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Tisbuary ss : At A Town meeting Legally warn'd & held at the court- house in Tisbuary by the Freeholders on Wednesday ye 28th of March 1787 in Order to Chuse all Such Town officers as the Law Requires to be Chosen annually in the Month of March in each Town in this Common- wealth, James Athearn Esq" being Chosen Moderator of Sd Meeting, And then it was Put to Vote to See whether Ezra Athearn Should be Town Clerk Deacon Luce Malatiah Davis and Nath Smith Select Men and Jethro Athearn Town Treasurer, and the Vote Passed in the Affirm- ative and the Above Named Officers took the Oath of Alliegance as Required by Law, Jethro Athearn overseer of the Poor Ezekiel Luce Zephaniah Chase and Jonathan Smith Chosen Wardeans, Benjamin Foster & Peter West Tything Men, Enoch Luce Pound=keeper, Jonathan Cith- cart & Cornelius Norton Swine=drivers, Russell Hancock Joseph Chase and Sm1 Look Surveyers of high=ways, Timothy Lumbert & Jonathan Luce Fence Viewers, Isaac Dagett Thomas Chase Surveyers of Lumbert, Nathan Smith Thomas Jones Joseph Look and David Merrey Surveyers of Packt Fish all the Above Named Town Officers ware Chosen to Serve in their Respective offices for ye Ensuing year and then Also Thomas Butler of Tisbuary was Chosen to Serve the Town of Tisbuary in the office of Constable for the Ensuing year and not being at Said Meeting the Town=meeting was Adjornd to Monday the Second Day of April Ensuing the Above date
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met at the abovesd Adjornment of March=meeting and then the Standing Constable made Report that the aboves'd Thomas Butler Refus'd to Serve the Town of Tisbuary in the Office of constable for the Ensuing year, And then it was Mov'd & Seconded and put to Vote to See whether Jonathan Manter Should be Constable for the Ensuing for Tisbuary, and the Vote passed in the Affirmative, And then it was movd & Seconded to See whether Cornelius Norton of Homses=hole in the Con- stablerick of Tisb" and Timothy Lumbert. Should be Assesors of Taxes for Tisbuary and it passed in the Affirmative, Cornelius Dunham was also chosen by Vote for A Sealer of Weights & Measures it was also Voted at Said meeting that the Constable Should have Six=pence on the Pound for Collecting Taxes, and then Said March=meeting was Adjorn'd to the 16th of April Ensuing the above date
EZRA ATHEARN 7 Clerk
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Tisbuary ss : At A Town=Meeting Legally Warn'd and held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary on Monday ye Second Day of April AD : 1787 In Order to Chuse A Governour Lieutenant Governour & Senator for the Ensuing year in the common=Wealth of Massachusetts and at Said Meeting of the Freeholders of Tisbuary then Present Put in Twenty Votes for John Hancock Esq" to be Governour for the Ensuing year and Nine Votes for James Bowdoin and 15 Votes for Benja Lincelon to be Lieutenant Governour & 11 Votes for Benja Warren to be Lieut governour Thos Cushing two Votes Ten Votes for Matthew Mayhew to be Senetor and 16 Votes for Thomas Cook to be Senator for the Ensuing year Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met on the Sixteenth day of April on the Adjornment of March= Meeting for 1787 and at Said meeting the Said Jonathan Manter appeard and Declard his Nonacceptance of being a Constable for the Town of Tisbuary for the Ensuing year, And then it was Movd & Seconded and put to Vote to See whether John Gray Should be Chosen Constable for the Ensuing year and the Vote passed in the Affirmative and then Sd March Meeting was Adjorn'd to Monday the 23ª Day of April A D : 1787 EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met Lastly on the Adjornment of Said March=meeting Continu'd to Monday the 23d of April 1787 and at Said Meeting the Aboves'd John Gray appeard and Declar'd his acceptance of the Office of a Constable for the Town of Tisb" for the Ensuing Year and took the Oath of Allie- gance as Requird, and at Said Meeting James Athearn Esq" was Chosen Assesor for the Town of Tisb" for the Ensuing year and then Said meet- ing was Disolv'd EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At A Townmeeting Legally Warn'd and Held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary on the Fifth of October AD : 1787 and at Said meeting and Agreeable to the Warrant for calling the Same Voted in the Affirmative that the Present Select men be a Committee to Settle with the Town Treasurer, And Also to Examine the Constables Requests for Remiting Sundray Persons Rates that are Delinquent, And also to Examine what is Nessary to be done to Repair the Meeting=House and Parsonage=House in Tisbuary and to make Report at an Adjornment, And then Said Meeting was Adjorn'd to the Third Fryday of Sª October,
