Court order - George Prentiss - 6/1/1796 - Second Parish, Cambridge - 11 x 8.5" form. Order to give account of collection Middlesex ss. To Mr. George Prentiss of the Second Parish in Town of Cambridge within the said county of Middlesex Collector for .. Parish Greeting. In the Name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to levy and collect of the several persons named in the list herewith committed unto you, each on of his respective Proportion, therein set down, of the Sum toal of such list, it being the sum total of such list, it being the sum total or assessment of said second parish .. at a legal parish meeting in march last the sum total of said assessment amounting to eight hundred & sixty two dollars Eighty one cents and you are to pay in the same to Mr. .. Hall.. of said parish or to his ...in said office and You are to complete and make up an Account of your Collections of the whole sum and pay in the same as above directed on or before the first day of June Seventeen hundred and ninety seven And if any person shall refuse or neglect to pay the sum he is assessed in the said list to distain the Goods or chattels of such person to the value thereof: and the Distress so taken, to keep for the space of four days . the cost and charge of the Owner; and if he shall not pay the sum so assessed, within the said four days, then you are to sell at publick Vendue the Distress so taken. the payment .....and the overplus..thereof in some publick places in .. and ..... Given under our hands and seals this first day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. J. Wellington Benjn Cutter Sephen Frost Assessors for said parish