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Introduction
This letter, written by Aaron White, Jr., details the ongoing arrests of those loyal to Thomas Dorr's cause. White informs Dorr that his remaining supporters in Rhode Island were organizing in the northern portions of the state, particularly in the village of Chepachet. White recommends that Dorr reconvene the People's Legislature in Chepachet and not in Providence, which was thoroughly under the control of the Law and Order Party. White believes that President John Tyler's willingness to use federal troops in Rhode Island (though none were actually sent to the state) could be used as a precedent for a future antislavery President of the United States to "cram" an emancipation proclamation down the throats of southern slaveholders.