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
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Met at the above sd Adjornment on Fryday the 19th of Said October 1787 and at Said Meeting it was Movd and Seconded and Put to Vote to See whether one Hundred and Fifty Pounds L M Should be Rais'd on the Inhabitants of Tisbuary to Defray their Town Charges Arisen and arising the Present Year and the Vote pased in the Affirmative, And at Said Meeting it was movd & Put to Vote to See wheather Benjamin Allen & Russel Hancock Should be a Committee to Repair Tisbuarys Meetinghouse and Personage house on the Towns Cost and the Vote passed in the Affirmative
EZR ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At A Town=meeting Legally warnd and held by the Freeholders of Tisbuary at the Courthouse on the Eleventh Day of December A D: 1787 in Order to See if the Town will Chuse Some Suitable Person to Represent Said Town as a Deligate at the State Con- vention to be held at the State=house in Boston on the Second Wednes- day in January Next in Order for the Adoption of the Fedrel Constitution agreed upon by the Deligates of the United States held at Philadelphia on the first Monday in May 1787 And at Said Meeting Cornelius Dun- ham of Tisbuary was Chosen as a Deligate to Represent the Town of Tisbuary at the Abovesaid convetion
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At an Annavarsary March meeting Legally warnd and held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary by the Freeholders in Order to Chuse all Such Town officers as is requir'd by Law to be Chosen annually, and at Said meeting Shobal Cottle Esq was Chosen Moderator of Said meet- ing to be holden on Wednesday ye 19th of March A D: 1788 and at Said meeting then the followin Town Officers ware Chosen by Vote to Serve in their Respective offices in the Town of Tisbuary for the Ensuing year Vizª Ezra Athearn Town Clerk James Athearn Esq" Ezekiel Luce and Samuell Look Select Men Jethro Athearn Town Treasurer and Overseer of the Poor, Shobal Cottle Ju"r Constable Joseph Athearn Benjamin Foster Abraham Chase and Samuell Lumbert Surveyers of Highways, Russel Hancock Joseph Chase and Isrel Butler Fence Viewers, Josiah Hancock and Sam" Chase Swine Pounders, Nathan Smith and Jonathan Foster Wardens, and also James Athearn Joseph Allen and Malatiah Davis was Chosen a Committee to Audit the Town Accounts, Enoch Luce Pound keeper, and then Said March=meeting was adjornd to the Seventh Day
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of April Ensuing, and then met and at Said meeting Cornelius Dunham appeard and Offerd to Serve the Town of Tisbuary the Ensuing year in the Office of a Constable in the room & Stead of the Abovesaid Shobal Cottle Juar, And then it was Put to Vote to See whether the Town would Accept of Said Dunham to Serve the Town as a Constable for and in the room of Said Cottle and the Vote passed in the Affirmative, and also it was Voted at Said Meeting that the Said Dunham Should have the Same Commisions for gathering the Taxes as heretofore has been Allow'd to Other Constables
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : at A Town=meeting Legally Warn'd and held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary by the Freeholders and other Inhabitants Qualli- fied to Vote in Town Affairs, on the Seventh Day of April A D : 1788 and at Said meeting Shobal Cottle Esq' was Chosen Moderator and then it was put to Vote and Agreeable to the Warrant for calling the Same, to See if any Room be Appropriated for the Repairing the Meeting house in Tisbuary Said Room to be taken up whare the Body of Seets are and it passed in the Affirmative; and also at Said meeting it was put to Vote to See whether James Athearn Esq" Malatiah Davis and Cornelius Dun- ham Should be a committee to draw a Plan of Six Pews in the body of the Meeting=House and present the Same to the Town to be acted upon Agreeable as they Shall See fit either in the whole or in part and the Vote passed in the Affirmative;
and then Said meeting was Adjorn'd to the Second Tuesday in May Ensuing the Date hereof
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk:
