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Prison Correspondence, Erik J. Chaput
Prison Correspondence, Erik J. Chaput
Dorr Scholarship
This overview essay by SCE Professor Erik J. Chaput provides context for the drafting of the letters from Dorr to his mother Lydia. The essay provides a brief description of Dorr's treason trial, his sentencing and the nature of his imprisonment in the state prison on the Providence cove.
The Dorr Rebellion Project http://library.providence.edu/dorr
The Dorr Letters Project http://library.providence.edu:8080/xtf/index.html