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Toeach fost Paul Kittredge & son for doctoring from
19.50 For Benjamin Weather for Services as Superintendent, of Planshouse
Due the Overseers for The Services 60. 00 81801 .. 88
By cash receive for town order "1000.30 Carl Received for Stark Sold & The produm. of the farm 3 H55. H3 Tack reach from the State for state Pampers in 1838 ._ 9.8. 14 Cash need from Greater for support of Blood 7.4. 7.5 Deve from State for support of Pampers in 1839- 22.92 Die From the town of Burlington for 1838mm . 4. 5%
$1585.34
X 216. 54
Balance against the Town
The average number of Pampersat Atous-house The past year have been fifteen -
I'll which is respectfuler severmitted her
Daniel Parker
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Re part of the Board of Boulot
2 Small Pag in 1839 As with- Paid Lese ik Rowsve yer nursing Caroline Finitionale 23 days ab- 1,5min day - 34.50 Cartamin Viaoral por de 3 weeks at 5 per week 150.000 De Paul Mettredge & son for professional services 36,00 In P. Kittredge for services as board of thealit? including cleansing Jest House & femisture 3 12.00 . .. albert traves for attendance on E. Whiteinte 7.50 at his house 5 days - For cleansing His nousex funiture 6.00 .. 22. 00
for several small isticles of tenertery x Glass ware, are XC - A .. 22 stillrent P. Dutton por meat Willard tauch for I cord of wood 3.50 Charter Hollis for Mille . .
.. 80 17 . 12 Ly man Alque & Co yor Groceries &C_ E.F. Neliste for servius as board of Health. for Table
6.30 .. 84 Lincoln Drake & Co. for Stove & Pipe . -
8.01 4 for Mait 1.15 " 1
35.00 for 2 Sanath Buildings
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6.00 Gay, Silver & CO. for today, Calvin Configuration for window frame, Sache, Glass VC _ 5.26 In Full Kittridge for door, wood saw XE __ 2.50 ' Adams for services as board of health .. 75
$ 251. 36 Reciever of Abriek Whitcomb. Cash $80.00 .. . A. Vota of anyable in ana y can + 9. 90 ..
at the Jours of hartford 25.00 154.90
Leaving a balance expended mom them reviewed
896.41.
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23 .. 00 for Hooft Bounds 1 3tigt timber at 15: in 3
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I meet with the Town have in Their Jefferson and at Them disposal, the House & furniture Therein) Respuestaly Submitted by.
Otis Adams E. F. Welester Board of
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Le frittich Parker Paul Kittridge "Health?
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$ 4933.33 this is credited the.
Learn is a balance in The mearemiscianos P
2 Bommutter 1
In consteminto de Flen instructions Le committe cinta prenant, that as far as they have been able to ascertain, the actual state of The finances of The Town are as follows. are outstanding orders on interest The amount of 82080. 3 Anders not an intenet
il alance against The town for support of Four
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Amounting on all to
$2403.95 () lace from the Jour: Treasure 5-78. 5 . non The Town of treatfond 25.00 arrozthe Collection for 1839 m. M). 00 7 -
fifa lampy 53. 65. $
( Hererating in all tt
elvens a balance against The town of 1650. 30
Commutter
EF Welestic
Alphous Spalding.
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Tarrant?
