Avery, John, 1739-1806

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John Avery (1739-1806, Harvard AB 1759) was secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and then Secretary of State of Massachusetts; Cotton Tufts (1732-1815, Harvard AB 1749) was an Overseer and a member of what became known as a "Visiting Committee" at Harvard. Each of these men was an officer of Harvard by virtue of being a member of the Massachusetts government. In 1790, the Overseers were comprised of the Massachusetts Governer, Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Senate, the President of the College, and ministers from several surrounding communities.

From the description of Letter from John Avery to Cotton Tufts, April 9, 1790. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77067913

John Avery was Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

From the description of Certificates of votes : Andover and Rutland (Mass.) to John Avery, Secretary of the Commonwealth, relating to the votes for Governer, Lt. Governer and Senators, 1799 April 1. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57560337
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creatorOf Savage, Samuel Phillips. State of Massachusetts-Bay ... in the county of Middlesex and state aforesaid, maketh oath : that the sloop Republick whereof Allen Halles is at present master, being a square sterned vessel of the burthen of one hundred tons, or thereabouts, was built ... Connecticut State Library, CSL
creatorOf Boston Committee of Donations. Boston Committee of Donations letterbooks, 1774-1775. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Massachusetts. General Court. Letter, 1789 Jan. 7, Boston, to Samuel Henshaw. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Avery, John, 1739-1806. Certificates of votes : Andover and Rutland (Mass.) to John Avery, Secretary of the Commonwealth, relating to the votes for Governer, Lt. Governer and Senators, 1799 April 1. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Samuel Adams letters, 1776-1793 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Massachusetts. Governor (1797-1799 : Sumner). Precept, 1798 Dec. 17. Wintrop Public Library & Museum
creatorOf Lovell, Solomon, 1732-1801. Letter, 1779 July 28, Majabagaduce (Castine), to J. Powell. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Avery, John, 1739-1806. [Documents concerning William Jackson, ca. 1775, 1777, 1786]. New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Buckminster, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1784-1812. Papers, 1806 April 24-1807 Aug. 7. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Massachusetts. Governor (1794-1797 : Adams). Warrant, 1794 Dec. 17. Wintrop Public Library & Museum
creatorOf Price, Ezekiel, 1727-1802. Certificates of appointment to the office of Justice of the Peace, 1780-1802. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816. Samuel Holten Papers, 1769-1816. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Apthorp, John T. (John Trecothick), 1770-1849. [Military commission and discharge certificates for Lewis Glover, 1804, 1805, 1810]. New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794. Letter, 1778 Sept. 19, Boston Harbor, to John Avery. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Avery, John, 1739-1806. [Documents concerning the ship Protector, 1779-1780]. New England Historic Genealogical Society
referencedIn Thacher, George, 1754-1824. George Thacher papers, 1789-1792. Library of Congress
referencedIn Hiram Putnam Papers MS 56., 1780-1885 Mortimer Rare Book Room
creatorOf Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Examination of the claim of New York (State), [1784]. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1799-1800 : Gill). [Military commission certificate for Samuel Seavy, 1799 September 29]. New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Hancock, John, 1737-1793. John Hancock warrant, 1790. Maine Historical Society Library
creatorOf Massachusetts. Governor (1787-1793 : Hancock). Commonwealth of Massachusetts : by His Excellency John Hancock Esquire governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1788 Feb. 1. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Avery, John, 1739-1806. Letter from John Avery to Cotton Tufts, April 9, 1790. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Cary, Richard, 1717-1790. Letter of presentation of the portrait of Denys de Berdt to the State of Massachusetts ..., [1780]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Putnam, Hiram. Putnam papers, 1780-1885. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Austin, Jonathan Loring, 1748-1826. Voting returns for towns in the District of Maine, 1792-1813. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Jay, John, 1745-1829. Papers, 1779-1798. Gadsden Public Library
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