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{"value"=>"2031613", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"circa 1780 May", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1780-05"}
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{"value"=>"Town of Northampton response to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Undated draft, partially in Hawley’s hand (p. 1-16 with draft postscript), of the Town’s response, or return, to the Constitutional Convention, suggesting amendments to the draft constitution submitted to Massachusetts towns in March, 1780 for review by voters. Hawley was a member of the Town’s subcommittee charged with drafting the response, which was reviewed by the Town in May, 1780.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"This document was published under the title “The Amendments to the Constitution of Massachusetts, suggested by the Town of Northampton” in Mary Catherine Clune’s <span class=\"title\">Joseph Hawley’s Criticism of the Constitution of Massachusetts</span>, Smith College Studies in History, vol. III, no. 1 (October 1917), p. 13-31. It has also been described as “Hawley’s Criticisms on the Constitution of Massachusetts, June 5, 1780” as mistakenly noted on an attached title page in the handwriting of George Bancroft."}
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1780
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1780
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1780-05
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1780-05
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1780-05