Massachusetts House of Representatives
FAIN: RB-10102-72
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012)
John A. Schutz (Project Director: July 1972 to present)
To chart, from 1744 to 1775, the formation and nature of elites in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and to study the growth of Loyalism and American revolutionary radicalism. To relate voting behavior in the legislature with the participation of the townships in sending representatives.