gilt crest on the front. The cover shows no signs of wear to speak of. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this old book is very good plus.


Front Cover/Spine


Title Page

Contents:

I. Silas Downer: Forgotten Patriot
II. Documents by or Relating to Silas Downer
A. State of the Trade, 1764
B. Rhode Island Remonstrance, 1764
C. Downer (?) in Providence Gazette, August 18, 1764
D. Instructions from the Town of Providence, 1765
E. Silas Downer to Sons of Liberty, New York, 1766
F. A Discourse, Delivered in Providence… By a Son of Liberty, 1768

Index


Left: The Liberty Tree, an artist’s conception. Engraving from Edwin Stone’s Our French Allies (Providence, 1884) Right: Sample Text


Left: Old Tavern in Providence – The Old Tavern near Market Square, Providence, built in 1750, became a frequent meeting place for the Sons of Liberty. In the early nineteenth century it was known as the Manufacturer’s Hotel. Engraving from Benson J. Lossing’s The Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution (New York, 1860)

Excerpt Dust Jacket:
In preparing Silas Downer: Forgotten Patriot, historian Carl Bridenbaugh succeeded in uncovering a remarkable body of new facts, which are incorporated in his absorbing account of the career of Silas Downer. A previously elusive character in the drama of events leading to the Revolution, downer of Rhode Island has been identified as the author of key documents in the dissent of the American Colonies against Great Britain. The second part of the book contains six such documents, including the Discourse of 1769. When the Discourse was first delivered as an oration from the liberty Tree in Providence to “a great Concourse of People” and subsequently printed, Silas Downer became the first colonial to openly proclaim that the authority of the British Parliament did not extend to the colonies. The actual words used indicate the skill with which Downer and his associates approached a public that was accustomed to hard-headed thinking and strongly concerned about its liberties. They make good reading today…
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Title page from A Discourse Delivered in Providence…By a Son of Liberty, printed by John Waterman, Providence, 1768.

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