PROVIDED, that the said Goodes and Merchandizes be shipped out within thirteene Monethes, after their first Landing within any Parte of the saide Domynions. Secretary of State. Please let us know how we can improve this page. B. Charles I dissolved Parliament two weeks before the Bay Company got its charter, leaving him and Massachusetts Body of Liberties And our Will and Pleasure is, and Wee doe hereby for Vs. our Heires and Successors, ordeyne and graunte, That from henceforth for ever, there shalbe one Governor, one Deputy Governor, and eighteene Assistants of the same Company, to be from tyme to tyme constituted, elected and chosen out of the Freemen of the saide Company, for the tyme being, in such Manner and Forme as hereafter in theis Presents is expressed, which said Officers shall applie themselves to take Care for the best disposeing and ordering of the generall buysines and Affaires of, for, and concerning the said Landes and Premisses hereby mencoed, to be graunted, and the Plantacion thereof, and the Government of the People there. Wait and Co, 1814.Berkin, Carol and Christopher Miller, Robert Cherny, James Gormly. Its population numbered only seven thousand by 1691, when, still charterless, it merged with its giant neighbor, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Thomas Dudley. . Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1634-1779. Cenage Learning, 2012.Rothbard, Murray. AND FURTHER, Wee will, and by theis Presents, for Vs. our Heires and Successors, doe ordoyne and graunte, That the Governor of the saide Company for the tyme being, or in his Absence by Occasion of Sicknes or otherwise, the Deputie Governor for the tyme being, shall have Authoritie from tyme to tyme vpon all Occasions, to give order for the assembling of the saide Company, and calling them together to consult and advise of the Bussinesses and Affaires of the saide Company, and that the said Governor, Deputie Governor, and Assistants of the saide Company, for the tyme being, shall or maie once every Moneth, or oftener at their Pleasures, assemble and houlde and keepe a Courte or Assemblie of themselves, for the better ordering and directing of their Affaires, and that any seaven or more persons of the Assistants, togither with the Governor, or Deputie Governor soe assembled, shalbe saide, taken, held, and reputed to be, and shalbe a full and sufficient Courte or Assemblie of the said Company, for the handling, ordering, and dispatching of all such Buysinesses and Occurrents as shall from tyme to tyme happen, touching or concerning the said Company or Plantacon; and that there shall or maie be held and kept by the Governor, or Deputie Governor of the said Company, and seaven or more of the said Assistants for the tyme being, vpon every last Wednesday in Hillary, Easter, Trinity, and Michas Termes respectivelie forever, one grease generall and solempe assemblie, which foure generall assemblies shalbe stiled and called the foure grease and generall Courts of the saide Company; IN all and every, or any of which saide grease and generall Courts soe assembled, WEE DOE for Vs. our Heires and Successors, give and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, That the Governor, or in his absence, the Deputie Governor of the saide Company for the tyme being, and such of the Assistants and Freeman of the saide Company as shalbe present, or the greater nomber of them so assembled, whereof the Governor or Deputie Governor and six of the Assistants at the least to be seaven shall have full Power and authoritie to choose, nominate, and appointe, such and soe many others as they shall thinke fitt, and that shall be willing to accept the same, to be free of the said Company and Body, and them into the same to admits; and to elect and constitute such Officers as they shall thinke fitt and requisite, for the ordering, mannaging, and dispatching of the Affaires of the saide Govenor and Company, and their Successors; And to make Lawes and Ordinnces for the Good and Welfare of the saide Company, and for the Government and ordering of the saide Landes and Plantacon, and the People inhabiting and to inhabite the same, as to them from tyme to tyme shalbe thought meete, soe as such Lawes and Ordinances be not contrarie or repugnant to the Lawes and Statuts of this our Reaime of England. requirement for the corporations officers. Colonies had only been established in New England, the first being Jamestown, named after the king of England (King James I / King James VI of Scotland) in 1607. In the Southern colonies, it was tobacco and rice; and throughout most of the colonies, animal skins, corn, powder and gun shot, and livestock were often used. Please limit your input to 500 characters. By Mr. Hutchinson, . views 2,209,561 updated MASSACHUSETTS BAY, COLONIAL CHARTERS OF (1629, 1691) In 1629 King Charles I granted a royal charter to Puritan leaders of the New England Company, incorporating them as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. New York. Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Symon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Gode, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes, all that Parte of Newe England in America, which lyes and extendes betweene a great River there, comonlie called Monomack River, alias Merrimack River, and a certen other River there, called Charles River, being in the Bottome of a certen Bay there, comonlie called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay; and also all and singuler those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the Space of Three Englishe Myles on the South Parte of the said River, called Charles River, or of any or every Parte thereof; and also all and singuler the Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the Space of Three Englishe Miles to the southward of the southermost Parte of the said Baye, called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusets Bay: And also all those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lye and be within the Space of Three English Myles to the Northward of the saide River, called Monomack, alias Merrymack, or to the Norward of any and every Parte thereof, and all Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the Lymitts aforesaide, North and South, in Latitude and Bredth, and in Length and Longitude, of and within all the Bredth aforesaide, throughout the mayne Landes there, from the Atlantick and Westerne Sea and Ocean on the East Parte, to the South Sea on the West Parte; and all Landes and Groundes, Place and Places, Soyles, Woodes, and Wood Groundes, Havens, Portes, Rivers, Waters, and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the said Boundes and Lymytts, and every Parte and Parcell thereof; and also all Islandes in America aforesaide, in the saide Seas, or either of them, on the Westerne or Easterne Coastes, or Partes of the saide Tracts of Landes hereby mencoed to be given and graunted, or any of them; and all Mynes and Mynerals as well Royal mynes of Gold and Silver and other mynes and mynerals, whatsoever, in the said Landes and Premisses, or any parte thereof, and free Libertie of fishing in or within any the Rivers or Waters within the Boundes and Lymytts aforesaid, and the Seas therevnto adjoining; and all Fishes, Royal Fishes, Whales, Balan, Sturgions, and other Fishes of what Kinde or Nature soever, that shall at any time hereafter be taken in or within the saide Seas or Waters, or any of them, by the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, Greorge Harwood, Increase Noell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassell, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browner, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes, or by any other person or persons whatsoever there inhabiting, by them, or any of them, to be appointed to fishe therein. certain rights to a colony, town/city, university or institution. Includes Sir Edmund Andros's commissions as governor of the short-lived Dominion of New England, which was the union of all New England and Mid-Atlantic colonies (with exception to Delaware Colony and the Province of Pennsylvania): Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1691. It was the most successful and profitable colony in New England. Massachusetts Bay Colony was a British settlement in Massachusetts in the 17th century. Boston, T.B. According to Evans, this is a three volume set. After the charter was revoked, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was later merged with the colonies of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island into one large royal colony, known as the Dominion of New England, in 1686. territory. received word of the revolution in early 1689. The Massachusetts Bay Colony charter of 1629 was a royal document that gave the Massachusetts Bay Company permission by the English crown to establish a colony in New England. certain bay there, commonly called Massachusetts, alias Massachusetts The charter was granted by King Charles I on March 4, 1629. Unlike the Massachusetts Bay patent, the third Virginia charter confirmed and extended governmental powers already granted, and so, since it was probably assumed that earlier conditions still applied, the requirement that the Virginia council be resident in London was not reiterated nor was a place of meeting specified. IN WITNES whereof, Wee have caused theis our Letters to be made Patents. CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, King of England, Scot- land, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43285101Jordan, Louis. Two years later, in 1691, the new king and queen of England, King William III and Queen Mary II, issued a new charter for Massachusetts Bay, which converted it into a royal colony called the Province of Massachusetts Bay and absorbed Plymouth colony and the Province of Maine into the colony. AND, Wee doe of our further Grace, certen Knowledg and meere Mocon, give and graunte to the saide Governor and Companv, and their Successors, That it shall and male be lawfull, to and for the Governor or Deputie Governor, and such of the Assistants and Freemen of the said Company for the Tyme being as shalbe assembled in any of their generall Courts aforesaide, or in any other Courtes to be specially sumoned and assembled for that Purpose, or the greater Parte of them (whereof the Governor or Deputie Governor, and six of the Assistants to be alwaies seaven) from tyme to tyme, to make, ordeine, and establishe all Manner of wholesome and reasonable Orders, Lawes, Statutes, and Ordilmces, Direccons, and Instruccons, not contrairie to the Lawes of this our Realme of England, aswell for selling of the Formes and Ceremonies of Governmt and Magistracy fitt and necessary for the said Plantacon, and the Inhabitants there, and for nameing and setting of all sorts of Officers, both superior and inferior, which they shall finde needefull for that Governement and Plantacon, and the distinguishing and setting forth of the severall duties, Powers, and Lymytts of every such Office and Place, and the Formes of such Oathes warrantable by the Lawes and Statutes of this our Realme of England, as shalbe respectivelie ministred vnto them for the Execucon of the said severall Offices and Places; as also, for the disposing and ordering of the Eleccons of such of the said Officers as shalbe annuall, and of such others as shalbe to succeede in Case of Death or Remove all and ministering the said Oathes to the newe elected Officers, and for Imposicons of lawfull Fynes, Mulcts, Imprisonment, or other lawfull Correccon, according to the Course of other Corporacons in this our Realme of England, and for the directing, ruling, and disposeing of all other Matters and Thinges, whereby our said People, Inhabitants there, may be soe religiously, peaceablie, and civilly governed, as their good Life and orderlie Conversacon, maie wynn and incite the Natives of Country, to the KnowIedg and Obedience of the onlie true God and Saulor of Mankinde, and the Christian Fayth, which in our Royall Intencon, and the Adventurers free Profession, is the principall Ende of this Plantacion. