National Museum of American History
Massachusetts Judge Appointment Certificate
c1776
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.”
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