Commission of Edward Tuckerman as Lieutenant Fireworker of the Boston Artillery Company
Nathaniel Hurd
(American, 1729 or 1730–1777)
1771
Medium/TechniqueEngraving with manuscript additions
Credit LineGift of Orton Loring Clark in memory of Margaret Tuckerman Clark
Accession number60.1183
ClassificationsPrints
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 officersProvenance1771, 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.