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One affecting incident of the wreck must be famil- that floated in the surf, and grasping it, found, to his
On Feb. 12, 1783, the Danish ship " Gertrude ,iar to you all. Mr. Lothrop watched a little package Maria," in a driving snow-storm, struck on a ledge, and finally went to pieces on Brush Island, where the sur- | surprise, an infant girl. The mother had wrapped up vivors of the wreck found poor shelter for the night. , her child with careful hands, and committed her to
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the waves, as once a mother placed her loved child in to one Boston merchant, forty save one were carried to him in the winter, and the remaining bale was re- stored in June. a little ark upon the water's edge, and prayed that Heaven would save the infant's life. And this child, also, was received into princely hands. But a In 1798 the last slave ship that sailed from Boston mother's care and the stranger's daring would have | was driven upon the bar at the mouth of your harbor, been in vain, had it not been decreed by Him who and so her criminal voyage came to a fortunate end. holds the waters in the hollow of His hand that this ! child should live and not die.
Another child was brought in this vessel by her aunt to meet the mother who had come to America before. When the mother sought her infant, she found her resting with her head upon the shoulder of her aunt, but the child and the woman alike were dead. The heart-broken mother only survived for | broke through the storm, the anxious eyes that looked three days.
In striking contrast with the heroism and kindness of your people, was the heartlessness of the captain of the "St. John," who, with the crew, left his vessel in a boat only half filled, and who, in his cruel cowardice, | neglected to inform the crew of a life-boat that his wrecked vessel was filled with perishing men and women.
Life is filled with just such contrasts. The same waters that witnessed the heroism of Capt. Williams and his officers going down at their posts, unwilling | to desert the sinking flag, saw the captain of the " Bom- bay" leaving the ship whose sides he had crushed, hur- rying away as fast as wind and steam could carry him, trembling all over with cruel fear lest in the bottom of his vessel there might be some plank as rotten as his own heart.
On Jan. 19, 1857, the brigantine " New Empire" was wrecked at Little White-Head. + The floating ice prevented all approach to the shore. Peter Follen, procuring two cylinders from the Humane House, placed them between his knees, and took a line to the ship, casting in his lot with the shipwrecked men that he might save them all.
Of course the standard jokes about wreckers are re- lated of the inhabitants of these shores. Of one it is said, especially, that when asked what his luck had been for the season, he answered, " I got a good deal of stuff and put it in the barn, but they do steal so the second time, that sometimes I almost wish there never would be another wreck."
A much better authenticated story is that of the Swedish brig wrecked on Minot's Ledge, December, 1836; her two decks washing ashore upon Beach Is- land, three miles distant, her precious cargo strewn all along the shores upon the bottom of the sea. Ninety per cent. of that cargo was recovered; every bar of iron was delivered to the owners, the count answering the invoice ; while of forty bales of crash, consigned
Since the erection of Minot Light these disasters are almost unknown in this spot. The whole country recollects the destruction of the first light in April, 1851. A long storm had strewn the shores of New England with shipwrecked vessels. A former gale had shattered one of the iron pillars that upheld the structure. And when the morning light of April 18th
seaward could see no vestige of the lighthouse. Two men perished in its downfall. The present structure is the pride of the coast. Had it been erected in ancient times, it would have added one to the won- ders of the world. As it stands now, firm and erect amid the raging sea, it is not only a noble triumph of human skill, but the fittest emblem of a true man constant for the right against a gainsaying world. Such a symbol might have been borne upon the coat- of-arms of Peter Hobart in 1645, or, in 1829, upon the spotless shield of William Lloyd Garrison.
