Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Honorable Henry Gardner, Esq; treasurer and receiver-general of said commonwealth : To the selectmen or assessors of the town of [blank] Greeting, &c. In obedience to a resolution ... these are in the name of said commonwealth, to will and require you forthwith to assess the sum ... being the average price of the cost of raising the men to supply the deficiency of the Massachusetts line of the army ... Given under my hand and seal at Boston, the thirty-first day of July ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two ...