University Press :

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

MASSACHUSETTS

ROYAL COMMISSIONS

1681-1774

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 10 DECEMBER, 1912.

RESIDENT MEMBERS

HONORARY MEMBERS.

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS

PREFACE

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF COMMISSIONS, 1667-1774.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COMMISSIONS, 1667-1774.

LIST OF OFFICIALS, 1685-1775.

SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND, 1603–1776 .

TABLE OF REGNAL YEARS, 1685-1776

CHARTERS:

COMMISSION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR NEW ENG-

LAND, 1685:

Joseph Dudley, October 8, 1685

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COMMISSIONS OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY AND DOMIN-

ION OF NEW ENGLAND, 1686-1688:

Sir Edmund Andros, June 3, 1686

Sir Edmund Andros, April 7, 1688

COMMISSIONS OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 1691-1774:

Sir William Phips, December 12, 1691

Richard, Earl of Bellomont, June 18, 1697

Joseph Dudley, April 1, 1702

Elizeus Burges, March 17, 1715
Samuel Shute, June 15, 1716.

COMMISSIONS OF THE GOVERNORS AS VICE-ADMIRAL, 1667-1774:

William, Lord Willoughby, January 26, 1667

Joseph Dudley, November 13, 1685.

Sir Edmund Andros, 1686.

Sir Edmund Andros, April 30, 1688.

Sir William Phips, December 29, 1691

Richard, Earl of Bellomont, October 10, 1698

Joseph Dudley, February 26, 1702

Elizeus Burges, March 22, 1715

Samuel Shute, June 13, 1716.

William Burnet, March 14, 1728

Jonathan Belcher, March 2, 1730 .

William Shirley, August 21, 1741 .

Thomas Pownall, February 28, 1757

Francis Bernard, February 12, 1760

Francis Bernard, May 18, 1761

Thomas Hutchinson, January 4, 1771

COMMISSIONS OF THE SECRETARY AND REGISTER OF THE TERRITORY

AND DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND, 1685-1688:

Edward Randolph, September 21, 1685

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Thomas Flucker, November 12, 1770

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