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The Second Rhode Island volunteers at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia,

"Edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies." Military records of authors of papers in 1st-7th series: p.[3]-16 at end. "Congressional medals of honor awarded to Rhode Island soldiers": p. [17]-19 at end. List of papers, 1st-7th series: p.i-xi. Also available in digital form.

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History of the Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry

Cover title. Published anonymously. "1862." Attributed to Augustus Whittemore Corliss. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. "From [Rhode Island] Adjutant-General's report, 1865." "Notes from the diary of First-Sergeant Henry E. Alvord, Company 'B', Seventh Squadron, R.I. Cavalry": p. 8-11. Also available in digital form.

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Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way

Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It is listed as one of the "Rail Roads Never Before Delineated" by Henry S. Tanner in his Memoir on the Recent Surveys ... (Philadelphia, 1829). It was incorporated in June 1831 and was first intended forhorse-drawn power. [From published bibliography]

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