colonial records of Massachusetts Bay

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government record historical document collection legal record primary source

The colonial records of Massachusetts Bay are official 17th-century governmental documents of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that chronicle its laws, administration, and notable events, including actions taken during the Salem witch trials.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Documents of the Thirteen Colonies	1
Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England	1
colonial records of Massachusetts Bay canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government record ⓘ historical document collection ⓘ legal record ⓘ primary source ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
archivesAt	Massachusetts State Archives ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Archives Collection Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ Massachusetts State Archives ⓘ New England Historic Genealogical Society ⓘ
chronicles	administrative decisions of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ laws of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ notable events in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
country	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
documentedIn	colonial records of Massachusetts Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
endTime	1692 ⓘ
includes	Massachusetts colonial legislature ⓘ surface form: acts and resolves of the Massachusetts Bay Colony election results ⓘ financial accounts ⓘ judicial decisions ⓘ land transaction records ⓘ military orders ⓘ orders of the General Court of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ petitions ⓘ proclamations ⓘ records of the Council ⓘ records of the Court of Assistants ⓘ records of the Governor and Assistants ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
startTime	1629 ⓘ
subject	English colonial America ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony government Puritanism in New England ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ colonial law ⓘ court proceedings ⓘ executive orders ⓘ land grants ⓘ legislation ⓘ militia organization ⓘ relations with Native American peoples ⓘ religious regulation ⓘ taxation ⓘ town charters ⓘ witchcraft prosecutions ⓘ
temporalCoverage	17th century ⓘ
usedFor	genealogical research ⓘ historical research ⓘ legal research ⓘ study of colonial governance ⓘ study of the Salem witch trials ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft → documentedIn → colonial records of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Mayflower Compact → category → colonial records of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Documents of the Thirteen Colonies

colonial records of Massachusetts Bay → documentedIn → colonial records of Massachusetts Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay

this entity surface form: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England