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Letter to Editor
November 13, 1833
Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
The Free Suffrage committee in Providence responds to a request from the Slaterville committee by providing names and occupations of its members—working men from all political parties, including freeholders and non-freeholders—for publication in the Republican Herald, vowing to advocate for the rights of the laboring class.
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MR. Simons—The Free Suffrage committee of this city, have received a letter from the corresponding committee in Slaterville, (Smithfield) consisting of Metcalf Marsh, Elijah H. Sherman and Calvin Shove, containing among other things a request that the names of the Providence committee, and all similar committees, should be published in the "Republican Herald." The following are the names and occupations of the Providence committee: They are working men in name and in deed, and are determined "as far as in them lies," that that class of the community who work the hardest and enjoy the least privileges, shall be speedily righted of their wrongs, either "by hook or by crook." Three of them are freeholders and three non-freeholders, and they are composed of all political parties.
WILLIAM I. TILLINGHAST, Barber.
LAWRENCE RICHARDS, Blacksmith.
FRANKLIN COOLEY, Stone-Cutter.
BENJAMIN JOY, Machinist.
WILLIAM MILLER, Currier.
DAVID BROWN, Watch & Clock Maker.
Providence, Nov. 13, 1833.
MR. Simons—The Free Suffrage committee of this city, have received a letter from the corresponding committee in Slaterville, (Smithfield) consisting of Metcalf Marsh, Elijah H. Sherman and Calvin Shove, containing among other things a request that the names of the Providence committee, and all similar committees, should be published in the "Republican Herald." The following are the names and occupations of the Providence committee: They are working men in name and in deed, and are determined "as far as in them lies," that that class of the community who work the hardest and enjoy the least privileges, shall be speedily righted of their wrongs, either "by hook or by crook." Three of them are freeholders and three non-freeholders, and they are composed of all political parties.
WILLIAM I. TILLINGHAST, Barber.
LAWRENCE RICHARDS, Blacksmith.
FRANKLIN COOLEY, Stone-Cutter.
BENJAMIN JOY, Machinist.
WILLIAM MILLER, Currier.
DAVID BROWN, Watch & Clock Maker.
Providence, Nov. 13, 1833.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
Free Suffrage
Providence Committee
Working Men
Slaterville
Voting Rights
Laboring Class
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Simons
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
Mr. Simons
Main Argument
the providence free suffrage committee supplies its members' names and occupations for publication in the republican herald, as requested by the slaterville committee, affirming their resolve to correct injustices faced by working men who labor hardest but enjoy fewest privileges.
Notable Details
Members Are Working Men Determined To Right Wrongs 'By Hook Or By Crook'
Three Freeholders And Three Non Freeholders
Composed Of All Political Parties