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The time required by its engrossment, and to obtain the large number of necessary signatures of persons dwelling widely apart, brought the end of the year before it could be forwarded.
It was not until Washington's Birthday, 1866, that the mayor of the city received a response to this greeting from the old Dartmouth of America to the old Dartmouth of Great Britain. But when it was received the delay was not cared for or thought of. The reply was dated on the " Fourth of July," 1865, was signed by the mayor, recorder, clerk, and bur- gesses of the borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hard- ness, in the county of Devon, England. One of the councilors bears the significant name of John Bully. It is a well-written document, and its tone is kind and manly. In these respects it fully met the circum- stances of the occasion and the wishes and expecta- tions of those to whose greeting it was an answer. But the form in which it appeared was a surprise and a delight. Its elegant chirography upon vellum is a picture in itself; and this, with its beautiful illumi- nations of border and other chaste ornamentation, give the whole a rare, rich, and attractive appear- ance.
The Ship "Rebecca."1-The ship " Rebecca" was the first ship built in New Bedford. She was launched in the spring of 1785. George Claghorn was the master-carpenter, who afterwards built the frigate "Constitution," the pride of our navy.
The " Rebecca" was owned by Joseph Russell and his sons Barnabas and Gilbert Russell. The timber of which she was built was chiefly cut in the south- westerly part of the town, now covered with houses and gardens. She measured 175§3 tons, which at that time was considered so immensely large that she was the wonder and the admiration of all the country round. People from Taunton, Bridgewater, and all the neigh- boring towns came to New Bedford to see the big ship. There was a woman figure-head carved for her, and when it was about being put upon her a number of the Friends' Society remonstrated against so vain and useless an ornament, and she went to sea without it.
The owners of the " Rebecca" had some difficulty in finding a man of sufficient experience to trust with the command of so big a ship. Now we have a schooner of larger tonnage running to New York as a packet (schooner "Richmond" is one hundred and eighty tons).
James Haydon was finally selected for her captain, and Cornelius Grinnell, chief mate. She sailed on her first voyage to Philadelphia; from thence to Liver- pool. The second voyage Cornelius Grinnell was captain, and continued to command her for six years.
The " Rebecca" was the first American whale-ship that doubled Cape Horn. She was commanded by Capt. Kearsley, and made a successful voyage, ob- taining a cargo of sperm oil on the coast of Chili, and returning in about twelve months.
The "Rebecca" finally made a disastrous end. She sailed from Liverpool for New York in the autumn of 1798, commanded by Capt. Gardner (the father of the present Capts. Gardner), and has never been heard of from that time to this.2
2 Capt. Cornelius Howland and Caleb Greene, the schoolmaster, were owners in the " Rebecca" when she made her Pacific voyage. Some of the schooners of the present day are nearly four times the size of the " Rebecca." She was not the first ship buitt in Bedford. The building of the "Dartmouth" has an earlier date, and our late fellow-citizen, Thomas Kempton, said that a ship called the " Bedford" was built on the west side of the Acushnet as early as 1770. This could not have been the historic "Bedford."
Frederick C. Sanford, of Nantucket, in his valuable and interesting article in the Nantucket Inquirer, 1852, on the " Pioneers of the Whale Fishery," says that " in 1791 our ships entered the Pacific." This is the year that the "Rebecca" doubled Cape Horn. Accounts differ as to which took the lead in the adventure, Nantucket or New Bedford. In a letter dated Ang. 27, 1876, Mr. Sanford says that "in consequence of the great success in the Pacific of ships from London and Mr. Rotch's ships from Dunkirk, six ships were in 1700 fitted lor whaling in that ocean from Nantucket. The 'Beaver' sailed first, August, 179]." The first start from this country for doubling Cape Horn was no doubt from Nantucket. The " Rebecca" was not fitted for the Pacific. Information obtained on the voyage induced the captain to try his luck there. Which of the two ships first rounded the cape does not appear, is not of much im- portance.
