Sealing the deal: Making the 1663 Charter last

Posted 11/11/14

In a press release last week, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis announced the process to provide a new state-of-the-art encasement system for the Rhode …

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Sealing the deal: Making the 1663 Charter last

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In a press release last week, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis announced the process to provide a new state-of-the-art encasement system for the Rhode Island Colonial Charter of 1663.

“I am pleased that the most important document in our State’s history is going to be protected and conserved for generations,” Chafee said. “The Colonial Charter was the first to establish separation of Church and State, and became the inspiration for our Bill of Rights a century later. Preserving our historic resources demonstrates our commitment to preserving and protecting Rhode Island history. I commend the Secretary of State’s Office and the Rhode Island 1663 Colonial Charter Commission for their efforts to bring this project to fruition.”

This morning, ARTEX, a fine arts moving company, wrapped, crated and transported the Charter, in an environmentally controlled vehicle, to the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Mass. with a state police escort. ARTEX built a custom crate for packing and transporting the Charter.

“It is imperative that we carefully preserve our Colonial Charter, which is our state’s most profound and historic document; a document which gave us the religious freedom we all enjoy today, and a document which defines our state’s unique heritage,” said Mollis.

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  • Justanidiot

    Just another dusty piece of paper the government can ignore. Why bother restoring it at all.

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