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1815-Elijah Dickinson, Cotton Partridge, Isaac Maltby, Joseph Billings, Solomon Graves.
1816-Benjamin Smith, Samuel Hastings, Erastus Billings, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Solomon Graves. 1817-Benjamin Smith, Ebenezer White, Cotton Partridge, Samuel Hastings, Erastus Billings.
1818-Cotton Partridge, Ebenezer White, Solomon Graves, Erastus Billings, Israel Billings.
1819-Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Capt. Chester Hastings, Roswell Hubbard.
1820-21-Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Roswell Hubbard.
1822-Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Silas Graves, Roswell Hubbard. 1823-Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Silas Graves, Roswell Hubbard.
1824-Levi Graves, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Erastus Smith, Roswell Hubbard.
1825-Levi Graves, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Erastus Smith, Roswell Hubbard, Luman Pease.
1826-Maj. Samuel Partridge, Silas Bardwell, Israel Dickinson, Jonathan Porter, Henry Hitchcock. 1827-Samuel Partridge, Silas Bardwell, Rufus Cowles, Pliny Day, Elijah Hubbard.
1828-Levi Graves, Caleb Dickinson, Erastus Smith, Salmon D. Bardwell, Elijah Hubbard.
1829-Remembrance Bardwell, Jonathan Porter, Roswell Hubbard, Justin Wait, Ebenezer Graves.
1830-Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Wait, Jonathan Porter, Jr., Moses Warner, Ashley P. Graves.
1831-Capt. John White, Roswell Hubbard, Henry Wilkee, George Wait, John Fitch.
1832-Rufus Cowles, John White, Solomon Graves, Jr., Joseph Smith, Jr., Justin Wait.
1833-Alpheus Longley, Henry Wilkee, Aaron Dickinson.
1834-Alpheus Longley, Henry Wilkee, George Wait.
1835-Alpheus Longley, George Waite, John A. Billings.
1836-Tohn A. Billings, Elijah Bardwell, Moses Morton, 2d.
1837-Elijah Bardwell, Alpheus Longley, Israel Morton. 1838-Alpheus Longlev, Harvev Graves, George Wait.
1839-George Waite, Harvey Graves, Solomon Graves, Jr. 1840-Aretas Scott. Josiah Brown, Samuel D. Partridge.
1841-Samuel D. Partridge, Aretas Scott, Alpheus Longley.
1842-Alpheus Longley, Aretas Scott, Samuel P. Billings.
1843-Alpheus Longlev. Austin Smith, Samuel P. Billings.
1844-George Waite, Alpheus Longley, Leander Cooley. 1845-Elijah Hubbard, John A. Billings, Elijah Bardwell. Tr. 1846-47-Elijah Hubbard, Fliiah Bardwell, Jr .. John A. Billings.
1848-Tames W. Warner, Samuel P. Billings, Lorenzo Cutter.
1849-Roswell Hubbard, Wm. C. Bliss, Horace W. Field.
1850-Wm. C. Bliss, Horace W. Field, Rufus Cowles.
1851- Wm. C. Bliss, Rufus Cowles, Horace W. Field. 1852-54-George W. Hubbard, Wm. Henry Dickinson. Reuben H. Belden. 1855-Horace W. Field, Silas G. Hubbard, Alvin Sanderson.
1856-Horace W. Field, Henry S. Porter, John D. Brown.
1857-Henry S. Porter, John T. Fitch, Franklin Field.
1858-John D. Brown, Horace W. Field, Henry S. Porter.
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1859-60-George W. Hubbard, James Scott, Elisha Hubbard. 1861-Roswell Hubbard, Moses Morton, Lemuel Cooley. 1862-R. H. Belden, Wm. H. Dickinson, J. T. Fitch. 1863-68-Wm. H. Dickinson, R. H. Belden, J. T. Fitch. 1869-70-F. D. Billings, Lucius G. Curtis, H. W. Field. 1871-H. W. Field, J. D. Porter, Daniel W. Wells. 1872-Elisha Hubbard, L. G. Curtis, Joseph Billings. 1873-Joseph Billings, L. G. Curtis, A. E. Strong. 1874-75-Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Charles L. Warner. 1876-Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Henry G. Moore.
1877-Moses E. Warner, Henry S. Hubbard, Henry G. Moore.
1878-Henry S. Hubbard, Otis C. Wells, Henry G. Moore. 1879-H. S. Hubbard, H. G. Moore, Cooley B. Dickinson. 1880-R. P. Smith, F. K. Porter, Cooley B. Dickinson. 1881-C. K. Morton, James Porter, Eurotas Morton. 1882-85-C. K. Morton, R. P. Smith, Eurotas Morton. 1886-C. K. Morton, J. D. Porter, C. A. Jones. 1887-88-Moses E. Warner, J. D. Porter, C. A. Jones. 1889-J. H. Howard, M. E. Warner, C. A. Jones. 1890-92-J. H. Howard, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones. 1893-E. S. Warner, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones. 1894-97-C. L. Graves, M. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones. 1898-1900-H. S. Hubbard, T. J. Ryan, C. A. Jones. 1901-2-H. S. Hubbard, T. J. Ryan, F. G. Bardwell. 1903-M. J. Ryan, C. L. Graves, Alfred E. Harris.
1904-1906 -- M. J. Ryan, C. L. Graves, C. H. Crafts.
1907-David Billings, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1908-John McHugh, Jr., T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1909-J. C. Ryan, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
1910-J. C. Ryan, T. J. Ryan, C. E. Warner.
TOWN CLERKS.
1660-1687. John Allis.
1688-1701. Samuel Partridge.
1702-1728. Dr. Thomas Hastings.
1729-1731 Daniel White.
1845 Samuel D. Partridge.
1732-1784. Oliver Partridge.
1785-1803. Samuel Partridge (2d).
1804-1813 Joseph Billings.
1848-1854. Ephraim L. Hastings.
1814 Israel Billings.
1815-1818. Joseph Billings.
1858-1905 William D. Billings.
1819-1833 Remembrance Bardwell. 1906-
1834 Josiah Brown.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT.
COLONIAL REPRESENTATIVES.
1689-1692 . Samuel Partridge.
1693 Ens. Eleazer Frary.
1694 Samuel Partridge.
1695 Ens. Eleazer Frary.
1733 Capt. Samuel Williams.
1697-1700 Samuel Partridge.
1737 Col. Israel Williams.
1701 John White.
1741-1747 Oliver Partridge.
1748-1749 Col. Israel Williams.
1757 Israel Williams.
1760 Israel Williams.
1761 . Oliver Partridge.
1763 . William Williams.
1765-1767 Oliver Partridge.
1768 Israel Williams.
1770 John Dickinson.
1771-1772 Israel Williams.
1724 John Dickinson.
1725 Henry Dwight.
1726-1728. John Dickinson.
1731 Henry Dwight.
1702-1703. . Eleazer Frary.
1705-1706 Samuel Marsh, Sr.
1707-1709. . Eleazer Frary.
1710-1712. John Dickinson.
1713 Henry Dwight.
1714-1716. John Partridge.
1717-1721 John Dickinson.
1722 Henry Dwight.
1723 Thomas Hastings.
1835-1840 Israel Morton.
1841 Rodolphus Morton.
1842-1844. .Israel Morton.
1846 George W. Hubbard.
1847 Israel Morton.
1855-1857 William P. Allis.
Lewis H. Kingsley.
1773
.. John Dickinson.
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Colonial representatives were probably no longer chosen, for John Dickinson was chosen a delegate to the Provincial Congress called to meet at Concord, Oct. 6, 1774. John Dickinson and Perez Graves were chosen, Jan. 9, 1775, to the Provincial Congress called to meet at Cambridge. John Dickinson, John Hastings, and Elihu White were chosen May 22, 1775, to the Provincial Congress called to meet at Watertown, their term of service to be six months, but only one to be paid for attendance at the same time. John Hastings was chosen a representative to the Provincial Legislature, May 19, 1777.
REPRESENTATIVES UNDER STATE GOVERNMENT.
1779-1786 John Hastings.
1843
Joseph Smith.
1787
Benjamin Smith.
1846
Josiah Brown.
1788-1791.
John Hastings. 1848
Elisha Wells.
1792
Benjamin Smith.
1852
. Elijah Bardwell, Jr.
1793-1807.
John Hastings.
1853
William H. Dickinson.
1808-1809
. Isaac Maltby.
1854
Roswell Hubbard.
1810-1814.
Samuel Partridge, 2d.
1856
Reuben H. Belden.
1815
Israel Billings.
1857
Silas G. Hubbard.
1816
Isaac Maltby.
1859
. William H. Dickinson.
1824
Levi Graves.
1862
John T. Fitch.
1826
Israel Billings.
1865
Joseph D. Billings.
1827-1828
Oliver Smith.
1868 . Henry S. Porter.
1829
Israel Billings.
1871
Elisha Hubbard.
1832-1833
. Remembrance Bardwell.
1874
Samuel P. Billings.
1835
Elijah Hubbard.
1878 Joseph Billings.
1836
Solomon Graves, Jr.
1883-1884 Daniel W. Wells.