Met at the Aboves'd Adjornment and Reciev'd a Plan of the Above Said Committee for Six Pews in the two foremost Seets and Alleys in Said Meetinghouse, and then it was Put to Vote to See whether Said Towns Men then Present would Accept of Said Plan and the Vote Passed in the Affirmative, and then it was put to Vote to See wheather James Athearn Esq" Benjamin Allen and Joseph Athearn Should be a committee to Sell Said pew Spots at Publick Vendue and the Vote passed in the affirmative, And also at Said Meeting James Athearn Esq" and Joseph Allen was Chosen A committee to Settle with Elijah Look a Former Constable, Relative to the Taxes he has not gathered for the Reasons he has to give to Said comtte,
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
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Tisbuary ss : at A Town=meeting Legally Warnd & held at the Court house in Tisbuary Thusday ye Sixteenth Day of October A D 1788 (James Athearn Moderator,) In order to See what Monney is Nese- cary to be Rais'd on the Inhabitants the Ensuing year to Defray Town Charges and after Some Debate Said meeting was Adjorn'd to Tuesday following and then met and then Adjorn'd to the Last Tuesday of Sep- tember following to be holden at the Publick meeting house in Tisbuary at foure a Clock in the Afternoon
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
met at the aboves'd Meeting house and Adjorn'd to the House of William Cases and at Sd meeting it was put to Vote and Voted in the Affirmative that Ninety Pounds L M Should be Raisd on the Inhabitants to Defray Town Charges for the Present year, and also Ezekiel Luce was Chosen a committee man to Settle with the Town treasurer
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At A Town=meeting Legally warnd and held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary on Thursday the Eighteenth day of December A D 1788 in Order to Chuse a Representative and two Electors, and at Said meeting David Cobb of Bristol Esq" was Chosen Representative and James Athearn of Tisbuary Esqr was Chosen for an Elector, and Cor- nelius Dunham of Tisbuary was Also Chosen for an Elector, 14 Votes was put in by the Voters then present for Each of the above named Per- sons Tisbuary December ye 18 A D 1788
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At A Town meeting Legally Warn'd and held at the Court house in Tisbuary by the Freeholders Quallified to Vote in Town affairs Met on Wednesday ye Eleventh Day of febreuary A D 1789 and at Said Meeting James Athearn Esq" was Chosen Moderator, and then it was put to Vote and agreeable to the Warrant for Calling the Same, To See whether the Voters then Present would Chuse Shobal Cottle EsqE & Mr Ezekiel Luce to be a Committee to See on what Terms Room may be Obtain'd to Open Alleys from the end alleys in the Meeting house in Tis- buary through to the Noath Alley in Said House, And the Same com- mittee to Report at the March Meeting next Ensuing Likewise a Plan for Removeing the Remaining Seats and Converting them into Pews for the Towns use and the Vote passed in the Affirmative,
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
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Tisbuary ss : At A Town=meeting Legally Warnd & held in Tisbuary on thursday the 19th Day of march 1789 in Order for the Choice of Town officers for ye year, and at Sd meeting James Athearn Esq" was Chosen Moderator, and then all that are herein Aften named ware Chosen by Vote to Serve in their Respective offices for the Year Ezra Athearn Town Clerk, Janes Athearn Ezekiel Luce & Sm" Look Select=men, Shobael Cottle Esqr Joseph Athearn Benjamin Foster Peter Norton Surveyers of High=weys, Jonathan Foster & Abraham Chase Tything=Men. Russel Hancock John Davis Joseph Chase Fence Viewers, William Foster & David Merrey Wardens, Enoch Luce Pound keeper, Timothy Lumbert Elisha Lumbert & Abraham Chase Hogreves, Isaac Dagett Thomas Chase Surveyers of Lumber, Jethro Athearn Town Treasurer & Over- seer of the Poor, Jonathan Manter was Chosen Constable for the Town of Tisbuary for the year 1789 to Gather Common Wealth and County Taxes, Malatiah Davis Ezekiel Luce & Sam" Look to apoint the time in the Spring & fall in Tisbr. for Look up Sheep and then Said March meeting was adjornd to the Sixth day of April following,
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
The Freeholders of Tisbuary met at the Abovesd Adjornment and at Said meeting Robert Look was Chosen Constable to Serve the Town of Tisbuary in the Office of Constable for the Ensuing Year and also at Said adjornment it was Voted in the Affirmative that the Town of Tisbuary Reposess themselves of the Pew Spot Sold Job Look Junr in the Meeting= house in Tisbuary and that he Recieve his Advance Monney of the Towns Committee Appointed to Sell the Same, and also at Said Meeting Voted 2/2 pr Ct Commisions to the Constable to be Paid in the Monney he Collect Spece Vallue
