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The amount of deposits Jau. 1, 1872, at which time the first dividend was declared, was $6741.11.
The amount of deposits Jan. 1, 1884, was $298,- 170.07. Regular semi-annual dividends have been paid since the organization of the bank amounting in the aggregate to $69,522.17.
Henry Hobart served as president until the annual meeting held Feb. 25, 1879, when he declined, and was succeeded by Kimball E. Sheldon, the former vice-president, Samuel Keith taking the position of vice-president, which positions they have filled since that time.
Masonic .- The Fellowship Lodge of Freemasons was chartered June 15, 1797. It was consecrated on the 3d day of the following November. The exercises took place at the meeting-house. Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, of Dorchester, delivered a sermon, and Dr. Hector Orr an oration. Dr. Orr was installed Grand Master. The other officers of the lodge were theu installed. The house was nearly filled. At the close of 1797 forty-seven members had been initiated. The members belonging iu East Bridgewater were Dr.
Hector Orr, Dr. Josiah Otis, Nahum Mitchell, Robert Orr, Silvanus Lazell, and Joseph Lazell. Joseph La- zell had built his large house, which for many years Was a tavern. It stood where the Roman Catholic Church now is ; it had a fine hall, which was adorned with Masonic emblems. Here the Masons met for some time. Afterwards the meetings were held in West Bridgewater. In 1825 they occupied the upper room of the academy building in East Bridgewater. They are now held in Bridgewater village.
Satucket Lodge of Masons was chartered probably about the beginning of 1881. In April, 1881, they began to meet in the Masonic Hall, in the building then recently erected by Charles H. Goss, in the East Bridgewater village. . The officers were: W. M., Frederick S. Strong; S. W., Francis M. Kingman ; J. W., Joshua Dean ; T., Samuel L. Seaver ; S., Wy- man C. Fichett ; C., Rev. William F. Farrington ; S. D., George W. Allen ; J. D., A. Harris Latham ; I. S., George A. Wright ; Tyler, James Nelson.
Temperance Organizations .- The first temper- ance society in East Bridgewater was organized in 1828, and IIon. Nahum Mitchell was chosen its president.
The Union Temperance Society of East and West Bridgewater was formed in the Union meeting- house, East Bridgewater, June 2, 1831. Rev. Baalis Sanford was chosen president ; Josiah Richards, vice- president ; and Joshua Reed, Jr., secretary.
Feb. 11, 1847, a new impulse was given to the cause of temperance, and on the 23d of that month a constitution was adopted on the principles of a comprehensive pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, "including all kinds of beer." Joshua Reed was elected president, James S. Barrell secre- tary and treasurer. Meetings were held at the town hall.
Dec. 30, 1847, a division of the Sons of Temperance, by the name of Well-Spring, No. 87, was organized. The following are the names of those who began the di- vision, viz. : Dr. Asa Millet, Abishai S. Churchill (Worthy Patriarch), William Allen, James W. Soule, Nathaniel M. Davenport, Albert H. Dyer, Nathan T. Snell, Messenna M. Lucas, Hervey Lucas, Samuel A. Young, M. Morton Keitlı, George Edson. The division held its meetings in the academy and after- wards in the hall over the brick storc. This organi- zation continued about three years.
Nov. 15, 1859, a new division of the Sons of Temperauce began its work, being No. 139 of that order in Massachusetts, and bearing the same name as its predecessor here, " Well-Spring;" with the fol- lowing members: Rev. Charles HI. Payne, Rev.
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Philo B. Wilcox, Richard M. Smith, William Allen (W. P.), John N. Reed, Frederic C. Mann, William O. Osborne, William B. Hall, Nathaniel M. Daven- port, Thomas W. Barrell, George W. Hicks. Daniel P. Edson. I. Newton Nutter, Francis W. Porter, James A. Bates, George T. Mitchell, Edward King- man. Sidney Allen. Thomas Arnolds. This division was disbanded in 1868.
