History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 127

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. cn
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1226

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(Of these Senators the last two are the sole survivors.)

There is no reference in the Groton records to the election of any representatives to the General Court before the year 1693; and even then the names are not given, and only by the receipts for their pay, and by some allusions to the subject, is it known that any were chosen previously to that date. According to the Colonial records, Captain James Parker served as a deputy, or representative, during the session. be- ginning November 7, 1683, and it is probable that he was the only one from the town under the first char- ter.

The following entries comprise every allusion to the subject found in the earliest volume of town records, which is known as the " Indian Roll":

" Fabruary the 6 1693 the inhabitanc being met togather for to Con- sider of sum waye for to prevent futar unnessesary charges did by uott declare that they would petishone unto the genaraill Court that ther representetiue might be relesed from atending the Seshone any more

" the same daye the town did by uott declare that they would haue dacon Lawranc for to manidge the portistione for them which the Comithy hath draw up" (Page 107.)

"Groton Aprill 12 1693 Know all peple by thes presenc that Na- thanaeill Lawranc senor hath Reseiued full satisfactione by the select men and Constables for sarueing the town as a Representine at the two first sestione

" I saye reseiued by me NATHANNIL LAURANCE "

" Groton April 12 1693 Know all peple by thes presenc that John Page senor doth fully and [sic] Clearely acquite the town select men and constables for sarfing the town as a representetiue at the first [session] held at boston in ye year 1692

"as witness my hand JONI PAGE seneyer "

" Payed to Nathanail Lawranc se[nior] aight pounds in mony

"Payed to John Page se[nior] two pounds sixteen shlllins and nine penc in mony " (Page 109.)

"maye 15 1693 the Town being met together ther unto orderlie warned then the town did by uote declare that they would not send nor Choose any parson nor parsons for to Represent them at the great and genaraill Corte or asembley

"John page senor Jeams Kemp John Stone and William Longley se[uior] desent from this uote John farnworth and Steuen holden

" The Town Resons is they do not iudg themself layable nether acordind to Law nor Cbarter

" as atest WILLIAM LONGLEY Toum Clarck"

(Page 109.)

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"October 30 1693 nt town meeting Legally warned Capt Jeams Parker was chousen to Ropresent the town at ye great and genraeell assembly held at boston the enight day of nouemher insuing the date hero of" (Pago 110.)

It does not appear from the records of the General Court that Captain Parker was present at any meet- ing of this session.

"Jenuary 1 16934 the town this daye did ingage to sequer the seleck men from auy harm or dameidg that they shall meett with all in Re- spect of Decon nathanaell Lawranc in that ho doth demand thirty 6 shillins iu money for to he his dew for sarfing the said town asa repre- sentiue and the town doo Refuse to paye the said mouey the scleck men being estemed as the rest of the iuhabitanc in tho mater also the town did by the maier uote chouse Liftenant Jonah Prescot & Jeams parker Ju for to answer iu the case if the said Lawranc should truble ye seleck men or town and they did exsept of the choiss and they are to haue their paye for their pains when the said town is ahle to paye theru "as wittness WILLIAM LONGLEY town clark "

"John page sefuior] desents from the ahone mentioned propersis- tione " (Pages 111, 112.)

"at a town meting legelly warned May 9th 1699: Capt : Prescot was chosen for to atende the genrell Cort : for to sarue as a represiutiue "JAMES BLANCHARD Clark "

(Page 118.)

" May 17 1703 at a town metting legelly warned the towu did hy uot declare that thay would pay deacon larrance the mony that the deacon demande for saruing the : town as ane represi utiue In the year 1693

" the town did uote aud declare that thay would horrow the mnony of thomas Williams for four month and pay for the use of it one shilling

"JAMES BLANCHARD Clark "

(Page 124.)

"Groton May ye 8 1705 then capt prascot was chosen to sarue as a representetife for the yer Insuing

" THOMAS TARBELL Clarck "

(Page 126.)

"Groton May the aight 1706 At a town meting legally worned to chuse a repreasantiue the fre hooldars and other inhabitants qualafied acording to law did hy the waior uote couse [choose] Simin Stone for this year 1706 a represantetiue

(Page 129.)

