Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Thomas Ivers, Esq; treasurer and receiver-general of the said commonwealth : To the selectmen or assessors of the town of [blank] Greeting. In obedience to an act ... These are, in the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, to will and require you forthwith to assess the sum of [blank] set upon your town ... Given under my hand and seal at Boston, the eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.