 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1880 - 620 页
...that each should choose commissioners with full power to meet in joint convention and devise "some method of government in order to their defence against...of the Province, on the twenty-fourth of January, 1 690. How they organized, or who their officers were, is unknown. The Convention unanimously adopted... | |
 | Charles Wesley Tuttle, John Ward Dean - 1889 - 456 页
...that each should choose commissioners with full power to meet in joint convention and devise " some method of government in order to their defence against...Portsmouth, the metropolis of the Province, on the 24th 1 Brodhead's New York, ii. 603,606; Belknap, Farmer's ed., 132. of January, 1690. How they organized,... | |
 | George Wadleigh - 1913 - 354 页
...other towns. Each selected six delegates, with the exception of Exeter, which elected four, making 22 in all. They were the chief persons in the four towns...Province, and heads of families. The commissioners met in Portsmouth on the 24th Jan. 1690. How they organized and who their officers were, is unknown. The Convention... | |
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At this juncture of affairs, Portsmouth, Dover, and Exeter came to an understanding that each should choose commissioners with full power to meet in joint convention and devise "some method of government in order to their defence against the common enemy."... 