CASHING, THOMAS
\kˈaʃɪŋ], \kˈaʃɪŋ], \k_ˈa_ʃ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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(1725-1788) from 1766 to 1774 Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly, was elected to the first and second Continental Congresses, and was a member of the convention that ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788. From 1783 to 1788 he was Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.