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George H. Hill,
Charles N. Hinman, Joseph Hitchcock, Edward L. Hoadley, Andrew Holbrook, Charles F. Holbrook, Horace Holbrook, Nathan Holbrook, Philo Holbrook, Thomas C. Holbrook, William Holbrook, Willis R. Ilolbrook, John Holloway, William K. Holmes, George H. Homan, George W. Homan, Charles D). Iloughtaling, Wm. N. Houghtaling, Burton C. Hotchkiss, Harvey Hotchkiss, Burr A. Howard, James Howard,
Sidney A. Hubbell, William Howes, De Witt C. Hull, John C. Hull,
Charles R. Hurlburt, Thomas E. Hurlburt, Charles L. Hyde, Henry J. Iles, Jerred Iles, Joseph Ineson, Cornelius W. James,
Thomas L. James, George A. James, David Johns, Thomas Johns, David Johnson, Jolın R. Johnson, Sheldon C. Johnson, Thomas James,
William B. Johnson, William C. Johnson, John Kelleher, Charles D. Kelsey, F. Xavier Kempf, Joshua Kendall, Roswell N. Kinney, Walter S. Kenney, Henry Kershaw, Jolin King, Frederick Kokenwrath, Theodore S. Ladd, Martin Langhlin, George Leavenworth,
Geo. B. Leavenworth, William Leahy, George E. Lester, Stephen C. Leonard, Evans Llewellyn, Evans A. Llewellyn, Edmond Libby, Washington I. Lines, Albert A. Lockwood, Charles H. Lockwood, Henry B. Lockwood, Isaac Losee, Isaac Losee, Jr., William Losee, Frederick G. Losee,
Albert W. Lounsbury, Jolin Lounsbury, Ernest Luedus, James Lyon, John Lyon,
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Patrick Mahoney, Eli Mallory, Charles Manweiller, Henry Manweiller, John R. Matthews, Robert A. Matthews, Robert McKay, George C. Munger, John McLane, Charles McCarty, Daniel McCarty, John McCarty,
Hugh McCormick,
Virgil H. McEwen,
William J. Roberts,
George F. Robinson,
Harvey N. Rogers,
Norman Sperry,
John Spiers, Henry Spoonheimer,
Thomas B. Minor,
Howard F. Moshier,
William Molan, James Morris, John E. Morris,
William Morris,
Harris B. Munson,
Harris B. Munson, Jr.
Dennis H. Munson,
Michael Nagle, Julius H. Newton,
Michael Ney,
James Samuels, Sheldon Sanford,
Ira A. Stuart, Levi B. Stuart,
William B. Nichols, Henry D. Northrop, John O'Brien, William O'Donnel, Frederick O'Meara, Josiah A. O'Meara, Charles J. Osborn, Noah A. Osborn, John Owens, John F. Parker, Briggs M. Parmelee,
Ira A. Parmelee, Ira B. Parmelee, Wallace A. Parmelee, John J. Peck,
Frederick C. Peck, Edward G. Peck, Jesse D. Perkins, Henry Perthes, Charles H. Pickett,
Christian Pickhart, Richard Pierson,
Matthew H. Pope,
Frederick Popp, Jabez E. Pritchard, Frederick W. Pulford,
Horace A. Radford, Edward H. Randall, Hiram W. Randall, Samuel H. Rankin, Joseph Reigel,
Charles E. Reynolds, William B. Reynolds,
Henry A. Rider,
Harpin Riggs,
John H. Riggs,
Willard James Spencer,
George C. Sperry,
Marcus Sperry,
John T. Miles, Sheldon Miles, John H. Miller,
Isaac Rogers, John W. Rogers, Isaac Rood,
Henry Rose,
Samuel Roselle,
Frederick A. Rugg,
Harvey Rugg,
Frank H. Russell,
Stephen D. Russell.
