Show I r I JOHN HANCOCK H HONORED NORED On On Oct October ber 25 5 1780 John IIan- IIan cock was was' chosen lr t governor s or at of Massachusetts ch under thu v nc constitution con coil El Election cUon to the governorship 0 was only one of honors conferred upon Ullon Hancock during durIn his many years ears of oC sen ervIce ice to tho state Hancock was as b born rn In lii Mass In Iii 1737 1131 and graduated from Harvard lanard In J Ho ne was sa for eOl severn el several J 3 ears one of or the of or Boston Bos ats ton on and after 1766 was WS repeatedly elected to tho tl M Massachusetts Sf general court Boston In Aft After r tho the mn 1770 1110 he lie wa was waa a u. member of ot the coin com com- appointed to demand thu tho rc- rc mo aj al of oC British troops troops' s' s from the city He lie represented Massachusetts a h u Hs In InI I he first continental cOn congress and autI In May Mav 1 1775 15 V was jl elected president ot of that that body I Ho ILo was Wll a member merob r of DC the tho I Massachusetts Massa s cOl constitutional cO convention In 1780 and upon nd adoption Ot or tho constitution con con- there framed wa was cle elected t d I retained in an an and 0 was wa 1 until is He lIc was from 1787 1187 until his again governor death 10 In 1 1793 |