Letter to the Senate of Massachusetts, 1780 Oct. 05.

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Letter to the Senate of Massachusetts, 1780 Oct. 05.

Letter regarding the requirement to take an oath of Christianity before serving in the Senate.

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Massachusetts. General Court. Senate

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The upper house of the General Court consisted in the colonial period (1629-1686) of assistants sitting with the governor and deputy governor and originally called the Court of Assistants--though in 1634 the court's legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole and by 1644 that term was reserved for the assistants serving solely in their judicial capacity only; during the intercharter period under a revival of colonial government (1689-1692) and in the provincial and...

Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788

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Resident of Hadley, Mass. From the description of Will of Joseph Hawley, 1775, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979256 American Revolutionary patriot and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Northampton [Mass.], to Moses Bliss at Springfield, 1766 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471283 Resident of Northampton, Mass.; known as Major Joseph Hawley; considered a colonial radical. From the description of L...