1794 Boston Printed Hay Weigher Ticket Ticket Jonathan Sewell Stephen Childs Rox For Sale

Document Summary

Dated June 30, 1794, this early partially printed Boston document is an official weigh-ticket issued by city Hay-Weigher H. Foster for a load driven by "Stephen Childs's man of Roxbury." The reverse features the handwritten receipt calculation and payment endorsement signed in full by Jonathan Sewell.

Historical Significance

• Partially Printed 18th-Century Form: Early American printed utilitarian forms (especially with "Boston" and official civic titles like "Hay-weigher") are scarce and highly sought after by ephemera collectors.

• Stephen Childs (Roxbury, MA): Prominent Roxbury family lineage; Stephen Childs was a well-known local landowner and merchant in late 18th-century Norfolk County.

• Jonathan Sewell Connection: Linked to the prominent Sewell/Sewall legal and judicial family of colonial and post-Revolutionary Massachusetts.

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