In the autumn of 1860, through the exertions of Mrs. Merritt Jenkins, a Band of Hope was organized, many children being thus brought under very favor- able influences.
Dec. 20, 1866. Amaranth Lodge of Good Tem- plars was organized at the vestry of the Methodist Church in the Centre Village, with George M. Keith, W. C. T. The other officers were Richard M. Smith. David P. Reynolds, Mrs. Prudie, W. Potter, Caleb E. Hicks, George T. Mitchell, George W. Allen, Mrs. Annis Hall, Rev. William F. Far- rington, James B. Peterson, Winslow Holmes, Geor- gianna Skillings, and Adelaide Kimball.
The third division of the Sons of Temperance was organized in the village of Elmwood, holding the cherished name of its two predecessors here, ~ Well- Spring." Jan. 12, 1871, with twenty-three members. The officers were Albert P. Sampson, W. P .; Mrs. James G. Knapp, W. A .; Mrs. Edward Kingman, R. S .; Kenelm W. Shaw, F. S .; Edward Kingman, Treas. ; George Hudson, Con .; Lucinda P. Hudson, A. C .; Samuel B. Allen, Chaplain ; Miss Harriet A. Holbrook, I. S .; George H. Benson, O. S.
A Good Samaritan Club was organized in the Centre Village in 1875.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union began its work early in 1878, and on the 12th of April, that year, a juvenile temperance society was formed under the auspices of the W. C. T. U., bearing the name of The Star Temperance Union. . Its officers were: Pres., Miss Georgianna Keith ; V .- Pres., Miss Annie Chase; Sec., Miss Helen Bird; Treas., Mrs. Isaac Nutter; Con., Mrs. Rev. Daniel W. Richardson ; Ushers, John Herrick and Thomas Delano.
Matfield Lodge of Good Templars was organized in Matfield village, with about thirty members, Feb. 25, 1880. Its meetings were held at first in Winthrop Hall, in Matfield, but more recently at the vestry of the Methodist Church in the Centre Village. Its first officers were George W. Allen, W. C. T .; Charles G. Wood, Mary L. Allen, Cora J. Poole, George F. Hayward, William Chandler, Emma Grow, O. W. Bradford, Sarah D. Lyon, F. B. Chandler, Lucius Churchill, L. Anna Harlow, Rena Hayward, C. Lyon.
A Commandery of the United Order of the Golden Cross was instituted, with thirteen members, Dec. 3, 1883.
The officers installed were as follows, viz. : P. N. C., Thomas S. H. Rounseville; N. C., Herbert H. Har- low ; V. N. C., Mrs. Georgianna Hunt ; W. P., Rev. Perley M. Griffin ; W. H., Frank A. Wood; K. of R., Charles F. Clark ; F. K. of R., Charles R. Rans- den ; W. Treas., Isaac Newton Nutter; W. of I. G., H. G. Mc Williams ; W. of O. G., Charles E. Drake.
1830, April 5. " Voted that the selectmen be in- structed not to approbate any retailer who does not comply with the statute of the commonwealth re- specting Retailers and Inholders."
" Voted to instruct the Selectmen not to approbate Retailers and Inholders for one ycar ensuing."
1841, April 5. The town voted that the following resolution be recorded on the town record :
" The Town view with alarm and regret the awful extent to which the sale of ardent spirits is carried on within its borders ; therefore those interested in the sale thereof are hereby called upon to pause and consider whether they as good citizens and as honorable men are not in duty bound to abandon without delay the traffic in an article which causes so much expense to the Town and so much distress and misery in the community."
1845, March 3. "Voted that the selectmen, to- gether with the committee chosen to settle with the warden of the almshouse, be instructed to procure a warden for the ensuing year, and to procure a Total Abstinence Man with respect to the use of intoxi- cating liquors."
