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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
eighty five ~

An Act for naturalizing William Bond
Whearas William Bond late of Devonshire in Great
Britain, goldsmith, now residing at Falmouth, in the County
of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has
petitioned the General Court that he may be naturalized,
and be thereby entitled to all the rights, liberties and privileges
of a free citizen of this Commonwealth~

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Court Assembled, and by the
[text illegible due to paper torn] that the said William Bond upon