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Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry To Thomas Wilson Dorr : an Electronic Transcription The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project Ming Jr. and Craston to TWD Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry Encoded by Marc Mestre Providence College Digital Publishing Services, Phillips Memorial Library
Box 1841 Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918 USA url:mailto:dps@providence.edu url:http://www.providence.edu/LIBRARY/dps/Pages/default.aspx 401-865-1517
Providence, Rhode Island 2012 This electronic transcription is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project Letters selected, edited, and transcribed from the original manuscripts by Dr. Erik J. Chaput and Russell DeSimone with the assistance of Dr. Edward E. Andrews Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry To Thomas Wilson Dorr , 13 May 1842. Sidney Smith Rider Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University. John Hay Library, Brown University The Road to Rebellion

A one page manuscript letter. Envelope.

May 13, 1842

The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project includes digital transcriptions of thirty letters from the Dorr Correspondence files in the Sidney S. Rider Collection at the John Hay Library (Brown University), the James Fowler Simmons Papers at the Library of Congress, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and one letter from the private collection of Richard Slaney . The goal of the project is to further the digital exploration of Rhode Island history through the combination of traditional scholarly editing with cutting edge digital technologies. These letters illustrate aspects of race, reform, antislavery and proslavery politics, and, of course, the Dorr Rebellion. The selection of letters was governed by the notion of what would work best in the high school and college classroom, especially in terms of length and readability. The head editors ( DeSimone and Chaput ) also selected letters that had previously not been cited by historians of the Dorr Rebellion. The project was funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.

There are more than 2500 hundred letters that are known to exist that either pertain to the Dorr Rebellion and its aftermath or the early life of the rebellion’s leader Thomas Wilson Dorr . In order to keep the number of letters selected for this project to a manageable number the editors focused on Dorr’s early life (Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University), his early law career, his political career in the mid-1830s, and his emergence as the leader of the reform movement that sought to revise Rhode Island's archaic governing structure.

Original spelling is retained.

 The Dorr Letters Project Alex Ming Jr. and Alexander Craston to Thomas Wilson Dorr:Electronic Transcription
Introduction

In this short letter, Alexander Ming and Alexander Craston , two radical New York labor leaders, promise to supply military aid. " Quarter Master Slamm " refers to Levi Slamm , a staunch supporter of Dorr and editor of the Democratic Republican New Era newspaper. Slamm was the first editor to print Dorr 's explanation of the events following the state arsenal attack of May 17-18.

Letter view page image(s) New York, May 13th, 1842 Thomas W. Dorr Governor of the State of Rhode Island: Dear, Sir

Several military companies of this city and vicinity having tendered their services to us to form a military escort to accompany you to Providence we have the honor to apprise you of the fact.

This honor which they so much desire we hope will meet with your cheerful acceptance. Quarter Master Slamm will await your reply.

With sentiments of the highest respect, we are respectfully, Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry
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What were the consequences of openly accepting military aid?

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Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry To Thomas Wilson Dorr : an Electronic Transcription The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project Ming Jr. and Craston to TWD Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry Encoded by Marc Mestre Providence College Digital Publishing Services, Phillips Memorial Library
Box 1841 Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918 USA url:mailto:dps@providence.edu url:http://www.providence.edu/LIBRARY/dps/Pages/default.aspx 401-865-1517
Providence, Rhode Island 2012 This electronic transcription is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project Letters selected, edited, and transcribed from the original manuscripts by Dr. Erik J. Chaput and Russell DeSimone with the assistance of Dr. Edward E. Andrews Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery And Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry To Thomas Wilson Dorr , 13 May 1842. Sidney Smith Rider Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University. John Hay Library, Brown University The Road to Rebellion

A one page manuscript letter. Envelope.

May 13, 1842

The Thomas Wilson Dorr Letters Project includes digital transcriptions of thirty letters from the Dorr Correspondence files in the Sidney S. Rider Collection at the John Hay Library (Brown University), the James Fowler Simmons Papers at the Library of Congress, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and one letter from the private collection of Richard Slaney . The goal of the project is to further the digital exploration of Rhode Island history through the combination of traditional scholarly editing with cutting edge digital technologies. These letters illustrate aspects of race, reform, antislavery and proslavery politics, and, of course, the Dorr Rebellion. The selection of letters was governed by the notion of what would work best in the high school and college classroom, especially in terms of length and readability. The head editors ( DeSimone and Chaput ) also selected letters that had previously not been cited by historians of the Dorr Rebellion. The project was funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.

There are more than 2500 hundred letters that are known to exist that either pertain to the Dorr Rebellion and its aftermath or the early life of the rebellion’s leader Thomas Wilson Dorr . In order to keep the number of letters selected for this project to a manageable number the editors focused on Dorr’s early life (Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University), his early law career, his political career in the mid-1830s, and his emergence as the leader of the reform movement that sought to revise Rhode Island's archaic governing structure.

Original spelling is retained.

 The Dorr Letters Project Alex Ming Jr. and Alexander Craston to Thomas Wilson Dorr:Electronic Transcription
Introduction

In this short letter, Alexander Ming and Alexander Craston , two radical New York labor leaders, promise to supply military aid. " Quarter Master Slamm " refers to Levi Slamm , a staunch supporter of Dorr and editor of the Democratic Republican New Era newspaper. Slamm was the first editor to print Dorr 's explanation of the events following the state arsenal attack of May 17-18.

Letter New York, May 13th, 1842 Thomas W. Dorr Governor of the State of Rhode Island: Dear, Sir

Several military companies of this city and vicinity having tendered their services to us to form a military escort to accompany you to Providence we have the honor to apprise you of the fact.

This honor which they so much desire we hope will meet with your cheerful acceptance. Quarter Master Slamm will await your reply.

With sentiments of the highest respect, we are respectfully, Alex Ming Jr. Colonel 13th Reg. New York State Artillery Alexander Craston Lieutenant Colonel of the 236 Reg. N.Y. Infantry
Questions

What were the consequences of openly accepting military aid?