Patrick Ryan,
Thomas Ryan,
Thomas Ryan, 2nd,
William N. Storrs,
William Ryan,
Henry W. Stratton,
Henry C. Schneider, John Schofield,
John Sullivan, Peter Sullivan, James Swan,
William B. Swan,
Daniel S. Swan, Smith Terrell,
Theodore S. Terrell,
Benjamin B. Thayer, Gotlib Theurer,
Daniel B. Tolles, Edwin Tomlinson,
James W. Tomlinson,
William R. Tomlinson,
William E. Treat,
Charles C. Trumpbour, David Tucker, Medad K. Tucker,
George A. Smith, George H. Smith, George W. Smith, James M. Smith,
John W. Smith, Joseph H. Smith,
Matthew Smith, Robert N. Smith, Samuel R. Smith, Theodore L. Smith, Traver Smith, Wilbur W. Smith,
William Smith,
William C. Smith,
Abel V. Somers, Charles Spencer, Charles E. Spencer, James S. Spencer,
John Spoonheimer, Timothy Squires, Frank E. Steele,
Jeremiah Stever,
Thomas Stoddard,
Arthur L. Storrs, Aslıbel Storrs,
Charles W. Storrs,
David Scranton,
Thomas Sharpe,
William C. Sharpe, John Shay,
Michael Shay, Patrick Sheehan,
Terrence Sheridan,
William B. Sherman,
Charles J. Short,
George A. Simpson,
Burton W. Smith,
Charles Smith, Edwin Smith, George Smith,
Sheldon C. Tucker, Cornelius Turk, Thomas Urel,
James H. Van Buren, Joseph Vinton,
Henry J. Spoonheimer,
Michael McNurney,
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Peter Ward,
Andrew W. Weston,
Leroy Williamson,
Egbert R. Warner,
Frederick Weston,
Bennett Wooster,
Charles F. Warren,
Wilson Weston,
Charles A. Wooster,
Wilford I. Warren,
Henry Wheeler,
Nathan R. Wooster,
George H. Washband,
Charles P. White,
Eugene A. Wyant,
Charles H. Weaver,
George B. White,
Frank H. Wyant,
Lazarus G. Weaver,
Nathan F. White,
Henry L. Wyant,
Charles Weidlich,
Joseph Whitely,
Leonard Wyant,
William J. Welch,
Joseph J. Wilcoxson,
Wilson Wyant,
Charles S. Weller,
Frank G. Williams,
Samuel L. Bassett.
Total, 489.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MERCHANTS.
ATWOOD & BETTS, dealers in Clothing, Books and Stationery, No. 3 Davis' Block.
E. F. BASSETT, dealer in Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, and General Furnishing Undertaker, Maple street, near First.
S. Y. BEACH, dealer in Coal and Lumber, corner of Main and Maple streets. BURR P. BEECHER, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Main street. HENRY BRADLEY, dealer in Millinery and Fancy Goods, Hull's Building. S. W. BUCKINGHAM, dealer in Beef, Pork, Poultry, &e., No. 4 Davis' Block. JOHN A. COCHRAN, Agt., dealer in Groceries and Provisions, corner of Hill and Pearl streets.
HENRY A. DUNHAM, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Main street, near depot.
GEO. S. EDWARDS, dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Hardware, Cutlery, &c., corner of Maple and Second streets.
JAMES HOWARD, dealer in Meat, &e., Main street, below Hill street.
MCEWEN & CAMP, dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, School Books, &e., Maple street, near First.
J. N. POPP, Merchant Tailor, Third street.
M. M. RANDALL, dealer in Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Main and Broad streets.
JAS. L. SPENCER, dealer in Beef, Pork, Lard, &c., Main st., south of depot. C. W. STORRS, dealer in Dry Goods, Hardware, Newspapers, Magazines, &c., James' Building, next door to post-office.
DAVID TUCKER, dealer in Flour, Grain, Feed and Fertilizers, corner of Main and Broad streets.
WOOSTER, DEAN & BUCKINGHAM, dealers in Dry Goods, Hardware, Lumber, Coal, etc., Brick Store, opposite the depot.
PIIYSICIANS. *MEMBERS OF THE CONNECTICUT MEDICAL SOCIETY.
