- Introduction
- Part One: The Problem Explored (August 1775–November 1776)
- 1. An Act to Confirm the Records of the Provincial Congresses, August 23, 1775
- 2. An Act on Representation, August 23, 1775
- 3. Pittsfield Memorial, December 26, 1775
- 4. Proclamation of the General Court, January 23, 1776
- 5. Report of a Lecture by Thomas Allen on February 18, 1776
- 6. Essex County Convention, Ipswich, April 25, 26, 1776
- 7. An Act for More Equal Representation, May 4, 1776
- 8. O.P.Q., “To the Electors,” May 18, 1776
- 9. Pittsfield Petitions, May 29, 1776
- 10. Boston’s Instructions to Its Representatives, May 30, 1776
- 11. Topsfield’s Instructions to Its Representatives, June 14, 1776
- 12. Resolution of the House of Representatives, September 17, 1776
- 13. Returns of the Towns on the House of Representatives Resolution of September 17, 1776
- 14. Resolution of Worcester County Towns, November 26, 1776
- Part Two: The Constitution of 1778 (January 1777–November 1778)
- 15. Sutton Requests a County Convention, January 1777
- 16. Resolution Authorizing the General Assembly to Frame a Constitution, April 4, 1777
- 17. Resolve of May 5, 1777
- 18. Boston Objects, May 26, 1777
- 19. Journal of the Convention, June 17, 1777–March 6, 1778
- 20. The Rejected Constitution of 1778
- 21. Returns of the Towns on the Constitution of 1778
- 22. The Essex Result, 1778
- 23. Berkshire County Remonstrance, August 26, 1778
- 24. Response of the Worcester Committee of Correspondence, October 8, 1778
- 25. Statement of Berkshire County Representatives, November 17, 1778
- Part Three: Formation of the Constitution of 1780 (February 1779–March 1780)
- 26. Resolve on the Question of a Constitution, February 20, 1779
- 27. Opinions of Hampshire County Towns, March 30, 1779
- 28. Berkshire County Address, May 3, 1779
- 29. Returns of the Towns on Resolves of February 20, 1779, May 1779
- 30. The Call for a Convention, June 1779
- 31. Votes of Towns in Choosing Delegates, July–October 1779
- 32. Proceedings of the Convention, March 2, 1780
- 33. Address of the Convention, March 1780
- 34. The Constitution of 1780
- Part Four: Ratification (May 1780–June 1780)
- 35.Returns of the Towns on the Constitution of 1780
- i. Berkshire County
- ii. Bristol County
- iii. Hampshire County
- iv. Lincoln County
- v. Middlesex County
- vi. Plymouth County
- vii. Barnstable County
- viii. York County
- ix. Suffolk County
- x. Worcester County
- xi. Essex County
- xii. Cumberland County
- 35.Returns of the Towns on the Constitution of 1780
- Appendix: The Massachusetts Towns of 1780
- Index
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Documents on the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
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