State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777.

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Creator / Contributor: Massachusetts
General Court.
Edes, Benjamin
1732-1803
Title: 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
Place: Boston, Mass
Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Edes
Date: 1777]
1777
Physical Description: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 36 x 21 cm.
Notes: "In Council, May 5, 1777. Read and concurred. ..."
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Printed area measures 28.4 x 13.1 cm.
N-YHS copy: fabric lining.
References: Evans
Ford, W.C. Broadsides,
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws,
Subject temporal: 1775-1783
Subject: Constitutional conventions
Representative government and representation
Politics and government
Subject corporate name: Massachusetts.
Constitutional Convention
(1777-1778)
Subject geographic name: Massachusetts
Material type or medium of original: government publication
Broadsides.