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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the selectmen of the town of [blank] in the first eastern district: Greeting : These are in the name of the commonwealth, to will and require you, in manner as the law directs for calling town meetings, to cause the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of [blank] ... to give in their votes for one representative ... to represent them in the Congress ... Given at the council chamber, in Boston, this 23d day of March, anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven ...

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Corporate Author:	Massachusetts
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 48180.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress. > House > Elections. Elections > Massachusetts. Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1775-1865. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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By his Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esquire ... To the town-clerk of the town of [blank] Greeting : Benjamin Bourn, Esquire ... whereby his seat in Congress is become vacant: I do therefore ... require you ... to convene the freemen of the said town ... on the fifteenth day of November instant, to elect a suitable person, legally qualified, to represent this state in the House of Representatives ...

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