The thirteenth article of the warrant reads " To see what measures the town will take, if any, to prevent the illegal traffic in spirituous liquors in said town, and to act thereon as the town deem most advisable."
March 13, 1854. Chose A. S. Littlefield, D. P. Edson, Alfred Brown, B. R. Robinson, David H. Pratt a committee "to enforce the law concerning the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors."
1855, April 2. " Voted to instruct the selectmen to prosecute all violations of law respecting the sale of intoxicating liquors."
CHAPTER VII.
Petition for Incorporation-Act of Incorporation-First Town Meeting-Civil Lists-Statistics-Public-Houses.
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF EAST BRIDGEWATER.
" To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled :
" The Inhabitants of the East Parish of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, by Bartholemew Brown, their Agent, ap- pointed for this special purpose, beg leave respectfully to rep-
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rosont : That sinco the incorporation of North Bridgewater and West Bridgowater, the remaining territory of the Old Town of Bridgewater is left long and narrow, so that many of the in- habitants havo to travol six or seven miles to attend their an- nual Town meetings; that local disputes, dissensions, and jeal- ousios coutinually arise, and the municipal affairs of the town are not and cannot be conducted in so economical, prudent, and satisfactory a manner as they ought to be, and as your petitioners are very desirous of. Therefore, in order to remedy the aforesaid evils, and to promoto the interest, peace, and tranquillity of the people of the said parish, they request that the East Parish of Bridgewater may be incorporated into a dis- tinct and separate town by the name of East Bridgewater, and that the same be vested with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties and requisitions of other corporate towns, according to the Constitution and laws of this Common- wealth, and as in duty bound will ever pray.
"The Inhabitants of the East Parish of Bridgewater by their Agent,
" BARTHW BROWN."
" To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled :
"The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the East parish of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, humbly showeth,
"That from the local situation of your petitioners in conse- quence of the recent division of the Old Town of Bridgewater, by which they are subjected to many and great inconveniences, and also to render the transaction of public business less ex- pensive, they are desirous that said parish should be incor- porated into a Town, and to take the name of East Bridgewater, and as in duty bound will ever pray.
"Silvanus Lazell.
Hector Orr.
Ellis Holmes.
Isaac Alden (3d).
Plyna Edson.
William Keith.
John Keitb.
Eleazer Whitman,
Abishai Stetson.
Charles Mitchell.
William Bonney.
Galen Latham.
Thomas Whitmarsh.
Alfred Whitman.
Martin Ramsdoll.
William Vinton.
Galen Allen.
Seth Gurney.
Asa Shaw.
Levi Washburn.
Abel Barrell.
Barzillai Allen.
Galen Willis.
Cyrus Willis.
Georgo W. Barrell.
Joseph Dunbar.
John Thayor.
Joseph Shaw.
Elbridge Keith.
Benjn Keith.
Parlee Keith.
Wallace Rust.
David Allen.
Heman Koith.
John Harden (2d).
Levi Keith.
Bela Curtis.
Levi Keith, Jr.
Peleg Stetson.
Zenas Keith, Jr.
Adam Stetson.
Isaac Alden (1st).
Waldo Hayward.
Timothy Bailey.
Joshua Reed.
Nathan Alden.
John Reed.
Buel Lincoln.
Thomas R. Alden.
Ziba Bisbeo.
Lowis Chamberlain, Jr.
Edwin Chapman.
Eleazer Washburn.
Thomas White.
Martin Whiting.
Setli Gurney, Jr.
Marlborough Whiting.
Joseph Reod.
Jacob Bates.
Jonas Reed.
Benjamin Robinson.
Benjamin Robinson, Jr.
Daniel French.
Hedijah Robinson.
Samuel P. Newhall.
Isaac Alden (2d). HIiram Washburn. Sampson Washburn. Philip Torrey. Havelin Torrey.
Asaph Whitmarsh.
Oliver G. Whitmarsh.
