Resolve for the supplying the families of soldiers, 1777 Oct. 10.

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Resolve for the supplying the families of soldiers, 1777 Oct. 10.

Manuscript of a "Resolve for the Supplying the Families of Soldiers", passed in the Massachusetts General Court on 10 Oct. 1777. Topics include local government.

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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...