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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Searching for a word defination selectman
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:18:01 -0400
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A selectman was/is one of the people selected or elected by the town
meeting to run the town. The General Court was the legislative body.

bob gillis

Bill Daniels wrote:

> In researching the Massachusetts Bay Company of New England a sentence
> struck me;
>
> "Robert was a New London selectman in 1651 and a representative for
> the town in the General Court meeting in Hartford in 1651."
> What is the meaning of the selectman? -- was this a noble person? --
> an elected person? any ideas would fill in the true meaning. of the
> word.
>
> thank you in advance.
> Bill Daniels
> in Sunny California.
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