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circa May 10, 1785

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Broadside signed

Title: Instructions from Boston to its Representatives in State Legislature

This document is a printed sheet with a manuscript note at top containing information and instructions about a meeting of those who represent the Town of Boston. The note concerns State Legislators and mentions John Hancock, Samuel Allyn Otis, Caleb Davis, Thomas Dawes, Samuel Breck, Benjamin Austin, and Benjamin Hitchborn. Annotated by William Cooper as Town Clerk. Docketed on verso.

GLC05666.01

22 March 1770

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: Order from Boston 217 [Official transmittal to Catharine Macauley concerning the Boston Massacre]

Official memorandum, written and attested by Boston Town Clerk William Cooper, to transmit a printed copy of the Representation concerning the Boston Massacre to Catharine Macaulay on behalf of the citizens of Boston. Refer to the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.02-1800.04.

GLC01789.01

December 8, 1772

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Sends notes and proceedings of legal town meeting of Boston.

GLC01789.03

1 November 1774

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Document signed

Title: [Marriage between Captain James Urquhart and Hannah Flucker]

Partially printed. William Cooper, as Town Clerk of Boston, asserts that Captain James Urquhart and Hannah Flucker have satisfied the legal requirements to be married.

GLC02437.09092