But it is not in scenes of war or of wreck that the true life of such a town is found. You love Co- hasset, because here for generations an industrious, intelligent, and contented people have found a happy home. Here, as among all your neighbors of the South Shore, hard work, " plain living, high think- ing," with peace and freedom, have been the habitual life of the people. Your fathers turned early from the hard and scanty soil to reap their richest harvests on the sea. The exportation of lumber to the West Indies has ceased. No more fortunes can be made by selling fish at famine prices in the Atlantic and Mediterranean ports of France and the Peninsula. But still, like your fathers, you draw wealth from the ocean, and with it the more precious treasures of vigor, energy, and enterprise. Nor is agriculture neg- lected even on these shores. Labor and skill make your rocky fields productive. Your pleasant beaches tempt and refresh the wearied fugitives from the cares and toils of the city. The growth of Cohasset in wealth has been used as an argument to stimulate your neighbors to demand railroad facilities. Well may they desire to share those facilities, when they read that your valuation has increased from three hun- dred and six thousand dollars in 1840, to nearly one million eight hundred thousand dollars to-day. Your care of schools increases with your wealth, in- creasing the town appropriation in twenty-five years
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from eleven hundred dollars to four thousand dollars. Three younger churches have grown up around this venerable mother. The last not only bears a pleasant name-" the Beechwood Church"-but its origin carries us back to Puritan days, for it was founded after forty days of prayer by an earnest woman. And while this takes our thoughts back to old times, the first contribution for this church reminds us of a story that can never grow old. For the first gift set apart for its treasury was the smallest coin that ever issued from our mint.
And who and what are the men that are the pro- duct of your institutions ? You may well boast of Benjamin Pratt, who was born March 13, 1710-11, in a house on what is now called South Main Street. A gifted writer in prose and verse, an eloquent and successful lawyer, he was appointed to the high place of chief justice of New York, and died in 1763, too early to share in the contest for independence, al- though he heard the argument of James Otis against writs of assistance, and declined a retainer on each side of that great argument. He had collected ma- terials for a history of New England ; and those who love to read her story have reason to lament that he did not complete his work. In his youth a fall from a tree made Benjamin Pratt a cripple for life, and this was the reason that he gave up his chosen occu- pation as a blacksmith and became a lawyer. Rare example of Yankee thrift. Accident ruins the young blacksmith. His parents send him to the greatest master of law, and fit their unfortunate boy to become chief justice of a great State.
In later days Middlebury College was glad to re- ceive a Cohasset man as president, in the person of Rev. Dr. Bates. I have already spoken of the sol- dier who is your pride. If the grief were not too recent, and if his friends were not so near, I should speak of the skilled and loved physician who served this State faithfully for years, and whose hospitality made so many New Englanders at home in the heart of a Western city.
The true glory of this, as of other New England towns, is found, not in the conspicuous few, but in the honorable and useful lives of the many. And if a stranger desired to see a community who live in the fear of God and the love of their fellow-men ; who mind their own business, and yet make the cause of the poor and ignorant their business ; whose best men render every precious service to their town without money and without price .; a community from which a dying man would be glad to select guardians for his orphan children ; a people who stand firm for the faith of their fathers, yet are ready to receive all the
truths which lay undeveloped in the creed of those fathers ; " Catholic for all the truth of God : Prot- estant against every error of man;" if a visitor sought such a community, I would take him to a vil- lage on the " South Shore" and tell him to seek no farther.
CHAPTER XX.
COHASSET-(Continued).
Banks-Civil History-Military.
The Cohasset Savings Bank1 was incorporated Feb. 28, 1845. The corporators were Paul Pratt, Henry J. Turner, and John Bates, their associates and successors. The first trustees were Henry J. Turner, Daniel T. Lothrop, Job Cushing, Francis L. Bates, Lot Bates, Zenas Stoddard, Thomas Smith, Levi N. Bates, James C. Doane, Abraham H. Tower, Nichols Tower, and Solomon J. Beal.
The names of the presidents from the incorporation to the present time are Paul Pratt, Abraham H. Tower, and Martin Lincoln ; Secretaries, Thomas M. Smith, Newcomb Bates, Jr., and Levi N. Bates ; Treasurer, Levi N. Bates.
The present officers are Martin Lincoln, president ; Capt. John Warren Bates, vice-president; Levi N. Bates, treasurer and secretary.