The following extracts form a part of the conclusion of Mr. Sanford's interesting article. His description of the vessels and the men employed in this bold enterprise will apply to the New Belford as well as to the Nantucket pioneers engaged in it. No one will question the truth of the portrait he has drawn of the hardy, bold, and enterprising men of Nantucket, who were the world-renowned leaders in this extraordinary branch of the world's industrial pursuits. The story of the whalers borders upon the romance of history, and deserves an abler historian
1 By William T. Russell, written in 1844.
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Old advertisement in Medley, 1794,-
"LosT .- On Monday evening last, from the house-yard of the late Mr. Daniel Smith, a large BRASS KETTLE, with a crack in the bottom, and a patch thereon. Whoever will give information so that the kettle may be found will greatly assist a distressed family.
" BEDFORD, April 4, 1794."
Benevolent and other Societies .- Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford; Mrs. Matthew Howland, president; Mrs. Loum Snow, vice-president ; Mrs. Henry T. Wood, treasurer ; Mrs. Oliver Prescott, secretary ; Mrs. Joseph Grinnell, Mrs. Abraham Russell, Mrs. George Howland, Jr., Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs. William G. E. Pope, Mrs. Joseph R. Read, Mrs. Cornelius Howland, Mrs. Caleb Anthony, Mrs. B. R. Almy, Mrs. William Thompson, Mrs. James Fisher, Mrs. William J. Rotch, Mrs. James Almy, Mrs. Edward D. Mandell, Miss Lonise S. Cummings, Mrs. Frederick S. Gifford, Miss Susan Snow, Mrs. Edward C. Jones, Mrs. William G. Wood, Mrs. Horatio Hathaway, Mrs. William A. Dana, Miss Gertrude Baxter, Miss Anna Clifford, Miss Mary T. Howland, Mrs. George Hussey, Mrs. Daniel Wil- der, Mrs. John F. Tucker, Miss Amelia H. Jones, managers; Thomas Nye, Jr., Oliver Prescott, Joseph Grinnell, Edward D. Mandell, Horatio Hathaway, advisers.
Liberty Hall Association, organized July 15, 1841. Hall rebuilt in 1865. George A. Bourne, president ; Thomas Wilcox, clerk; Joseph Buckminster, treas- urer ; Thomas L. Parsons, agent ; George A. Bourne, Thomas Wilcox, Joseph Buckminster, directors.
City Farm, at Clarke's Point; Peleg S. Macy, su- perintendent ; Mrs. C. S. Macy, matron ; Rev. Isaac H. Coe, chaplain.
Union for Good Works, established Feb. 9, 1870. The object of the members of this society is " To do good and to grow better."
Young Men's Christian Association of New Bed- ford; Edmund Rodmund, president ; Allen F. Wood, vice-president; Charles E. Hendrickson, recording secretary ; C. W. Knight, treasurer; Charles W. Harned, general secretary.
than any who have yet attempted to relate it. Who so well qualified as the writer of the article from which we have quoted ?
"In 1791 our ships entered the Pacific in pursuit of their prey. They doubled Cape Ilorn in a class of vessels that would be considered unsafe at this day to perform a summer voyage across the Atlantic, small in size, not exceeding two hundred and fifty tons in burden, heavy, dull sailers, without copper on their bottoms, poorly and scantily fitted, in- deed, but manned with men of an iron nerve and an energy that knew no turning, and here again they were successful.
"I am fully aware that New Bedford surpasses all other places en- gaged in the whale fishery in wealth and prosperity. Success has followed exertion in a ratio of one hundredfold, and there are very few places in our country which have arisen to such a height of prosperity in so short a period. It seems almost the work of an enchanter.
"Other places have eclipsed Nantucket of late, but the well-earned fame of our sires knows no diminution, but brightens their laurels as time lessens their numbers. Nantucket may with an honest pride look back to a long list of worthies, men filled with interminable persever- ance and an energy that defied and overcame all obstacles,-a list that will bear no unworthy comparison with Samuel Adams and his Revo- lutionary companions, as deserving of her pride as the jewels of Cor- nelia."
