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Commission of Edward Tuckerman as Lieutenant Fireworker of the Boston Artillery Company
Nathaniel Hurd (American, 1729 or 1730–1777)
1771
Medium/Technique
Engraving with manuscript additions
Credit Line
Gift of Orton Loring Clark in memory of Margaret Tuckerman Clark
Accession Number60.1183
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIssued to Edward Tuckerman as Lieutenant Fireworker of the Boston Artillery Company, December 6, 1771.
InscriptionsVerso, in ink: Boston April 4th 1772 / Suffolk [s] / Edward Tuckerman took the oath appointed by act of Parliame[nt] / to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy repeated and Subscribed / the test or declaration in said act contained together in the Oath of Abjuration / and also the oath appointed by Law to be taken respecting the Bills of Credit of / the Neighbouring Government. ___ / Before us [illeg signatures] Field officers
Provenance1771, Edward Tuckerman, Boston, MA; by descent through the Tuckerman family to Margaret Tuckerman Clark (b. 1884 - d. 1953), Amherst, MA,; by descent to her husband, Orton Loring Clark (b. 1887 - d. 1965), Amherst, MA; 1960, Clark's gift to the MFA.