Both parts of Curley’s name have some meaning. Curley comes from the famous Boston mayor, James Michael Curley, one of the most influential politicians to every serve the city. Massachusetts is a Commonwealth. This is because in 1780, when John Adams wrote the second draft of the state’s Constitution, he changed the name of the state from “The State of Massachusetts-Bay” to “ The Commonwealth of Massachusetts” so there would be no confusion that this was the second draft of the document. Massachusetts thus became the only state in the country to ever change its name.