Orphans' Home, organized in 1842. For orphans in both sexes. About thirty inmates. Miss Celia Brett, matron ; Mrs. Eliza A. Brett, assistant matron ; Mrs. William C. N. Swift, president; Mrs. William Crapo, secretary ; Mrs. James D. Thompson, treasurer.
St. Joseph's Hospital, under control of the Sisters of Mercy. Sister De Pezzie, superior. The following gentlemen comprise the hospital staff: Rev. Hngh J. Smyth, director ; S. W. Hayes, M.D., physician in charge ; George Atwood, M.D. (Fairhaven), J. H. Mackie, M.D., E. P. Abbé, M.D., consulting physi- cians and surgeons ; S. W. Hayes, M.D., G. T. Hongh, M.D., F. H. Hooper, M.D., William H. Taylor, M.D., visiting physicians and surgeons ; J. J. B. Vermyne, M.D., ophthalmic surgeon.
Union Lodge, No. 7, F. and A. M. (Colored).
Annawan Encampment, I. O. of O. F.
Acushnet Lodge, No. 41, I. O. of O. F. Vesta Lodge, No. 166, I. O. of O. F.
Potomska Lodge, No. 1511, G. U. O. of O. F.
Odd-Fellows' Beneficial Association of Southern Massachusetts ; Samuel C. Hart, president.
Potomska Stamm, No. 182, I. O. R. M .; Martin Freundshu, O. C.
New Bedford Lodge, No. 667, K. of H. ; Joseph E. Higgins, P. D.
William Logan Rodman Post, No. 1, G. A. R .; Andrew J. Smith, Com. ; John W. Footman, S. V. C .; Thomas E. Ward, J. V. C .; Benjamin H. Arnold, Sur- geon ; Charles P. Casmire, Chaplain ; Frederick A. Washburn, Q.M .; Ezra K. Bly, Adjt.
New Bedford City Guards; J. K. McAfee, captain ; Z. C. Dunham, first lieutenant ; William R. Spooner, second lieutenant; George N. Hall, clerk ; Abner P. Pope, treasurer.
Honorary members : Edwin Dews, president ; South- ward Potter (2d), secretary and treasurer ; Samuel C. Hart, William Baylies, James E. Blake, executive committee.
Mount Taber Council, No. 13.
El Bethel Temple of Honor, No. 24.
Orient Lodge, No. 173, G. T.
Liberty Lodge, No. 48, G. T.
Acushnet Division, No. 87, S. of T .; Francis H. Greene, W. P .; Frank P. P. Tuell, W. A .; William O. Cross, R. S .; Adeline Durfee, A. R. S .; Charles D. Tuell, F. S. ; George S. Bowen, T .; Isaac Barnes, Chap. ; Charles L. Parker, C .; Emily B. Butman, A. C .; William Robinson, I. S .; Samuel Jones, O. S .; S. T. Viall, P. W. P.
St. Lawrence Catholic Temperance Society ; Michael Duggan, President.
Incorporated Companies, etc .- Acushnet Co- Operative. Capital stock, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Sylvanus Bennett, agent.
Morse Twist-Drill and Machine Company, located on Bedford, corner of Fourth Street. Edward S. Taber, president and treasurer ; Nathan Chase, Frederick S. Allen, Thomas M. Stetson, Gilbert Allen, Andrew G.
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Peirce, and Edward S. Taber, directors ; Gilbert Allen, clerk of board.
Mount Washington Glass Company, located on Prospect Street. Capital stock, eighty-three thousand dollars. Alexander H. Seabury, treasurer.
New Bedford Co-Operative Saving Fund and Loan Association, 41 William Street, incorporated July 11, 1881. Authorized capital, one million dollars. Isaac W. Benjamin, president; Edward Kilburn, vice-presi- dent ; Charles R. Price, secretary ; Gideon B. Wright, treasurer.
New Bedford Copper Company was incorporated in 1860. Capital, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Gilbert Allen, president; William H. Matthews, treas- urer; Henry Field, Jr., superintendent; Gilbert Allen, Edward D. Mandell, Leander A. Plummer, William J. Rotch, James D. Thompson, Frederick S. Allen, Charles W. Clifford, directors.
New Bedford Cordage Company was incorporated in 1846. Capital, seventy-five thousand dollars. Wil- liam J. Rotch, president ; L. A. Plummer, treasurer and clerk.
New Bedford Gas-Light Company, 70 South Water Street; incorporated in 1850. Capital, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. William C. Taber, president ; Gilbert Allen, treasurer ; Gideon Wood, superintendent ; William C. Taber, William J. Rotch, Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Edward C. Jones, Joseph C. Delano, Charles Almy, Abram H. Howland, Jr., Gil- bert Allen, Lemuel Kollock, directors.
New Bedford Ice Company. Capital stock, twenty thousand dollars. M. E. Hatch, treasurer, 9 Fourth Street.
New Bedford, Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Company ; incorporated March 21, 1854. Capital, seventy thousand dollars. Edward D. Mandell, presi- dent; Andrew G. Peirce, treasurer; Edward T. Peirce, clerk ; Edward D. Mandell, Jonathan Bourne, Andrew G. Peirce, Samuel P. Burt, New Bedford; Charles Bradley, Vineyard Haven, directors.
This company owns and runs the steamer " Martha's Vineyard," five hundred and twenty-five tons burden, also steamer " Monohansett," four hundred and sev- enty-five tons, between New Bedford and Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Highlands, Vineyard Haven, and Wood's Holl. Also steamers "Island Home" and "River Queen" to Nantucket.
Rotch Wharf Company ; office, Rotch's Square. William J. Rotch, president; Isaac W. Benjamin, treasurer ; Elisha Gibbs, wharfinger.
Thayer and Judd Paraffine Company ; office, Rotch's Square. Incorporated May 1, 1872. Capital, three hundred thousand dollars. Edwin S. Thayer, presi- dent; L. S. Judd, treasurer ; E. S. Thayer, general agent; John B. Hussey, E. S. Thayer, L. S. Judd, J. B. Merriam, William Morgan, directors.
The Southern Massachusetts Telephone Company, organized February, 1880. C. W. Clifford, president ; Samuel Ivers, treasurer ; Moses E. Hatch, Samuel
Ivers, Edward Grinnell, Morgan Rotch, Walter Clif- ford, O. P. Brightman, directors; M. E. Hatch, gen- eral manager.
Insurance Company .- Bristol County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 44 North Water Street; incor- porated A.D. 1829. Jonathan Bourne, president ; Geo. N. Alden, secretary and treasurer.
CHAPTER XII.
NEW BEDFORD .- ( Continued.)
CIVIL HISTORY-MILITARY HISTORY.
Incorporation of the Town-Setting off of Fairhaven-Part of Dart- month annexed to New Bedford-Part of Acushnet annexed to New Bedford-Incorporation of the City-List of Mayors-Representatives to General Court-City Debt-Military Record-War of 1812-War of the Rebellion-List of Soldiers-Roll of Honor-Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.
THIS town originally formed a part of the old town of Dartmouth, and was incorporated Feb. 23, 1787. It retained its original area until Feb. 22, 1812, when the town of Fairhaven was set off. A part of Dart- mouth was annexed March 20, 1845, and a part of Acushnet April 9, 1875.
New Bedford was incorporated as a city March 9, 1847.
The following is a list of the mayors :
Abraham H. Howland, 1847-51.
William J. Rotch, 1852.
Rodney French, 1853-54.
George Howland, Jr., 1855-56, 1863-65, and about three months of 1862.
George H. Dunbar, 1857-58, 1873. The municipal year was changed in 1857, so that his first term was nine months.
Willard Nye, 1859.
Isaac C. Taber, 1860-61, and to Sept. 29, 1862.
John H. Perry, 1866-67.
Andrew G. Peirce, 1868-69.
George B. Richmond, 1870-72, 1874.
Abraham H. Howland, Jr., 1875-76.
Alanson Borden, 1877.
George B. Richmond, 1878.
William T. Soule, 1879-80.
George W. Wilson, 1881-83.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT FROM 1788 TO 1883.
Walter Spooner, May 13, 1788.
= May 15, 1789.
May 11, 1790.
Benjamin Church, May 9, 1803.
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Nov. 26, 1790. Seth Spooner, May 4, 1804.
May 17, 1792.
Lemuel Williams, May 12, 1806.
Seth Spooner, May 1, 1794.
Alden Spooner, May 12, 1806.
May 6, 1795.
May 13, 1796.
= May 8, 1797.
May 1, 1798.
Seth Spooner, May 13, 1809.
= May 16, 1799. Alden Spooner, May 13, 1808.
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= May 12, 1800.
May 12, 1801.
Alden Spooner, May 12, 1801.
Seth Spooner, May 10, 1802.
Seth Spooner, May 12, 1806. Samuel Perry, May 12, 1806. John Hawes, May 16, 1807.
Samuel Perry, May 13, 1808. -- Charles Russell, May 13, 1808.
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Alden Spooner, May 19, 1809. Seth Spooner, May 19, 1809. Sammel Perry, May 19, 1809. Thomas Nye, May 19, 1809. Charles Russell, May 19, 1809. Seth Spooner, May 19, 1810. Samuel Perry, May 19, 1810. William Willis, May 19, 1810. Gamaliel Bryant, May 19, 1810. Jireh Swift, Jr., May 19, 1810. Jonathan Pope, May 19, 1810. Seth Spooner, May 18, 1811. Samuel Perry, May 18, 1811. William Willis, May 18, 1811. Gamaliel Bryant, May 18, 1811. Jireh Swift, May 18, 1811. Jonathan Pope, May 18, 1811. John MI. Williams, May 15, 1812. James Washburn, May 15, 1812. Gamaliel Bryant, May 15, 1812. Jireh Swift, Jr., May 15, 1812. Gamaliel Bryant, May 10, 1813. Jolin M. Williams, May 10, 1813. Jireh Swift, May 10, 1813.
William Ilathaway, May 10, 1813. John M. Williams, May 7, 1814. William Hathaway, May 7, 1814. James Washburn, May 7, 1814. Jireh Swift, May 7, 1814. James Washburn, May 13, 1815. Jireh Swift, May 13, 1815. John M. Williams, May 13, 1815. Manasseh Kempton, May 13, 1815. John A. Parker, May 13, 1816. Thos. Kempton (2d), May 13, 1816. John Nye, May 13, 1816. Frederic Mayhew, May 13, 1816. William Willis, May 10, 1817. John Nye, May 2, 1818. John A. Parker, May 2, 1818.
Lemuel Williams, May 15, 1819. John Nye, May 15, 1819. Benjamin Lincoln, May 15, 1819. Cornelius Grinnell, May 15, 1819. John Nye, May 6, 1820. Lemmel Williams, May 6, 1820. Thomas Rotch, May 6, 1820. William Hathaway, May 6, 1820. Thomas Rotch, May 8, 1821. Lemuel Williams, Jr., May 8, 1821 William Hathaway, May 6, 1822. . John Nye, May 6, 1822. Benjamin Lincoln, May 6, 1822. John A. Parker, May 6, 1822. Thomas Rotch, May 3, 1823. Lemnel Williams, May 3, 1823. John A. Parker, May 3, 1823. William Hathaway, May 3, 1823. Thomas Rotch, May 3, 1824. Thomas Rotch, May 2, 1825. John A. Parker, May 2, 1825. Timothy G. Coffin, May 2, 1825. Charles HI. Warren, May 2, 1525. Thomas Rotch, May 6, 1826. John A. Parker, May 14, 1827. Thomas A. Greene, May 14, 1827. John A. l'arker, May 10, 1828. Thomas A. Greene, May 10, 1828. Cornelius Grinnell, May 10, 1828. Ephraim Kempton, May 10, 1828. William C. Nye, May 10, 1828. Charles W. Morgan, May 10, 1828. Thomas A. Greene, May 11, 1829. William C. Nye, May 11, 1829. James Arnold, May 11, 1829. Russell Freeman, May 11, 1829. Eli Haskell, May 11, 1829.
Charles W. Morgan, May 11, 1829. Thomas Greene, May 10, 1830. Russell Freeman, May 10, 1830. Thomas A. Greene, May 11, 1831. William C. Nye, May 11, 1831. Charles W. Morgan, May 11, 1831. Russell Freeman, May 11, 1831. Thomas Mandell, May 11, 1831. Benjamin Lincoln, May 11, 1831. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 12, 1832. Charles W. Morgan, Nov. 12, 1832. Isaac Case, Nov. 12, 1832.
Thomas Mandell, Nov. 13, 1832. John Burrage, Nov. 13, 1832. Benjamin Lincoln, Nov. 13, 1832. Edmund Gardner, Nov. 13, 1832. Mark B. Palmer, Nov. 11, 1833. Jonathan R. Ward, Nov. 11, 1833. Charles W. Morgan, Nov. 11, 1833. John Burrage, Nov. 11, 1833. Thomas Mandell, Nov. 11, 1833. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 11, 1833. Isaac Case, Nov. 11, 1833. Edmund Gardner, Nov. 11, 1833. Benjamin Lincoln, Nov. 11, 1833. Thomas Mandell, Nov. 14, 1834. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 10, 1834. Jolın Perkins, Nov. 10, 1834. Jireh Perry, Nov. 10, 1834. Obed Nye, Nov. 10, 1834. Roland R. Crocker, Nov. 10, 1834. David R. Greene, Nov. 10, 1834. Oliver Crocker, Nov. 10, 1834. John H. Clifford, Nov. 10, 1834. Thomas Mandell, Nov. 9, 1835. Jonathan R. Ward, Nov. 9, 1835. Benjamin Coombs, Nov. 9, 1835. Sampson Perkins, Nov. 9, 1835. William H. Crocker, Nov. 9, 1835. James D Thompson, Nov. 9, 1835. Robert Hillman, Nov. 9, 1835. Thomas B. Bush, Nov. 9, 1835. Cyrus Hooper, Nov. 9, 1835. Thomas Mandell, Nov. 14, 1836. Jonathan R. Ward, Nov. 14, 183G. Sampson Perkins, Nov. 14, 1836. William H. Crocker, Nov. 14, 1836. James D. Thompson, Nov. 14, 1836. Benjamin Coombs, Nov. 14, 1836. Thomas B. Bush, Nov. 14, 1836. Cyrus Hooper, Nov. 14, 1836. Isaac Case, Nov. 14, 1836. Isaac D. Hall, Nov. 14, 1836. Charles W. Morgan, Nov. 13, 1837. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 13, 1837. Pardon G. Seabury, Nov. 13, 1837. Ephraim Kempton, Nov. 13, 1837. Samuel Tobey, Nov. 13, 1837. John Perkins, Nov. 13, 1837. William H. Allen, Nov. 13, 1837. IIenry Taber, Nov. 13, 1837. James Wady, Nov. 13, 1837. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 12, 1838. Pardon G. Seabury, Nov. 12, 1838. Eben. N. Chaddock, Nov. 12, 1838. Leonard Macomber, Nov. 12, 1838. Abraham Barber, Nov. 12, 1838. Silas Stetson, Nov. 12, 1838. Robert Hillman, Nov. 12, 1838. Thomas D. Ehot, Nov. 12, 1838. William H. Stowell, Nov. 12, 1838. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 11, 1839. John Perkins, Nov. 11, 1839. Silas Stetson, Nov. 11, 1839. George Howland, Nov. 11, 1839. John F. Emerson, Nov. 11, 1839. Charles V. Card, Nov. 11, 1839.
Henry Taber, Nov. 11, 1839. Alfred Gibbs, Nov. 11, 1839. Charles W. Morgan, Nov. 11, 1839. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 19, 1839. John Perkins, Nov. 19, 1839. Alfred Gibbs, Nov. 19, 1839. Charles V. Card, Nov. 19, 1839. Silas Stetson, Nov. 19, 1839. Thomas A. Greene, Nov. 9, 1840. Ilenry Taber, Nov. 9, 1840. H. G. O. Colby, Nov. 9, 1840. Silas Steison, Nov. 9, 1840. George Howland, Nov. 9, 1840.
(No one appears to have been elected in 1841.)
Ephraim Kempton, Nov. 28, 1842. II. G. O. Colby, Nov. 28, 1842. Calvin Staples, Nov. 28, 1842. Benjamin S. Rotch, Nov. 28, 1842. Henry Taber, Nov. 28, 1842. " Nov. 13, 1843.
Abr II. Howland, Nov. 13, 1843. John H. W. Page, Nov. 13, 1843. Benjamin S. Rotch, Nov. 13, 1843. Calvin Staples, Nov. 13, 1843.
Abr. Il. Howland, Nov. 11, 1844. John H. W. Page, Nov. 11, 1844. Thomas Kempton, Nov. 11, 1844. David R. Greene, Nov. 11, 1844. James A. Congdon, Nov. 11, 1844. John H. W. Page, Nov. 10, 1845. Abr. H. Howland, Nov. 10, 1845. Thomas Kempton, Nov. 10, 1845. David R. Greene, Nov. 10, 1845. Calvin Staples, Nov. 10, 1845. Abr. II. lowland, Nov. 10, 1846. Thomas Kempton, Nov. 9, 1846. Willard Nye, Nov. 9, 1846. Richard A. Palmer, Nov. 9, 1846. Luther Baker, Nov. 9, 1846. William J. Rotch, Nov. 8, 1847. Richard A. Palmer, Nov. 8, 1847. Luther Baker, Nov. 8, 1847. Calvin Staples, Nov. 8, 1847. Thomas Nye, Jr., Nov. 8, 1847. (No choice made in 1848.) William J. Hotch, Nov. 12, 1849. Obed Nye, Nov. 12, 1849. Thomas Kempton, Nov. 12, 1850. Obed Nye, Nov. 12, 1850. Richard Palmer, Nov. 12, 1850. Thomas Kempton, Nov. 10, 1851. George Howland, Jr., Nov. 10, 1851. George B. Richmond, Nov. 10, 1851. Cornelius Howland, Nov. 10, 1851. Abraham Gardner, Nov. 10, 1851. (No choice in 1852.)
Willard Nye, Nov. 15, 1853. Tilson B. Deuham, Nov. 15, 1853. Ilenry F. Thomas, Nov. 15, 1853. Nathaniel Gilbert, Nov. 15, 1853. Asa R. Nye, Nov. 13, 1854. Tilson B. Denham, Nov. 13, 1854. Edward Milliken, Nov. 13, 1854. George G. Gifford, Nov. 13, 1854. Caleb L. Ellis, Nov. 13, 1854. Edward Milliken, Nov. 6, 1855. Henry F. Thomas, Nov. 6, 1855. Daniel Homer, Nov. 6, 1855. John Hicks, Nov. 6, 1855. Nathaniel Gilbert, Nov. 6, 1855. George H. Dunbar, Nov. 5, 1856. Hattel Kelley, Nov. 5, 1856. William H. Allen, Nov. 5, 1856. William W. Crapo, Nov. 5, 1856. Thomas H. Sonle, Nov. 5, 1856. William H. Allen, Nov, 2, 1857.
Hattel Kelley, Nov. 2, 1857. Samuel Watson, Nov. 2, 1857. Alanson Borden, Nov. 3, 1858. Sabin B. Chamberlain, Nov. 3, 1858. Samuel Watson, Nov. 3, 1858. Nathan B. Gifford, Nov. 3, 1858. Augustus L. West, Nov. 3, 1858. Sabin B. Chamberlain, Nov. 9, 1859. Alanson Borden, Nov. 9, 1859. James Rider, Nov. 9, 1859. Nathan R. Gifford, Nov. 9, 1859. Richard A. Pierce, Nov. 9, 1859. Sabin B. Chamberlain, Nov. 9, 1860. Richard A. Pierce, Nov. 9, 1860. Robert Gibbs, Nov. 9, 1860.
Caleb L Ellis, Nov. 9, 1860. 66 Nov. 6, 1861.
Robert Gibbs, Nov. 6, 1861. Charles Almy, Nov. 4, 1862. Iloratio A. Kempton, Nov. 4, 1862. Nathaniel Gilbert, Nov. 4, 1862. Wright Brownell, Nov. 4, 1862. Charles T. Bonney, Nov. 4, 1862. Charles Almy, Nov. 3, 1863. Iloratio A. Kempton, Nov. 3, 1863. Nathaniel Gilbert, Nov. 3, 1863. Wright Brownell, Nov. 3, 1863. Charles T. Bonney, Nov. 3, 1863. Ebenezer L. Foster, Nov. 8, 1864, William Bosworth, Nov. 8, 1864. Cornelius Howland, Nov. 8, 1864. Wright Brownell, Nov. 8, 1864. Nathaniel Gilbert, Nov. 8, 1864. Ebenezer L. Foster, Nov. 7, 1865. William Bosworth, Nov. 7, 1865. Elijah 11. Chisholm, Nov. 7, 1865. Isaac H. Coe, Nov. 7, 1865. Joshua C. Stone, Nov. 7, 1865. Elijah II. Chisholm, Nov. 7, 1866. Oliver II. I'. Browne, Nov. 7, 1866. Joshua C. Stone, Nov. 7, 1866. Isaac II. Coc, Nov. 7, 1866. Oliver II. P. Browne, Nov. 6, 1867. Joseph W. Cornell, Nov. 6, 1867. James B. Wood, Nov. 6, 1867. William H. Reynard, Nov. 6, 1867. Samuel S. Paine, Nov. 4, 1868. Rodney French, Nov. 4, 1868. Jolın A. P. Allen, Nov. 4, 1868. Jethro C. Brock, Nov. 4, 1868. Samuel S. l'aine, Nov. 8, 1869. Rodney French, Nov. 8, 1869. John A. P. Allen, Nov. 8, 1869. Elijah H. Chisholm, Nov. 8, 1869. Josiah Bonney, Feb. 15, 1870. Joseph W. Cornell, Nov. 10, 1870. Ellis Perry, Nov. 10, 1870. Josiah Bonney, Nov. 10, 1870. Elijah H. Chisholm, Nov. 10, 1870. Ellis Perry, Nov. 8, 1871. Joseph W. Cornell, Nov. 8, 1871. Thomas B. Tripp, Nov. 8, 1871. Isaac D. Hall, Nov. 8, 1871. Elijah H. Chisholm, Nov. 5, 1872. Isaac D. Ilall, Nov. 5, 1872. Isaac F. Sawtelle, Nov. 5, 1873. William C. Parker, Nov. 5, 1873. Elijah H. Chishoim, Nov. 5, 1873. Cyrns W. Chapman, Nov. 5, 1873. Charles M. Pierce, Nov. 4, 1874. Giles G. Barker, Nov. 4, 1874. Charles R. Tucker, Jr., Nov. 4, 1874. Joseph Buckminster, Nov. 2, 1875. Benj. S. Batchelor, Nov. 2, 1875, Hosea M. Knowlton, Nov. 2, 1875. Giles G. Barker, Nov. 13, 1876. Joseph Buckminster, Nov. 13, 1876.
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