S. C. JOHNSON,* house corner of Church and West streets. JOSHUA KENDALL,* house corner of Church and West streets. F. W. PULFORD, Homeopathic, house on Pearl street. THOMAS STODDARD,* house corner of Main and Pearl streets.
EGBERT R. WARNER, house corner of Maple and Second streets.
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES.
S. H. CANFIELD, James' Building, Main street.
GEORGE SMITH, No. 1 Davis Block.
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WOOSTER HOUSE, A. B. Dunham, Proprietor, corner of Second and Ray- mond streets.
SEYMOUR HOUSE, Peck & Riggs, Proprietors, Broad street.
HUMPHREY HOUSE, J. W. Meredith, Proprietor, First street.
. LIVERY AND FEED STABLES.
A. B. DUNHAM, corner of Second and Raymond streets.
JOHN HOLLOWAY, Broad street, east of Congregational church.
H. A. RIDER, Main street, near foot of Hill street.
JOHN SPIERS, Derby Avenue, south of Congregational church.
MISCELLANEOUS.
F. P. AYLESWORTH, Plain and Ornamental Hair-work, Church street. WILBUR BASSETT, Painter, Hill street, south of Pearl street.
MRS. WILBUR BASSETT, Dressmaker, Hill street, south of Pearl street. N. A. BRUSHELL, Barber and Hair-dresser, Main street, near post-office. SMITH T. CARPENTER, General Carting, Pearl street.
MRS. G. W. DIVINE, Dressmaker, house Maple street.
E. FAIRCHILD, Carriage Making and Repairing, Maple street.
MRS. GEORGE FOWLER, Dressmaker, residence on First avenue.
PHILIP HEILMAN, Boot and Shoemaker, No. 2 Davis' Block, room 4. W. I. LINES, Painter, Chestnut street.
ISAAC LOSEE, Boot and Shoemaker, No. 1 French's Building.
MICHAEL MCNURNEY, Blacksmithing and Repairing, Maple street, near covered bridge.
SHELDON MILES, manufacturer of Clock Cord, Banding, Fish Lines, &c. JOHN H. MILLER, Shoemaker and dealer in Confectionery, Broad street. WILLIAM MORRIS, Harnessmaker, corner of Maple and First streets. H. B. MUNSON, Attorney at Law, office James' Building.
HENRY SCHNEIDER, Barber and Hair-dresser, No. 5 Davis' Block. A. H. SCRANTON, Newsdealer, No. 3 French's Building.
THOMAS SHARPE, Carpenter and Builder, corner of Hill street and Washing- ton Avenue.
W. C. SHARPE, Printer and Publisher, No. 2 Davis' Block, second floor. B. W. SMITH, Insurance Agent and Notary Public, corner of Derby Avenue and Grove streets.
JAMES SMITH, Machinery and Repairing, Factory street, foot of Raymond st. General Blacksmithing in shop attached to Machine Works.
G. C. SPERRY, Painter, house Mill street.
ASHBEL STORRS, Carpenter and Builder, house North street.
L. B. STUART, Jeweler, No. 3 French's Building.
B. B. THAYER, Truckman, residence Derby avenue.
W. H. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law, office James' Building.
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IN
WORKS OF
JAMES SWAN,
SUCCESSOR TO THE DOUGLASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, (ESTABLISHED IN 1856), MANUFACTURER OF AUGERS, AUGER BITS, GIMLETS. HOLLOW AUGERS, EXPANDING BITS, PATENT AUGER HANDLES, BORING MACHINES, CHISELS, GOUGES, DRAWING KNIVES, SCREW-DRIVERS, REAMERS, ETC.
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H. B. BEECHER,
SUCCESSOR TO FRENCHI, SWIFT & CO., (ESTABLISHED IN 1847), MANUFACTURER OF AUGERS, AUGER BITS, HOLLOW AUGERS, &C.
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HUMPHREYSVILLE MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF
AUGERS, AUGER BITS, &C.
