Note 949 — Chapter XV · LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER
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The nature of the law has already been discussed. McKinley states that from 1664 to 1680 inclusive, 20 non-church members were admitted on certificates. Of these six were in 1664 and four in 1680. Of the remaining ten, however, reference to the Records seems to show that nine were church members, leaving only the one mentioned in my text. McKinley, Suffrage, pp. 328 f.; Massachusetts Records, vol. IV, pt. ii, pp. 145 f., 408.