Scope and Content: In order to defend the coastline, control supplies and personnel for the Continental Army, and prevent resources from becoming available to the British, the Massachusetts General Court passed a number of acts and resolves establishing movements of goods, boats, and persons during the Revolutionary War.  To ensure that persons were not moving in ways prohibited, misrouting supplies, or otherwise aiding the enemy, the resolves and longstanding practice dictated that various affected parties were required had to post bond with the state treasurer.
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