Massachusetts. House of Representatives

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House or Representatives, June 14, 1780. WHEREAS the Congress of the United States have called for an immediate supply of money in the public treasury ... [Boston: Benjamin Edes, 1780]



Broadside (14 x 8 1/4 in.; 355 x 212 mm) signed in type by the Speaker of the House John Hancock and Deputy Secretary John Avery; light dampstaining, edges deckled or frayed. Black cloth folding case, red morocco spine lettered gilt.

Evans 43832

An urgent bill to collect tax revenue on behalf of the Continental Congress in order "to enable them to prosecute their plans against the common enemy, in conjunction with the fleets and armies of the allies of these States, whose arrival is hourly expected." The act names commissioners to collect taxes falling due on 15 July in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Hampshire, Plymouth, Bristol, and Worcester. Scarce. Evans locates only one copy in the Boston Public Library, and no copy has been available at auction for the past 35 years.