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THBc. 1780 and 1789-Dated Rhode Island Political Candidate Election Tickets/Ballots
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c. 1780 & 1789 Dated Two Rhode Island Political Candidate Tickets for Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants, and Congressional Delegates: William Greene & John Collins
c. 1780 and 1789 Dated Revolutionary War and Federal Period, Pair of Printed Early Rhode Island Printed Election Documents, Two Candidate Tickets, Very Good to Fine.
c. 1780 and 1789-Dated, Two extremely rare Revolutionary War and early Federal Era Rhode Island Political Candidate Election Ticket/Ballots, both printed on laid period paper, both with lists of Candidates for the offices of Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants, and Congressional Delegates.
1. The 1780 Document has the date written in by hand in the top margin. It measures 7" x 5.25" and has two toning spots and three strips of discoloration caused by tape remnants on the reverse. The Gubernatorial Candidate on this document is William Greene, who successfully served as Rhode Island's Governor from 1778 to 1786.
2. The 1789 Document is dated in its header, measures 8.5" x 5" and is in slightly rougher condition than the former. It was printed or trimmed off-center so that the right marginal border is no longer visible along the irregular right edge. Prior tape repairs along the lower blank reverse edges and folds have caused show-through tone discoloration. The Gubernatorial Candidate here was John Collins, who also successfully served as Rhode Island's Governor from 1786 to 1790.
Both tickets are exceedingly rare and the first we have offered. (2 items)
William Greene Jr. (August 16, 1731 - November 29, 1809) was the Second Governor of the State of Rhode Island, serving in this capacity for eight years, five of which were during the American Revolutionary War.
From a prominent Rhode Island family, his father, William Greene Sr., had served 11 terms as a colonial governor of Rhode Island. His great-grandfather, John Greene Jr. served for ten years as deputy governor of the colony, and his great-great-grandfather, John Greene Sr. was a founding settler of both Providence and Warwick.
Greene served the colony for many years as a Deputy to the General Assembly, a justice and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and then as governor. As a governor during the American Revolutionary War, his biggest concerns were the British sacking of the Rhode Island towns of Bristol and Warren, and the British occupation of Newport, which lasted for three years. After eight years as Governor, Greene, who supported the use of hard currency, was defeated in the May 1786 election by John Collins who was an advocate of paper money.
John Collins (June 8, 1717 - March 4, 1795), was the Third Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island from 1786 to 1790. He was the last "Independent" to serve as Governor of Rhode Island until Lincoln Chafee (2011-2015).
Greene married a second cousin, Catharine Ray of Block Island, and the couple had four children, of whom Ray Greene became a United States Senator and Rhode Island Attorney General. Governor Greene died at his estate in the town of Warwick in 1809, and is interred at Governor Greene Cemetery in Warwick, where his parents were interred.
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