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A transcription of various records pertaining to the establishment and governance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony prepared between the years 1640 and 1646 by Thomas Lechford and others. This manuscript documents the pre-migration business of the Massachusetts Bay Company beginning in 1629, along with rulings of the General Court and the Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony through 1646.
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True copie of the court booke of the Governor and society of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1640-1646
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True copie of the court booke of the Governor and society of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1640-1646
description
A transcription of various records pertaining to the establishment and governance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony prepared between the years 1640 and 1646 by Thomas Lechford and others. This manuscript documents the pre-migration business of the Massachusetts Bay Company beginning in 1629, along with rulings of the General Court and the Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony through 1646.
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["1640–1646"]
year
1640
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
creators
Lechford, Thomas, approximately 1590-1644?
Symonds, Samuel
Bellingham, Richard, 1592?-1672
Endecott, John, 1588?-1665
Hutchinson, Edward, 1613-1675
Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780
Aspinwall, Thomas, 1786-1876
Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Colonial and Revolutionary Boston Collection
subjects
Law--Massachusetts--17th century
Law--Colonies--United States
Massachusetts--History--17th century
Massachusetts--Law and legislation--17th century
Massachusetts Bay Company
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Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Business records
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United States
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Massachusetts
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[2], 1-75, 78-134, 137-223, [1], 224-264, 264-312, [2] p., bound ; 37 cm.
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Title from caption; dates of creation from Whitmore, W.H. A Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1686.
According to Whitmore, the first 224 pages were prepared ca. 1640-1641 for Governor John Endecott and are in the hand of Thomas Lechford.
William P. Upham suggests that the remainder of the manuscript (or a significant portion thereof) is in the hand of Samuel Symonds (ca. 1595-1678). See: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 5 (Boston: The Society, 1902) pp. 144-146.
Marginal notes on pages 226 through 252 are in the hand of Governor Richard Bellingham. See: BPL Bulletin (vol. 9, no. 1: April, 1890) p. 207.
The original document, from which this manuscript was copied, is now housed at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives and is known as: Court records, volumes 1-5 (CT0-1700x). For an extensive comparison between the documents, see: Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, vol. 2 (Boston: County of Suffolk, 1904).
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