1To George Washington from James Boyd, 27 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
To the President the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. The Petition of James Boyd of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire, Humbly sheweth — That your Petitioner was possessed from the Year 1767 till the Beginning of our Contest with Great Britain of very large Property in Lands situated on the Eastern...