GEORGE H. ROBINSON,
DAVID R. COOK,
NORMAN SPERRY, MARCUS SPERRY.
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THE NEW HAVEN COPPER COMPANY. THOMAS JAMES, President. FRANKLIN FARRELL, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors : Thomas James, Franklin Farrell, E. C. Lewis, Thomas L. James and Alton Farrell.
THE FOWLER NAIL COMPANY,
CARLOS FRENCH, President. LEWIS H. BRISTOL, Secretary. MANUFACTURERS OF
VULCAN HORSE-SHOE NAILS.
UNITED STATES PIN COMPANY.
HENRY L. HOTCHKISS, President. LEWIS H. BRISTOL, Secretary. CARLOS FRENCH, Treasurer.
H. P. & E. DAY, MANUFACTURERS OF RUBBER PEN-HOLDERS, PROPELLING PENCILS, SURGICAL APPLIANCES, &C.
S. Y. BEACH, MANUFACTURER OF PRINTING AND COLORED PAPERS.
CARLOS FRENCH, MANUFACTURER OF CAR SPRINGS.
W. W. SMITH, MANUFACTURER OF
MANILLA PAPER.
RAYMOND FRENCH, MANUFACTURER OF PLAIN AND STEEL PLATED OX SHOES.
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AUSTIN G. DAY, MANUFACTURER OF SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE.
GARRET & BEACH, MANUFACTURES OF GERMAN GIMLET BITS, CAST STEEL REAMERS AND SCREW DRIVER BITS. LEWIS L. GARRETT. SAMUEL A. BEACH.
THE SEYMOUR RECORD, Published every Thursday morning at THE SEYMOUR PRINTING OFFICE, No. 2 Davis' Block. W. C. SHARPE, Editor and Publisher.
INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.
WHEN the war of the Revolution broke out, the Churchmen of Water- bury, of Connecticut, of New England were seen ranged upon the side of the parent country, and against the rebel colonists. They were royalists, or tories. They had reasons satisfactory to themselves for their opinions and conduct. They wished the success of the British government because on that success depended their hopes of worldly distinction and religious privilege. On that they supposed that they must rely for the permanent ascendancy of the Episcopal Church in America-its doctrines, its faith, and its worship. To England they were bound by the strongest ties. From that country their parish clergymen had from the first received a great part of their support. They owed it a debt of gratitude, which if they could not repay, they were unwilling to forget. They had always been the weaker party, had been ridi- iculed in their weakness, and sometimes voted out of their just rights. Their feelings had not been conciliated, and they had come to hate the whigs heart- ily. They now hoped that their wrongs would be redressed. The Episcopal clergy of Connecticut and of New England took the lead in opposition to the war. They kept up a correspondence with the Society [for Propagating the Gospel] at home, of which they were beneficiaries, in which they expressed their views freely of the merits of the controversy, and gave information of the state of the country. The loyalty of their own church was a subject for frequent comment and congratulation. Dr. Richard Mansfield, of Derby, wrote in December, 1775, that he had preached and taught quiet subjection to the king and parent state, and that he was well assured that the clergy in general of the colony of Connecticut had done the same. Of the one hundred and thirty families under his charge, one hundred and ten, he con- tinued, are firm and steadfast friends to government, and detest and abhor the present unnatural rebellion, and all those measures which led to it. Fur- ther on, he remarked " that the worthy Mr. Scovill [of Waterbury], and the venerable Mr. Beach [of Newtown] have had still better success, scarcely a single person being found of their congregations but what hath persevered steadfastly in his duty and loyalty."-[ History of Waterbury.
