Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. To the select-men or assessors of the town of [blank] in the county of Worcester, Greeting [microform] : Whereas the General Court ... passed a resolve, authorizing and empowering the justices of the Court of the General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Worcester, to levy a tax of nine hundred pounds ... These are, therefore, in the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, to will and require you to assess the sum of [blank] ... Dated at Worcester, the seventh day of September, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five