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In The name of the commonwealth of the sachant you are directed to notify the Stickbutants of the Laura og Enchansford qualified de vote j'en denaters & Representatives in the General Court, to aneet at The avecting House in the centre of said Irun on the sixth day of abril next it being The first monday i said month at one the look in the afternoon to bring in Mice votes, for or against The amendment to The Constitution of This Commonwealth Proposed By The call & presset Legislatures Fiereche And you are dincruise dir ated de mote,4 The Inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town affairs meet at the same time 2 place to act on The following articles to with- 1A Jo elevare a Moderation
gt No fill all vacant town officers 3th to Get out The Collection of The taxes Von CHO .. L' To hear the report of any committees which mais have tecen a ipointed, x act Thereon To take into consideration the ex bedienen of Center regulating The price of ing lowany / Labour during the winter months
Marcos d'ail not and awake due return of this warrant with your dougs Thereon to ourselves at or leedone the time of holding Javier Meeting
0 Leren under our hands & Seals This eighteenth day of March, eigister Foundme & porti, Simthat Parker Selection of
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Cinquante As This warrant I have noticed The Finish. staty od said to heim, Lord, to meet at time & place Klor par, cores therein cosmefired, hu boring uju In 'sies Thereof her me attested at each of the buli testing houses and at The Server. Refit www. John Gray fall in said thelong ford) do that The source man stand over two sabbaths at least previous to The time of holding said meeting, being in accordance with the vote of said town James Oti Constable of
Priebus Ford
Jawn of thelongford A, mit 6th 1840 Pursuant to the foregoing bramant the Inhabitants on to belongford, qualified to vote in Elections, afrinbled at the centre . theeting house in said town, & brought in Their votes for and agreat The amendment to the Constitution as Then. directed, and The water were sorted, Counter recorded, and declaration, Thereof made in. open town meeting, and were as follows; For said torendement, forty eight votes
Against said Amendment, thirty five votes - E.F Metester. Selectrican
Lepithak Parker
E.F. Welestir Joure Clark
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Tocon selecting e April 6th /8400
Ourswant to the warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, qualified to vote in town affairs inst at The meeting house in The centre of said Town on monday the o' day of April, 1840 when x where The following votes were prafree & proceedings hrad ., être dimens Moderator
Chore those
Votul Phone Votul
danos Green Serveren of highways in The place of Jefferson Loring (who dec lined sanering) To choose an additional Survey on of word. Samuel P Hadley vaid Surveyen. That the collection of the taxes for 1940 the let out at auction immediately to the Lowest hedder. Senthal Parker bid off the collection of The taxes at Two cents & one will on The dollar. Phone Septhat Parker Collecter Hear The Report of the committee relative to land For a bury vise Grammar in the northernty pack of The town
Voter That the same commuter the instructed to continue Their inquiries so as to be able to report more definitely at some future meeting Heard The Report of The School Committee Wasted To parthave the consideration of The 5 th article in= - 1 = definitely.
Voted To dismiss the meeting for town affairs .. Otis Adams Moderater. La H Vetester Clerk
Medellers B. 3 Personales appeared Tamer? 1. Hadley, atrosen measures of wood in the Form of Chilis ford & took the oath prescribed les law to qualify -ham for that office before me
Bare in reclames function of the
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libert & The School Curritu 1841.
Is the committee made a very detailed reporton vi state à condition of each of the devrais donot? The last year They can not think it necessary or expediente enter into minute particulars at the Time; as The Statements could not very much From last year - I'de whole number of Scholar attending The average attendance - the numbers en- = aged in each branch in each particular School- The tempth of the Schools, ( with one or two exceptions) & other statistics tearing very similar in the two
years. They will, There fore, confine themselves Is a few general remarks, with accompanying qual= cifications .
The committee are happy in having an. opportunity to say, that in ne year, during the True can't past have the schools collectively con- = sidered, exhibited so great a degree of improvements as in the one now just closed. And They can not withhold Their a pinion, that much praise is due most of The teachers for their Caudalde exertions: And more especially so in districts nos, 3Kg. Although in the winter school in district no 3. The order was not fully" might have been wished Still The improvements manifested, and the inde= = fatigable real s activities of The teacher in her endeavours to impart every useful & needed instruction demand more Than ordinary com: - mandation. And in dest. no. 9, it must be x is admitted that The character & discipline of The schools and The acquisition of solid, useful Povowledge man: = Jested by The scholars, has been far superior to to any one of the five proceeding years. And we doubt if it would be too much to say I all things consid. = ered that more substantial benifits have been derived from the schools the Last year than from all four of the commediately preceding years taken
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Collectively. - In distinct Mc.1. The winter So hard for the older clus of scholars was far from using what the commit could approve. The teacher, alsthing as well qualified in literary acquirements, of feared to be distribute of that efficient energy & decision of character so necessary to the proper management of a school; and seconed to impart to This pupils that spirit of distrust in their powers and attainment which he, hinself professed; and all together engendered a degree of insubordination & tayity of discipline which rendered the school nearly useless; X perhaps, in some respects worse than useless- and The Commetter deeply regret that those traits in The character of the teacher + of The fechoal were not discomme untill so late a period, that any attempt to correct The evil would render the remedy equal, if not paramount to the disease -