1838
Austin Smith.
1890 Roswell Billings.
1839-1840 . . Justin Waite.
1841
Roswell Hubbard.
1903 Harry E. Graves.
1842
Samuel D. Partridge.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
1824
Oliver Smith.
1904 .... Rev. Robert M. Woods.
1884
Eli A. Hubbard.
NOTE 11. Extracts from the will of Oliver Smith.
I, OLIVER SMITH of Hatfield in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do on this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
SECTION 3d.
In order to accomplish more effectually the objects contemplated in the appropriation of the several funds hereafter designated-and for the pur- pose of managing the same with greater facility, security, and advantage, I hereby Direct that a Board of Trustees shall be established; to have the custody, control, and Management of said Funds; who shall be accountable for the proper and faithful discharge of the duties appertaining to their office ; and who shall manage, improve, and apply said funds, and the interest arising therefrom, in the way and manner, and for the purposes and uses hereinafter specified and declared.
And it shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees and their legal successors forever to carry into full effect all the provisions of this Will in relation to the Receipt, Custody, Care, Management, Appropriation, Expendi-
1896-1897 Charles S. Shattuck.
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ture, and payment of the various Legacies and Funds designated in this Will, except such as necessarily appertain-or are expressly assigned-to my Executor, or to others.
And 1 hereby order and direct that the said board of Trustees shall be appointed and constituted in manner following. The several towns of Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Amherst, and Williamsburg in the County of Hampshire-and Deerfield, Greenfield, and Whately in the County of Franklin-shall annually in the month of March or April at a legal Town meeting (an article to that effect being inserted in the Warrant therefor) choose one person being an inhabitant thereof, as Agent for said Town- to be called an Elector. And the several Electors thus chosen, such choice being duly certified, shall meet at Northampton on the first Wednesday in May annually ; and shall then and there elect by a majority of the votes given in Three suitable persons to act as Trustees of said Funds; and the persons thus elected shall constitute the Board of Trustees-and shall hold their office for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead. Provided however that the first choice of said Electors by the Towns-and also their first meeting at Northampton for the choice of Trustees-may be made and holden at such convenient and suitable time within one year after my decease, as the Judge of Probate for the County of Hampshire shall appoint; and the said Trustees thus elected at said first meeting shall hold their office till the first Wednesday in May then next ensuing, and till others shall be chosen in their place. And provided further, that if any or either of said Towns shall fail to choose an Elector-or if any Elector shall fail to attend any meeting regularly holden-such Electors as do attend shall be authorized to act in the premises. And in case any one of said Towns shall by a legal vote thereof refuse to accept the provision herein made, and intended for its benefit-or shall neglect for two successive years to choose an Elector- such Town so refusing or neglecting shall thereupon forfeit its right, as one of the selected towns, to all the benefits of the Miscellaneous Fund ;- and the same shall be thenceforth appropriated and confined to such Towns, as shall have complied with the required conditions. But such refusal or neg- lect shall not have any retrospective operation, nor affect any Beneficiary then already admitted.
And if at any time it should so happen that each and all of said Towns above named shall refuse or fail to choose an Elector as before directed, I hereby empower the Legislature of this Commonwealth by some suitable Act to provide for the appointment of a Board of Trustees to take the care, control and management of said Funds in the way and for the uses herein specified and declared; and to be subject to all the duties, and liable to all the responsibilities herein provided in relation to the Board of Trustees first proposed to be established. Provided however that in such an event the use and benefit of the Miscellaneous Fund shall not be confined to the Towns above named; but shall be extended to all the Towns in the County of Hampshire.
And it shall be the duty of said Board of Electors to keep a true and full record of all their doings and proceedings, and to preserve the same, to be handed down and transmitted yearly to each successive Board. And the said Electors at the meeting in May shall annually fix and determine the amount of compensation to be allowed to the Trustees for their services during the year then commencing. And they may adjourn their meetings from time to time, and may call new meetings, whenever it may be necessary in order to effect the objects of their appointment. But the Electors shall not receive any allowance or compensation for their services from these Funds-it being understood that such compensation-if any be rendered- shall be made by the Towns which they respectively represent.
And the said Trustees, before entering on the duties of their offices shall respectively give bonds, with sufficient sureties to the Treasurer of the County of Hampshire, and to the acceptance of said Board of Electors, for the faithful discharge of said duties; which bond shall enure to the benefit of the several Funds-to each one its proportionate share ..
And the said Board of Trustees shall hold their meetings, and transact the business appertaining to their said office at Northampton, and the records
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thereof together with the securities and evidences of property, and all other papers connected with the management and application of said funds shall be there kept and preserved.
And the said Trustees shall be entitled to a reasonable annual compen- sation for their services, to be ascertained as above, and payable as hereinafter provided.
And in case the said Board of Trustees shall at any time be reduced to a less number than two, I hereby direct that the Judge of Probate for the County of Hampshire shall be requested by the remaining Trustee to appoint two suitable persons to be associated with him in the management of said funds until the vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Electors. And the persons thus associated with him shall be liable to all the responsibilities attached to the office, and shall be entitled to their ratable proportion of the compensation allowed the Board.
And it is hereby expressly made the duty of the said Board of Trustees from and ever after its first organization to make out and deliver to said Board of Electors at their annual meeting in May a full, correct, and official Report of the state condition, income, and amount of each and all the respective funds intrusted to their care. And the said Board of Electors may at least once in each year, by a committee therefor appointed, examine the Records and doings of said Board of Trustees.
SECTION 4th.
I give to my nephew Austin Smith, in trust however, and for the uses and purposes herein specified, the sum of Two HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, to be secured at interest and managed as an accumulating fund by the said Austin, until the Board of Trustees provided for in the preceding section shall have been duly constituted and organized. At which time the said Board of Trustees shall be authorized, and it is hereby made their duty to demand and receive of the said Austin Smith the said sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars together with all the interest and income that shall then have accrued on the same. And the said Austin is hereby directed to pay over the same to the said Board of Trustees as soon as the said Board shall have been duly organized. Provided however that such payment may be made by a legal transfer and delivery to said Board of any of the different kinds of property to the amount required together with the evidences and securities thereof, of which I may die possessed, at its par value if in stocks of any kind, and its appraised value, if in real estate.
And the said fund shall thenceforth be and remain under the care and control of said Board of Trustees, to be by them at all times secured and kept at interest according to their best judgment and discretion-and man- aged as one entire fund, and the interest thereof annually added to the principal thus forming an accumulating fund, without allowing any subtrac- tion of either principal or interest therefrom (except for the purpose of supplying any deficiency which may happen to exist, or of meeting any unforeseen emergency that may arise, from the failure of the "Contingent fund" hereinafter provided) until the said principal and interest shall amount to the full sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Provided however that neither the said Austin Smith nor the said Board of Trustees shall either before or after its division into distinct and separate funds, as hereafter provided for, ever invest any part of said funds, or the inter- est and income arising therefrom-nor any part of the same-in any kind of Bank Stock, or Manufacturing Stock-or in Stocks of any of the separate States of the Union. Nor shall the said Trustees in their said capacity at any time hold any such Stock, except as security for a doubtful debt : and in everv such case the interdicted Stock shall be sold as soon as practicable, and the proceeds thereof be re-invested in other security or property at the discretion of the Trustees. But nothing in the foregoing proviso shall be so construed as to prevent the said Trustees from retaining all such stocks, of whatever kind, as I may hold at mv decease, and which shall be transferred to them by my Executor. Nor is it intended to prevent
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them from investing any portion of the funds in Stock of the Government of the United States.
And when the said fund shall amount to the full sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, I hereby direct the said Board of Trustees to divide the same into three distinct and separate portions as follows, viz.
One portion of THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for an Agricultural School in Northampton.
One portion of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for the use of the American Colonization Society.
One portion of THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for the various uses and purposes hereafter specified.
And the said several portions shall thenceforth be always managed and improved by the said Trustees as distinct and separate funds; and the said Trustees shall keep the same invested and secured at interest in such a way and manner as shall in their opinion be best calculated to increase the annual income-due regard being always had to the safety and security of said funds and the restrictive provisions of this Will in relation thereto; and the principal of each shall be kept whole and entire from the interest annually rising and growing out of each respectively (excepting so far as the "Con- tingent Fund" is hereafter made chargeable therewith). And such part of the interest of each fund, as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be always applied thereto; and the surplus of such interest shall be appro- priated to the uses hereafter declared.
And FIRST, In reference to the fund appropriated to the use of the
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL;
I direct the said Trustees, and it is hereby made their duty, to manage and improve the said fund of THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS as an accumulating Fund by annually adding the interest growing out of the same to the prin- cipal, until the expiration of the full term of Sixty Years from my decease. And at the expiration of the said term I direct the said Trustees to pay over to the Town of Northampton in said County of Hampshire out of the prin- cipal of said Fund such amount thereof as may be thought necessary and proper by said Town or its duly appointed Agents, for the purpose in the first place of purchasing a Farm, or a tract of land for a Farm, within the limits of the said Town, for a Pattern Farm, to be so improved in practical details as to become a MODEL, as far as can be affected by time and expe- rience, to Farmers generally. And in the second place, for the purpose of purchasing another Farm, or tract of land for a Farm, as near to said Pat- tern Farm as may be within said Town, to be designated for an Experimental Farm, to aid and assist the labors and improvements of the Pattern Farm in the Art and Science of Husbandry and Agriculture. The residue of said fund thus accumulated it shall be the duty of said Trustees thenceforth to manage as one entire fund, and the net amount of interest and income arising therefrom shall be annually paid over by said Trustees to the Town. of Northampton, or to such Agent or Agents thereof as shall be duly authorized to receive the same.
