Sentence:  '' Information is hereby given that Mr. Timothy Palmer of Newburyport , Mass. has agreed to <WSD>take</WSD> charge of the concerns of the Patentees of the Chain Bridge , in the states of Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Vermont , Rhode Island , and Connecticut , so far as relates to the sale of Patent rights and the construction of Chain Bridges . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  assume control