1838 Massachusetts legislature
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The 59th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the speaker of the House.[3]
The governor spoke to the members on January 9, 1838.[4] "In February 1838, Angelina Grimké became the first woman in U.S. history to address the members of an American legislative body when she spoke to the members of the Massachusetts Legislature. Her subject was the demand for the immediate end of the slave trade in Washington, D.C."[5] In 1838, temperance activists pushed the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law restricting the sale of alcohol in quantities less than fifteen gallons.[6] Senators
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