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  <titleInfo>
    <title>James Bowdoin papers, 1785-1786</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bowdoin, James</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1726-1790</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
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  <abstract>ALS (1785 December 7) to Matthew Griswold, photostat of an ALS (1786 March 30) to Patrick Henry, and ALS (1786 August 9) to John Lowell from Bowdoin, Boston, Mass., regarding trade issues before the Massachusetts General Court (legislature) and the interstate commerce convention to be held in Annapolis, Md.; and a message (1786 February 11) to the Massachusetts General Court signed by Bowdoin concerning a surveying expedition authorized by the U.S. Continental Congress to establish a boundary between Massachusetts and New York.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Negative photostat, in part. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Governor and public official from Massachusetts.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Griswold, Matthew</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1714-1799</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Henry, Patrick</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1736-1799</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lowell, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1743-1802</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Massachusetts.</namePart>
      <namePart>General Court.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Commerce</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Congresses and conventions</topic>
    <geographic>Maryland</geographic>
    <geographic>Annapolis</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1775-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1775-1865</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Economic policy</topic>
    <temporal>To 1933</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1783-1789</temporal>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Public officials</occupation>
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