Martin M. Lomasney scrapbooks [microfilm], 1902-1932.

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Martin M. Lomasney scrapbooks [microfilm], 1902-1932.

1902-1932

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Twenty-seven volumes of scrapbooks (numbered 8-34) kept by Martin M. Lomasney containing primarily newspaper clippings, political flyers, circular letters, palm cards, and sample ballots covering Lomasney's political career, city and state primaries, and elections. As an Irish democratic politician and boss of Boston's Ward 8, Lomasney served in various positions, including Boston's Board of Aldermen and the Massachusetts House and Senate. His real power came, however, from his involvement in the Hendricks Club, an organization he used to control the vote in his ward. The control of Ward 8 provided Lomasney with a disproportionate amount of influence in city and state politics. Included are materials pertaining to such figures as James Michael Curley and John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald. The contents are arranged in rough chronological order.

27 v. on 9 reels.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7347207

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958

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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...

Hendricks Club (Boston, Mass.)

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