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25080845Barth, Jonathan Edward. The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a royal colony in Massachusetts in the 17 th and 18 th century.. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. 14 day loan required to access EPUB and PDF files. of the Massachusetts Bay Companys meetings indicate they only In 1637, under . colonists were non-separatist Puritans who were reluctant to separate flee England? 8 Aug. 2018, www.patriotledger.com/news/20180808/art-thief-with-milton-ties-loses-suit-seeking-return-of-antique-firearmsHall, Michael G. Origins in Massachusetts of the Constitutional Doctrine of Advice and Consent. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. In the same year Puritan leaders received authorization to migrate to New England and take the charter with them. article in the New England Quarterly, This woodcut represents the earliest known map of New England from 1677. AND, yf it shall happen the present governor, Deputy Governor, and assistants, by theis presents appointed, or such as shall hereafter be newly chosen into their Roomes, or any of them, or any other of the officers to be appointed for the said Companv, to dye, or to be removed from his or their severall Offices or Places before the saide generall Day of Eleccon (whome Wee doe hereby declare for any Misdemeanor or Defect to be removeable by the Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistants, and Company, or such greater Parte of them in any of the publique Courts to be assembled as is aforesaid) That then, and in every such Case, it shall and maie be lawfull, to and for the Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistants, and Company aforesaide, or such greater Parte of them soe to be assembled as is aforesaide, in any of their Assemblies, to proceade to a new Eleccon of one or more others of their Company in the Roome or Place, Roomes or Places of such Officer or Officers soe dyeing or removed according to their Discrecons, And, Mediately vpon and after such Eleccon and Eleccons made of such Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistant or Assistants, or any other officer of the saide Company, in Manner and Forme aforesaid, the Authoritie, Office, and Power, before given to the former Governor, Deputie Governor, or other Officer and Officers soe removed, in whose Steade and Place newe shabe soe chosen, shall as to him and them, and everie of them, cease and determine. This page is located more than 3 levels deep within a topic. By requiring the corporation to hold its meetings at a specified place, By requiring that the companys officers reside in specified places, By designating the corporation as being of a certain place, The colonists continued to trade with other countries despite the Navigation Acts of 1651 and 1660 prohibiting them from doing so, The colony ran an illegal mint that made coins without the kings image on them and melted down English coins to remake them into their own coins, The Massachusetts General Court created a number of laws that did not align with Englands laws, particularly by passing religious based laws that discriminated against Quakers and Anglicans. 490525. Massachusetts Royal Commissions:1681-1774, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1913. England was also not required to meet in a specific location when it Note on the Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629 The charter of Massachusetts Bay represents still another way in which self-government was established in the English colonies of North America. 3, 2014, pp. You skipped the table of contents section. It allowed the colonial government to establish its own legal code, that, while based in English law, was specific to the colony. An agreement drawn up by the Plymouth colonists in which the signers agreed to pledge allegiance to the King of England, govern the settlement by majority rule, allow every freeman the equal right of participation in the colony's government, and elect a governor annually. Making America, Volume 1 To 1877. Mass.gov is a registered service mark of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Great Seal of England appendant by a parti-coloured silk string. --cf. Massachusetts Constitution, Mass. Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates, 1629. The history of the colony of Massachusett's Bay, from the first settlement thereof in 1628, until its incorporation . Massachusetts Bay Colony charter was issued, a charter was issued for Coram me Carolo Casare Milite in Cancellaria Mro. Whereas, our most dear and royal father, king James, of blessed me- mory, by his Highness letters-patent bearing date at West- Massachusetts facts: Historical sketch, Mass. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. must follow and also identified the boundaries of the colonys Less than two years after the These violations include: As a result of these violations, the charter was officially revoked on October 23, 1684. Massachusetts Archives Collection, 1629-1799, Keyword search the collection database for volume/page information. 91, 1979, pp. A multi-volume set that includes court orders, judicial acts, laws, deeds, and more. Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. AND WEE DOE further, for Vs. our Heires and Successors, give and graunt to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors bv theis Presents, that all and everie such Chiefe Comaunders, Captaines, Governors, and other Officers and Ministers, as by the said Orders, Lawes, Statuts, Ordinnces, Instruccons, or Direccons of the said Governor and Company for the Tyme being, shalbe from Tyme to Tyme hereafter vmploied either in the Government of the saide Inhabitants and Plantacon, or in the Waye by Sea thither, or from thence, according to the Natures and Lymitts of their Offices and Places respectively, shall from Tyme to Tyme hereafter for ever, within the Precincts and Partes of Newe England hereby mencoed to be graunted and confirmed, or in the Waye by Sea thither, or from thence, have full and Absolute Power and Authoritie to correct, punishe, pardon, governe, and rule all such the Subiects of Vs. our Heires and Successors, as shall from Tyme to Tyme adventure themselves in any Voyadge thither or from thence, or that shall at any Tyme hereafter, inhabite within the Precincts and Partes of Newe England aforesaid, according to the Orders, Lawes, Ordinnces, Instruccons, and Direccons aforesaid, not being repugnant to the Lawes and Statutes of our Realme of England as aforesaid. The Colony included parts of present-day Massachusetts, Rhode . A lock icon ( the charter was finalized, and only did so reluctantly more than a Uploaded by 89107. omission was unusual, it was most likely not a deliberate act on the Students should be familiar with the The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, This page, Massachusetts historical legal documents and laws, is, Massachusetts historical legal documents and laws. 1985, apnews.com/3d70009aac33b98d85d18e5cea268fe1Campbell, Colin. have, spelled out the rules the colony And every such person as shall be at the Tyme of the annuall Eleccon, or otherwise, vpon Death or Removeall, be appointed to be the newe Governor of the said Company, shall take the Oathes to that Place belonging, before the Deputy Governor, or two of the Assistants of the said Company at the least, for the Tyme being: And the newe elected Deputie Governor and Assistants, and all other officers to be hereafter chosen as aforesaide from Tyme to Tyme, to take the Oathes to their places respectivelie belonging, before the Governor of the said Company for the Tyme being, vnto which said Governor, Deputie Governor, and assistants, Wee doe by theis Presents Give full Power and Authoritie to give and administer the said Oathes respectively, according to our true Meaning herein before declared, without any Comission or further Warrant to be had and obteyned of our Vs. our Heires or Successors, in that Behalf. It was established in 1628; its charter revoked in 1684, and it became part of the Dominion of New England Genealogy in 1686. J. TREVOR C. S. K. W. RAWLINSON C. S. L. G. HUTCHNS C. S. (13) (1) The charter of 1629 had been cancelled by a judgment of the high court of chancery of England June 18, 1684. ", U.S. Colonial Laws,Bowling Green State University. "The Massachusetts Archives Collection (also known as the "Felt Collection"), which includes original records of the governor, Council, General Court, secretary, and treasurer, is an important source of records for early Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. The province was originally a charter colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony until 1684, when its charter was revoked due to repeated violations of its terms, and it was converted into a royal colony in 1691.. British control of all 13 colonies in North America, including the Province of . AND, Wee doe further, of our especial Grace, certen Knowledge, and meere mocon, for Vs. our Heires and Successors, give and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors for ever by theis Presents, That it shalbe lawfull and free for them and their Assignes, at all and every Tyme and Tymes hereafter, out of any our Realmes or Domynions whatsoever, to take, leade, carry, and transport, for in and into their Voyages, and for and towardes the said Plantacon in Newe England, all such and soe many of our loving Subjects, or any other strangers that will become our loving Subjects, and live under our Allegiance, as shall willinglie accompany them in the same Voyages and Plantacon; and also Shippmg, Armour, Weapons, Ordinance, Municon, Powder, Shott, Come, Victualls, and all Manner of clothing, Implements, Furniture, Beastes, Cattle, Horses, Mares, Merchandizes, and all other Thinges necessarie for the saide Plantacon, and for their Vse and Defence, and for Trade with the People there, and in passing and returning to and fro, any Lawe or Statute to the contrarie hereof in any wise notwithstanding; and without payeing or yeilding any Custome or Subsidie, either inward or outward, to Vs. our Heires or Successors, for the same, by the Space of seaven Yeares from the Day of the Date of theis Presents. 14 day loan required to access EPUB and PDF files. on the Internet. Stolen Massachusetts Colonial Charter Page Recovered. AP News, 9 March. If the person or persons who later prepared the Massachusetts Bay charter were following the third Virginia charter but not the first or second, they may well have forgotten that residency and meeting places had not been addressed.. 