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Introduction
In this letter, Abby Lord, one of the most famous of the female Dorrites, informs the People’s Governor about a clambake at Chepachet, a village in northern Rhode Island. Dorr’s final stand against the Charter authorities took place at Chepachet in late June 1842. Lord details gossip about the supposed willingness of male Dorrites to accept a new constitution produced by the Charter government. Several years later, Abby and her husband Henry would play a crucial role in the Dorr Liberation Society.