Appointment of James Sullivan as justice to keep the peace, 1788 Mar. 26.

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Appointment of James Sullivan as justice to keep the peace, 1788 Mar. 26.

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Partly printed document signed. Signed by John Hancock, governor of Massachusetts. Appoints James Sullivan as one of the justices to keep the peace in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Hampshire, Plymouth, Barnstable, Bristol, York, Duke's-County, Nantucket, Worcester, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Berkshire.

1 item (2 p.) ; 39 cm., folded to 20 cm.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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