The present trustees are Martin Lincoln, John W. Bates, J. Q. A. Lothrop, Zaccheus Rich, Newcomb Bates, Louis N. Lincoln, Morgan B. Stetson, Abra- ham H. Tower, Newcomb B. Tower, Philander Bates, Joshua W. Davis, Alfred Whittington, Loring Bates, and Charles H. Willard.
The first deposit was made March 28, 1846, by Abigail Burtenshaw, widow ; amount, $116.
Present amount of deposits, $344,269.46.
Paul Pratt served as president three years, and was succeeded by Abraham H. Tower, who was continued in the office for a period of twenty-five years, when, declining a re-election on the ground of his advanced age and long services, Martin Lincoln was chosen, and has been annually re-elected to the present time.
The office of vice-president having been created by an amendment of the by-laws in 1874, John W. Bates was elected to that office, and has since been an- nually re-elected.
The following-named individuals have served as
1 By Levi N. Bates.
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secretaries of the board of trustees, viz. : Zenas Stod- dard, Levi N. Bates, Martin Lincoln, and Newcomb Bates, the latter being the present secretary.
The board of investment during the first year con- sisted of the president and treasurer, and Abraham H. Tower, Daniel T. Lothrop, and Thomas Smith. The present board consists of Martin Lincoln, presi- dent ; Capt. J. Warren Bates, vice-president ; J. Q. A. Lothrop, and Louis N. Lincoln.
The following is a list of trustees from organiza- tion of bank to 1884 :
John Parker.
Charles H. Willard.
Henry J. Turner.
Zaccheus Rich.
Levi N. Bates.
Edward E. Tower.
James Pratt.
Capt. John Warren Bates.
Capt. Martin Lincoln.
Morgan B. Stetson.
Jonathan B. Bates.
Louis N. Lincoln.
Charles Pratt.
Philander Bates.
Daniel Tower.
Loring Bates.
James Willcutt.
Newcomb B. Tower.
Henry K. Hall.
Joshua W. Davis.
Newcomb Bates, Jr.
Alfred Whittington.
The first deposit in the bank was made in March, 1846.
The following will show the number of depositors, amount of deposits, and increase or decrease for each succeeding five years :
Depositors. Amount. $7,352.69
Jan. 1, 1847 ... 41
66
1852 ... 140
26,810.01
Increase, $19,457.32
1857 ... 377
80,697.84
53,837.83
.. 1862 ... 473
105,693.20
24,995.36
66 1867 ... 622
155,312.77
49,619.57
66 1872 ... 881
295,927.45
140,614.68
66
1877 ... 962
384,856.93 S8,929.48
66
1882 ... 825
326,024.05
Decrease,
58,832.88
Dec. 1, 1883 ... 870
344,269.46
Increase, 18,245.41
Abm. H. Tower, June 19, 1881. Jacob Tuck.
Edward Tower, March 6, 1873. | Levi Tower.
Amount.
Charles H. Willard.
Accounts open with women 375
66
guardians ..
7
3,984.90
Job Pratt, Sept. 27, 1882.
66
in trust
78
25,355.02
Nichols Tower (2d).
J. Q. A. Lothrop.
Thomas N. Tower. Zaccheus Rich.
Henry W. Beal, Aug. 24, 1876.
Abraham H. Tower, Jr.
Andrew J. Souther.
Thos. M. Smith, Jan. 28, 1881. Ephraim Snow.
Henry Snow, Jr.
Aaron Pratt.
Loring Bates.
Isaac Hall, April 17, 1879.
Calvin Merriam, April 30,1872.
Henry K. Hall, April 17, 1875. Martin N. Bates, July 5, 1876 Newcomb Bates, Jr.
John Haskell.
Joshua W. Davis.
Louis N. Lincoln.
Morgan B. Stetson.
Danl. T. Lothrop, Sept. 2, 1871.
Levi N. Bates.
