Land lottery ticket for Massachusetts 1786

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Land lottery ticket for Massachusetts 1786

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%201113

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Massachusetts. General Court

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The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, chartered by the English Crown in 1629, sat as a General Court, which after the 1630 emigration to America became the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony. It consisted of colony freemen (company stockholders); and the governor, deputy governor, and assistants (magistrates) chosen by them. The latter group met separately as a Court of Assistants, but in 1634 its legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole (Ma...