T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842
Description
Image of a portrait of Thomas Wilson Dorr, disputed Governor of Rhode Island and convicted leader of the state's "Dorr Rebellion" of 1841-1842; Dorr is seated in the Governor's chair and holds the Constitution of Rhode Island in one hand.
Image of an elevated landscape view of the harbor and city of Newport, Rhode Island, showing sailboats in the water, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of Rhode Island, factories and pastures and orchards, with busts of William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.
Image of a portrait of United States President Andrew Jackson seated in a chair with sword in one arm and hand extended on a desk resting on a copy of the Declaration of Independence; quill pen and books on desk.
Image of a poster advertising a route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center image of a man reclining in a railroad passenger car in a chair with an extended leg rest and gazing out the window at clouds containing a small image of a soldier and the writing, "A man"; the car's rug has the monogram "CRP."
Image of a sheet music advertisement for the song Better Times Are Coming Bye & Bye by Will C. Carleton; half-length portrait of a woman seated in a chair with her head resting on her hand; elaborate floral decorative border.
Image of an aerial view of New York City and Brooklyn, New York, where the Hudson River and the East River meet the bay; boats and ships sail in the harbor; key in bottom margin to twelve locations pictured, including Blackwell's Island, Williamsburg, Governor's Island, and Fort Columbus.
