State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Broadside from Massachusetts' Constitutional Convention (printed by Benjamin Eades & Sons, Boston?), 15¼ x 10 in., signed in type by James Bowdoin, President, and witnessed in type by Samuel Barrett, Secretary. One fold repair on verso and small marginal paper loss, affecting nothing
In part: "Whereas, upon due examination of the returns … it appears that more than two-thirds of the inhabitants … have expressed their approbation of the form of government agreed upon by this convention … this convention do hereupon declare the said form to be the constitution of government established by and for the inhabitants of the state of Massachusetts-Bay….That the said Constitution or Frame of Government shall take Place on the last Wednesday in October next, and….the first General Court under the same shall be holden…aat the State-House in Boston…." Barrett, the Secretary, is to "cause printed Copies of this Resolution to be sent to the Selectmen of the severall Towns, and the Assessors of the several Plantations…" A further resolution establishes the date for implementing the constitution, with provisions for the election of a governor, lieutenant-governor, counsellors, senators, and representatives.
Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,200.
Colonial and Revolutionary America
