The major part of the Council of Massachusetts-Bay, in New England. To the Honorable Joseph Palmer Esquire, Greeting. You being appointed First Brigadier General ... by virtue of the power vested in us, we ... commission you accordingly ... Given ... at Boston the 19th ... of Sept. ... 1777. [Signed

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The major part of the Council of Massachusetts-Bay, in New England. To the Honorable Joseph Palmer Esquire, Greeting. You being appointed First Brigadier General ... by virtue of the power vested in us, we ... commission you accordingly ... Given ... at Boston the 19th ... of Sept. ... 1777. [Signed] John Avery, Dpt Secy [and 15 other members of the Council]. 1777.

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Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Palmer, Joseph, Brigadier-General.

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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...