Briggs Hill.
Seth Jolinson.
David Brown (2d).
Ephraim Hyde.
Arnold Wade.
Zebina Keith.
Merrit Jenkins.
David French.
Seth Gannett, Jr.
George Mitchell.
Stephen Hersey.
Joseph Walton.
Eli Blanchard.
Silvanus Keith.
Eli Blanchard, Jr.
Job Bearce.
Joseph Hobart.
Thaxter Keith.
Thomas Harden.
Jacob Tirrell.
Zenas Harden.
Edward Vinton.
Silas French.
Azor Harris.
Benoni Gannett.
Nathan Kingman.
Moses Bates.
John Harris.
Wadsworth Phillips.
John Hersey.
Emery Brown.
Ezra Kingman, Jr.
Isaac Brown.
Bezaleel Allen.
Willard Keith.
Lot Whitmarsh.
Zenas Keith.
Robert Yonng.
Scott Keith.
Luther Hatch.
Joseph Silvester.
Daniel Bryant.
Josephus Freeman.
Mark Phillips.
Joel Edson.
Turner Phillips. Lewis Keith.
Calvin Keith.
Isaac Brown, Jr.
Samuel Snell.
Joseph Ramsdell.
Dexter Pratt.
Nathan Dawes.
Lucius Snell.
Jacob Dawes.
Bradford Mitchell.
Joseph Ramsdell, Jr.
John Whitmarsh.
Ira Drake.
Bailey Allen.
Hugh Orr, Jr.
Isaac Pratt.
A. Winslow Clift.
Asa Whitman.
Calvin W. Keen.
Daniel Whitman.
Hugh Orr.
Eleazer Whitman, Jr.
Melzar Hudson.
Jesse Edson.
Joseph Chamberlain.
Christopher Bates.
John M. Goodwin.
Lebbeus Smith.
John A. Conant.
Cushing Mitchell.
Joshua Bennett.
Jamos W. Watson.
Alvan Shaw.
Silvanns L. Mitchell.
Lewis Bartlott.
Clark Rich.
John Thayer.
Samuel Rogers.
Nathaniel French."
Charles Rogers.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
" AN ACT to establish the town of East Bridgewater.
"SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatires in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That tho East Parish of Bridgowater, according to the territorial limits thoroof, be and tho same is horeby inoorpo- „rated into a town by tho namo of East Bridgewater, and in- vostod with all tho powers and privileges, and subject to all the dutios and roquisitions, to which towns in this Common- wealth are by tho Constitution and laws ontitled and subjected.
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Charles Robinson. Otho Hayward. Ezra Alden.
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George Keith.
Isaac Whitman.
Samuel Keen.
John Soule. Melzar Hill.
William Harris, Jr. Joseph Odlin.
Nathaniel Cross.
Seth Bryant. Welcome Otis.
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" SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said town of East Bridgewater shall be holden to pay all arrears of taxes which have been assessed. or directed to be assessed, upon them by the town of Bridgewater, and shall be entitled to re- ceive, hold, and enjoy such proportion of all debts and taxes now due, and assessments voted to said town of Bridgewater, and such proportion of all the privileges and property, real or personal, now belonging to said town of Bridgewater, of what kind soever it may be, as the property of tbe said inhabitants of East Bridgewater bears to the property of all the inhabit- ants of said town of Bridgewater, according to the latest valu- ation thereof: and they shall be holden to pay their proportion, to be ascertained as aforesaid, of all the debts now due and owing from said town of Bridgewater.
" SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, Tbat the said town of East Bridgewater shall be holden to support their proportion of the poor of the town of Bridgewater which are now chargeable to said town, which proportion shall be ascertained by the present valuation of said town, and all persons who may hereafter be- come chargeable as paupers to the said town of Bridgewater or East Bridgewater shall be considered as belonging to tbat town in the territory of which they had their settlement at the time of passing this act, and shall in future be chargeable to tbat town only.
