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Collection of two items related to the Massachusetts legislature [Decimalized .01-.02]

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GLC#
GLC06417
Type
Header Record
Date
1815
Title
Collection of two items related to the Massachusetts legislature [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Journalism
Sedition
Law
Judiciary
Secession
Government and Civics
War of 1812
Hartford Convention

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GLC06417.01
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Jury decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]

circa 1815

Tudor, William, 1779-1830

Also signed by Daniel Davis as Solicitor General of Massachusetts, and Andrew Cunningham as Foreman. Contemporary copy of the decision in the case of two printers, Thomas Rowe and Joshua Hooper, accused of sedition against the government of the...

GLC06417.01
GLC06417.02
Collection Item
Newspaper

[Clipping from the Yankee newspaper criticizing the Massachusetts legislature]

circa 1815

Hooper & Rowe, fl. 1814-1817

Article clipped from the Yankee newspaper criticizes the Massachusetts legislature for backing down on the issue of Massachusetts seceding from the United States and calls them a "lifeless body." Puts the blame on Governor Caleb Strong of...

GLC06417.02