And I hereby direct the said town of Northampton forthwith after the receipt of that portion of the principal above directed to be paid to them, to appropriate the same to the purchase of the Two Farms above mentioned. And the net annual income thereafter arising from said fund shall, when received by said Town, be appropriated to the following purposes, which it shall be the duty of said Town (either in its corporate capacity, or by its agents from time to time duly and specially appointed therefor) to carry into full and complete effect.
First, as soon as may be after the purchase of said Farms or Tracts of Land, I direct that suitable Buildings shall be erected on said Farms for the use and accommodation thereof, and that additions and improvements be made thereon from time to time-as may be necessary; and also that as soon as the income of said fund will allow there shall be erected on the premises-or as near thereto as may be, other Buildings convenient for the residence of Mechanics, and Workshops and Tools shall be provided suitable
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for the manufacture of Implements of Husbandry of the most approved models, or of the invention of the artists employed in the business for the use and management of the Farms aforesaid, and for the use of the School hereafter mentioned, and also for sale for the benefit of the institution, under the care and management of a skillful Mechanician. And if it should be thought best to extend the manufacturing Establishment to other Trades, and for other purposes in the manufacturing Line, if the income of the fund will admit it may be done.
Secondly, There shall also be established on the premises a School of Industry for the benefit of the Poor. The Boys to be selected as Benefi- ciaries and Pupils shall be of fair character, and shall be taken from the most indigent classes of the Community, and shall receive a good common education, and be instructed in the art and science of Agriculture, or in some Mechanic Art in the shops attached to the premises. And such of the Boys as shall have acquired substantial information and skill in the business in which they have been employed on the premises, and shall also have acquired habits of industry, sobriety and economy, shall on their arrival at the age of twenty-one years receive the sum of Two Hundred Dollars each, on good security being given for the repayment thereof to the Treas- urer, or other proper officer, of said Establishment at the expiration of five years from the receipt thereof, together with the annual interest growing due thereon during said five years, at a rate however not exceeding five per cent. per annum, to enable the said Beneficiaries to commence business for themselves. And at the end of the said five years, if they shall have evinced by their conduct that the good habits. aforesaid continue to be practiced, the obligation taken for said loan shall be cancelled, and given up to them gratuitously-the interest thereon having been annually paid as above required. But the Superintendents hereinafter provided for, may dismiss any Beneficiary or Pupil from the School for incapacity, idleness, or vicious conduct-or whenever the interest of the Boy or of the Institution mani- festly require it.
Thirdly, I further direct that the Beneficiaries admitted to said School shall on their arrival at the age of eighteen years be allowed some portion of time in each week to labor for themselves-the extent of such privilege to be regulated by the Superintendents of the School in each particular case. Each Boy to receive semi-annually the amount of his own earnings, and to have the management and disposal of the same; and to render an account to the Superintendents, or other proper officer of the Establishment, at the end of each year, of the manner in which he has used, improved or expended the same. And those, who neglect to render such an account, shall thence- forth be deprived of this privilege; unless it shall appear that the neglect did not arise from carelessness or inattention; nor from any desire to con- ceal the mode of employment or expenditure.
Fourthly, the establishment shall be designated and called
SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
And there shall annually be chosen by ballot in legal Town meeting by the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs, Three Discreet Freeholders, living in said Town of Northampton, or elsewhere, one of whom at least shall be a practical Husbandman, and one a Mechanic, who shall have the care and management of the income annually received from the Trustees of the Fund, and who shall have the control and superintendence of the whole Establishment; and shall annually report in writing to said Town, in legal Town meeting, the state of the funds, the expenditures, the improvements made on the premises, and the state of the School and Insti- tution generally ; and also the state and condition of the proceeds and income of the Establishment. And they shall give bonds to the Town with good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of the trust aforesaid, and shall be amenable to said Town of Northampton for their conduct in their said office, and for their faithful performance of their duties above mentioned. And the said Superintendents and all other Officers and Agents considered necessary for the due management of said income and Establish-
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