Among those who sympathized with and gave aid to the British forces were Henry Wooster, who lived about a mile below the Falls, a brother of John
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and Thomas Wooster who lived in what is now Oxford, and David Woos- ter, Jun., who lived in Gunntown, in what is now Naugatuck, near his father, David Wooster, Sen. Upon the bluff east of the Naugatuck, and about a quarter of a mile below the Falls, stood, in 1780, a tavern kept by Turel Whittemore-in fact it is still standing in the house now occupied by Martin Castle, having been raised a story and enlarged. One Saturday evening in March, 1780, there were gathered in the little barroom, Henry Wooster, Jun., his cousin David Wooster, Jun., from Gunntown ; Samuel Doolittle, living not far distant but within the limits of New Haven, and others of the neigh- borhood. Alexander Graham, having a commission from the British General Howe, made his appearance and sought to raise a party among the tories pres- ent, for an expedition to Bethany to rob the house of Capt. Ebenezer Dayton, previously a merchant of Brookhaven, L. I., who had brought his family and goods from Long Island for safety. With him had come other patriots and left their valuables in the house taken by him, so that the tory conspirators expected to secure valuable booty by despoiling this refuge of the whigs dur- ing the absence of its defenders. A party was formed, consisting of Alexan- der Graham, David Wooster, Henry Wooster, Jun., Samuel Doolittle, and three others. The next Tuesday evening they proceeded to Dayton's house in Bethany, he being in Boston. About midnight they burst into the house, seized and bound Mrs. Dayton, ransacked the house, and carried off about £450 in gold and silver, and other valuables, after destroying much property which they could not carry away. Hastening towards Naugatuck, they met a young man named Chauncey Judd, and, lest he should expose them, they compelled him to go with them. The robbers hid several days in the house of David Wooster, Sen., Gunntown. From there they went to the house of John Wooster, known as "Capt. John," who kept a tavern in the southern part of Oxford. The house stood just back of where the house of David C. Riggs now stands, and was pulled down but a few years since. This Capt. Wooster was a great hunter, and had inclosed several hundred acres on the hills in the rear of his house, as a deer park, and the place is still known as " The Park." After being warmed and fed, they went to a barn a little ways south of the house belonging to Daniel Wooster, where they remained during the night and the next day, and after several narrow escapes, made their way to Derby, and, taking a boat, rowed down the river, closely pursued by horsemen on the shore. They arrived at the month of the river but just ahead of their pursuers, and escaped across the sound to Brookhaven. A pursuing party crossed the sound at night and captured the robbers, except one who escaped through a window into the woods. Chauncey Judd was released and the stolen goods retaken. Graham was found to be a deserter from the continental army, with a British commission in his pocket, and was sent to Morristown, tried by court martial, condemned and executed. The others were put on trial in the Superior Court at New Haven, with Da- vid Wooster, Sen., Noah Candee, Daniel Johnson, William Seeley, Francis
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Noble, and Lemuel Wooding, Whittemore's barkeeper. Two of the accused, Scott and Cady, were allowed to turn state's evidence. All the others were found guilty. David Wooster, Henry Wooster, Jun., and Samuel Doolit- tle were each sentenced to a fine of £50, and imprisonment for four years in the Newgate state prison. Noah Candee and David Wooster, Sen., were fined each £500 and imprisoned nine months in Hartford jail. Daniel John- son was fined £250 and imprisoned nine months. Francis Noble was fined £50 and imprisoned one year. William Seeley was fined £25 and impris- oned nine months. Lemuel Wooding was fined £25 and imprisoned six months. In addition, Capt. Dayton recovered heavy damages in civil suits against the different parties, amounting to several thousand pounds. Mr. Judd also recovered £800 from the robbers and their accessories, for dam- ages to his son. This summary punishment was as discouraging to the tories of the vicinity as it was encouraging to the struggling patriots.
NAMES OF SOLDIERS IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUS LISTS.
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
DR. JESSE BALDWIN, surgeon.
ABRAM BASSETT, son of Abraham Bassett. JOSEPH SANFORD.
WAR OF 1812.
DAVID SANFORD, son of Capt. Raymond Sanford.
CAPT. ENOS LUM, son of William Lum, of Great Hill.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
CHARLES D. HOUGHITALLING, enlisted from Greenfield, Mass., first in receiving ship Ohio, and transferred to gunboat Azalea, as landsman. Dis- charged at navy yard, Philadelphia.
