BOSTON SELECT COMMITTEE.


COOPER, WILLIAM. 1721-1809. Document Signed ("William Cooper"), partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, 1 p, 4to (205 x 170 mm), Boston, March 25, 1772, dictating the "assize of Bread now stated for Direction to the Bakers and Clerks of the Market," docketed on the verso, some creasing and toning, tipped at all edges to mount.William Cooper served as Boston's Town Clerk for almost 50 years. He was close with John Hancock and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives during the provisional government of 1775. This document regulates the sizes of breads baked in the market, as well as what the bakers can charge for them.