Supplement to the Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts: Which Were Published for the Commonwealth Under Authority of Chapter 104, Resolves of 1889 : Containing Such Legislative Proceedings Recorded in the Public Archives as are Omitted in the Authorized Edition, Together with Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, Volume 1Geo. H. Ellis, 1896 - 254 pages |
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