-Since making our tart annual report, there have been made, & are now mastering essential nefraces I alterations in several of the School houses-$ new house has been built in dest 120.10, Sufficiently Commodious x pleasantly situated - Lin 220. 9, the house has received essential repairs, & the inside entirely re needed _ Lo Mas, 1 × 7, The school houses are about reacciona those ages reparis & resmodulations, which will render them comparatively, convenient & Comfortable- Huch praise is certainly due The Frhabitants of all those destreat, for Their spirited exertions & commendable liberality. The commita carnet régrains however, érou javier, an opinion that The desks in many of The houses are still objection= able even in some recently built & repaired; and They would respectfully, not carmesily request" whenever anny destroth mans, for the facial come to The conclusion to build or repair its school house, They will not fail to take into especial consideration The convenience & advantages derived from so can- Strating The Scholars desks as that the man all frant one direction - This trong le consideration,
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it is confidentiles delivered, will be found it is of vantle more importance, Han studying Ao devise Means may how they ' around The greatest number of scholar into The strattest raticable space! It is with no ordinary pleasure that the comunica feel at liberty to announce, that an increased isti- - mate of the world & importance of our common School and a growing interest in their prosperity, have very Perceptibly developed themselves the party can, in more way, than one. Besides the improvements made I making in School house); the sukin ex= = amination, have been more & more 'nice attender) in nearly all the schools than couvertes -it more general sense of the importance of Children's com. - mencing their education at the rest of the ladder and gradually progressing africana, instead of leeg timing lat the tap, a star ling with fruitless endeavours To climb over i desend The other side - And " lastly, Though not the least, the cquaient & increased farm voted at the last town meeting for the support of schools, and the first and liberal policy adopted relation to distribution. are so many striking evidences of the first views 2 tomates feelings of the inhabitants generally on These all important a lejest, that it prahy them over in silence or without commendation, would the Committing a manifest act of injustice- The committee have likewise then gratified in intregring increased manifestations of the wordences of The beneficial results attending There own exertions generally, during The y can first copine . They have seen some of the most prominent errors or what they believed to be such which had empit into our schools, gradually passning away till they have become nearly extinct they have seen that species of upstart varity that itching desire & propensity, No universally precedent in all are
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Schools, to grasp at once, at the big hit & ornamental branches of science, give place to a more just estimate of the solid & useful branches; & to a recurrence to l'est principles- They have seen that reprofrance i saved into The meaning of words, & the nature & reasons to which the principles of vocence are founded gradually, overcome - and that councanning, anot like thisthing So universally forwalenty has, in a great measure, given Place to move rational a comprehensive views & exercises. Children now begin to comprehend & dates appreciate The fact that they have newsing powers, a progressing Minnes-Mendes, which can & must be exercised .I'll These things the conmutter have seen with unfeigned satisfaction. Still They have not the vanity to wash to array att to Themselves" the order of offeeling all There changes; neither will that sense of duty which all our to Themselves sagten them to ferment The Stunt of detraction to rule when of their han without an effort- I'll they claim to themselves in the creed of putting The wheel in motion, which, hay The efficient a id x cheerful cooperation of Parent x teachers has been steadily ford pelled untill There results have followed. But the hey are likewise Convpelled, however reluctantly, to add that a lang c amount of the good which otherwise might have resulted from Their labours, must be dedue = ated in consequence of iny undicious & thong hotels in= = simulations, / not to day, false & standeraus reports x approbrious epithetof which have been fout in Diren= lation, with the apparently manifest object of defining their influence, and healing refranes When a system prescribed by, the laws of The Com- - monwealth_
But notwithstanding all these Things They feel determined, and This determination is The result of mature consideration & a dupe conviction of The sales & mighty responsibilities verting on them that nothing shall deter or relax Their humble offerte
I do good ; and when tt They are reviled"/17 "if they Can meth "le' There will enderman to rewrite not again" Leine defamed" Their "vill outreat"x"Guerre pergunte will suffer it " confidently believing, that the I made sense of the community will not only thess Stain, There, but They shall receive The advice, The apristance, & the hearty corporation of The considerate, The fraudent the virtuous X The candid in every feeble indiavous mould & direct the youthful mind - in story it with useful knowledge xin disseminating genera Fal instructions in giving tome & direction of that reflective moral character, which all must sincerely wish to see developed in the south of our town, who are so Joan to occupy the places of Their Parents, kin no small degree influence The destinies of future generations - Men must & will disagree as the means to be employed in fecting any object, however desirable; but on a subject of such wort in portance as the education of own children, no difference of opinions on minor objects com- - coming modes a means, can, for a inoment, the Suffered to intercept or, suspend The general harmony of action. Gond the committee look forward with home & confidence to the study arrival of That- happy period when all hearts will be united, a all hand, employ ed in Their Best efforts to promote the accomplishment of to great a good.
Chelmsford April 6th/84B
Otis Adams E.T. Welester Committee
Recorded by E.G. Wetester Jour Na
Census innettby lite The whole number of poissons in The Jours of The Pourford thay 1 18HC. exclusive of State Paupers were one thousand five hundred and ninety five as taken by the Gefressens of said town according the an act of The Legislation ifred in April: 1840 1-2
3 Thecorded by
de Military duty
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Joshua Dratt Marcus Thomas "Chamas Mais ter
d'une 12 Prace -
Abraham Whentive. It
Culares & Bird John. B. Fish.
