Massachusetts Bay Company
Massachusetts Bay Company
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Variants
Massachusetts Bay Colony Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay
Related Terms
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Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: NUCMC data from the Library of Congress Mss. Div. for New England Company. Records, 1655-1656 (name not given; New England Company)
found: Dict. of Amer. hist., 1976 (New England Company was the successor to the Dorchester Company, which began settlement of the Massachusetts Bay region, and precursor to the Massachusetts Bay Company)
found: Ency. Amer., c1992: (Massachusetts Bay Colony see Massachusetts Bay Company; Influential Puritans invested in an enterprise that was chartered in 1629 as the Massachusetts Bay Company; in 1684 the charter was revoked; the government continued to function, however, until 1686, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony was absorbed into the Dominion of New England)
found: NUCMC data from Maine Historical Society for Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay letter, 1662 (Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay; also known as Massachusetts Bay Company)
Change Notes
1997-07-29: new
2011-01-27: revised
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