General Court is further organized.

(OS-10/19) The court meets for the first time in Boston proper in the unfinished home of John Winthrop at today’s 53 State Street. Winthrop notes that they “had all things to doe, as in the beginning of the world.” During the session, it is proposed that the freeman should elect the assistants and the assistants elect the governor and deputy governor. Although this curtails the power of the freemen, the proposal is accepted “by the general vote of the people.” One hundred and eight of the settlers are then enrolled as freemen.