Edward faster. ..
Joseph Bland
Drive Packard Bartlett Dr. Dayton
Sergeant the fearse Primentei Calvin Daleticia
South B. Pierce Charles Herce 1
George & wright
Justin De Abellen
Jaines Rendait Thomas Johnsen
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Mares 13. Fisher
Enlists there Joseph & Herward William s'cute Nathaniel Drake
Hoses brand
Jacob. Gas liste. -Браслеза визний.
Augustus E. Spalan Stephen D. Sutten' Samuel Fletcher Benjamin Fletcher
Soha Caban Latini Piden
Charles A. thiele.
dostina tta, shall
Themas Durant
Phil's Tatt.
Christo án Ado Marcus Reyes Albert alto,
Levi 13. el terens Charles G. Sergeant theorge B. Cleader
Tack. f Lighten
(Charles French
Charles Sonthaber
learee filsau thad Jonathan Lareum
Joseph thank hall Bufer Mutharshall
Jonathan Herec Iberry Grading George francéster
Belmand Suites -Charles éParte Samuel Parter A Precious Bradstreet Israel Effarroman Ferdinand if Store.
Then the Marshall. Joseph Fransen 2 Final Detram Charte, Partner Nathaniel Hutchinson
Ellerder P.Spalding Flermy Parker
Ellenider Ef. Spalding Eldad P. Blan Lowefin Cham berlin
Ebeneser "Cleanes William Fletcher 3ch Elbridge Dutton George P. Kittredge Josiah R. Weller Efolman Hunter Charter Proctor
Solomon Harward
sapin Mansfield Leonard Illans field
hm F. Burrows
Stillman by an Bery~ Ja Hody is Hilliard Witherell
Parker Faster
Nathan Buttrich fr 1 Keliam Buttrich Charles Blood Leflerser Faring Cartes De. Thourham Jacob Thompson
Here kinh Parkhausk
teconge I.V. Wramón
Serware Partist Saint S. Parkhurst Gratin De Carpenter Getman Wait- Sammael P. Pertram Franklin Be Written Ezekiel Fletcher
George it. Nichols
Lassan Rx. Heletehet
Archer Suttle
Darren 2 16 Justice Thomas Parker. Josiah Ballare
Sammeet Flacarel Geriler Quan
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Josefin V. Pervier
Paturn De ivrigt Eschut Joy aux
Freuten Barker 22 Lepithak Parker
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= "ilhe ware are here by directed to notify Time Ja habitants of the Town of thesimsford you tifin vote in Elections to meet at the vendre Met houve in said lowa en thanday the minh 1
in said month lat ten Dalock heed one noon for the following purchases to with To bring in their votes for Governor & L'interand Governor of This commonwealth, x por Six senata, for the district of biddlives on one hallot. To bring in Their votes for a representation te tie Dy aligrets for Jestreet 115. His
To bring in their votes for fourstar Bucten of President & vice President of The Kivitel states on one ballet,
To bring in Their votes for a representation the next general varato be holder at Boston on The first wednesday of tany nesta The Polls to be a peneed for cold call of the açoresció Elections at eleven volach : 7,2%. Also, to notify The Inhabitants of jack Fewer qualified to vote in town ageairs to ment at the same thing & place to act on the Following articles to with-
I Ja choose a Moderator
Id Jo see if the town with acht of a list of favors selected by The Selection, or act Thouon 3ª To see of the Town will take measures to Cause Certain portions of the Middlesse sunfire to le laid out as a quiélie ñiga.
42 To hear the report of any committees which
X before The Time of holding said matin). (even andar mus hand, 2 seals at Chiamato This DAT day of October 12. 1840
Pasta Hay war rant Thave notified The Like istante of Said Thelostand to meet of 1 They basting copies Merced by me aftertil at each If the public mustore houses and at the Same. Kocht de stora Gran, all in said Cheundlad So that the same may Stand too Sabbather at least in accordance with the votes of the town of
Tomas Pets, coons tatile it
1 " a ti al making of the Meho bitan;
A vote for Governor s' Peutenant 200era, The devond monday of said month, The year ogf ance Land one Thousand withit Hundred 's Berty for The purpose of giving in Their vote For governor and Licatement
number of persons who gave in their vite was abouttained as is directed in the Revised Statuten, Chat. the tex. 1) des counting it. whole november of separate hallote geven in. and the whole murder of theallots was Three hundred & Thirty
un The whole mandler ob acter queen in for Governor, were sorted counted recorded and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed and were for the Following persons Heren, thorton had one hundred 2 seventy Service Host., John Davis. one hundred x forty eight votes
Election near the Koupel
It a legal meeting of the Senatecast of The town of Thelostora in the country of Wirdless and C Constitution to vote for Governor und divitirant Governor, holder on The First ding of Nowcenter, being the second allenday of land amonth in The 2. han of car charel one thousand was not inandral and forty for the purpose of queries in Their
The whole reindeer of persons who gave in Their voles was abscstained, as is directed ... The Revised Statutes 1Chap. M .10.0.13, by counting the whole monteren deposito
Ballots was three hundred & twenty nine
And the whole rumuse of votes proses in for
is directed. and were por si pachewing pouvons- Nathan Millis- one hundred security dig vote, Jorge Full and lowered X forty acht give votes
Convertit of Massachusetts.
