Lot 633
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Document. Commonwealth of Massachusetts -- In The Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four. Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784, 8 pages, 11¼ x 17¾". The name of the Massachusetts town "Pepperell" is handwritten on the last page. One horizontal fold, edges are brittle and chipped, back page has been repaired, pages are toned. Fine.
An act from the state of Massachusetts, this document specifies the amount that each city should pay in order to provide sufficient funds for soldiers redeeming their pay vouchers. It begins: "An Act, for apportioning the assessing a Tax of one Hundred and forty Thousand Pounds, for the sole Purpose of redeeming the Army Notes… that each town and other place within this Commonwealth, be assessed and pay the sum with which it is charged in the schedule of this act…"
Estimated Value $150 - 250.
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