Colonial Secretary of Massachusetts (historical role)

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colonial administrative position historical government office public office

The Colonial Secretary of Massachusetts was a key administrative and record-keeping official in the provincial government under British rule, responsible for managing official documents, correspondence, and legislative records before the establishment of the modern state office.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Colonial Secretary of Massachusetts	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative position ⓘ historical government office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesMaintained	enrolled laws and statutes ⓘ executive records ⓘ legislative journals ⓘ official correspondence files ⓘ records of royal instructions and orders ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Governor's Council of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts colonial legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
followedBy	modern state-level secretary of state office in Massachusetts ⓘ
governs	procedures for preserving official records ⓘ procedures for recording colonial laws ⓘ
hasDuty	authentication of official documents ⓘ custody of legislative records ⓘ issuing certified copies of records ⓘ keeping records of colonial elections results ⓘ keeping records of commissions and appointments ⓘ keeping records of land grants and charters ⓘ keeping records of oaths of office ⓘ keeping records of proclamations ⓘ maintenance of colonial archives ⓘ management of official correspondence ⓘ management of official documents ⓘ preparation of official copies of laws and acts ⓘ record-keeping for the provincial government ⓘ recording acts of the Governor and Council ⓘ recording acts of the colonial legislature ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century Massachusetts colonial government ⓘ pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts ⓘ
legalStatus	office established under British colonial authority ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeCreatedInContextOf	chartered government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
officeHeldDuring	British colonial period in Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	colonial administration of Massachusetts ⓘ provincial government of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
replacedBy	Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Governor of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	continuity of governmental documentation ⓘ official seal usage on documents ⓘ
significantFor	administrative continuity between colonial and state government ⓘ development of Massachusetts public records system ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

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Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth → precededBy → Colonial Secretary of Massachusetts (historical role) ⓘ