Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the selectmen of the town of [blank] in the district of [blank] Greeting : These are in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to will and require you ... to cause the freeholders and other inhabitants ... to give in their votes for a representative ... to represent the said district in the Congress of the United States of America ... Given at the Council-Chamber in Boston, this tenth day of April ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine ...