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already so far Proceeded upon as that there is a yong Gentlman as a Candidate for the Ministry viz Mr John Rand Invitted & has preached in sd Town for some time, and the Maj" part of the Chch Have appointed 3 men as a Committee to Treat with him about further supplying the Pulpit) viz Silvanus Cottle Sam !! Lumbert & Ransford Smith; Then Nextly a Vote was Called whether or no M' Jethro Athearn & M. Sil- vanus Cottle should act with the Chch's Committee in the aforsd affair : & it passed in the affermative.
Then ye abovsd Meeting was Adjourned unto Two of the Clock in the afternoon of Tuesday next then to Receive the Report of sd Com- mittee & further to Act on ye abovsd affair as may then be thought Needfull : Entered # order # me
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
And at sd Adjornment being Attended it was Reported by sd Com- mittee that the sd Mr Rand agreed to suply the Pulpett as a Candidate upon further Tryall the Space of three Lords Days Inclusive with the Last Sabbath past : on the Eleventh Day of January 1757 then Concluded that this meeting be further adjorned untill next monday come seven nights at one of the Clock in the afternoone # order of sd Meeting.
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on the 24th of January AD 1757 by severall Adjournments as above Expressed to Proceed tow- ards the Settling the Gospell Ministry in sd Town which has ben some time unsettled & whereas this Day at a Church Meeting in sd Town Mª John Rand who has been Invited to preach the Gospell in sª Town as a Candidate for the Ministry a vote passed by the Maj" part of the Male members of Said Chch present at sd Meeting it was agreed upon to present sd Mr John Rand with a Call to take the Charge of a pastor over Sª Chch; and now the proceedings of sd Chch being presented to this Town Meeting for their Concurrance with sd vote Then it was put to vote whether or no the Congregation would Concur with the Chchs vote & it passed in the affermative; also voted by the Town to offer to sd Mr Rand that upon his taking Office of Pastor to Encourage him with ye sum of 750 pound old Tenor for settlement to be paid in 2 years next after his Taking Office & 350 pounds old Tenor sallery # year During his Continuance in the office, and also then was Chosen Mr Jethro Athearn Mr Samuel Lumbert & Cap Gershom Cathcart to wait on sª Mr Rand
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with an account of what was Done in the affair & Request his Answer. and further it was voted that the sum of 60 pounds old Tenor Should be paid to the sª M" Rand for his supplying the pulpit hitherto he Defraying his own charge; & then the sd Meeting was adjourned in all things to be acted upon on this Day unto three a Clock in the afternoon on Wednesday the 26th of sd January Entered pr me
JA ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : That at a Town Meeting Lawfully Warned & Held in sd Tisbury on the 16th Day of March AD 1757 being an Anniversary Meet- ing for the Chusing Town Officers to serve in sd Towh the year Ensue- ing : Then in the first place Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting; Then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk for the Ensueing year -: Then nextly a vote was Called for the choice of selectmen and it passed by the Mayr voters that M' David Butler M! Thomas Look & Ezra athearn should serve in the office of select men in sd Town the year Ensueing : Nextly Seth Daggett was chosen to the office of Constable in sd Town the year ensueing : then Capt Gershom Cathcart was Chosen Town Treasurer for the ensueing year then Henry Luce & Jabez Manter were chosen survayers of Highways for the ensueing year : then Benja Lumbert Stephen Luce & Samuel Weeks were chosen fence vewers for the ensueing year : then John Luce & William Coohoon were Chosen Tythingmen Then Joseph Allen & Wiliam Rogers were Chosen Hog- reaves
This Agreement made the 17th Day of March Anno Domini 1757. By and Between Samuel Manter & Whitten Manter both of Tisbury; Whereas we own a Lot of Land Lying between Two ways, The way or Road that Leads to Homesehole, & the way that Leads to Jonathan Luces, being to the East side of the Pine Hill; And in the first place We do for Our Selves and for Our Heirs Reserve the sd way for Each of Our uses & Our Heirs to be keept by Barrs or by Gates so far forth as we are Concerned; And we have Divided Part of sd Lot, and the bounds are as followeth, a heap of Stones by sd Homeseshole Road and then to Run streight from sd Heap of Stones to a heap of Stones Lying by abovsd Luces Path or Road; And the sd Samuel Manter has all the Land to the Southward of the abovsd Bounds & his Heirs for Ever, And the abovesd Whitten Manter has all to the northward of sd Bounds, so far North- ward untill it meets with the Cross path which is known by the name of
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old Stephens Path being to the East End of the Pine Hill; and all the Land to the northward of sd Path Lyes yett undivided :
In Witness hereunto we have Sett our Hands the Day and Year above Mentioned - and With both & Each of Our Consents That this Our Division of the abovsd Premises should be put upon the Town Record.
SAMUEL MANTER WHITTEN MANTER
Recorded this Sixth Day of April AD. 1757
me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk of sd Tisbury
Tisbury ss : That at a Legall Town Meeting Assembled & Held in Said Tisbury on the Ninth Day of May AD 1757 In Order to Receive Read & Consider of Mr Rands Answer and (if ned be) to Take into Seri- ous Consideration of What may Then & there appear Proper & needfull for Further Encouragement for his Takeing office in sd Town In Order Therefor for Regular Proceeding; Choice was made of Mr Jethro Athearn for moderator of sd Meeting Then it was put to vote whether or no the following matter be offered to M' John Rand for his Answer viz : To M' John Rand sr. This Day at a Town Meeting in Tisbury your Answer was Read with the Additionall Provisall which we think is Rather too hard to Comply with at Present; But on further Consideration we Propose, That if you will settle upon the former Proposall, That after the settlment and Sallery be performed as Enjoined for the Two first years; we Engage to Add Ten pounds old Tenor pr year untill the 54"! be Completed so to Continue During your Continuance in the Ministry in sd Town yearly ; And it passed in the Affermative : Dated at sd Meet- ing the ninth Day of May AD. 1757. Jethro Athearn Moderator. Then the sd Meeting was adjourned unto fryday the 20th Day of May Instant at five of the Clock in the afternoone; Entered # order of sd Meeting me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Then on the Twentieth of sd May AD 1757. Then the sd Adjourn- ment was Attended and An Answer to the abovesd Invitation was Returned under the hand of the sª Mr John Rand in the following Words. viz. To the Church & Congregation in Tisbury Greeting
Dearly beloved in Our Lord Jesus Christ; with fear and Trembling, I now Declare my acceptance of the. Invitation ye gave me to be your Minister - Pray for me that I may have Grace to be faithfull in the great work whereunto I am Called -That I may Render an Account
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with Joy & not with Grief - Let us be Looking to the Great Head of the Church, Beging that we may be guided in the way of Truth & Peace and at Last to Glory. -
Your Servant In Christ Jesus
Tisbury May 20th A. D. 1757. JOHN RAND
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting warned to be Held in sd Tisbury on ye 12th Day of August AD 1757 : then & there to vote Act and Do what may be Thought Lawfull & Proper in Concurrance with the Church in the Dismission of mr John Rand now Resident in s" Town or any Other Matter or Cause Relating to the ministry in sd Town And being Meet on sd Day : at which sd Meeting Mr Elisha West Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting : then after much Debate on the Cause; It was Put to vote by sd Moderator, In the words following: Viz Tisbury August 12th-1757. All you that are of the Mind to Concur with the Church in this Town in what they have Already done Respecting the Dismision of MI John Rand from that Relation he stands in this Church and Town by virtue of a Call he had from Church and Town : Past in the affermative: Elisha West Moderator Recorded by order of sª Meeting
#r me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Propriators Meeting Warned and Assembled in sd Tisbury on the sd Ninth Day of of September AD 1757. agreeable to the notification at which sd Meeting capt Gershom Cathcart chosen mod- erator of sd meeting. said meeting was warned to consider Act & vote what may be needfull and Proper in order for the Defence of the Pro- priators Rights in Common & undivided: Then at sd meeting the Pro- priators then assembled see cause to adjourn sd Meeting to the third Day of october next at three a Clock in the after noone of sd Day & sd meet- ing stands
Tisbury ss : That at a Legall Town Meeting held in sª Tisbury on the 17th Day of October AD 1757. to put to vote, whether or no it may be thought Advisable to Raise a sum or sums of Money on Severall Perticu- lars herein after put to vote
Then in the first place, Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator.
The first Perticular was for the Raising a sum or sums of Money for Defraying Town Charges arisen or ariseing in sd Town; then the sum of fifty Pounds was put to vote for the Payment of ME Rand for his service
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in Preaching Some time before this Day in sd Town & also out of sd sum Some money Should be Paid out thereof to those men that went the Last year in the Balot Service for their Pole Rates in sd Year which was Ordered by the Court to be Remitted to them as also some money to the selectmen for their service Last year in takeing a List of the Doomes &c : as Sett forth in the warrant for sd Meeting & the vote for sd fifty Pounds as abovsd being Called it Passed in the affermative, Ordered to Record by sd Meeting and so Recorded # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
These Presents witneseth yt we the Subscribers ye selectmen of Tis- bury & Chilmark being Mett this 29th of November 1757. in Order to Preambulate & Renew ye bound marks in the Dividing Line between ye sd Towns & have agreed upon a Large flat Rock lying at the north Shoar near in Range where formerly Stood a fence which parted between the Land formerly belonging to M' Hancock & the Land now in the Improv- ment of Samuel Gray which sd Rock is now almost Covered with sand & from the sd. Rock unto an Other Rock Commonly Called & known by the name of the great Rock Standing at the East End of the midle Line & from thence to a Stake Standing in Cases field so Called with a heap of Stones laid about it & from thence unto a black Oak Tree or Saplin marked, on the north side of the Path a Little to the westward of the house of M: Eliashib Adams: In Witness whereof we have Subscribed our hands
DAVID BUTLER
Recorded pr Order of sd Selectme
THOMAS LOOK
me JABEZ ATHEARN
SILVANUS ALLEN SAMUEL MEYHEW EZRA ATHEARN Selectmen of Tisbury
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting Warned to be held in sd Tisbury on the 20th Day of December Anno Domini 1757. Then & there to Act and Do by votes what may then & there be Thought Most Proper in Order to Look out for and agree with some suitable Person to Preach the Gos- pel to the Inhabitants of sd Tisbury. and now a meeting being Assem- bled for that Purpose : and Proceed to the Choice of a Moderator, and then Jabez Athearn was Chosen : Then it was put to vote whether or no this Meeting was of the mind to Proceed to Look out for a Minister or a suitable Person to preach the Gospell to the Inhabitants of this Town & it Passed in the affermative then it was put to vote whether or no Mr
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Samuel West should be Invited to come & Preach in this Town & it Passed in the affermative, and that Mr Sam" Lumbert & Mr Jethro Athearn be the Towns Messengers to Invite him & that it Passed in the Affermative, and further it was voted that the abvesd Messengers should have the Liberty to Proceed further in Case sd Mr West should DisIn- cline &c & it passed in the affermative and further this Meeting is adjourned untill this Day week which will next Tuesday
Entered pr me JABEZ ATHEARN CU
Tisbury ss Whereas that a Town Meeting was Called and Held in sd Tisbury on ye 20th Day of December 1757 for the Looking out for a Per- son to Preach the gospel to the Inhabitants of sd Town they being Des- titute thereof and at sd meeting Mr Jethro Athearn and Samuel Lumbert were Chosen to seek out, and they Proceeded upon the advice of sd meet- ing to Invite one Mr Samuel West who Did not fully Consent but would Consider who afterward made a visit to sd Tisbury after an adjournment of sd meeting which, was further adjourned unto the Last Tuesday in January 1757
and then Mett & then the sd Athearn & Lumbert Reported that they had opertunity to Converse with sd Mr West about the same affair, who signified he should Endevour further to Quallifie himself for Preach- ing which he hoped with submission to accomplish in about the space of six weeks & signified also that he should Incline as Willingly to Preach at sd Tisbury as any other Place if he should be Desired by a Letter. It is therefore Considered that sd Persons should Proceed further to Invite sd Mr West and not to Proceed any further untill six' weekes from this time be Expired waiting for his answer Except it be fully manifested before that that he Does utterly Decline and the sd meeting was further adjourned unto the second Tuesday of March next Entered # me
JABEZ ATHEARN Olr
And then on the Day adjourned unto being the on the 27th Day of December 1757 then the Committee as above Proceeded to Invite sd Mr West who DisinClined to attend at Present to the Invitation; yet the Committee were advised at sd Adjournment to Proceed farther to seek for a Minister ; and the abovsd Meeting was further adjourned unto the Last Tuesday in January next
Entered pr me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
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To All Unto whom these Presenents Shall Come We the Subscribers hereunto : To wit : Jabez Athearn and Ebenezor Rogers both of Tisbury in Dukes County. send Greeting : Know ye, That whereas there has been a Controversy subsisting for a Long Time between the Parties viz. Jabez Athearn and Ebenezer Rogers about a Line on the North Eastern side of the Land in said Tisbury Commonly Known by the Name of the Kip- higan Lotts, whereof, he The sd Athearn now is the owner of Part of the Eastermost of sd Lotts and next adjoining to sd Lines : To wit; so far as from the south Easterly End thereof and so northwesterly till it Comes to a part of sd Lott now holden by Elisha Crowel : And now for a finall Issue and Agreement between the sd Athearn & Rogers as also for their Heirs and assigns for ever, That whereas there has of Late been a Line Run and bound marks made from a stump or Place where a Stump once was, Called the black Stump, The acknowledged East bounds of sd Lott, and from that Place the sd Line which was Run by the Assistance of Mr Samuel Hunt as a surveyer of Land which sª Line and so bounded and Marks Sett, Was Run on a North Norwest Point & two Degrees West- erly so far till said Line comes to sª Crowells Land; The which Line as sett forth we agree as abvesaid to be the Standing and Everlasting bounds of the Lands Called the Kiphgan Lotts so far as Concerns us, Our Heirs and Assigns :
In Witness whereof Wee the sd Jabez Athearn and Ebenezer Rogers have hereunto sett our Hands and seals, This Twenty second Day of February In the Thirty first year of His Majestys Reign Annoque Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Eight : And agree that the Above agreement be committed to the Records of sd Tisburys Town Book
Signed and Sealed In the Presence of GERSHOM CATHCART JAMES ATHEARN
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JABEZ ATHEARN the Mark C EBENEZER ROGERS and seal of
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Entered and Recorded the Day and year abvesd $ me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk of sd Tisbury
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting Legally warned and held at the Schoolhouse in sd Tisbury on the sixth Day of March AD 1758 being an Anniversary Town Meeting for the Choice of Town officers to serve in sd Town for the Year Ensueing as also to consider of severall Proposals
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as shall be made by Mr Nathaniel Hancock of sd Tisbury & to Act and vote thereon, as also to take into Consideration some further Care for the Poor in sd Tisbury.
Then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator: Then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk for ye Ensueing year: Nextly Ezra Athearn Shubel Cottle & Stephen Luce Chosen selectmen & overseers of the Poor for the Ensueing year : Then Benjamin Allen was Nominated and Chosen to serve in the office of Constable in sd Town for the Ensueing year : Then Capt Gershom Cathcart was Chosen Town Treasurer for the Ensue- ing year : Then Barnet Case & Caleb Rand Junr were Chosen Tything men
Then Deacon silvanus Cottle & John Mayhew were Chosen surveyers of highways Then Whitten Manter Benjamin Merrey & Samuel Weekes were Chosen fence viewers for the Ensueing year : Then Seth Dagget was Chosen surveyer of Bords shingles & other wood or Timber. - then Elijah Look Robert Burges and Adonijah Luce were Chosen Hogreeves for the Ensueing year : Then for asmuch as there be several Poor persons that Stand in need of Reliefe & there being some Money in the Town Treasury, it is voted that the Present selectmen may Call for & Receive out of the sd Treasury such & so much of sd money as they see needfull for the support of the poor and apply it that way giving Receipt for the same. so then the above sd meeting was adjourned untill the second Tues- day of march Instant pr order & vote
Entered # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Then at sd Adjournment being on the second Tuesday of March abovsd The Constabl of sd Tisbury viz Seth Daggett Declared he had sumoned :
Memorandum; that at this Adjournment the vote of the Choice of Benjamin Allen for the Constable of sd Tisbury was Reconsidered and for good Causes the Choice Droptd as by a vote at sd Adjournment :
Then the Meeting Proceeded and Chose Benja Merrey to serve in the office of Constable in sd Tisbury this year 1758 who being Present accepted :
as to the adjournment as Abovsd now this second Tuesday of march 1758 being come and a Meeting Assembled : and an account from the
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Towns messingers Desired to Report what they have meet with since Last Meeting. and then in answer they say that in conversation with sd Mr West at folmouth that he signified his Willingness to Come & Preach in sd Tisbury and under humble submission he Intended to Attend the same in the month of Aprill this year 1758.
At a Legall Town Meeting held in sd Tisbury on the second Tuesday of March 1758 Then it was Proposed to Chuse Agents to appear in the behalf of sd Tisbury in any Cause or Causes that may arise between Mr Nathaniel Hancock of sd Town & the Inhabitants of sd Town, and then Capt Samuel Cobb Deacon Silvanus Cottle & Mª Stephen Look were Chosen Agents as aforsd : Entered pr order of said Meeting
me JAZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss At a Town meeting Regularly Warned and held in sd Tis- bury on ye 19th Day of May AD 1758. Then assembled to see by a vote whether or no the Church & Town will Concur to give Mr Samuel West (now a Resident & Preacher of the Gospel in sd Tisbury a Call to Preach here as a Candidate for some time of time upon Tryall & if the above Proposal pass in the affermative Then at sd meeting to make Choice of some Suitable Persons to act as a Committee to Treat with the sd Mr West as to time of Tarrying & Termes &
Then in order Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting : and then upon Reading of the vote of the Chch in their Call & Invitation of Mª Samuel West to Preach the Gospell in sd Town for some Length of Time as a Candidate on Tryall for Liking. It was put to vote whether or no the Town would Concur with the Chch vote, and it Passed in the Affermative = = then Mr Jethro Athearn & Mr Samuel Lambert who were Chosen the Chch' Committee are also with the Adition of Lieut Benja Manter Chosen to be the Towns Committee to Wait upon & Treat with sd M" West on the affair abovesd : Entered p me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting Regularly Warned and held in sd Town on the 13th Day of July 1758 : In order to Receive from the Com- mittee sent to Treat with Mr Samuel West whether or no he would Preach the Gospell in sd Town for some Times of Time as a Candidate on Likeing, To which the sd Committee Report at sd meeting that sd mr West Com- ply to Preach four sabbaths sucsissively from this meeting: and at sd
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Meeting it was voted that his answer was aproved of and his Pupit per- formences to be attended, and that soon after the Expiration thereof the Church and Town will acquaint him with their minds further Relating to the affair : and that mr Samuel West be served with a Copy of this Writ- ing : being Put to vote It Passed in the affermitive. Entered pr me
