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  Wisdom, knowledge, and the fear of God recommended to rulers & people. A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Honour Spencer Phips, Esq; lieutenant-governour and commander in chief, the Honourable His Majesty's Council, and House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. May 30th. 1753. Being the day for the election of His Majesty's Council for the province. / By John Cotton, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Newtown.
  Date of publication:
  1753
  

  Author(s):

  Cotton, John, 1693-1757. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Half-title: Mr. Cotton's election sermon. May 30. 1753.
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  To the elders and ministers of every town within the jurisdiction of the Massachusets in New-England: the governour and Council sendeth greeting; Reverend, and beloved in the Lord.
  Date of publication:
  1669
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Council.
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  Concerning religious instruction, especially of youth. Signed: Given at Boston the 10th of March 1668 [new style, 1669]. By the governour and Council, and by them ordered to be printed, and sent accordingly. Edward Rawson ...
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  To the elders and ministers of every town within the jurisdiction of the Massachusets [sic] in New-England: the Governour and Council sendeth greeting; reverend, and beloved in the Lord.
  Date of publication:
  1668
  

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  Massachusetts. Governor (1665-1672 : Bellingham) ; Bellingham, Richard, 1592?-1672. ; Rawson, Edward, 1615-1693. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Signed: "Edward Rawson Secret." "Given at Boston the 10th of March 1668. by the Governour and Council, and by them ordered to be printed, and sent accordingly." Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Society ...
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  The surest way to the greatest honour: discoursed in a sermon, delivered in the audience of His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief, and the Council, and representatives of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, convened at Boston in New-England, May 31st. 1699. Being the day for the election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather.
  Date of publication:
  1699
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Error in paging: page numbers 26-27 omitted from paging.
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  The speeches of His Excellency Governor Hutchinson, to the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-Bay. At a session begun and held on the sixth of January, 1773. : With the answers of His Majesty's Council and the House of Representatives respectively. : (Publish'd by order of the House.)
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson). ; Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780. ; Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. Errata note, p. 126.
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  The only method to promote the happiness of a people and their posterity. A sermon preached before the Honourable the lieut. governour, the Council, and representatives of the province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, May 29th. 1728. Being the day for the election of His Majesty's Council. / By Robert Breck M.A. Pastor of the church in Marlborough. ; [Two lines from Ecclesiastes]
  Date of publication:
  1728
  

  Author(s):

  Breck, Robert, 1682-1731. and Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Half-title: Mr. Breck's election-sermon, May 29th: 1728.
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  The honours of Christ demanded of the magistrate. A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Excellency the governour, the honourable the Council and Representatives, of the province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, May 28. 1740. The day for the election of His Majesty's Council there. / By William Cooper, A.M. Pastor of a church in Boston. ; [Two lines from John]
  Date of publication:
  1740
  

  Author(s):

