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J. L. Bell said...

I should note that Marshfield’s October 1774 decision to participate in the Massachusetts Provincial Congress didn’t take place in an official town meeting, perhaps because people were wary of breaking the Massachusetts Government Act’s prohibition on town meetings not authorized by the governor. Instead, it was “A meeting of the body of the inhabitants of the town.” But the selectmen called the meeting (however reluctantly), the town clerk took notes, the voters agreed to fund their representative, and the procedure appears to have been the same as in an official meeting.

Jul 11, 2016, 8:27:24 PM

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