" JOSEPH LAKIN town clark "

The paging, as given after these several extracts, refers to the printed edition of "The Early Records of Groton, Massachusetts, 1662-1707," from which they are taken. Since the year 1707, and even before that date, in the town records, there are occasional omissions of the names of representatives, and these gaps I have filled from the Colonial and Provincial records at the State-House. In such cases the names are printed within brackets, and the dates given with them refer to the beginning of each session; and in all other instances in the list, where dates of the ses- sions have been obtained or inferences drawn from these records, brackets are used.

In early times the representative to the General Court was paid by the town that sent him; and this fact furnishes the reason why the town of Groton, on May 15, 1693, voted not to send one. It was then poor, and staggering under a heavy load in the shape of debts and current expenses. Notwithstanding the receipt of Deacon Lawrence given on April 12, 1693, the town was threatened by him with a suit for thir- ty-six shillings, for his services as a representative, perhaps during a short period after the petition of February 6, 1693, when it was voted that he should be released from attendance. It is not now known

whether a suit was'ever begun, but, ten years later, as appears by the vote of May 17, 1703, the town agreed to settle the matter by paying the demand, though it was obliged to borrow the money for that purpose,-an indication of its extreme poverty. Dur- ing some of these ten years Deacon Lawrence was a resident of that quarter of Cambridge which is now Lexington ; and his absence from Groton may have been, in part, the cause of the long delay in settling the dispute. Neither Dcacon Lawrence nor Mr. Page was chosen to the Assembly that convened on May 31, 1693.

John Paris was a member of the Council for Safety of the People, which met on May 9, 1689, just after Governor Andros was deposed. It is probable that the town was unrepresented during the following years : 1693 (first session), 1694-1698, 1700-1704, and 1707, as the Provincial records of those dates do not mention any member from Groton.

In the following list of representatives I have given the church, civil and military titles found in the rec- ords, inasmuch as they indicate, approximately, the period when they were acquired. For nearly a cen- tury and a half the term of service of each member was during the year of his election. The name of John Sheple, as spelled in the town records, is writ- ten John Shepley in the Provincial records, but the two names refer to the same man, and the Nathaniel Sawtell of the town records is identical with the Na- thaniel Sartle of the Provincial records.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Date of Election. [November 7, 1683, Captain James Parker.]

[May 9, 1689, John Paris.]

Under the Charter of William and Mury.

[June 8, 1692, Nathaniel Lawrence. ]

[June 8, 1692, John Page.]

[May 31, 1693 (first session), probably none chosen.]

October 30, 1693 (second session), Captain James Parker.

[May 30, 1694, probably none chosen.]

[May 29, 1695, probably none chosen.]

[May 27, 1696, prohahly none choseu.] [May 26, 1697, probably none chosen. ]

[May 25, 1698, prohahly none chosen.] May 9, 1699, Jonas Prescott.

[May 29, 1700, prohahly none chosen.] [May 28, 1701, probably none chosen.]

[May 27, 1702, prohahly none chosen.] [May 26, 1703, prohahly none chosen.]

[May 31, 1704, probably none choscn.] May 8, 1705, Jonas Prescott.

May 8, 1706, Simon Stone.

[May 28, 1707, prohahly none chosen.]

[May 26, 1708, John Farnsworth.]

May 25, 1709, Ensign John Farusworth.

May 22, 1710, Ensign John Farnsworth.

[May 30, 1711, John Farnsworth.] May 7, 1712, Ensign Johru Farnsworth.

May 11, 1713, Ensign John Farnsworth.

[May 26, 1714, John Farnsworth.] [May 25, 1715, Thomas Tarbell. ] [May 30, 1716, John Shepley.] May 21, 1717, John Sheple.

[May 28, 1718, John Shepley.]

[May 27, 1719, Jolm Shepley.]

May 6, 1720, Captain Jonas Prescott, Jr.

