Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Alexander Hodgdon, Esq. Treasurer and receiver general of the said Commonwealth, to the sheriff of the county of [blank] or [blank] deputy. Greeting

By virtue of an act ... These are, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to will and require you to levy by distress and sale of the estate real and personal ... Given under by hand and seal at Boston, this [blank] day of [blank] ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety[.]