John Leverett
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title:
John Leverett
text:
John Leverett was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a leading merchant in the colony, and served in its military. In the 1640s he went back to England to fight in the English Civil War. He was opposed to the strict Puritan religious orthodoxy in the colony. He also believed the colonial government was not within the power of the English crown and gover
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Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leverett
date created:
2004-03-24T01:31:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:18:32Z
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