Legislative files, exhibits, and reports, 1932-1941.

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Legislative files, exhibits, and reports, 1932-1941.

The Pardon and Parole Commission was established in 1919 to investigate the pardon and parole system of Massachusetts and specifically the granting of pardons by the Governor Charles F. Hurley in 1938 to Raymond L. S. Patriarca, John S. Tartar, and others, and the actions of Governor's Councillor Daniel H. Coakley, who was impeached and removed from office in 1941. Series was created during the work of the commission.

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Massachusetts. Pardon and Parole Commission.

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Hurley, Charles F.

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Coakley, Daniel H.

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Massachusetts. Governor (1937-1939 : Hurley)

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Massachusetts. Council

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Samuel Adams was an American patriot and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From the description of Order for powder magazine guard, 1779 July 21. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56357672 During the colonial period (1629-1686) certain members of the Court of Assistants (which functioned not only judicially but also legislatively as part of the General Court, constituting from 1644 its upper house, though without the formal title--see: Mas...

Patriarca, Raymond L. S.

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Tartar, John S.

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Massachusetts. Parole Board

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The Board of Parole for the State Prison and the Massachusetts Reformatory and the Board of Parole for the Reformatory for Women were established in 1913, serving jointly as an Advisory Board of Pardons. They were succeeded by a single Board of Parole in 1916 and the Parole Board in 1937, in each case serving also as an Advisory Board of Pardons. From the description of Minutes, 1913-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122581598 St 1913, c 829 established the B...