John Cushing diary, 1787-1811.

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John Cushing diary, 1787-1811.

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Copy of the diary of Hon. John Cushing of Freeport, Me., including record of life as a civil engineer, deacon and member of the General Court at Boston. Also includes numerous references to Bowdoin College, trips to ordination of ministers, records of farm work, and coasting trade. Cushing operated several vessels.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Bowdoin College

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Cushing, John, 1741-1812

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John Cushing (1741-1812) was born in Boxford, Mass. He graduated from Harvard in 1761, and received an M.A. in 1765. In 1775 Cushing was Captain of a company of Boxford minutemen. He participated in the battle for Hog and Noddles Islands, and served in the Rhode Island campaign of 1778. He was sent by Boxford to the House of Representatives in 1779 and served on the committee to auction off Tory estates. In 1790 he moved to Freeport, Maine where he farmed and owned sloops which carried wood and ...

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...