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk -
Tisbury ss : at a Legall Town meeting held in sd Tisbury on the Eighth Day of August AD 1758. And then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator : 2ly the meeting was to see if the Church & Town will Con- cur or agree to give m !. Samuel West now Preacher of the Gospell in sd Tisbury a Call to Settle in the work of the Ministree in sd Town & if the vote Pass in the afermative then for sd Town to vote some suitable Incoregment : and Whereas a Copy of the Chchs vote of their Choice of sd Sam11 West as their Pastor was Presented at sd Town Meeting the which being Read, The Town Then Proceeded to Consider, what Incour- agement they Could agree upon to ofer to sd Mr West for A Settlement and Sallery in case he should Comply to be the Minister of sd Town, And after much Debate and weighing Matters on all sides at sd Meeting it was Concluded upon to Promise and Ingage in Manner and forme fol- lowing. vizt that upon his Acceptance, To Render and pay him for the first year after his Acceptance the sum of Ninty Six Pounds Thirteen shillings and four pence & also the Like sum for the second year which is to be Esteemed to Contain his Settlment together with his Sallery for the Two first years, and then for the Remmaining Time that he shall Con- tinue the Minister of sd Town to Render him the sum of Forty Six d Pounds 13 = 4 yearly & Every year for his Sallery. And upon his Com- S
plyance with these Termes the sd Town Concur and agree with the Che'h in their Choice & Do Likewise Chuse him the said Mr Samuel West to be the sd Towns Minister. the which was put to vote & it Passed in the Affermative. Then the Town Proceeded & Chose ME Jethro Athearn & Lieut Benja Manter as a Committee both for the Church & Town, to waite upon sd Mr West with the Copy of sd Chchs & Towns votes & to Desire him that in some Reasonable time to Give an Answer to the Matters Proposed in sd Votes. By order of sd Meeting Entered
By me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbury ss : Whereas That a Town Metting Held In sd Tisbury on the Eighth Day of August AD 1758. That then Among Other Things
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At sd Meeting Transacted, It was Considered Whether or no The said Town would Concur with the Church in their Choice of Mr Samuel West, who was then a Preacher of the Gospell in sd Town as a Candi- date for the Gospel Ministry as their Pastor; Then after much Debate on the Affair, It was Considered What Encuragment Might be rea- sonable to offer to sd M! West for His Subsistance If he should Incline to settle in sd Town as their Minister, And then it was Concluded upon & Put to Vote That In Case he would Comply & Take up with the sum of One Hundred Pounds for a settlement & forty six Thiteen shillings & four Pence for His sallery Per Annum : During His Continuance in the Performance of the Gospel Ministry in sd Town; That Then the sd Town Would Concur with the Church in their Choice and Chuse Him sd Samuel West for sd Towns Minister ; And Whereas sd Mister West manifested His Noncompliance, But Proposed Some Addition, Which was That in Case the sd Town would Comply That after Two years were Concluded in His Performance of the work; Taking Taking its begining on His Acceptance & Complyance; Then Either to Add to the settlment first offered the use of a Personage by sd Town Provided Sufficient for the Pasturage of Two Cows & one Horse and also wood Land Sufficient to yield him fire wood, During his Continuance in the work of the Ministry in sd Town, Or Otherwise to Add to the sd one Hundred Pounds settl- ment first offered Thirty Three Pounds six shillings & Eight Pence so makeing the Settlment One Hundred Thirty Three Pounds Six shillings and Eight Pence; and His yearly sallery as abovesd to be Forty Six Pounds Thirteen shillings and four Pence: And upon sd M. Samuel Wests Complyance with the Termes above Expressed The Major Part of the voters present at an adjourn of sd Town Meeting held in sd Town on the ninth Day of November AD. 1758 Passed an Act to Performe the above sd Termes in Manner & forme as above sett forth & upon his Man- ifesting his Complyance herewith the sd Town Doth Concur with the Chch in their Choice & Likewise Call him sd Mr West to be the Minister of sd Town of Tisbury
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