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34 Boston Rec. Com. Rep., vii. 4, 63. [This agreement was renewed for ten years March 31, 1684. Ibid., 167.]
35 [The agreement of 1654 required them to repair the road through the Newgate farm as well as through their own land.]
36 Boston Rec. Com. Rep., vii. 221.
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on to the Beach and shall run by Colmars field fence along the next beaches and on the W. side of Cherry Island, along on the S. side of the Beach between Cherry Island and Jolm Tutles and to run up from said Beach neer the ontmost Ceder and to run below a great white oake on the back side of said Tuttle's house and to run to and through the gate in the parting line between Jolni Tuttle & Jonathon Tuttle and then to rum overthwart the end of sª Tuttle's hill and to run along the southerly side of Jonathan Tuttle's hill and below his house through part of Elisha Tuftles Land to the pound gate, and from thence to Joseph Haseys and Orchard to a great Rock in Col: Shrimptons ground called the night pasture, from sd Rock Westerly into Thomas Cheevers farm and to run from a Walnnt tree in the parting line between sd. Cheevers and Co1. Shrimpions land on web. the gate hangs below the sontherly corner of sd. Cheeverses barn and wthout sd. Cheever's field fences to run along the southerly side of the hill through sd. Cheevers's farm at the west end and so into the farm of Thomas Pratt till it meet wth the Country road that runs to the Ferry at Winnesimmett. In Witness hereof we sett to of, hands this 8th. day of March 1698. DEAN WINTHROP, JOHN SMITH, WM IRELAND, JOHN TUTTLE, JAMES BILL.37
With this elaborate description of the highway, referring to houses and lots, it would be possible to locate not only many of the important estates in Winthrop and Revere, but also the position of the dwelling houses on them. The estate called " Col : Shrimptons ground " is that known as the Newgate farm.
1701, December 29. " Ordered that Mr. John Brentnall be paid 7. 11. 8. in full for his accot formerly given in for mending the Highwayes at Rumney marsh.
" Ordered that William Ireland be paid £1.5.0. for mending the Highway according to former agreemt." 38
1702, November 30. " Ordered that a motion be made to the Court of Q' Session for the County of Suffolke that the Bridge on the Highway Leading through Coff. Paiges Farm to Lyn be hence forth maintained at ye charge of ye County." 39
37 Boston Rec. Com. Rep., vii. 233.
38 Selectmen's Minutes, 1701-1715, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xi. 13. Sce the entry of Dec. 18 for John Brentnall's first account.
3º Ibid., 28. [The following petition is in Mass. Archives, exxi. 114.
Essex ss. Att A Generall Sessions of ye peace holden at
Salem December ye 29th 1702
On Reading ye petition of Capt Elisha Bennet of Boston directed to this Court to apoint Such persons as They should see Meet to Join with a VOL, II, - 10
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Colonel Paige's farm is the Captain Keayne farm; and I suppose the bridge, of which we shall hear more in the next fifty years, is the same that travellers now pass in going from Revere to Saugus. 40
1706, September 30. " William Ireland for himselfe and Thomas Prat moves to renew his former agreemt. abt. the repaire of their part of the High way at Rumny marsh, the Select men to Consent to continue Sd. agreement for Seven years Longer provided they become Obliged to p'form their part." 41
[1710, July 3. " Voted. that Mr John Floyd be desired to veiw the Severall High wayes at Rumny Marsh. and make report to the Sel.men of what he Shall think needfull to be done ab repair- ing thereof and what may be needfull to be expended in each part thereof for this present year."] 42
Comitte, or such persons, as should be apointed by ye Court of Sessions for ye Countey of Suffolke for ye veiwing of ye high way which leads from Salem to Winisimit through ye said Bennets Land in order to Make report referring to ye same whether it may not be Conveniently Altered as in & by Said Petition May More at large appeare.
In Consideracon whereof this Court doe apoint John Burrill Esqr Samuel Browne Esqr & Stephen Sewall to be a Comitte to Meet with Such as shall or May be apointed by the Countey of Suffolke to goe on ye place at Such time as they May agree On & take a Veiw of ye Same & Make report to ye Next Sessions after Such Veiw be made
Copia Vera Examd } Steph. Sewall Cler.
(Endorsed on baek ) Col. Paige Justice Taylor Mr Newton and Add Daven- port a Committee]
40 [See supra, vol. i. p. 635, a plan of this farm in 1688 with this road and bridge marked theron.]
41 Selectmen's Minutes, 1701-1715, Boston Ree. Com. Rep., xi. 53.
42 {Ibid., 110. At the annual town meeting in March, no surveyors of roads were ehosen, but the selectmen were ordered to " take ye care of repaireing the Highwayes for the year ensueing both within ye Town & at Rumny Marsh." This vote was repeated from year to year. May 22 the seleetmen directed Hugh Floyd to mend a bridge there. In Town Papers, 1637-1712, at the office of the City Registrar, Boston, is the following :
EXPENDED BY YE SURVEYORS OF THE HIGH WAYES AT RUMNY MARSH.
. 1701 - John Brentnall Surveyor £ : 7 :11:8
1702 - Edwd Tuttle £ : 10 : 7 :4
1703 - Jona Bill . £. 7:19:0
1704 - - John Center 17 : 0 : 8 : 0 £.17: 9:9
1705 - Capt Elisha Bennet
£ : 15 : 8.6
1706 John Floyd £: 16: 4:0
1707 Jona Eustice £ : 12 : 17 : 4
1708 Joseph Beleher £.10: 9:9
1709 Franeis Leath £.23: 3:9
121. 11. 1]
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1710, September 18. " Voted. That Capt Timo Clark & Mr Joseph Wadsworth be desired to go to R. Marsh & veiw the H. wayes there, and imploy Some meet person or persons to repaire Such of ye Sa wayes as they shall thinek needfull." 43
1710, November 13. " Voted. That Capt Elisha Bennet be desired to do what is needfull in mending the H. wayes at Rumny Marsh." 44
1711, July 2. " Ordered. That Capt. Elisha Bennet be desired to take care of w' is at present needfull to be done in repaire of ye HI. wayes on ye Road, at Rumny Marsh, and to Veiw & make report to ye Sel.men of wt he Shall think further needfull to be done therein." 45
1716, April 30. " Agreed wth Thomas Prat yt he is Sufficiently to repaire and keep in repaire ye H. way runing thro His & in" Irlands farm for Seven years from 27th Octor 1715 & leave ye Same in good repair, for web he is to be pd. twenty-five Shill. p annum, according to Ancient agreemt wth in" Ireland." 46
1717, Angust 13. " Voted. that mr John Flood be desired to mend the HI. way from ye Rd m' Cheevers House to the Meeting House in Rumny Marsh." 47
Rev. Thomas Cheever's house was on the easterly end of Fenno Hill, part of Sir Harry Vane's allotment. 48
1718, April 28. " Hugh Floyd is directed to perfect his Repairs of ye H. way to ye Value of two or 3 dayes worke of a Team." 49
1722, November 6. "Ordered. that mr Joseph Belcher of Hog Island take Effectual care that the High way in Rumney marsh Leading down to the Landing place there, belonging to the
43 Selectmen's Minutes, Boston Ree. Com. Rep., xi. 118. [Clark and Wadsworth were selectmen. The latter, in a bill rendered in 1710 (Town Papers, as above), charged, "to Expensis going to Survey Rumny Marsh higway -0 : 09 : 00." In a bill rendered January 23, 1715/6, Wadsworth charged, " to hier of 3 horses for Capt Savadg Capt Chanok and my self to goe to vew the highway & at Rumny marsh feriag ouer the ffery forward and back and 4d Expended att the Salutaion - 10s - 4d." Joseph Wads- worth, Captain Habijah Savage, and John Charnock were three of the seven selectmen chosen for the year 1715.]
# Ibid., xi. 121. [Sce infra. p. 167, the account rendered by him. ]
45 Ibid., 141. [A similar vote was passed by the seleetmen May 31, 1714. Ibid., 206. See infra. p. 167.]
46 Selectmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, ibid., xiii. 4. [See ibid .. 77-79. a road in Chelsea " Panhandle "; also supra, i. 285; Corey, Malden, 371, note 38.1
47 Ibid., p. 25. [ See his account, infra, p. 169.]
4 { Supra, vol. i. pp. 161 note, 164.]
40 Selectmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xiii. 36.
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Town of Boston be forthwith Repaired in the Same place as the aforesaid way did go, and not where it hath for Some few years past bin Repaired, tho' not by order of the Town or Towns men." 50
1725, October 25. "messrs Stephen Minot, Nath !! Green & Henry Deering are Desired and appointed to View the Highwayes at Rumny marsh and order, what they think needfull for Reparing them." 51
John Yeamans, a nephew of Gov. Shute, was, in 1727, the owner of Noddle's Island, where he had his home, and also of the Newgate farm in Revere. A portion of this farm touched Chelsea Creek near the Town Landing, or Slade's Mill, in Revere. For convenience of communication between his estates he conceived the plan of erecting a bridge from East Boston to Chelsea, but between what precise points is not now known. The action of the town was as follows :
1726 [1727] March 14. "Voted on the Petition of John Yemans Esqr &e. about a Bridge to Nodles Island be Refered to a Comitte to Consider and make Report to the next Gen11 Meeting.
" Voted That Elisha Cook Esq", mr John Colman, Eward Hutchinson Esqr, m" Thonias Cushing & m" Ezek"] Lewes be the said Committe." 52
1727, May 8. " About the Petition of John Yeamans Esqr & Others about a Bridg to Nodles Island &e.
" The Comitte made their Report vizt
" The Committee having Considred the Subject matter of the Petition together with the objections of Several of the Inhab- itants at Rumney Marsh, Apprahend that the Ereeting a good Substantial Bridge from the main at Winnisemet Side to Nodles Island will not be Disadvantage to the Town of Boston, Pro- vided The Petitioner John Yeamans Esqr, be obliged at his Own Cost & Charge to make & Keep in Good & Sufficient Repair the
50 Boston Ree. Com. Rep., xiii. 105. [Joseph Beleher was a son of Jere- miah Beleher, and was tenant of Hog Island. At the Town meeting in Mareh: "Voted that the Present Seleet men together with mr Joseph Beleher an Inhabitant of Rumny Marsh be the Surveyers, of the High wayes for the Town of Boston the year ensuing." The following year Samuel Watts was joined with the seleetmen for this serviee. (Town Ree., 1700-1728, Boston Ree. Com. Rep., viii. 160, 168.) ]
51 Seleetmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, ibid., xiii. 144. [They were select- men. ]
52 Town Ree., 1700-1728, ibid., viii. 205; [see also xiii. 161.]
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Aforesaid Bridge for ever with Convenient highways to the Same fit for man & Horse, to pass or Repass as well to the Bridge on Winnisinnit Side where the Road may be altered for the Accom- odating the Bridge, and so from thence thro' Nodles Island to the place that may be Assigned for Transporting Passengers & Goods from the Island to Boston Provided also the Town Enjoy the Sole priviledge of the Ferry from Boston to the Island, And that the Several Persons whose Estates & Intrest on Rumney marsh may be any wayes prejudiced by Erecting the aforesaid Bridge be made good to them in Such proportion as a Committee for that purpose by the Great & General Court Shall adjudge. But we conceive the Suffering a ferry from Winnisimniet to Nodles Island til such times as the Bridge can be Conveniently Perfected will be very Inconvenient & of disservice not only to Boston but all Travellers in generall.
Boston, May 4th, 1727.
EZEKD LEWIS JOHN COLMAN ELISHIA COOKE . EDWd HUTCHINSON THOMAS CUSHING " The Report was Read and Voted, an Acceptance." 53
It is hardly necessary to say that nothing came of Yeaman's proposition with such terms imposed. Sumner, in his History of East Boston, refers to a similar scheme made by a " Bos- tonian " in 1796.51
1731/2, March 13, " Voted That the Seleetmen be Desired and Impowred to tak Effectual care that the Highways within the Town of Boston, more Espetially those in the District of Rumny Marsh be keep in good and Sufficient Repair." 55
1733, August 8. " Jacob Hasey of Rumney Marsh informs that the High ways in that Precinct are out of Repair.