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May 22, 1721, Captain John Sheple. August S, 1721, Captain John Sheple. [May 30, 1722, Captain John Sheple.] May 1. 1723, Lieutenant Benjamin Prescott. May 18, 1724, Lieutenant Benjamin Prescott. May 14, 1725, Captain John Sheple. May 19, 1726, Captain John Sheple. May 1;, 1,27, Benjamin Prescott. May 10, 1728, Captain John Sheple. May 14, 1729, John Longley. May 18, 1:30, Deacon John Longley. May 17, 1731. Deacon John Longley. [May 31, 1732, Nathaniel Sartle.] May 21, 1733, Nathaniel Sawtell, Esq. May 8, 1734, Benjamin Prescott, Esq. May 19, 1735, Benjamin Prescott, Esq. May 18, 1,36, Benjamin Prescott, Esq. May 17, 1737, Colonel Benjamin Prescott.

May 15, 1:38, Benjamin Prescott, Esq. (died in office on August 3, 1738). Decetuber 25, 1738, Justice Nathaniel Sawtell,in the place of Benjamin Prescott, Esq., deceased.

May 23, 1,39, Justice Nathaniel Sawtell. [May 28, 1740, John Longley.] May 25, 1741, Justice Nathaniel Sawtell. May 12, 1742, Nathaniel Sawtell. [May 25, 1743, William Lawrence.] May 14, 1744, Nathaniel Sawtell. May 17, 1745, William Lawrence, Esq. May 15, 1746, William Lawrence, Esq. May 18, 1:47, William Lawrence, Esq. May 17, 1,48, William Lawrence, Esq. May 22, 1749, William Lawrence, Esq. May 28, 1550 (the town voted not to seud). May 27, 1751, William Lawrence, Esq. May 14, 1752, William Lawrence, Esq.

The district of Shirley was set off from Groton on January 5, 1753, and the district of Pepperell, three months later, on April 12th, and after these dates, un- til the period of the Revolution, the two districts were represented in the General Court by the parent town.

Date of Election. May 14, 1753, William Lawrence, Esq. [May 29, 1754, Williamn Lawrence.] May 13, 1755, Colonel William Lawrence. May 17, 1756, William Lawrence, Esq. May 13, 1757, William Lawrence, Esq. May 17, 1758, William Lawrence, Esq. May 25, 1759, William Lawrence, Esq. May 26, 1760, William Lawrence, Esq. May 15. 1761, William Lawrence, Esq. May 17, 1762, Captain Abel Lawrence. May 16, 1563, Captain Abel Lawrence. May 21, 1764, Captain Abel Lawrence. May 14, 1765, Captain Abel Lawrence. May 12, 1766, Colonel James Prescott. May 18, 1767, Colonel James Prescott. May 10, 1768, Colonel James Prescott. May 23, 1769, Colonel James Prescott. May 21, 1770, Colonel James Prescott. May 20, 1771, Colonel James Prescott. May 18, 1772, Colonel James Prescott. May 17, 1773, Colonel James Prescott. May 9, 1774, Colonel James Prescott. May 22, 1575, Honorable James Prescott.

After this date Pepperell and Shirley were each represented in the General Court separately, and not by the parent town. Owing to the political disturb- ances, a new Assembly was chosen by the Province in the summer of 1775. The precept issued to the town of Groton, with the answer, is found among the

Archives (CXXXVIII. 214) at the State House, as follows :

" COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY.

" These are to will, and require you forthwith to cause the Freeholders, & other Inhabitants of your town that have an Estate of Freehold in laud within this Colony or Territory of forty Shillings ?r. annum at the least, or other Estate to the value of forty Pounds sterling, to assemble at such time, & Place as you shall appoint ; then & there to elect, and depute one or more Persons (being freeholders, and resident in the same town) according to a number set, & limited by an Act of the General Court or Assembly, which was conven'd at Watertown on the nineteenthi day of July current for the Service of this Colony, and is still in being ; and to cause the Person or Persons so elect, and deputed by the major part of the electors present at such election to be timely notified, & snm- moned by one of the constables of your town forthwith to attend tlie Service of this Province in the said general Court, or Assembly, & dur- ing the Session or Sessions of the same .- Hereof fail uot, and make a Return of this Precept with the name or names of the Person, or Per- sons so elected, & deputed, with their being summoned into the General Assembly, as soon as may be after such election, & summons shall he made.

