Executive correspondence, 1801-1859.

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Executive correspondence, 1801-1859.

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Until the passage of Resolves 1861, c 1, which provided for the appointment of a private secretary to the governor, the state secretary served in that capacity as well as being record keeper for the Commonwealth. Executive correspondence maintained by the secretary documents subjects of special gubernatorial concern.

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