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Belcher Arrives as Governor of Massachusetts Bay 1730
Jonathan Belcher arrives in Boston from England to assume governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Province. The September assembly opens with his conciliatory speech urging virtue and religion, while tensions over salary and legislative disputes persist between the House of Representatives and the governor.
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Francis Wilks
Great Britain
House of Representatives
Roth
Sionathan Belcher
Elys
Bofton
England
New Hampshire
Boston
General Assembly
Cambridge
Jonathan Belcher
Massachusets Bay
New England
Council