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779: Voted to raise $7,380 to pay the soldiers. June 29, 1781: Voted to raise £ 400 towards purchasing the beef, and £ 270 for purchasing the clothing. July 30, 1781: Voted to raise £ 200 in specie for raising the men. These items show any thing but backwardness in sustaining the cause of independence. The people of Massachusetts felt the need of a Constitution, or form of civil government. A convention for drafting one was called, and they present the result of their labors Feb. 28, 1778. In drafting this Constitution, the Legislature acted as a Convention. They sat at Cambridge. May 25, 1778: The inhabitants of Medford express their opinion. The record runs thus:-- The Constitution and form of government being read, it was put to vote; and there appeared to be thirteen in favor of it, and twenty-three against it. The Constitution for Massachusetts Bay was rejected. The question, whether the State desired a Constitution, was put; and our records, May 17,