Providence, Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1789 Gentlemen, I have in vain used every means within my power to procure a copy of the prox agreed upon at the convention in East-Greenwich, designing to reprint it - Ward, Henry (Printed by John Carter, 1789)
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1187. - Ascribed to the press of John Carter by Evans. - Desiring to add his name to the proxy as candidate for Secretary to the General Assembly. - Evans, 22237. - Signed at end: ... Henry Ward. To the freemen of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations