Edward Rawson message, ca. 1647.
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Rawson, Edward, 1615-1693
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Rawson was the first Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1650-1686). He was born in Dorset, England; he married Rachel Perne before coming to America. He settled in Newbury in 1637 and held various public offices in the town and the Colony. From the description of [Letter, 1673 Dec. 17, Boston, New England [to] Right Honourable / Edward Rawson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 352920254 Secretary of the Massachusetts General Court. From the descriptio...
Massachusetts Bay Company
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Massachusetts Bay Company (also known as Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay or Massachusetts Bay Colony) chartered in 1629; in 1684 charter was revoked; the government continued to function, however until 1686, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony was absorbed into the Dominion of New England. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Daniel Denison, William Hathorne, and Richard Walden, Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay, 1662 May 27. (Maine Historical Society Library). Worl...
Massachusetts. General Court. Chamber of Deputies.
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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...
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Description of John Winthrop, 1631 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067142 John Winthrop (1588-1649), a Puritan lawyer, one of the founders and the governor of the colony of Massachusetts. In March 1630, Winthrop began his journal that he kept until January 1649. By the early 1640s, the entries became more irregular and retrospective, and the narrative was more of a history than a personal journal. There were three ...
Dyer, Thomas, approximately 1612-1676
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