Both he and his brother James served in the colonial legislature.
Harvard College was founded by the colonial legislature in 1636, and named after an early benefactor.
The development of a residential qualification for representatives in colonial legislatures.
But, the colonial legislature took 15 years until it abolished Indian slavery in 1691.
These merchants had numerous family and commercial ties to the colonial legislature and to the Governor's office.
Despite the episode, Connell continued to serve in the colonial legislature up until 1867.
The privileges attaching to colonial legislatures arose from common law.
He was first elected to a seat in the colonial legislature in 1770.
Besides serving in the colonial legislature, he did not involve himself in politics.
It is a brick Georgian-style building completed in 1741, and became the meeting place for the colonial legislature.