" SECT. 4. Be it further enacted. That any justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, directed to any freeholder of said town of East Bridge- water, requiring him to warn the inhabitants thereof to meet, at the time and place therein appointed, for the purpose of choosing all such town officers as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meetings. [June 14, 1823]."
First Town-Meeting .- The first town-meeting held under the act of incorporation took place at the meeting-house on the 4th of July, 1823. Hon. Nahum Mitchell was chosen moderator, and town officers were elected, a part of whom were Ezra Kingman, Jr., town clerk and treasurer ; Alfred Whitman, Isaac Alden (3d). Abishai Stetson, selectmen ; Lot Whitmarsh and Joseph Chamberlain, Jr., constables; Ezra Kingman and Ellis Holmes, tithingmen. Most of the young men in town recently married received the appointment of hog-reeves. At a subsequent meeting the following were chosen the first school committee, viz. : Rev. Benjamin Fessenden, Bartholomew Brown, Ezra Kingman. Jr., Hector Orr, John S. Champney, and William Harris, Jr.
At the time of the incorporation of East Bridge- water the post-office received a mail from Boston but three times a week, viz., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. There was a public conveyance to Boston three times in a week, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat- urday, by the Boston and New Bedford stage, which stopped at noon for the passengers to dine at the tavern then kept by Mrs. Naomi Crombie, where the Roman Catholic house of worship now stands.
Civil List .- The moderators of the annual town- meetings of East Bridgewater, with the dates, have been as follows :
MODERATORS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
July 4, 1823. Nahum Mit- | March 13, 1854. Joseph Cbam- chell. berlain.
March 1, 1824. Bartholomew Brown.
March 7, 1825. Bartholomew Brown.
April 3, 1826. Hector Orr.
April 2, 1827. Hector Orr.
April 7, 1828. Hector Orr.
March 23, 1829. Bartholomew Brown.
March 8, 1830. Bartholomew Brown.
Marcb 21, 1831. Ezra King- man.
March 12, 1832. Nahum Mit- chell.
March 11, 1833. Bartholomew Brown.
April 7, 1834. Bartholomew Brown.
March 16, 1835. Nahum Mit- chell.
March 7, 1836. Hector Orr.
March 6, 1837. Hector Orr.
March 5, 1838. Ezra King- man.
March 4, 1839. Ezra King-
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March 2, 1840. Isaac Pratt.
March 1, 1841. Lebbeus Leach.
March 7, 1842. Bartholomew Brown.
March 6, 1843. Ezra King-
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March 4, 1844. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 1, 1875. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
March 3, 1845. Joseph Cham- berlain.
H. March 6, 1876. William Osborne.
March 2, 1846. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 12, 1877. George Keith.
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March 1, 1847. Joseph Cham- berlain.
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March 6, 1848. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 10, 1879. George Keith.
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March 5, 1849. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 8, 1880. George Keitb.
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March 4, 1850. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 14, 1881. George Wheeler.
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March 10, 1851. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 1, 1852. Joseph Cham- berlain.
Keitb. March 10, 1884. George м.
Keith.
SELECTMEN.
Selectmen of East Bridgewater from the date of the incorporation of the town :
Isaac Alden, 1823, '24, '25, '26, '27.
Abishai Stetson, 1823, '24, '25, '26, '27. Alfred Wbitman, 1823, '24, '25, '26.
Azor Harris, 1827, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34.
Marcb 9, 1857. James Bates. March 8, 1858. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 21, 1859. James Bates. March 19, 1860. Ezra King- man.
March 11, 1861. Benjamin W. Harris.
March 10, 1862. Benjamin W. Ilarris.
March 9, 1863. Benjamin W. Harris.
March 14, 1864. Ezra S. Wbit- marsh.
March 13, 1865. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
Mareb 19, 1866. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
March 18, 1867. Ezra S. Wbit- marsh.
