Massachusetts Bay Council [Orders for the Sheriff of Dukes County to hold elections for representatives to Massachusetts General Court]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04547 Author/Creator: Massachusetts Bay Council Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 April 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 37.5 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy
Signed by John Avery as deputy secretary. Also signed by members of the Massachusetts Bay Council: Jeremiah Powell, Artemas Ward, B. Greenleaf, Thomas Cushing, Moses Gill Benjamin Austin, Daniel Davis Timothy Danielson, Oliver Prescott, A. Fuller, Samuel Baker, Eleazer Brooks, John Pitts, O. Wendell. Provides some instructions for the election. Paper seal intact.
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