" Voted, That Messrs. Colson Armitage and Saltonstal, repair thither as soon as may be and give what directions are proper in the affair." 56
1734. " At a Meeting of the Select men, at the District of Rumney Marsh, Present, Jona, Armitage, David Collson, Alexa Forsyth and Wiliam Downe June 14
Town Rec., 1700-1728, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., viii. 209, 210.
54 Page 241.
55 Town Ree .. 1729-1742, in Boston Ree. Com. Rep., xii. 31.
50 Selectmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, ibid., xiii. 244. [They were selectmen.
See infra, p. 170, Jacob Hasey's bill for repaires. ]
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" Upon viewing the High Ways said to be Encroached upon according to the Information given by Messrs. William Hasey and Samuel Floyd. We found said High Ways to be very Narrow in some Places, It was thereupon Agreed, That they should be Two Rods wide, And Mr Nathan1. Cheever & Isaac Lewis (two of the persons complain'd of) were informed of the Width we propos'd, Who came into the said Agreement, and promised to remove their Stone Walls accordingly, Mess's. - Tuthil & -Flood who are about to set up Stone Walls on said Highways, also promised to Conform them to the breadth aforesaid." 57
1735. "At a meeting of the Select men, Apr. 16, 1736 (sic) Voted, That Capt. Armitage, mr. Collson, and Capt. Forsyth be desired to go over to Rumney marsh in order to view the High Way there which needs Repair. To Enquire & consider what may be proper to be done in the affair, and Who will do the work cheapest, and also to Consider Capt. Olivers pro- posals relating to the same, and that they Report thereon next Wednesday." 58
1735, April 23. " Upon a. Motion made relating to the High Way in Rumney Marsh. Voted, That the Repair of the said High Way be deferred, until the circumstances of that Affair be rep- resented and laid before the Town at a General meeting, for their Consideration." 59
1735, May 7. " The Select Men made a Motion respeeting the High Way in Rumney Marsh, leading thro' Capt. Oliver's Farm [the Keayne farm]; Which They Represented, might be more conveniently removed, a little to the left hand going to Lynn, the Bottom being better for a High Road. .
" Voted, That the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds be Raised and Improved, in Paving, as the Seleet Men shall direet and Order ; in Repairing the High Way on Boston Neck, And at Rumney Marsh." 60
1735, June 4. " Agreed with Capt. Nath. Oliver to finish a New Way at the District of Rumney marsh of Twelve feet Wide,
57 Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xiii. 254. [ An item in the bill of Samuel Ger- rish against the town of Boston, June 13, 1734: "To Copy of Records of the High Ways in Rumney Marsh to the Select Men, and searchg ye Rec- ords for ye same - 15s." (Town Papers, 1734-1740, at office of the City Registrar, Boston.) An item in the bill of John Savell, June, 1734: "To the charges Sellecttmen Going Rumly marsh to vuing hyways . .. £3 :10 : 0." (Ibid.) This item in his bill, February 23, 1735/6, was £3.12.0. (Ibid.) ]
58 Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xiii. 270. [They went April 18. Infra, p 172.]
59 Ibid.
60 Town Rec., 1729-1742, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xii. 106, 107.
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for Eighty Pounds, to run across his marshy Ground to the Upland, as p. obligation under his Hand." "1
1735, June 25. " Voted, That Capt. Nath. Oliver have Ton Pounds more allowed him to finish the New Way at Rumney Marsh, . . . he to make said Way Fourteen feet Wide instead of Twelve, P. his former Agreement." 62
1736, November 17. "The Select Men having received Infor- mation relating to the High Way in Rumney Marsh which wants repair.
" Voted, That m'. Jacob Hasey be and hereby is desired to Effect the repair of the said High Way and Bridge near the Meet- ing house, in the best manner he can for Thirty Shillings, and not exceeding." 03
This bridge was probably that on School Street, a few rods northerly of the school house, and now called "Cow Bridge," for till within a few years cows were driven there for water, of which there was then more than at present.
