Records, 1629-1692.

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Records, 1629-1692.

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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 freemen (company stockholders), represented from 1634 by elected deputies (as a legislative lower house); and the governor, deputy governor, and assistants chosen by the freemen. Series consists of public documents created during the period of the colonial charter (1629-1686) and revival of colonial government (1689-1692)--and a few related earlier items--reflecting the legislative, executive, and judicial phases of that government, with the exception of judicial documents specifically pertaining to the activities of the assistants sitting in their judicial capacity as the Court of Assistants.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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