war between England and Spain, a Spanish ship, captured by an English cruiser, was sent into Boston. Among other articles in the captured vessel, were several bales of Bulls or Indulgencies, issued by the Pope, and printed on one side of a small sheet. Fleet purchased a large quantity of them at a low price, and printed songs and ballads on the back of them. In the Evening Post he advertised them as follows: — 'Choice Pennsylvania Tobacco Paper to be sold by the Publisher of this Paper, at the Heart and Crown [in Cornhill, Boston]; where may also be had the BULLS or Indulgencies of the present Pope Urban VIII. either by the single Bull, Quire, or Ream, at a much cheaper Rate than they can be purchased of the French or Spanish Priests, and yet will be warranted to be of the same Advantage to the Possessors." Buckingham, Reminiscences, 1. 142. This is the only example I have found. The advertisement will be found in the Boston Evening-Post, November 7, 1748.

MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE.

880. At a Great and General Court or Assemby for the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, begun and held at Boston the 127th Day of May 1747... March 2d. 1747[-48.] On provision by churches for their ministers. † BPL. AAS

881. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Extract of two Clauses or Paragraphs from An Act passed by the Great and General Court . . . entitled, An Act for drawing in the Bills of Credit . . . still outstanding, and for ascertaining the Rate of coin'd Silver in this Province for the Future. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to his Excellency the Governour and Council. [1748.]

pp. 4. Evans, 6189.

882. [Royal arms.]

May have been printed in 1749.

PHS.

MA

By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq;

. | A Proclamation for a publick Fast. [April 28.] Dated,

March 25, 1748. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council.

Evans, 6186.

MA. MHS

883. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq;

A Proclamation | For a general Fast. [June 9.] Dated,

June 1, 1748. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council.

Evans, 6187.

MA. MHS

884. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; A Proclamation | for Proroguing the General Assembly [to October 5.] Dated, August 31, 1748. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council, 1748.

MHS

885. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; A Proclamation for proroguing the | General Assembly [to October 26.] Dated, September 21, 1748. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the | Governour and Council.

MHS

886. By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq. . . . A Proclamation (on the attacks made on the house of John Steel, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace within the Town of Boston). Dated, October 14, 1748.

Printed in the Boston Weekly News-Letter, October 20, 1748. 887. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; A Proclamation for a publick Thanksgiving. [November 24.] Dated, October 29, 1748. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council. Evans, 6188.

BA. MHS

888. Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy: And Declaration. Dated in Ms. May, 1748. † MA

2 leaves. Archives, XLII. 667. Used in 1749. Ib., 901; 1753, XLIII. 696. 889. Military Commission [William Shirley, Captain-General and Governour in Chief.]

MHS

Commission to of the MassaConfidence

890. A Muster-Roll of the Company in His Majesty's Service under the Command of

Captain, Viz.

MHS

Differs from that of 1747 in having "of the," "in His" and "Service" in italics.

891. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. [Royal arms.] William Foye, Esq; Treasurer. [Tax warrant.] Dated, July 20, 1748.

ΕΙ

The same form was used in 1749, the last figure "8" being changed to "9" with the pen.

WALDO, JOSEPH AND DANIEL.

892. Imported from London & sold by Wholesale or Retail at the cheapest Rates | By Joseph and Daniel Waldo | At the Sign of the Elephant opposite to the South east Corner of the | Town House in King street | Boston New England. † Pc An engraved advertisement by James Turner.

MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE.

895. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; |... | A Proclamation for a publick Fast. [March 23.] Dated, March 7, 1748[-49]. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council.

Evans, 6185.

MHS

896. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; ...A Proclamation. (On counterfeit bills of credit made in Connecticut.) Dated, March 15, 1748[-49.] Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council.

MHS

897. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For a publick Fast. [June 15.] Dated, June 2, 1749. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council.

Evans, 6358.

MHS

898. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | William Shirley, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For a General Thanksgiving. [August 24.] Dated August 8, 1749. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council

Evans, 6359.

BA. BPL. MHS

899. By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; . . . A Proclamation (on peace with the Penobscot and other Tribes, by a treaty signed October 16, at Falmouth, in Casco Bay). Dated, October 27, 1749.

Printed in the Boston Weekly News-Letter, November 2, 1749.

900. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; A Proclamation for a general | Thanksgiving. [November 16.] Dated, October 20, 1749. Boston: Printed by John

Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. Governour and Council.