March 9, 1868. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
March 15, 1869. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
March 14, 1870. Moses Bates. Mareb 13, 1871. Ezra S. Whit- marsh.
March 11, 1872. Moses Bates. March 17, 1873. William H. Osborne.
March 16, 1874. William H. Osborne.
March 4, 1878. George M.
Mareb 13, 1882. George Keith. March 12, 1883. George M.
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March 14, 1853. Joseph Cham- berlain.
March 12, 1855. James Bates. March 10, 1856. James Bates.
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David Brown (2d), 1828, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35.
Simeon Curtis, Jr., 1828, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53.
Zenas Keith, 1834, '35.
Isaac Pratt, 1834, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55.
Joseph Chamberlain, Jr., 1836, '38.
Martin Whiting, 1836, '37, '39, '40, '41, '42.
Zebina Keith, 1838.
Aaron Hobart, 1839.
Welcome Young, 1840, '41.
Daniel French, 1842, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '49.
Samuel G. Alden, 1850, '54, '60, '61, '62.
Calvin Reed, 1855. John Reed, 1855, '56.
B. Watson Keith, 1855. George Bryant, 1856, '57, 58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67.
Wadsworth Phillips, 1856, '57.
Cushing Otis, 1858, '59.
Charles A. Latham, 1860, '61, '62, '63.
Benjamin W. Harris, 1863.
Galen Willis, 1864.
Isaac N. Nutter, 1864. Jacob Bates, 1865, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72.
Ezra Kingman, 1865, '77, '78, '79.
Eliab Latham, 1866, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '81, '84.
Charles H. Goss, 1868, '69,' 70, '71, '72, '74, '75, '76, '78, '79, '82. Moses Bates,1 1873.
George A. Wheeler, 1873. Jacob Rogers, 1873. Ezra A. Whitmarsh, 1874, '75, '76, '77, '80, '81.
Joshua Dean, 1877, '78, '79, '80.
Henry Gurney, 1880, '81, '82, '83, '84.
L. Watts Richards, 1882, '83.
James Sidney Allen, 1883. George M. Keith, 1884.
TOWN CLERKS.
Town clerks of East Bridgewater from the date of the incorporation of the town :
Ezra Kingman, Jr., 1823, '24, '25, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51. Bartholomew Brown, 1826.
William Harris, Jr., elected Aug. 21, 1826, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, 34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45. Benjamin W. Harris, 1852, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60. Isaac N. Nutter, 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65.
William H. Osborne, 1866.
Jacob A. Rogers, 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73.
Frank Smith, 1874, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84.
TREASURERS.
Treasurers of East Bridgewater from the date of the incorporation of the town :
Ezra Kingman, 1823, '24, '25, '46 '47, '48, '49, '50, '51. Bartholomew Brown, 1826.
William Harris, Jr., Ang. 21, 1826, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45.
Benjamin W. Harris, 1852, '53, '54.
Welcome Young, 1855. Martin Whiting, 1856, '66. Jolm Reed, 1857. Bartlett R. Alden, 1858, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64.
1 Died Juno 16, 1873.
Isaac N. Nutter, 1865, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '73. Henry Gurney, 1872.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT.
Ezra Kingman, Jr., 1829, '30, '31, | Thomas Conant, 1859. '34, '35, '36.
Azor Harris, 1833, '49.
Joseph Chamberlain, 1833.
Ezra Kingman, 1862, '63.
William Harris, 1836, '37, '40, '41.
Isaac Pratt, 1837, '38, '40, '56.
Charles Mitchell, 1838. Jacob A. Rogers, 1850, '52.
Levi Churchill, 1851.
Calvin Reed, 1854.
William H. Osborne, 1872, '84.
B. Watson Keith, 1855.
Isaac N. Nutter, 1875, '76.
Asa Mitchell, 1857.
Joshua Dean, 1880.
