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Very handsome 1780 document from Massachusetts Bay...



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January 01, 1780

Handsome & very displayable promissory note headed: "State of Massachusetts Bay, The First Day of January, A.D. 1780".
This would appear to be a document promising to pay Samuel 
Stocker for his service in the Continental Army thru funds provided by a 1779 Resolution of the General Assembly for that purpose.
The printed text begins: "In behalf of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, I the subscriber do hereby promise and oblige myself and successors in the Office of Treasurer of said state, to pay unto Samuel Stocker, or to his order, the sum of Two hundred, fifty-five pounds..." with further text detailing the equilivancy of the money in 1785 when due.
Reference is also made to a "...Resolution of the General Assembly of the Sixth of February, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine, to this state's quote of the CONTINENTAL ARMY, agreeable to the recommendation of CONGRESS...".
Included are 2 signatures of the "Committee" and a signature of the Treasurer as a witness.
Measures10 12 by 5 inches, decorative border, minor margin wear, some period clerical notes on the reverse, two tape mends to the reverse, nice condition.

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