Colony of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, May session, 1776 An act repealing an act intituled, "An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty the allegiance of his subjects in this his colony and dominion of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations;" and altering the form of commissions, of all writs and processes in the courts, and of the oaths prescribed by law (Printed by John Carter, 1776)
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 661. - Evans, 15056. - Imprint supplied by Alden. - The act which was repealed did not actually prescribe allegiance to the King; it empowered colony officials to "tender the oaths of allegiance and abjuration unto" persons suspected of disloyalty to the King.The repeal was nonetheless considered a revocation of allegiance to George III, and the date of its passage is a legal holiday in Rhode Island. Cf. Lovejoy, D.S. R.I. politics and the American Revolution (1958), p. 220