John W. Ragle Archives Room

   

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description - This is an image of the Act of Incorporation for Dummer Academy that was signed in 1782 by John Hancock, then Governor of Massachusetts; Samuel Adams, President of the Massachusetts Senate; and Daniel Gorham, Speaker, House of Representatives,… subject - Legislative bodies--United States--States--History; Essex County (Mass.)--History, Local relation - Identifier - http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1854
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description - This is an image of the Will of William Dummer, Acting Royal Governor of Massachusetts, 1723-1728 and 1729-1730, who bequeathed his property in Essex County, Massachusetts, so that a free school could be erected and supported. subject - Education--Colonial--History--18th Century relation - Identifier - http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1853