Correspondence, 1692-1799.

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Correspondence, 1692-1799.

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The governor has been chief executive officer of Massachusetts from the chartering of the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629 to 1774 and from 1780 to the present day. Series consists of correspondence (including but not limited to that addressed to or written by the governor or deputy or lieutenant governor, often involving the government of neighboring jurisdictions) and other public nonjudicial documents created under the provincial charter (1692-1774) and the Commonwealth (from 1780)--and a few related earlier items--not specifically identified with the General Court, the Council, or the governor acting as the Council's head (i.e., receiving petitions or requests for reimbursement of expenses, or issuing orders, proclamations, or commissions) or otherwise dealing with treaties, truces, or submissions (also to be identified with the Council), or otherwise dealing with legislation, reimbursement of expenses, or vital records (to be identified with the General Court)

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