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30, December 1774 Boston, Massachusetts Thomas Cushing writes to Benjamin Franklin providing his views on the recent arrival of the King’s proclamation concerning an embargo of gunpowder and any Arms and ammunition to the colonies. Picture: Thomas Cushing: Born in Boston, Mass., March 24, 1725; attended Boston Latin School; was graduated from Harvard College in 1744; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston; member of the provincial assembly 1761-1774 and served as speaker; delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; commissary general of Massachusetts in 1775; declined to be a candidate for election to the Continental Congress in 1779; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1780-1788 and Acting Governor in 1785; delegate to the State constitutional convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; died in Boston, Mass., February 28, 1788; interment in Granary Burial Ground. celebrateboston/biography/thomas-cushing.htm
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:40:09 +0000

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