Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Dorr Rebellion" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
arsenal, charterite, Thomas Dorr, Dorrism, dorrite, Providence, rebellion, revolution, Rhode Island, uprising, Tammany
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1841 and 1855.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Constitution of Rhode Island"
The Madisonian (Washington, DC), November 25, 1841, Image 1, col. 6.
"The Spirit of the Age"
The Ohio Democrat (Canal Dover, OH), December 30, 1841, Image 1, col. 2.
"Alarm in Rhode Island"
The North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh, NC), April 20, 1842, Image 3, col. 2.
"Departure of Gov. Dorr"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), May 15, 1842, Image 2, col. 4.
"Letter From the President"
The Madisonian (Washington, DC), May 17, 1842, Image 1, col. 2.
"Progress of the Revolution in Rhode Island"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), May 20, 1842, Image 2, col. 3-4.
"Peace in Rhode Island"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), May 21, 1842, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"Rhode Island Rebellion at an End!"
The Madisonian (Washington, DC), May 21, 1842, Image 2, col. 3-4.
"The Dorr-ic Hegira"
The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT), June 18, 1842, Image 2, col. 1-2.
"The Rebellion in Rhode Island"
The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT), July 5, 1842, Image 2, col. 5.
"The State Troops on the March to Chepachet—Gov. Dorr Full of Fight"
Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), July 5, 1842, Image 2, col. 2-3.
"Rhode Island and Gov. Hubbard"
The Middlebury People's Press (Middlebury, VT), September 13, 1842, Page 2, Image 2. col. 5.
"From the Providence Express"
Lexington Union (Lexington, MS), May 13, 1843, Image 2, col. 3.
"Success of the Rhode Suffrage Party"
Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), May 26, 1843, Image 2, col. 4.
"Arrest of Dorr in Rhode Island"
Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), November 9, 1843, Image 3, col. 2..
"Gov. Dorr Convicted!"
The Cadiz Sentinel (Cadiz, OH), May 22, 1844, Image 3, col. 2.
"Trial of Dorr"
The Spirit of Democracy (Woodsfield, OH), May 24, 1844, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"Algerine Whig Tyranny"
Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN), May 30, 1844, Image 2, col. 5.
"Sentence of Thomas W. Dorr"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), June 28, 1844, Image 2, col. 5.
"Thomas Wilson Dorr"
The Ohio Democrat (Canal Dover, OH), July 11, 1844, Image 2, col. 2.
"Treatment of the Patriot Dorr"
The Ohio Democrat (Canal Dover, OH), October 3, 1844, Image 1, col. 5.
"Mr. Dorr"
Weekly National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), December 28, 1844, Image 4, col. 2.
"Dorr and Dorrism"
Holly Springs Gazette (Holly Springs, MS), March 15, 1845, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"Liberation of Dorr"
The Daily Union (Washington, DC), June 30, 1845, Page 203, Image 3, col. 2.
"Dorrism"
The Whig Standard (Washington, DC), July 15, 1844, Image 2, col. 1.
"Case of Dorr'
Central Journal (Kosciusko, MS), July 19, 1845, Image 1, col. 6.
"Death of Gov. Dorr"
The American Patriot (Clinton, LA), January 17, 1855, Image 4, col. 1.

Dorr Rebellion: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America