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"Resolves of the State of Massachusetts"

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1827

Location Note

Folder 3.4

GUSN

GUSN-292862

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Description

This book documents the various resolves made by the State of Massachusetts legislature on January 16, 1812. One of these resolves requests that the governor get survey reports from the Secretary of War regarding the "practicability and utility" of a canal between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay (pg. 485).

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
publications
legislative records
governors
land surveys
government records

Physical Description

1 government publication; 6.25 x 10.5 inches; 115 pages

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2011

Reference Code

MS028.05.004.002

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Cape Cod Bay (Massachusetts) [bay]
Buzzards Bay (Massachusetts) [bay]

Record Details

Originator

True and Greene (Printer)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Publisher)

Material Type

government records

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Folder 3.4

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