and also at Said Meeting Voted Voted a Commision to the Town= Treasurer for one year,
And also at Said Meeting it was Voted in the affirmative that Shobel Cottle Esq" Should Build a Pew on the Towns Cost on the Left Side the broad Alley in Tisbuarys Meeting house which dimensons and Spot was given to the Town of Tisbuary by Job Look Junr on the Terms Set forth above, and then Said March=meeting was Adjorn'd to the Second Mon- day in may following
EZRA ATHEARN TO
To all People to whome these Presents Shall come Greeting Know yea that whereas Abijah Athearn Husbandman and Jonathan Manter
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Husbandman boath of Tisbuary in Dukes county are Each of us Equally Owners and in Possession of a Tract of Woodland near Homeshole in Said Tisbuary Joyning and Laying Southerly from the Woodland that was formerly Capt Peter Wests of Said Tisbuary, the Abovesaid Tract of Woodland Containing about Seventy Acres was formerly Puchesed of the Reverend Thomas West of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol as may more fully appear by the Deeds now on Record wee Judging it best to Devide the abovesd Tract of Woodland, and have and doe by these Presents Divide Said Land in Manner as follows Begining at A Stake with Stones about it at the Noath and Easterly Side of the above=Said Tract of Woodland near the Cartway that Crosses the Said Land, and to run from Said Stake and Stones to run by a Straight Line Southerly and Westerly by range marked Trees and Stakes till it comes to a Stake and Stone that Stands on the Southerly Side of Said Tract of Woodland And the aboves'd Abijah Athearn doth take all the Land to the East- ward of the Abovsd Line for his Equal half of Said Tract of Land and the abovesd Jonathan Manter doth take all the Lands to the Westward of the above said dividing Line that belongs to the Said Tract of Land for his Equal half of the Premises, This Division wee doe make for our Selves our heirs and Executors and Administrators confirm to each other for ever the Above Division as Witness our Hands and Seals this fourth Day of April A D 1789
ABIJAH ATHEARNS Seal O
JONATHAN MANTER Seal
Signed Sealed and Deliverd in presence of
MARY ATHEARN
RHODA BUTLER
Enter'd on Tisbr Town Book of Records this 9th of January A D: 1793 Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : at A Town=meeting Legally Warn'd and held in Tis- buary by the Freeholders of Tisbuary on the First Monday of April A D : 1789 in Orded for the Choice of a Governour Lieutenant Governour & Senator for the Present year and at Said meeting Twenty=Seven Votes put in for John Hancock EsqE to be to be Gouernour in the Common Wealth of Massachusetts 26 Votes put in for Benjamin Lincolon Esq" to
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be Lieutenant Governour 2 Votes for Sm" Adams Esq" to be Lieutenant gouevnour and 27 Votes for Matthew Mayhew to be Senator EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary's March meeting for 1789 was Adjorn'd to the 23ª of May EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss at A Town=meeting Legally Warn'd and held in Tis- buary at the Courthouse on Monday the 11th 'Day of May A D 1789 for the Choice of A Representative to Serve the Town of Tisbuary at the General Court in the Common Wealth of Massachusetts for the Current Year and at Said Meeting Mr Benjamin Allen was Chosen to Represent the Town of Tisb" on the Condition when Sd Town See nead to Send him with Such Instructions as they Should then give him
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : at an Ajornment of Tisbuarys March=Meeting holden on the 23ª of May A D : 1789 Elijah Look Jun" Offerd to Serve the Town of Tisbuary in the Office of Constable for the Current year Provided it Might goe for his Turn and his Brother Robert Looks turn, And then it was put to Vote and the Vote passed in the Affirmative that it Should be as he had Offer'd and then S! March meeting was Disolv'd, Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town C
Tisbuary ss : at a Townmeeting Legally warn'd and held at the Courthouse in Tisbuary by the Freeholders thereof on the Second Day of November A D 1789 and at Said meeting James Athearn Esq" was Chosen Moderator and then it was Movd and put to Vote to See whether an agent Should be Chosen on the Request of Elizabeth Manter of Tis- buary made to the Town of Tisbuary for her Support being Sick and the Vote passed in the affirmative and then it was Movd and put to Vote to See whether Deacon Stephen Luce Should be the Agent and the Vote passed in the Affirmative Voted also at Said Meeting that the Same Committee be Appropriated to Sell the old Personage Pew in the Meet- inghouse as Sold the Pew Spots heretofore; Also at Said Meeting Ezekiel Luce was Chosen by Vote to be Chorister, And also Ebenezar Jones was Chosen to be the Chorister in the Absence of Said Ezekiel Luce and then Said meeting was Adjornd to Wensday ye 9th of December 1789