"Dated at Watertown this 31st-day of July A.D. 1775. "By order of the House of Representatives

" JAS : WARREN Speaker

" To the Selectmen of the town of Groton in the County

of Middlesex Greeting.

"Pursuant to the Precept within written the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the town of Groton qualify'd as is therein directed, upon due Warning given, assembled and met together on the Twenty first day of August and then did elect, & depute Capt. Josiah Sartell-to serve for, and represent them in the Session, or Sessions of the great, and gen- eral Court or Assembly which was conven'd at Watertowu on the nine- teenth day of July current for the Service of this Colony the said Per- son being chosen by a major part of the electors present.

" Dated in Groton aforesaid the 21st day of August-A.D. 1775. " OLIVER PRESCOTT Selectmen

ISAAC FARNSWORTH of

AMOS LAWRANCE Groton

" The Person chosen as abovesaid notified thereof & summon'd

to attend accordingly by me Constable of Groton

OLIVER FLETCHER

[Indorsed] " Return from Groton Capt Josiah Sartell

" Mr Fowle Please to make ont a Precept for the town of Hancock in the County of Berkshire-according to this Form-

[Addressed] "To The Selectmen of the Town of Groton."

Date of Election. August 21, 1775, Captain Josiah Sartell. May 20, 1776, Colonel Josiah Sartell.

May 26, 1777, Honorable James Prescott. Deacon Isaac Farnsworth, declined, and Colonel Josiah Sartell chosen in his place.

May 18, 1778, Honorable James Prescott.

May 17, 1779, Honorable James Prescott. May 15, 1780, Honorable James Prescott.

The first General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts met on Wednesday, October 25, 1780, and the Honorable James Prescott was the represen- tative from this town. He was chosen to the House on September 4th, and a short time later, in order to fill a vacancy in the Senate, he was elected to that body by a convention of both branches on Thursday, October 26, 1780; and subsequently by another simi- lar convention on Friday, October 27th, to the Execu- tive Council. At that time the Councilors and Seu- ators were chosen on the same general ticket, without any special designation of either office, and then the Legislature selected from the upper body the mem- bers of the Council.

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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.

The Continental Journal, etc., (Boston), November 2, 1780, gives a list of the members of the General Court, where Mr. Prescott appears not only as a rep- resentative, but also as a Senator and a Councilor ; and in another column of the same newspaper it is announced, as a resolution of the Legislature, that owing to Mr. Prescott's acceptance of the Senatorship, his office as sheriff' of Middlesex County was render- ed vacant, and owing, furthermore, to the lack of time in filling it, agreeably to the new Constitution, the session of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and General Gaol Delivery would stand ad- journed for one fortnight. He was also chosen, during the years 1781, '82, '83, '84 and .'86, first to the Senate, and shortly afterwards to the Council, where he ap- pears to have served through the respective terms. He had previously represented the town in the three Provincial Congresses of 1774 and 1775, and his ex- perience in legislative bodies was large.

Two of the representatives in the following list, namely, the Hon. Timothy Bigelow and the Hon. Luther Lawrence, have been Speakers of the House. Mr. Bigelow was first chosen to that position on May 29, 1805, and for eleven years, at intervals, he con- tinued to fill the office-the longest term of service in that capacity ever held by one person-though during a part of this period he was representing the town of Medford. He was Speaker at the time of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. Mr. Lawrence, a brother-in-law of Mr. Bigelow, was elected to the same office on May 29, 1822, and held it during one year. It is not a little singu- lar that they both were occupants, at different times, of the same dwelling, formerly situated on Main Street, but now moved away; and both had their law-offices in a building near by, where, also, Mr. Dana, the president of the Senate, had had his law-office. This coincidence is by no means weak- ened by the fact that Governor Boutwell, the present owner of the place, was once the Democratic candi- date for the Speakership, when the Legislature met on January 6, 1847, and he also was a resident of the town at that time. It may be worthy of note that another Speaker, the Hon. Timothy Fuller, the father of Margaret, who is known as the Countess d'Ossoli, was a citizen of Groton for some years before his death, which took place on October 1, 1835.