Nichols Tower, Sept. 28, 1866.
Charles F. Tilden.
Daniel Tower.
Newcomb B. Tower.
Peter Lothrop.
Caleb Lothrop.
The following-named individuals have held the office of trustee for one or more years, viz. :
Paul Pratt.
Caleb Lothrop.
Capt. Abraham H. Tower.
J. Q. A. Lothrop.
Capt. Daniel T. Lothrop.
Thomas N. Tower.
Thomas.Smith. John Pratt.
Josiah O. Lawrence.
David S. G. Doane.
Job Cushing.
Ephraim Snow. Abraham H. Tower, Jr.
James C. Doane. Solomon J. Beal.
Calvin Merriam.
Thomas M. Smith.
Zenas Stoddard. 15
Newcomb Bates, Aug. 3, 1865. Jonathan B. Bates, Dec. 5, 1879.
Lot Bates.
Francis L. Bates, May 19,1882.
Laban Souther.
Nichols Tower, Jr., Dec. 28. 1868.
James C. Doane, Sept. 19, 1878.
Zenas Stoddard, Sept. 13, 1879. Josiah Oakes, May 12, 1863. John Parker, March 26, 1868. Caleb Lothrop.
Job Cushing, Oct. 5, 1867.
James Willcutt, Dec. 8, 1864. Martin Lincoln.
David S. G. Doane.
Abraham Hall, Feb. 17, 1867. Levi Nichols, April 24, 1868. Wm. Kilburn, June 27, 1852. Warren Orcutt, Mar. 24, 1872. George Ripley, Jan. 13, 1865- John Pratt, Jan. 13, 1865. James Pratt, July 4, 1874. James Wilson.
Henry Doane, Jr., Dec. 7, 1$74. Thomas Smith, Jan. 27. 1-80. Lewis Willeutt, Nov. 30, 1881. David Wilson.
Charles Pratt, Aug. 2, 1883. Alfred Whittington.
Capt. J. Warren Bates.
Edward E. Tower.
Josiah O. Lawrence, April 26, 1865.
Elisha Stetson.
Philander Bates.
During the above time, at intervals of five years, except between the last two, when the interval was eleven years, extra dividends have been declared, amounting in the aggregate to forty-three per cent., making the average dividends, including ordinary and extra, for the thirty-seven years six and twelve-one- hundredths per cent. per annum.
Konohassett Lodge of F. and A. M.1 was organized June, 1865, as follows : George Beal, Jr., James H. Bouvé, Zaccheus Rich, M. B. Stetson, A. T. Prouty, H. C. Mapes, C. A. Gross, and Joseph H. Smith, of Cohasset, with J. O. Cole, Howland L. Studley, Henry Merritt, and A. J. Poole, of Scituate, petitioned the Grand Lodge for a dispensation, which was granted by the M. W. Grand Master, C. C. Dame ; first communication under dispensation was held June 30, 1865, in the building corner of Main and Brook Streets, known as the James building, at this time,
1 By James H. Boure.
Paul Pratt, Aug. 21, 1853.
Henry J. Turner, Jan. 22, 1860.
John Bates.
Solomon J. Beal.
8132,784.11
religions and charities S
5,075.68
At each semi-annual meeting during the first twenty-one years semi-annual dividends of two and one-half per cent. were declared. During the next eight and one-half years the semi-annual dividends were three per cent .; and from that time, viz., from July, 1876, with the exception of one year, when the dividends were two and one-half per cent., the semi- annual dividends have been two per cent.
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1883, occupied by the post-office, Gross & Nichols, grocers, and Miss Nichols, dry-goods. In September, 1865, the lodge moved into their lodge-room in Tower's building, opposite the First Church, where it has remained until this time.
Since its organization thirteen members have with- drawn and opened a lodge at Hanover, which is in a flourishing condition ; also twenty, and organized a lodge in Scituate. The deaths in the lodge have been but eleven, leaving a membership of sixty-five. The following-named brethren have been honored with the position of Worthy Master, viz .: George Beal, Jr., James H. Bouve, Zaccheus Rich, Charles A. Gross, A. W. Williams, William J. Newcomb, David Bates, A. A. Seaverns, and George H. Bates, who at present occupies the chair.
The lodge, like all other institutions of the kind, has just passed through a season of quietness from stagnation of business and such like causes, but has now started again with the young men of the town, and bids fair to have a season of usefulness and pros- perity.
Henry Bryant Post, No. 98, G. A. R., so named for a prominent citizen of this town who was an army surgeon and also brigade surgeon, and who afterwards died in the West Indies, was organized Jan. 15, 1883, and now numbers twenty-eight members, viz. : Chas. A. Gross, C .; E. E. Wentworth, Sen. V .- C .; O. S. Wilbur, Jun. V .- C .; J. Foster Doane, Adjt .; W. F. Thayer, Q .- M. ; Daniel B. Lincoln, Surg .; Robt. B. Pratt, Chap .; Thomas Ward, O. of D .; Thomas Blossom, O. of G .; Willie F. Thayer, Sergt .- Maj .; Joseph Smith, Q .- M. Sergt .; James E. Otis, Chas. H. Williston, Azel W. Drake, John Keating, Ashael F. Nott, Joseph Munnice, Samuel P. Stod- dard, James Rooney, Caleb F. B. Tilden, Alonzo L. Palmer, David Lyons, Leander W. Groce, Frank A. Field, Isaac Tower, John Barnes, Joseph S. Butman, Cyrus H. Bates.
Town Officers .- The following is a list of the town officers of Cohasset from its incorporation, in the year 1770, to 1883 inclusive, compiled by Mr. N. B. Tower, the present town clerk :
1770 .- Deacon Isaac Lincoln, moderator ; Daniel Lincoln, town clerk ; Thomas Bourn, treasurer; Deacon Isaac Lincoln, Daniel Lincoln, Joseph Souther, selectmen.
1771 .- Thomas Lothrop, moderator; Isaac Lincoln, town clerk ; Thomas Bourn, treasurer; Isaac Lincoln, Thomas Lothrop, Dr. Lazarus Beal, selectmen.
1772 .- Dr. Lazarus Beal, moderator; Isaac Lincoln, town clerk ; Abel Kent, treasurer ; Isaac Lincoln, Thomas Loth- rop, Abel Kent, selectmen.
1773 .- Capt. Thomas Lothrop, moderator; Lazarus Beal, Jr., |
town clerk; Abel Kent, treasurer; Isaac Lincoln, Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, selectmen.
1774 .- Deacon Isaac Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Thomas Bourn, treasurer; Isaac Lincoln, Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, selectmen.
1775 .- Deacon Isaac Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Ignatius Orcutt, treasurer; Isaac Lincoln, Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, selectmen.
1776 .- Abel Kent, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Ignatius Orcutt, treasurer ; Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, Ignatius Orcutt, selectmen; Jonathan Beal, representa- tive.
1777 .- Thomas Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Ignatius Orcutt, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, Ignatius Orcutt, selectmen ; Jonathan Beal, repre- sentative.
1778 .- Capt. Job Cushing, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Abel Kent, Ignatius Orcutt, selectmen.
1779 .- Capt. Job Cushing, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer ; Thomas Lothrop, Capt. Job Cushing, Ignatius Orcutt, selectmen.
1780 .- Deacon Abel Kent, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Deacon Abel Kent, Capt. Job Cushing, selectmen ; Lieut. Stephen Stodder, representative.
1781 .- Lieut. Josiah Oakes, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Deacon Abel Kent, Capt. Job Cushing, selectmen.
