Executive records, 1650-1977.

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Executive records, 1650-1977.

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The Council (under the governor except 1775-1780) functioned as the executive counterpart of the upper house of the General Court under the colonial charter, 1629-1686; as the executive (sole) government, 1686-1689; and both as upper house of the General Court and executive body under the revival of colonial government, 1689-1692, under the provincial charter, 1692-1774, and in the later Revolutionary period, 1775-1780. (There was a rival Council appointed by the English Crown under Gov. Thomas Gage, 1774-1776.) Under the 1780 Constitution it is an advisory executive body to the governor separate from the General Court. Executive records (formerly known as: Council records) document the Council's executive function during the colonial (1650-1656, and stray entries, 1660-1661 only), intercharter (1686-1687 only), provincial, and Revolutionary periods; and under the 1780 Constitution, which mandates a signed register of council actions (Const Pt 2, C 2, S 3, Art 5)

60 cubic ft. (191 v.)Index 0.31 cubic ft. (1 box)Copies (series microfilm) 1.01 cubic ft. (101 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.)Copies (reading room microfilm) 36 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.Copies (1765-1766 transcript) 1 file folder.Copies (1686-1780 transcript) 12 cubic ft. (24 boxes)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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