Massachusetts Judge Appointment Certificate
date: label: date made
content: c1776
label: associated date
content: 1776 09 07
notes: label: Description
content: Massachusetts officials used this preprinted form to appoint William Silvester a justice of the peace in 1776. They crossed out the authority of George III and replaced it with the authority of “the Government and People of Massachusetts-Bay.”
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay
topic: label: referenced
content: Justice
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.286409.03
label: catalog number
content: 286409.03
label: accession number
content: 286409
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Certificate, Appointment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 10 in; 39.37 cm x 25.4 cm