1782 .- Maj. Job Cushing, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Maj. Job Cushing, Obadiah Lincoln, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1783 .- Jerome Stephenson, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Deacon Abel Kent, Maj. Job Cushing, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1784 .- Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Deacon Abel Kent, Maj. Job Cushing, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1785 .- Capt. Solon Stephenson, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Lieut. Josiah Oakes, treasurer ; Thomas Loth- rop, Deacon Abel Kent, Maj. Job Cushing, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1786 .- Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Uriah Lincoln, treasurer; Thomas Lothrop, Dea- con Abel Kent, Maj. Job Cushing, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1787 .- Josiah Oakes, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Uriah Lincoln, treasurer; Josiah Oakes, Uriah Lincoln, Galen James, selectmen.
1788 .- Jerome Stephenson, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Uriah Lincoln, treasurer; Josiah Oakes, Uriah Lincoln, Levi Tower, selectmen.
1789 .- Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Uriah Lincoln, treasurer; Josiah Oakes, Galen James, Levi Tower, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, repre- sentative.
1790 .- Jerome Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Uriah Lincoln, treasurer ; Uriah Lincoln, Galen James, Levi Tower, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, repre- sentative.
1791 .- Capt. Levi Tower, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Uriah Lincoln, Capt. Levi Tower, Galen James, selectmen.
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1792 .- Elisha Doane, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Josiah Oakes, treasurer; Uriah Lincoln, Capt. Levi Tower, Josiah Oakes, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1793 .- Elisha Doane, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Uriah Lincoln, Josiah Oakes, Jerome Lincoln, selectmen. 1794 .- Deacon Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer; Uriah Lincoln, Josiah Oakes, Jerome Lincoln, selectmen.
1795 .- Elisha Doane, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer; Uriah Lincoln, Josiah Oakes, Jerome Lincoln, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, rep- resentative.
1796 .- Elisha Doane, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer; Deacon Uriah Lincoln, Thomas Bourne, Jr., Jerome Lincoln, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1797 .- Elisha Doane, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer; Deacon Uriah Lincoln, Elisha Doane, Thomas Bourne, selectmen ; Thomas Loth- rop, representative.
1798 .- Elisha Doane, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer ; Deacon Uriah Lincoln, Elisha Doane, Thomas Bourne, selectmen.
1799-1800 .- Deacon Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Loth- rop, town clerk; Deacon Abel Kent, treasurer; Uriah Lincoln, Thomas Bourne, John Pratt, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1801 .- Elisha Doane, moderator ; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Samuel Brown, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Elisha Doane, Caleb Nichols, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representa- tive.
1802 .- Deacon Uriah Lincoln, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Samuel Brown, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Caleb Nichols, Samuel Brown, selectmen.
1803 .- Capt. Luther Stephenson, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Job Turner, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lincoln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, rep- resentative.
1804 .- John Pratt, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Zealous Bates, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lincoln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representa- tive.
1805 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Thomas Bourne, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lincoln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen.
1806-8 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Thomas Bourne, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lincoln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, rep- resentative.
1809 .- Elisha Doane, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Thomas Bourne, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lin- coln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen ; Thomas Lothrop, repre- sentative.
1810 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Thomas Bourne, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Uriah Lincoln, Caleb Nichols, selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, rep- resentative.
1811-12 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk ; Thomas Bourne, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Caleb Nichols, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1813 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Thomas Lothrop, town clerk; Samuel Bates, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Caleb Nichols, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen; Thomas Lothrop, representative.
1814-15 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Samuel Bates, town clerk; Samuel Bates, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, Peter Lothrop, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen.
1816 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator; Samuel Bates, town clerk ; Samuel Bates, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, John Pratt, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen; Capt. Levi Tower, represent- ative.
1817 .- Elisha Doane, moderator; Samuel Bates, town clerk ; Samuel Bates, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, John Pratt, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen.
1818 .- Thomas Bourne, moderator ; Samuel Bates, town clerk ; Samuel Bates, treasurer ; Thomas Bourne, John Pratt, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen.
1819 .- Luther Stephenson, moderator; Samuel Bates, town clerk; Samuel Bates, treasurer; Thomas Bourne, John Pratt, Levi Tower, Jr., selectmen.
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