Benjamin W. IIarris, 1858.
L. Watts Richards, 1882.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Col. Edward' Mitchell, Aug. 28, 1775.
Hugh Orr, Oct. 26, 1775.
Elisha Mitchell, Sept. 18, 1788.
Joseph Chamberlain, 1850.
Dr. Hector Orr, June 7, 1803-37, 1841-47 (thirty-nine years).
Nathan Alden, Nov. 27, 1811.
James Thomas, 1812.
Simeon Curtis, 1855.
Ezra Kingman, 1813.
Silvanus Lazell, Feb. 3, 1816.
Isaac Alden (3d), 1827.
Rufus A. Littlefield, 1856.
Silvanus L. Mitchell, 1828.
John Pearce, 1856.
Wallace Rust, 1829.
Abisha Stetson, 1833.
Azor Harris, 1834.
Seth Bryant, 1858.
Isaac Pratt, 1841.
Robert Curtis, 1858.
William Harris, 1842.
Lebbeus Leach, 1845.
Ezra Kingman, 1861.
Nathaniel Waterman French, 1845.
Henry Hobart.
Henry Alden, 1846.
Thomas Keith.
Josialı Whitman, 1847.
James H. Mitchell.
Solomon Ager, 1847.
Isaac N. Nutter, 1872.
Each of the attorneys received his commission soon after admission to the bar: Nahum Mitchell, July 3, 1795; Bartholomew Brown, June 26, 1812; and others whose names are elsewhere given.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
Nahum Mitchell, 1803-5. Benjamin W. Harris, 1873-83.
Aaron Hobart, 1821-27.
STATE SENATORS.
Hugh Orr, 1785-86.
Nahum Mitchell, 1813-14.
James H. Mitchell, 1862-63. Benjamin W. Harris, 1857.
Aaron Hobart, 1819.
Jacob Bates, 1870-71.
Welcome Young, 1846-47.
James S. Allen, 1882-83.
Aaron Hobart, Jr., 1854.
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
Nahum Mitchell, 1814-20.
Asa Millet, 1865.
Aaron Hobart, 1828-31.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BELONGING TO EAST BRIDGE- WATER.
Bartholomew Brown, 1834-35.
James Bates, 1857-59.
Isaac Aldeu (3d), 1836-43.
SHERIFF OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY FROM EAST BRIDGE- WATER.
James Bates, 1860. Continued in that office till his deccase, Oct. 5, 1876.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS.2
Joli Holman, Aug. 25, 1731.
Joseph Chamberlain, 1832-49.
Japhet Allen, 1773-75. Bartlett R. Allen, 1852-54.
William Harris, 1800-2.
Franklin Keith.
Edward Vinton, 1813-31.
George A. Wheeler.
2 Appointed by the sheriff.
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18:
182
1820
182
rat
to
David Pratt (2d), 1860. William Allen, 1861.
Janies S. Allen, 1864, '71. William Vinton, 1865, '66.
Jacob Bates, 1867, '69.
Irving Bates, 1868. Pliny Edson, 1870.
Ezra Kingman, 1847.
Cushing Mitchell, 1848.
Moses Bates, Jr., 1849.
Levi Churchill, 1852.
Jacob Bates, Jr., 1853. Asa Millet, 1853.
James H. Mitchell, 1855. B. Watson Keith, 1856.
183
1838
1839
1840
1841
184
1543
1845
184
184
1849
1845
1850
1858
1855
1834
183:
183
1833
Calvin Reed, 1856. John Reed, 1856.
Aaron Hobart, Jr.
1859
873
HISTORY OF EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Statistics .- Votes for Governor since the incorpo- ration of the town of East Bridgewater :
1824. William Eustis 103
1855. Samuel HI. Walley .. 89
1860 .. $1,313,610
.0078
870
.....
1861
1862
1,273,031
.010
900
.....
11,341
555
1526. Leri Lincoln. 122
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