des de de ameeting of the Sunelections of the Town of thedayone in the country of thinklens Ten The Constitution to vote for Senators and Counsellors holden on the runthe day of Horses = ler, being the second abbondan of said Month in The year of our word one thousand eight hundred and forty for the purpose of giving in Their votes con Petrators &' Connections Ver Mie District of Middleses. The whole number of persons who gave in The other way assistanced is in directed in The Revised Patates ( Che), th Sul) by counting The murder of Separate ballots Given in, and The whole hombre of hallott was
due The whole nineties of votes were sorted counted, maceraed, and declaration Thereof made and the, the constitution is directed- and were for The following berries Bernard with Parker one hundred & Swertes dix voti, That S. Greenwood- one havered x Seventy siy votos George Robbins - one hundred Seventy ding votes James Russel Josefich in allunsereone hundred seventy dix voter Bolet wa hedied one hundred seventy diy voter
Edmund Parker - one hundred & forty eight votes with trues- one hundred & forty eight votes Isa f. Lawrence one hundred x forty eight with Chinees Now- one hundred x forty eight notig Chette Helaw. one hundred a forty eight vous
Sobial Phonskett fine vole,
i voti,
Election Ma 9th 1840 conta
The accand Abandas of said Abouth in the year one Thousand eight hundred & corty 01
The purpose of swing in their voles in the_
Live tohole monde of persons soha game
in The Revised Maintesfinal 1. 100 13/ day
Hiver hundred & thrity and
Sorted counted, recorded, and declaration though
the four vang paris., /
William Parmenter one hundred x Seventy Three votos Nathan Brooks- one hundred & fifty Three vol David Goodale - Your vote Anna, Farmwoth one vote
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n't to depart meeting of the fi abilans of the few. according to the Constitution to vote for the pressn'ai iloveaber ne thousand eight he and ferty For the pan, case of giving in the votes for thisto, of President and vice President of The United States The whole norimber of Persons who came in Their votes was apcertained as directed in the Revised Statutes, Chach to Jec 13/ by counting The whole number of separate ballots gün. in, and The whole number of ballots was Three hundred and Thirty 1 And The whole newde I woter gerea in were required, sorbet, il ated and tik lared, and recover thereef made in
Elector, at large William J. Walter. one hundred & seventy one Cleanerer fisher one hundred seventy one Jane & Bates one hundred fifty low Delig Sprague one hundred x path, for
Sig Gramos Ladd for vote, Seth Spraque. one vote
Sist 10-1.
one hundred seventy are Richard boughton one hundred fifty fam
flow Of Whatman one why
Election 1 pm ..
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Best. 20 2. Robert hipoten one hundred & seventy and Stephen & Phillipe one hundred & fifty four V Jonathan Buffum one vote in wit No. 3. Nathania Stevens, one hundred & seventy one Rufus Langley one hundred x fifty for Lange Cageshell -your votes Charles Butter one vote Sist No H. Pino the, Theempren one hundred x seventy au Sidney Willard one hundred x fifty four Tanker I. Woodbury your votes Stifter Goodnice one vote Dert No. 5, Samuel & Sperr. one hundred seventy one Fre MI Bartow one hundred & fifty, pour Thomas M. Ward Yamu votes Samuel May one vote :
Calle Stubband one hundred x seventy one George ipennelli one hundred & fifty tom cam votes Ara Howland -one vote District no ? John Leland. one hundred seventy one. Thaddeus Pomeroy one hundred & fifty face George n Sterling four votes De la thatenn one vote Ditt no f James Fowler one hundred seventy one Samael Mister one hundred & fifty four Charles Starkweather dow votes Search Barns one vote.
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Hamar French and hundred & fifty low Buckling Fits - Leva Notes cree vierte Bertret no. 10. Nathan to Brownell one honderd & seventy anti Wither brand one hundred a fette four
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