1736, November 24. " Capt. Nathanael Oliver, Present, In- formed, That he had finished the making a New Road or High Way, According to an Agreement entred into with the Select Men, the 4th. June. 1735. and since, near the County Bridge so Called in Rumney Marsh; Praying that the Seleet Men, or some of them would come over and view the same, in Order for his having a
01 Seleetmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, ibid., xiii. 275. S. A. Hall of Revere writes that the " New Way " was probably that part of the road, called Malden Street, lying between Copeland's corner and Linden, - what the old folks called the " causey " (causeway ). " The County bridge on this part of the road was of plank until some fifty years ago, when, as I remember. it was carried away by a high tide; and my father, William Hall, covered the abutments, after widening them, with the stone now there. . . . I have not the genealogy of the Oliver family at hand; I believe my grandfather, William Oliver, son of William and Rebecca Sale Oliver, was the grandson of this Nathaniel Oliver. My grandfather, William Oliver, built a house in the year 1800 just at the westerly boundary of the Keayne farm near the Malden line, near Black Ann's corner on the road to Saugus, and there I was born. The house still stands there." [See infra, p. 172, the proposals of Captain Oliver, dated June 4. 1735.]
62 Seleetmen's Minutes, 1716-1736, ibid., xiii. 276. In a copy of the votes of the selectmen in this case, filed at the City Clerk's office, is the follow- ing: " At a Meeting of the Select Men July 23, 1735. Capt. Downe. Capt. Armitage and Capt Forsyth are Appointed a Committee to go Over to Rumney Marsh and to View the High Way which is there making and repairing by Capt. Oliver near the Bridge formerly called the County Bridge."1
63 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xv. 10.
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Draught on the Treasurer for what remains unpaid for that Work, if they see cause. Accordingly
" Voted, That Capt. Armitage, Mr. Collson, Capt. Forsyth, Capt. Eastwicke, Capt. Lyman, and Mr. Clarke, be desired as a Committee to repair to Rumney Marsh, as soon as may be with Convenience. That they view the said High Way or Road, Sce if Capt. Oliver has fully Comply'd with his proposals. And make Report thereon, at the next Meeting of the Select Men." 6+
1736-7, February 23. "Capt. Nathanael Oliver informing that he had fulfill'd his agreement relating to the Making a New Road thro' some part of his Farm, and desiring the Select Men would please to appoint Day to come over and view the same.
" Voted, That the Select Men Attend that Service on Fryday next if the Weather prove Suitable, and if not on Saturday if the Weather be fair." G5
1737, March 28. "Upon Information that Grover's Bridge so Called, in Rumney Marsh, near the Entrance upon Capt. Olivers Farm, is much out of repair by means of the late great Freshets.
" Voted, That Capt. Nathanael Oliver be and hereby is desired to take Care that the said Bridge be Speedily Repaired in the best and most frugal manner that he can.",66
1737, April 25. "Upon Information, That the Extraordinary Rains of late, have damnified the High Ways in Rumney Marsh, in Several Places.
" Voted, That Capt. Nathanael Oliver be and hereby is desired to take under his Care the Necessary Repairs of the said High Way in the best manner he can, to the Value of about Three Pounds." 67
1737, July 7. "Upon a Motion made for Viewing the New Road in Rumney Marsh, In order thereto, Voted, That the Town Clerk be directed to Write a Letter to Capt. Oliver, Signifying
64 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, Boston Rec. Com. Rep., xv. 12.
Ibid., 23. [See infra, p. 173, a letter of Captain Oliver dated the last 65 day of February, 1736/7.]
66 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, ibid., xv. 30. S. A. Hall of Revere writes, "Grover's bridge was perhaps the one on Washington Avenue be- tween the late Oliver Pratt's and Copeland's corner, which was, I believe, on the Keayne farm, and near the farm occupied by Joshua Grover as long ago as I remember, some fifty years; but whether in that family further back, I do not know. This farm is the one opposite William J. Pratt's and now occupied by Mr. Towle." [Mr. Hall's inference was correct; it was so named for Simon Grover. See Boston Rec. Com. Rep., viii. 86; xi. 209; · also infra, p. 171.]
67 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, ibid., xv. 38.