Under the Constitution originally the political year began on the last Wednesday of May, but the Sena,- tors and Representatives were chosen at different times. The members of the House were elected, annually, in the month of May, ten days at least be- fore the last Wednesday of that month, and their term of service was during the year of their election.

UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

Date of Election.

September 4, 1780, Hon. James Prescott.

May 14, 1781, Deacon Isaac Farnsworth.

May 13, 1782, Deacon Isaac Farnsworth, declined, and Israel Hobart chosen in bis place.

May 12, 1783, Israel Hobart.

May 10, 1784, Dr. Benjamin Morse.

May 9, 1785, Ebenezer Champney. May 8, 1786, (the town voted by one majority not to send).

On March 7, 1787, the General Court passed an or- der fining the town of Groton twenty-four pounds and ten shillings for its neglect to send a representative during the preceding year. Forty other towns were fined various suins at the same time for a similar neglect ; and among them were Pepperell, Dunstable, Westford, Littleton, Harvard and Lunenburg.

Date of Election.

May 7, 1787, Dr. Benjamin Morse.

May 12, 1788, Dr. Benjamin Morse.

May 11, 1789, Dr. Benjamin Morse.

May 4, 1790, (the town voted not to send).

May 9, 1791, Major Aaron Brown. May 7, 1792, Major Aaron Brown.

May 6, 1793, Major Aaron Brown, Mr. Timothy Bigelow.

May 12, 1794, Mr. Timothy Bigelow.

May 6, 1795, Mr. Timothy Bigelow.

May 2, 1796, Mr. Timothy Bigelow.

May 1, 1797, Mr. Timothy Bigelow.

May 14, 1798, Hon. Timothy Bigelow.

May 6, 1799, Hon. Timothy Bigelow,

May 5, 1800, Hon. Timothy Bigelow. May 4, 1801, Hon. Timothy Bigelow.

May 3, 1802, Hon. Timothy Bigelow.

May 2, 1803, Samnel Dana.

May 7, 1804, Hon. Timothy Bigelow,

May 6, 1805, Hon. Timothy Bigelow, Speaker.

May 5, 1806, Hon. Timothy Bigelow, Speaker.

May 4, 1807, Joseph Moors.

May 2, 1808, Joseph Moors.

May 1, 1809, Joseph Moors, Oliver Prescott.

May 7, 1810, Oliver Prescott, James Brazer. May 6, 1811, Major Joseph Moors, Major Thomas Gardner.

May 4, 1812, Joseph Moors, Luther Lawrence.

May 3, 1813, Joseph Moors, Luther Lawrence.

May 2, 1814, Joseph Moors, Luther Lawrence.

May 1, 1815, Luther Lawrence. May 6, 1816, Luther Lawrence.

May 5, 1817, Luther Lawrence.

May 4, 1818, Luther Lawrence.

May 3, 1819, Lutber Lawrence.

May 1, 1820, Luther Lawrence.

May 7, 1821, Luther Lawrence.

May 6, 1822, Luther Lawrence, Speaker.

May 12, 1823, (the town voted not to send).

May 23, 1824, Captain Noah Shattuck.

May 2, 1825, Hon. Samuel Dana.

May 1, 1826, Hon. Samnucl Dana.

May 7, 1827, Hon. Samuel Dana.

May 5, 1828, (the town voted not to send).

May 4, 1829, Caleb Butler, declined, and William Livermore chosen in his place.

May 3, 1830, Luther Lawrence, William Livermore.

May 11, 1831, Captain John Boynton.

(The town voted not to choose a second representative.)

By the tenth Article of Amendment to the Consti- tution of Massachusetts, adopted by the General Court during two successive sessions, and ratified by the people on May 11, 1831, the beginning of the political year was changed from the last Wednesday in May to the first Wednesday in January, and the day of election changed to the second Monday in November. In this list hereafter the term of service is during the year following the date of election.

Date of Election.

November 12, 1832, Captain John Boynton, Captain John Rockwood.

