State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777. : That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state ...
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777. : That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state ...
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[Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes], [1777]
Description
1 online resource (1 sheet ([1] pages))
Series
LLMC-digital (Series)
Summary
Resolve of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, May 5, 1777, calling for the election of a general assembly to choose and form "a new Constitution of government." In this same resolution the House directed that its resolution be printed "in Hand-bills, one of which to be transmitted to the Selectmen of each Town, or the Committee of each Plantation."
Note
"In Council, May 5, 1777. Read and concurred. ..."
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Printed area measures 28.4 x 13.1 cm.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Printed area measures 28.4 x 13.1 cm.
Indexed In
Evans 15433
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2087
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 997
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2087
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 997
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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Print version: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives (1777). State of Massachusetts-Bay. [Boston] : [Benjamin Edes], [1777]
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LLMC-Digital Collection
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Language
English
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. [place of reproduction not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
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