THEODORE S. LADD, Company II, 15th Connecticut Volunteers. Mus- tered in from Naugatuck, July 25th, 1862. Discharged on account of disa- bility, Angust 10, 1863, at Hampton, Va. Re-enlisted September 3, 1867, and served until the close of the war.
JULIUS H. NEWTON, Company H, 20th Connecticut Volunteers. Mns- tered in from Bethany, August 15, 1862. Mustered out June 13, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
CHARLES H. PICKETT, Company H, 15th Connecticut Volunteers. Mus- tered in from Naugatuck, August 5th, 1862. Mustered out June 27th, 1865, at Newburn, N. C.
CARL CARLSON, Company A, 3rd Vermont Volunteers, eurolled August 23rd, 1864. Discharged July 11th, 1865, at Hall's Hill, Va.
NOTES FROM THE SCHOOL RECORDS.
GREAT HILL DISTRICT, No. 1.
THE following particulars are from a book in the possession of Mr. Sam- uel P. Davis of Great Hill, consisting of the records of the 8th District of the town of Derby, afterward the first district of the town of Seymour, from 1766 to 1810.
June 26, 1767, Henry Tomlinson elected district committee, Samuel Basit, collector.
Dec. S, 1769, at house of H. Tomlinson, B. Tomlinson, moderator. Voted to hire a Master for the winter and that what overplus there might be should be used to pay a Mistress in the summer.
From the record of the meeting held Dec. 12, 1770, at the school-house, at 5 P. M., it appears that it was not the custom to hire the teacher for the winter until December. The meetings were usually held in the afternoon.
Jan. 13, Jonathan Miles, moderator. A motion was made to divide the school. The meeting adjourned to the first Monday in March, at 4 P. M., at which adjourned meeting an adjournment was again made to March 23rd, when it was voted "that those persons that send their children to Henry Wooster's school shall have their proportion of the school money according to their list."
At the meeting held Nov. 2, 1772, Benjamin Tomlinson, moderator, no ac- tion is recorded, except to instruct the committee to hire a teacher for the winter, at his discretion.
The next meeting recorded was held Dec. ye 14th, 1774. Micah Pool was chosen " one of the committee," and Samuel Russell, clerk.
It was voted that warnings of the next meeting be posted at the houses of Joseph Canfield, George Beard and Capt. John Lum, six days before the meeting.
Nov. 13, 1775, B. Tomlinson, moderator; Christopher Smith was chosen one of the committee.
Probably owing to the troublous times at the beginning of the Revolution, no meeting seems to have been held in 1776, but Nov. 27, 1777, B. Tomhn- son was again moderator. An adjournment was taken from the schoolhouse to the house of George Bard, Dec. 11, but no business transactions recorded.
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Sept. 2, 1778, voted to hire a schoolmaster three months, "and pay the master pr. the poll of the scholer after the publick money is gone."
June 12, 1780, Micah Pool, moderator ; adjourned to June 19th, and voted to hire a mistress at six shillings pr. [torn off-probably week'] " and to pay schoolmistress pr. the pool of the schollers."
Oct. 10, 1780, at the house of James Manvil ; Mica Pool, moderator ; Henry Tomlinson appointed collector.
Feb. 15, 1781, Joseph Tomlinson, moderator; voted to hire a inaster until April 1, and pay by " poll of the scholars." Daniel Tomlinson voted clerk.
Nov. 14, 1781, Philo Holbrook voted clerk. The next record is Nov. 23, 1784, when peace again prevailed, and the school, which very likely had been suspended by the necessities of the war for independence, was again awarded the attention it deserved, by those lovers of home, church, school, and free government. The meeting was held at the house of Geo. Bard ; Zachariah Fairchild, moderator. It was " voted to build a schoolhouse on the highway near Mr. John Hawley's." Building committee, Ebenezer Lnes, Webb Ton- linson, - Hawkins, Jonathan Lum, Jr., and -Pool. " Voted Mr. George Bard, Mr. Jonathan Lum, Jr., Mr. Rusil Tomlinson, Committe."