  Cooper, William, 1694-1743. and Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Half-title: Mr. Cooper's election sermon, May 28. 1740. Errata statement, p. 48.
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  The great blessing, of primitive counsellours. Discoursed in a sermon, preached in the audience of the governour, Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England. May 31st. 1693. Being the day for the election of counsellours, in that province. / By Increase Mather. President of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston, in New-England. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1693
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. and Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Caption title: Primitive counsellours, a great blessing. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [24].
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  The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1702
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. ; Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720, dedicatee. ; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Righteous man a blessing. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Running titles: The publick spirited man; The righteous man a blessing; The morning star. Also issued as part of: Mather, Increase. Four sermons ... Boston, 1707 (Bristol B323). Dedicatedn to Joseph Dudley. "The righteous ...
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  Several acts and laws passed by the great and general court or assembly of Their Majesties province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England. Convened and held at Boston, the eighth day of June. 1692. Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Mariæ, Regis et Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, quarto
  Date of publication:
  1692
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Pages have print show-through, with slight loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By the Honourable, the lieutenant governour, &c. Council & Assembly: convened at Boston, upon Wednesday the 27th. of May. 1696. ... For better encouragement to prosecute the French and Indian enemy, &c. ...
  Date of publication:
  1696
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1692-1701 : Stoughton). ; Stoughton, William, 1632-1701. ; Massachusetts. Council. and Massachusetts. General Court.
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  Providing for the provision and wages of commanders and companies in the service of the King, and reiterating the offer of bounties for Indian scalps and prisoners. Signed: Isaac Addington, secr. William Stoughton. Imprint ...
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  Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By the Honourable, the lieutenant governour, &c. Council & Assembly convened at Boston, upon Wednesday the 27th. of May. 1696. In the eighth year of His Majesties reign. : For better encouragement to prosecute the French and Indian enemy, &c. ...
  Date of publication:
  1696
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1692-1701 : Stoughton) ; Stoughton, William, 1632-1701. ; Massachusetts. Council. and Massachusetts. General Court.
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  Signed: Isaac Addington, secr. William Stoughton. Imprint suggested by Wing. Providing for the provision and wages of commanders and companies in the service of the King, and reiterating the offer of bounties for Indian ...
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  Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England. By His Excellency and Council. ... Thursday, the twenty ninth of December currant, to be kept as a day of solemn prayer with fasting ...
  Date of publication:
  1692
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Governor (1692-1695 : Phips). ; Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695. and Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Signed: Boston, December 20. 1692. Isaac Addington, secr. Benjamin Harris was printer to the governor and Council in 1692. Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
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  Proceedings of His Majesty's Council of the province of Massachusetts-Bay, relative to the deposition of Andrew Oliver, Esq; secretary of the said province, concerning what passed in Council in consequence of the unhappy affair of the 5th of March 1770.
  Date of publication:
  1770
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Council.
  Description:
  Oliver was censured by the Council for divulging the Council's determination to remove British troops from the city of Boston in the wake of the Boston Massacre. Also issued as an appendix to the House journal for 1770-1771 ...
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  His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont's speech to the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives, conven'd in General Assembly, at Boston, in His Majesties province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on Fryday the 2d. of June 1699.
  Date of publication:
  1699
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Governor (1699-1700 : Bellomont). ; Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of, 1636-1701. ; Massachusetts. Council. and Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
  Description:
  Caption title. "By order of the House of Representatives, I do appoint Bartholomew Green and John Allen, to print His Excellency's speech. James Converse, speaker."--p. 3.
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  His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont's speech to the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives, conven'd in General Assembly, at Boston, in His Majesties province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, on Wednesday the 29. of May. 1700.
  Date of publication:
  1700
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Governor (1699-1700 : Bellomont). ; Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of, 1636-1701. ; Massachusetts. Council. and Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
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  "By vertue of an order of the House of Representatives, I do appoint Bartholomew Green, and John Allen, to print His Excellency's speech. John Leverett speaker."--p. 2.
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  God's sovereign government among the nations asserted in a sermon preached before His Excellency the governour, the Honourable Council, and representatives of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on May 28. 1712. Being the day for election of Her Majesties Council for that province. / By Samuel Cheever, Pastor of the church in Marblehead. ; [Six lines from Psalms]
  Date of publication:
  1712
  

  Author(s):

  Cheever, Samuel, 1639-1724. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N01294) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 1541) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1541)
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  David's dying charge to the rulers and people of Israel. A sermon preached before the Honourable the lieutenant governour, the Council and General Assembly of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. May 29th. 1723. Being the day for the annual election of His Majesty's Council. / By Benjamin Colman, Pastor of a church in Boston.
  Date of publication:
  1723
  

  Author(s):

  Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. ; Dummer, William, 1677-1761, dedicatee. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Half-title: Mr. Colman's election sermon, May 29th, 1723. Dedicated to lieutenant governor William Dummer.
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  By the King. A proclamation. Charles R. Whereas the safeguard and protection we owe to such of our own subjects ... hath been violated by the piratical practises, depredations, and insolencies of private men of war ... Given at our court at Newmarket the twelfth day of March ... 1683,4. ...
  Date of publication:
  1684
  

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  England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). ; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. and Massachusetts. Council.
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  Concerning the preservation of neutrality of English harbors. Not in Wing (2nd ed.). Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
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  By the Governour, Council, and representatives, convened in a great and general court, or assembly of Their Majesties province of the Massachusetts-Bay: held at Boston the 8th of June. 1692. It having pleased almighty God, in his rich mercy to preserve the persons of Their Majesties, and to continue peace within their three kingdoms ... It is ordered, that Thursday, the fourteenth day of July next, be kept as a day of solemn Thanksgiving unto God: for which end, all servile labour on that day is hereby inhibited ...
  Date of publication:
  1692
  

  Author(s):

  Massachusetts. Governor (1689-1692 : Bradstreet) ; Bradstreet, Simon, 1603-1697. ; Massachusetts. Council. and Massachusetts. General Court.
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  Signed: "By order of the Governour & Council, &c. Isaac Addington, Secr." Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Society Library.
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