The Inhabitants of the FIRST PARISH IN SUDBURY versus Thomas Stearns 21 Pick 148, 38 Mass 148 (1838)
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In the spring of 1836, the First Parish was duly organized, having previously transacted their business in town meetings, without any organization separate from that of the town of Sudbury.
THE INHABITANTS OF THE FIRST PARISH IN SUDBURY v. SAMUEL A. JONES & others.Mass. 1851.
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Revised Statutes of 1836 Chapter 20, Section 1 "Every parish or religious society heretofore establish- g^ jg declared to be a body corporate"
Revised Statutes 1836 chap 20 sec 1, All of Chapter 20, Revised Statutes of 1836 online
Historical Codifications of Massachusetts Law
1786 Chap. 0010 An Act Regulating Parishes And Precincts, And The Officers Thereof.
Early Statelaw, released and replaced by 1836. Used by Concord to claim incorporation in 1786.
An Act to establish a Ministerial Fund in the town of Sudbury. [Approved by the Governor, June 14, I8I7.]
Dillingham v. Snow, 5 Mass 547 (1809) - https://cite.case.law/mass/5/547/
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See also: First Parish of Sudbury, Unitarian Universalist, FPS History Resources
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