Certificates of appointment to the office of Justice of the Peace, 1780-1802.

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Certificates of appointment to the office of Justice of the Peace, 1780-1802.

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Includes: 1780 May 30, signed by secretary John Avery and "the major part of the Council" including Samuel Adams; 1781 Oct. 17, signed by John Avery and John Hancock as governor; 1788 Sept. 18, signed by John Avery and John Hancock; 1795 June 16, signed by Avery and Samuel Adams as governor; 1802 June 21, signed by Avery and Caleb Strong as governor. Each document bears the paper seal of Massachusetts.

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Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

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Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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Price, Ezekiel, 1727-1802

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Avery, John, 1739-1806

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John Avery (1739-1806, Harvard AB 1759) was secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and then Secretary of State of Massachusetts; Cotton Tufts (1732-1815, Harvard AB 1749) was an Overseer and a member of what became known as a "Visiting Committee" at Harvard. Each of these men was an officer of Harvard by virtue of being a member of the Massachusetts government. In 1790, the Overseers were comprised of the Massachusetts Governer, Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Senate, the President of ...

Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

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Strong was a native of Northampton, Mass. He served as governor of Massachusetts (1800-1807 and 1812-1816). Strong assisted in writing the Constitution of Massachusetts and was a member of the U. S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. From the description of [Letters, 1787-1812] / Caleb Strong. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 437427465 Justice of the peace, state legislator, delegate to Continental Congress, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1789-1796), and governor of Mass...