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November 11, 1833, Captain John Boyntou, Captain John Rockwood. November 10, 1834, Captain John Boynton, Timothy Blood. November 9, 1835, Captain John Boynton, Timothy Blood. November 14, 1836, John Gray Park, Dr. Joshua Green. November 13, 1837, Dr. Joshna Green.

(The town voted not to choose a second representative.) November 12, 1838, John Gray Park, Captain Daniel Shattuck. November 11, 1$39. (the town voted not to send.)

November 9, 1840, John Boynton.

November 8, 1841, George Sewall Boutwell.

November 14, 1842, George Sewall Boutwell.

November 13, 1843, George Sewall Boutwell. November 11, 1844, William Livermore, Jr.

November 10, 1845, William Livermore, Jr.

November 10, 1846, George Sewall Boutwell.

Mr. Boutwell was chosen on the third trial by five majority. On the preceding day there had been a tie vote twice between him and Edward Coburn, the Whig candidate.

Date of Election.

November 8, 1847, George Sewall Boutwell.

November 13, 1818, George Sewall Boutwell.

November 12, 1549, George Sewall Boutwell.

November 11, 1850, Phinehas Gilman Prescott.

November 10, 1851, Phinehas Gilman Prescott.

November 8, 1852, William Shattuck.

November 14, 1853, William Shattuck.

November 13, 1854, John Warren Parker.

November 12, 1835, John Warren Parker.

By the fifteenth Article of Amendment to the State Constitution, adopted by the General Court during two successive sessions, and ratified by the people on May 23, 1855, the day of election was changed to the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.

Date of Election.

November 4, 1856, Warren Fay Stone.

Under Chapter CCCVIII., Acts of 1857, a new apportionment of Representatives was made through- out the State, and the town of Groton became, there- by, in connection with the towns of Pepperell, Shir- ley, Westford and Dunstable, the Twenty-sixth Mid- dlesex District, with two Representatives.

Date of Election.

November 3, 1857, Eliel Shumway. November 3, 1857, Robert Parker Woods. November 7, 1860, George Henry Brown. November 4, 1863, George Samuel Gates. November 8, 1865, Benjamin Franklin Taft.

Mr. Shumway's election was contested before the General Conrt by Allen Cummings, of Dunstable, and a hearing was given by the Committee on Elec- tions; but the matter was decided in favor of Mr. Shumway. For a full statement of the case, see "Reports of Controverted Elections in the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1885 inclusive " (page 41), by Edward P. Loring and Charles Theodore Russell, Jr. (Boston, 1886).

By another apportionment, made under Chapter CIII., Acts of 1866, Groton and Pepperell became the Thirty-first Middlesex District, and were entitled to one Representative. The town of Ayer, on its incorporation, February 14, 1871, except that part which had previously belonged to Shirley, was added to the district.

Date of Election.

November 7, 1866, Danial Needham. November 4, 1868, William Livermore.

November 2, 1869, Edmund Dana Bancroft. November 5, 1873, George Samuel Gates.

By still another apportionment, under Chapter XV., Acts of 1876, Groton became, in connection with Westford, Dunstable and Pepperell, the Thirty- fourth Middlesex District, and entitled to one Repre- sentative.

Date of Election.

November 8, 1876, Asa Stillman Lawrence. November 3, 1880, Asa Stillman Lawrence.

November 7, 1883, Moses Poor Palmer.

November 12, 1886, George Sumner Graves.

Colonel William Lawrence was a member of the General Court during seventeen years,-the longest term of service of any Representative from the town ; and after him came the Hon. James Prescott, who served fifteen years.

Mr. Boutwell is now the senior surviving member, and, with the exception of Phineas Gilman Prescott, William Shattuck, Warren Fay Stone, George Henry Brown and George Sumner Graves, all his successors are still alive.

REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.

FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES.

Date of Election.

Term of Service.

May 9, 1774 . . . Houorable James Prescott . 1774

SECOND PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES.

December 26, 1774 . . . Honorable James Prescott . 1775

THIRD PROVINCIAL. CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES.

May 22, 1775 . . . . Honorable James Prescott . . 1775

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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 127

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. cn Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1226

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. cn
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1226