Bruce wrote:
Only someone who has spent their entire existance in Massachusetts
could
make such a statement:
Wrong again, but you do have a valid point. We *were* in fact talking
about Massachusetts, and it *does* help to be familiar with how things
are done there.
"A DEPUTY is a member of a representative
council. This is nothing like a deputy sheriff, so don't be confused
by the similarity of names."
Out west the sheriff is an elected official and his deputy represents him.
Hence the sheriff's
is no less a representitive as were the Rehoboth deputies.
Don't be silly. A deputy sheriff is an employee, and although the
title is obviously derived from the original meaning of "deputy", the
modern meaning of the term is simply a policeman employed by the
sheriff's office. (And, by the way, sheriffs are elected just about
everywhere in the US.)
Now, let's see -- what does this have to do with William Carpenter?
Oh, yes. He was a Deputy to the General Court, not to be confused with
a deputy sheriff.
John Chandler