DS, 1775 September 6. : Watertown. Province of Massachusetts Bay. Appointment of Aaron Wood.

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DS, 1775 September 6. : Watertown. Province of Massachusetts Bay. Appointment of Aaron Wood.

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Appoints Aaron Wood as Justice of the Peace in the county of Essex. Signed by fifteen members of the Council of the Province including James Otis, Benjamin Lincoln, Samuel Holten, and by Avery as Secretary.

1 p. ; 40 x 26 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Wood, Aaron.

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Avery, John

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