Nov. 28, 1785, Webb Tomlinson, moderator; voted a rate of six pence on the pound be collected on the list of 1784 to finish the schoolhouse, John Hawley, collector. Voted that the warnings for meetings be put up at the schoolhouse and Geo. Bard's shop. Voted Sam'l Russel be one of the com- mittee in place of Jonathan Lum, Jr.
March 20, 1786, at the house of John Hawley ; Henry Tomlinson, modera- tor ; Jolm Hawley voted " committyman in room of Joseph Hawkins, also Russell Tomlinson, Sam'l Russell and James Manville, Committee."
Nov. 22, 1787, Josiah Nettleton, moderator.
Dec. 26, 1788, Christopher Smith, moderator, rate laid of 3d. on the £, list of 1788, Webb Tomlinson, collector. Samuel Russell, Russell Tomlin- son and James Manville, committee.
" OCTOBER THIE 25, A. D., 1790.
" At a lawful meeting lawfully warned and attended, voted Mr. Samuel Russel moderator. 2nd voted Mr. Henry Tomlinson a school Committee in the room of Mr. Samuel Russel. 3d voted Mr. Abel Holbrook clerk for this eighth School district, it fourthly voted that the committee should hire a school master for this school according to their discretion for the ensuing year and pay the Master by the pool of the scholar."
Mar. 21, 1794, voted Nathaniel Holbrook, Russel Tomlinson and Jonathan Lum, committee.
Nov. 9, 1795, voted Enos G. Nettleton, clerk ; R. Tomlinson, J. Lum, Jr., and James Bassett, committtee.
Nov. 6, 1796, J. Lum, Nathan Mansfield and N. Holbrook, committee ; Enos G. Nettleton, clerk.
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Nov. 27, 1797, voted E. G. Nettleton, J. Lum and N. Holbrook, commit- tee ; voted to hire a master four months " by the poll of the scholar."
Nov. 6, 1798, Amos Bassett, moderator ; Abram English, clerk ; voted that the eighth district be divided into two districts.
Oct. 11, 1799, J. Lum, moderator ; Abram English clerk ; J. Lum, N. Holbrook and Ephraim Wooster, committee ; voted to hire a master five months.
Dec. 3, 1800, Eleazer Lewis moderator; David Tomlinson clerk ; A. Eng- lish, Moses Fenton, and Richard Holbrook, committee ; Nathaniel Holbrook, collector.
Dec. 23, 1800, voted Renben Lum and Wilson Hurd committee in addition to above ; and to hire another master and to " divide the money according to the poll of the scholars belonging to the first district."
March 14, 1801, voted to hire a teacher twelve months, the school to be kept in the meetinghouse as long as the weather will permit, then to be contin- ued in the school-house.
Nov. 5, 1801, voted John Inm, Jr., Moses Fenton and Isaac Bassett, com- mittee : David Tomlinson, clerk.
From the record of the meeting held Nov. 12, 1802, it was voted that " the public money of the Great Hill School Society shall be applied to such schools as the committee think proper," and a provision was made that those who were unable to pay the schooling of their children should not be assessed there- for, thereby manifesting their belief that it was for the public good that the free education of the children of the poor should be provided for.
April 25, 1803, voted that a rate of six mills on the dollar be laid to repair the school-house.
Oct. 18, 1803, David Tomlinson, collector; J. Lmn, Richard Holbrook and James Bassett, Committee. Voted to hire a teacher for five months.
" At a legal meeting of the First School District in Great Hill School So- ciety, holden at the school-house in said District, Monday, the 18th of March, 1805. First, voted Mr. Abner Tibbils, moderator ; 2nd, voted David Tomlinson, clerk ; 3rd, voted Mr. Johnathan Lum, Benjamin English and Wilson Hurd a school committee for the first district ; 4th, voted Mr. Benjamin English a collector of Miss Rebecca French's bill; 5th, voted Ephraim Wooster coller- tor for the year ensuing."
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