State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, December 9, 1776 : whereas great inconveniences may take place from our not knowing the number of male inhabitants in each town and plantation ...
"This is a resolve ordering that a census be taken. In line 10 of the body of the broadside the word white has been crossed out and the word other written next to it."
Endorsement: Selectmen of Southboro. Order for Numbering the People. Novr.