1691: A new charter was granted to Massachusetts Bay Colony, uniting it with Plymouth Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630-1691) Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629. the storm-lashed shores of Massachusetts Bay, where many people were as much interested in cod as God. Dissent in Massachusetts and the Settlement of New Colonies The Model Begins to Change. If you need assistance, please contact the Trial Court Law Libraries. was issued a charter in 1677. Uploaded a work by Massachusetts Bay Colony provincial government, 1742; Samule Kneeland''' printer from . The Charter of Massachusetts Bay : 1629 CHARLES, BY THE, GRACE, OF GOD, Kinge of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and Ireland, Defendor of the Fayth, &c. To all to whome theis Presents shall come Greeting. AND WEE DOE further, for Vs. our Heires and Successors, ordeyne and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors by theis Presents that theis our Letters-patents shalbe firme, good, effectuall, and availeable in all Thinges, and to all Intents and Construccons of Lawe, according to our true Meaning herein before declared, and shalbe construed, reputed, and adjudged in all Cases most favourablie on the Behalf, and for the Benefist and Behoofe of the saide Governor and Company and their Successors: ALTHOUGH expresse mencon of the true yearely Value or certenty of the Premisses or any of them; or of any other Guiftes or Grauntes, by Vs. or any of our Progenitors or Predecessors to the foresaid Governor or Company before this tyme made, in theis-Presents is not made; or any Statute, Acte, Ordinnce, Provision, Proclamacon, or Restrainte to the contrarie thereof, heretofore had, made, published, ordeyned, or provided, or any other Matter, Cause, or Thinge whatsoever to the contrarie thereof in any wise notwithstanding. Published under chapter 87 of the Resolves of the General cour. Secretary of State,Commonwealth Museum. The English Crown Versus Massachusetts. Mises Institute, 16 Oct. 2012, mises.org/library/english-crown-vs-massachusettsLaws During the Dominion of New England. State Library of Massachusetts, mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2018/04/laws-during-dominion-of-new-england.htmlKarr, Ronald Dale. Before they sailed -- The first settlements -- The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony -- Troubles and successes -- The colonists and the rights of others Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2011-09-08 17:16:35 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid . 1628. Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Lesson Plan IV. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 1620-1692. reincorporation of the African Company of 1618, also lacked a We will use this information to improve this page. Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freeman, 1640. AND FURTHER, That the said Governour and Companye, and their Successors, maie have forever one comon Seale, to be vsed in all Causes and Occasions of the said Company, and the same Seale may alter, chaunge, breake, and newe make, from tyme to tyme, at their pleasures. The third volume, in continuation, was published in London in 1828. By bringing the charter to America, the Puritans took the first step in transforming Massachusetts Bay from a trading company into a commonwealth, because the charter became the constitution of the colony. requiring the Massachusetts Bay Join the one in a thousand users that support us financiallyif our library is useful to you, please pitch in. Also referred to as the "Charter of William and Mary." 1629 - Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates. The charter of 1629 established the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a charter colony rather than a royal colony or a proprietary colony. Available online through the State Library of Massachusetts: Massachusetts Archives Collection, 1629-1799 The colonial laws of Massachusetts: reprinted from the edition of 1672, with the supplements through 1686: Bills, House and Senate Journals, etc., 1780 et seq. Includes various conference papers relating to law, legal practice, and the organization and jurisdiction of the courts during the early colonies. The Company for the Royal Fishery of commonly called Monomack river, alias Merrimack river, and a certain Yet, a charter issued for the Company The founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony encompasses a history of both religion and business. Summary . The charter was revoked and the Council was disbanded in 1635. Half-settlement and half-private trading company, the first English colony at Massachusetts Bay struggled to establish a civil government against the pressures of religious intolerance and uncertain relations with Native Americans. The Massachusetts Bay Colony charter of 1629 was a royal document that gave the Massachusetts Bay Company permission by the English crown to establish a colony in New England. Under the original charter, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was remarkably autonomous, more so than any other colony. of Copper Miners in England in 1691 required it to hold its annual colony share a portion of some of the resources harvested from the M'Clure) 1870: Graphic Html: Free: MOA-UMich: Lives of the chief fathers of New England. The first volume, "The history of the colony of Massachusetts-Bay, from the first settlement therof in 1628 ." was published in Boston in 1764. Website includes links to both the original text (1641) and revised versions (1648, 1660, and 1672). John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Chronological Listing of Documents and Events Relating to the Massachusetts Mint. Coin and Currency Collections, University of Notre Dame, coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/MAMintDocs.chron.htmlPine Tree Shilling, United States, 1652. National Museum of American History, americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1082064The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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