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(RHODE ISLAND). (DORR REBELLION). DURFEE, JOB. The Complete Works of the Hon. Job Durfee, L.L.D., Late Chief Justice of Rhode Island; with a Memoir of the Author, Edited by His Son. Providence, [R.I.]: Gladding and Proud, 1849. 1st ed. 8vo. 26, 523 pp. Somewhat later 3/4 calf, marbled boards; scuffed. Very good ex-libris copy. $150.00

 

See Conley, Democracy in Decline for commentary on Durfee's roles in Rhode Island in the 1840s. He was the jurist who first called the Dorr Rebellion illegal and treasonable.