Evans, 6360.

AAS. BA. MHS

901. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation. (On the recapture of Samuel Ball and Benjamin Ledyke, apprehended for the murder of an Indian and rescued from the officer.) Dated, December 28, 1749.

MHS 902. A List of the Estate Real and Personal of the several Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of in the County of taken (pursuant to an Act of the General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Intitled An Act for inquiring into the Rateable Estate of the Province,

passed in the twenty-second Year of his present Majesty's Reign) Dated in мs. May 25, 1749.

AAS

903. Province of the | Massachusetts-Bay, ss. [Royal arms.] William Foye, Esq; | Treasurer . . . (Tax warrant.) Dated, November 4, 1749.

ΕΙ

904. A Muster-Roll of the Company in His Majesty's Service under the Command of Captain, viz. MA.

MHS

Archives, XCII. 177. Same form was used in 1750. 905. Monsieur Ragoo; or, a Squib for the late F-RE W-RKS; in humorous Verse.

Advertised by Fleet in the Boston Evening-Post, September 4, 1749. 906. A Table for turning any old tenor sum into lawful money. Boston: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street. 1749.

Evans, 6422. For a second edition see Boston Weekly News-Letter, March 22, 1750.

ADVERTISEMENT.

1750

907. Advertisement, Whereas the Plymouth Proprietors (so called) have impowered John North, Lieut. of Pemaquid Fort, and Samuel Goodwin (to survey land at the eastern parts of the Province, and defending title.)

2 Am. Ant. Soc., Proceedings, XI. 463.

BOSTON.

908. Tax bill.

EXACT TABLE.

AAS. MHS

MHS

909. An exact Table to bring Old Tenor into Lawful Money. Also a Table to know the Value of Pistoles, Guineas, Johannes,

and double Johannes, Moyodores, English Crowns, | HalfCrowns, Shillings, and Copper Half-Pence, at the Rate of Dollars at Six Shillings a [Piece, at which invariable Value they are fixed by a late Act of this Government. The Act to be in Force from and after the 31st of March, 1750. Boston, Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street. 1750. It is dated Jan. 1, 1749, 50. Evans, 6495.

BPL. MHS

A publication in book form (price two shillings old Tenor) was announced in the Boston Weekly News-Letter, January 4, 1750, and January 25 a rival publication, to be sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, Jr., was announced, with what was apparently a leaflet: "With an Example, and its operation, . . . fitted to the meanest capacities, in a small Page for the Pocket, or the Pocket Book." This may, however, refer to the size of the volume a 16mo. In the same issue of the News-Letter Rogers and Fowle repeated their announcement and added: "N. B. The said Table is printed in such a Manner as is convenient to paste up in People's Houses, for their constant use." A critic pointed out in the Boston Evening Post, January 29, 1750, some errors, which led the Rogers and Fowle to explain in the News-Letter of February 1 and add to the reply the following: "The true and plain Table (which has been published by Rogers and Fowle, on one side of a Sheet for conveniency of pasting up in Houses, Shops and Warehouses for constant Use) in a few Days will likewise be printed in a small Fold, convenient for the Pocket-Book." March 1, 1750, the News-Letter announced the publication by Rogers and Fowle of "A Correct minute Table to bring old Tenor into lawful Money, and is a Supplement to the Table already published by said Rogers and Fowle." The price was two shillings old Tenor, one too high for a broadside, and I believe this to be the following item.

910. A Correct Table from one Penny to twenty Shillings Old Tenor: which may serve as a Supplement to the above Table, and be further useful to Shopkeepers in new marking the Prizes of their Goods. Boston: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street next to the Prison. 1750.

Evans, 6469, where is the following note: "In an advertisement in Green's 'Entertainment for a Winter's evening' it is stated that 'the Table (which hitherto has been published on one side of a sheet for conveniency of pasteing up, in houses, shops, and warehouses for constant use) in a few days will be printed in a small fold convenient for the pocketbook."

911. A Table, | Shewing how Provisions ought to be sold when the Dollars pass | for Six Shillings a-piece, as they must do, according to the Act of the General Court. Boston: Printed and sold by Thomas Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. Price Three Half Pence, Lawful Money. † NYHS

An exact Table, shewing how Provisions ought to be sold when the Dollars pass for Six Shillings a-piece, which they must do, according to the Act of the General Court. Note, This Table is so plain and easy,