Laws and Acts of Her Majesties Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence-Plantations Made from the First Settlement in 1636 to 1705, at 23 (1896)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Rhode Island [Colony] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T17:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:07:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T13:17:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1673 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Established a militia in 1673, consisting of persons from 16 to 60 years old Each militiaman was required to "at all times hereafter have on[e] good gun or muskitt Fitt for Service one pound of good powder & thirty bullits at Least." If a son or servant had no valuable estate of his own, his parents or master would be liable for any fines imposed upon him. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://stage2.dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5201 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://books.google.com/books?id=VZs0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22an+act+for+ye+better+regulating+ye+militia%22+%2B+%22rhode+island%22&source=bl&ots=HHzuITQDoD&sig=UB5aPjlcOOwaXouze0Dru3PGdUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT6a3MpL_aAhVq4oMKHb9jB0oQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=at%20least&f=false. | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.title | Laws and Acts of Her Majesties Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence-Plantations Made from the First Settlement in 1636 to 1705, at 23 (1896) |