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That the Select Men desire to know whether he has compleated that Work, and if he has not, That they desire he would Speedily finish it, and upon Information of it's being so done, they are ready to appoint a Day to View the same, in order to Conclude the whole of that affair." 68
1737, September 15. " The Select Men according to Appoint- ment Having been at Rumney Marsh, View'd and Surveyed the New road there made, and lately finished by Capt. Nathanael Oliver, Report thercon as follows Vizt.
" That they find the said Road to be made Eighteen feet Wide, and in all other Respects finished to their Satisfaction According to former Agreement." 69
1737, September 26. "Whereas Capt. Nathanael Oliver, (by his agreement entered into, in Writing, lying on file) was Obliged to make a New Road in Romney Marsh near the County Bridge so Called, of the breadth of Twelve feet, and to mend the Old Road to the Northward of said Bridge &e. for the Sum of Eighty Pounds, as by his said agreement may appear.
" And whereas the said Oliver has for the Better accomodation of the New road aforesaid made it Eighteen feet broad, and fin- ished the same to our Satisfaction, Therefore, Voted, That upon Condition, that the said Capt. Oliver together with his Son In". Nathanael Oliver Jun? shall and do Execute a proper Instrument in Writing for the Confirmation of the said Road to the Town of Boston for the use of a Publick Road forever, and to keep the same in good repair to the Satisfaction of the Select Men of said Town for the time being for the Space of Five Years next coming after the said Work was finished, according to said Agreement, That then the said Oliver be allow'd and Paid for his Addition of the said Six feet in the breadth of the said Road in the same pro- portion as was agreed upon for the Twelve feet: making up the Sum of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds in the whole for the said Work.
" And Whereas the Sum of Ninety Pounds has been (at Several times ) already paid to Capi. Oliver.
" Voted, That the further Sum of Thirty Pounds be Allow'd
68 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, ibid., xv. 58. [ In a copy of the votes of the selectmen as to this road, filed in the City Clerk's office, is the fol- lowing: " At a Meeting of the Selectmen Aug. 3. 1737 Capt. Nathanael Oliver Sent by his Son a Message to Jnform the Seleet Men That the New Road in Rumney Marsh is now compleatly finished Desiring the Select Men would Please to view the same."]
00 Ibid., 72.
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and Paid out of the Town Treasury to the said Capt. Oliver, in full Payment for the said Work, upon the Conditions aforesaid." 70
1737, September 28. " Voted, That m! - Hasey of Rumney Marsh be Employ'd to repair the High Ways in that District exclusive of the High Ways thro' Capt. Olivers Farm." 71
1737, October 5. "Capt. Oliver Informs that a Bridge call'd County Bridge, and another call'd Clap Bridge in Rumney Marsh are much out of Repair, and will need about Three Pounds to put them in Order.
" Accordingly Capt. Oliver is desired to take Care to have the said Bridges repaired and Also to amend the High Way at Shrimptons Hill.
"Capt. Oliver Prays for further Allowanee of Twenty Pounds for his Extraordinary Charge and Care in Building the Causway at Rumney Marsh." 72
1737, October 31. " Capt. Nathanael Oliver presented a Me- morial relating to the extraordinary Work by him done at Rumney Marsh in making the New road there, Praying for a Considera- tion and further Allowance therefor. The Consideration where of is refer'd to Wednesday the 9th. of November next; And the Instrument for him and his Son to Sign, to Confirm the same to the Town is to be drawn against that Day." 73
1737, November 2. " Whereas at a Meeting of the Seleet Men, the 26th. of September last, it was Voted, That the Sum of Thirty Pounds be allowed and Paid out of the Town Treasury to Capt. Nathanael Oliver; which Sum together with ninety Pounds paid him before makes the Sum of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds, and was to be in full for making a New road in Rumney Marsh; and upon such Conditions as were then Entred, as by the Record of said Votes may appear.
" Sinee which he hath presented a Petition for a further Allow- anee, on aeeot. of the Extraordinary Charge he was at, in perform-
70 Selectmen's Minutes, 1736-1742, ibid., xv. 73. [On file in the City Clerk's Office is the following memorandum : Drawn upon the Treasurer for Capt Oliver as follows, Vizt
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