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Massachusetts
A. Accounts 15
G. Charters 71
K. Council 143
L. Courts of Law 391
P. Elections 35
Q. General Court 672
R. Governor 10
S. History 16
U. Militia 117
W. Navy 10
subentries
unrest in26
proposals for new government19
discussion of plans for constitutional convention (1776-1777)7
CFA decides to remain in2
DCA01
DCA02
1773 election day disorders1
PJA02
1780 constitution printed in Gazette de Leyde 1
PJA12
17th-century settlements aid Nova Scotia1
DCA07
159*
AA2 imagines JQA as congressman from1
AFC07
abolitionists convene at Worcester1
DCA07
323*
acceptance of Washington and Lee1
PJA03
account of situation in1
PJA12
Adamses to return to1
AFC07
agriculture as “essential interest” of1
PJA07
agriculture versus commerce in1
AFC07
allegedly treated unfairly1
PJA04
and Continental agents1
PJA05
and crisis over Townshend Duties (1768-1770)1
PJA10
and loss of Fair Play at Guadaloupe1
PJA08
and payment for destroyed tea1
PJA02
and religion1
LJA02
and Sable Island in peace negotiation1
DJA03
and slavery1
LJA02
Artillery Election Day1
DCA06
404*
as example for world1
PJA10
as litigant1
LJA02
assessed for portion of continental debt1
AFC07
boundaries and1
PJA13
British efforts to divide Boston from1
PJA10
British encroach on eastern territories of (Maine)1
AFC05
cases on evidence1
DCA02
CFA on character of1
DCA01
CFA on economic growth1
DCA06
225*
CFA on heritage1
DCA03
284*
CFA on local banks1
DCA05
260-261*
CFA's feeling for1
DCA03
xxxi*
Charter of 16291
AFC07
Charter of New England (1620)1
AFC07
claimed impact on, of JA's instructions on Stamp Act1
PJA01
clearance of merchant ships by1
PJA07
coast free of British ships1
PJA10
coinage1
AFC04
collects specie for Canadian campaign1
PJA04
competes with Europe in shipping1
AFC07
condition of banks1
DCA08
349-350*
confers citizenship upon Lafayette1
AFC06
conflict over the Lusanna 1
AFC05
congressional district convention supports JQA (1837)1
DCA07
301*
Congress' position on administration of justice in1
PJA02
Congress' position on restoring government in1
PJA02
Congress' position on support for1
PJA02
Congress' requisition of money from1
PJA13
controversy over independence of judges in (1773)1
PJA09
controversy over prize vessel1
PJA05
Convention of 1779-17801
AFC02
Cotton Tufts on unrest in1
AFC07
Council examines John Temple1
PJA11
county conventions in1
PJA02
criticism of1
PJA03
debates ratification of Constitution1
DCA04
146-154 passim
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debt from French and Indian War1
PJA09
depreciation of paper money in1
DQA01
discussion of plans for constitutional convention (1775)1
AFC01
dispute between Hutchinson and General Court1
DCA05
174*
drought in1
PJA13
education in1
AFC06
effect of British invasion on1
PJA11
effect of Burgoyne's defeat on1
PJA05
embargo causes shortage of provisions in1
PJA08
Eustis first Republican governor of1
DCA01
experiments with interest rates on loans1
PJA05
farm animals suffer from disease1
AFC06
Federalists1
DCA03
63*
Federalists and JQA1
DCA05
193*
flag of1
PJA07
forest policy in1
LJA02
forms in debt and trespass actions1
EJA01
good growing season in1
AFC04
Governor and Artillery Election Day1
DCA03
255*
Governor and Council1
DCA05
190*
Governor and Council sentence incendiaries1
DCA06
337*
governor's council1
DCA08
165*
has no incorporated cities1
AFC06
importance of fisheries to1
PJA07
influence of Honestus in1
AFC07
influence of officers from1
PJA10
JA: “I am perswaded that there is among the Mass of our People a Fund of Wisdom, Integrity and Humanity, which will preserve their Happiness”1
AFC02
JA and General Court proclamation of 17761
LJA01
JA believes is wiser than Britain on trade1
AFC07
JA criticizes1
PJA05
JA on1
PJA13
JA on colonial agents of1
PJA02
JA on freedom of press in1
PJA02
JA on need to adopt a new constitution by1
PJA07
JA on political career in1
PJA12
JA's fear of political parties in1
AFC04
JA warns against partisanship in1
PJA10
Johnstone on loyalist strength in provincial congress of1
PJA07
JQA Senator from1
DCA01
Land Bank1
PJA02
Land Law (1834)1
DCA06
83*
law in 18th century, and JA's Pleadings Book1
LJA01
laxity in enforcement of conditions for settling new towns1
PJA02
leveling in1
PJA04
lingering toryism1
DCA06
353*
logging in1
DQA01
loyalist opposition to Continental Congress in1
PJA02
manufacturers defend Webster1
DCA02
measures against loyalists by1
PJA07
neglect of agriculture in1
DJA01
New Yorkers living in, return home1
AFC05
North Shore ports1
AFC03
oath of allegiance in1
PJA07
opposition to opening courts in1
PJA05
“outshines” other states in education and religion1
AFC02
penal system1
LJA01
piracy trial in1
DQA01
politics of, in CFA's diaries1
DCA01
popular government in1
PJA09
power of customs officers to enter1
LJA02
prewar association for nonimportation of British goods in1
PJA12
proposed form of constitution (1778)1
AFC02
prospects for harvest in1
PJA04
Province ship1
DJA04
public virtue and morality in1
PJA07
quality of iron ore1
PJA05
reaction to Address to British People1
PJA03
reacts to loss of Ticonderoga1
PJA05
regional divisions in1
AFC07
register of officers of1
PJA12
religious freedom in1
PJA02
resolutions concerning1
PJA02
Richard Cranch on trade in1
AFC07
road conditions in1
AFC06
royal governor of, weakened1
PJA02
Secretary of Commonwealth1
DCA03
65*
seen as model by JA1
PJA04
settles lands in New Hampshire1
PJA02
Shaysite disturbances in western counties1
EJA01
shortage of cash in1
LJA02
“Spirit of Inquiry” in1
AFC02
split between Federalists and Jeffersonians in1
LJA01
stability of government in1
AFC07
Stamp Act crisis in1
PJA13
state as British objective1
PJA06
State Papers 1
DCA05
166-177 passim
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state records1
DCA06
343*
sugar distilling in1
AFC06
taxed more heavily than N.Y. Province1
DJA02
taxes1
AFC04
tax system of1
PJA01
Thanksgiving Day1
AFC06
Thanksgiving days1
DCA06
25*
Thanksgiving in1
DQA01
thanks Washington publicly1
PJA04
Thomas Welsh on political situation in1
AFC07
town taxation1
DCA07
339*
trade with New York City1
PJA13
treasury has no money1
AFC05
treaty with Indians1
PJA04
troops behave ill in New York campaign (1776)1
AFC02
troops in attack on Newport1
AFC02
value of Old Tenor bills of1
PJA02
Vermont land claims of1
PJA10
vessels with contraband avoid ports of1
AFC06
War of 1812 claims1
DCA01
war promotes agriculture in1
PJA10
Warren fears British attack on1
PJA08
weather contrasted with that in France1
DQA01
“western” lands1
LJA01
whale fishery in1
LJA02
See also:
Intolerable Acts
See also:
Trade, Acts of
See also:
White Pine Acts
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