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
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Tisbury ss : Met at the Abovesd Adjornment and at Sª Meeting Reconsiderd the Vote wherein Stephen Luce was Chosen an agent as above sd and then it was put to Vote to See whether James Athearn Esq" Should be an agent on the Request of Elizabeth Manter made to the Town of Tisbuary and the vote passed in the Affirmative
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At a Town meeting Legally Warn'd and held by the Freeholders of Tisbuary at the Court house on Fryday the Sixth Day of November A D 1789 in Order to Vote what Monney Should be Raisd on the Inhabitants of Tisbuary the Current Year to Defray the Town Charges and at Said Meeting it was Movd and Seconded and put to Vote and the Vote passed in the Affirmative that 120 Pounds Lawfull Monney Should be Raisd on the Inhabitants of Tisbuary Including Mr Morses Sallery, Voted Also that the Seat's in Tisbuarys Publick Meetinghouse Should be Converted into one Pew on Each Side for the Publick Use Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : at Townmeeting Warn'd and held in Tisbuary by the Freeholders on Monday ye fifth Day of April A D 1790 in order to Chuse Town Officers and a County Treasurer for the Ensuing year and at Said Meeting Seventy & two Votes was put in for Jethro Athearn to be County Treasuer for the Current year
Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At a Town meeting Legally Warn'd and held in Tis- buary by the Freeholders on Monday the fifth of April A D : 1790 : In Order to Chuse A Governour Lieutenant Governour and Senetor, and Also for the Choice of all Such Town Officers as is by Law Requir'd to be Chosen yearly And at Sd Meeting 31 Votes was put in for John Han- cock Esq to be Gouernour for the State of Massachusetts for the year 31 Votes was put in for Samuell Adams to be Lieutenant Governour and 32 Votes put in for Shobel Cottle to be A Senetor to Represent the Countys of Nantukett and Dukes county and four Votes was put in for William Jonakins to be Senetor And also at Sd Meeting the Choice of Tisbuarys Town Officrs for the year are as followeth Viz :
Ezra Athearn Town Clerk James Athearn Edmond Cottle and Joseph Athearn Select=men, Timothy Lumbert Constable, Joseph Chase, abraham Chase and James Manter Serveyer of Highweys, Ben-
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jamin Foster and Timothy Chase Hoogreevs, Joseph Claghorn and William Foster Tything men, Enoch Luce Pound=keeper, Joseph Allen & Ezekiel Luce Fence Viewers, Jethro Athearn Town=treasurer and Over- seer of the Poor, Jonathan Athearn Serveyer of highweys; And then S Meeting was Adjornd to Thirsday ye 15th Day of Sª April, EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met on the 15th of Sd April and After Some Debate Adjorn'd to the 29th of Sª April, Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk Met on the 29th of Said April and Adjorn'd to the Sixth Day of May following
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met on the Sixth Day of May and Adjonnd to the Third Tues=Day of June
EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Met on the third Tuesday of Said June and at Said Meeting Movd and put to Vote to See whether Timothy Lumbert of Tisbuary Should be the Constable for the Town of Tisbuary for the year 1790 and the Vote passed in the Affirmative, and then Sª April Meeting was Con- tinu'd by Adjornment to Tuesday ye 22nd Day of Sd June and at the Sd Meeting Hugh Cithcart John Gray and William Weeks were Chosen Wardens for the year and then Sd April Meeting was Continu'd by an Adjornment to be holden at the Courthouse in Tisbuary on Tuesday ye 29th of June following at five of the Clock P M : EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk Met on the 29th of Sd June and at Sd meeting David Look was put to Vote to See whether he Should be the Constable for Tisbuary to Serve for and in the behalf of Said Timothy Lumbert for the Current year and the Vote passed in the Affirmative
Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At a Townmeeting Legally Warn'd and held in Tis- buary by the Freeholders on Tuesday ye Sixth Day of July A D : 1790 in Order to hear the Request of that part of Tisbuary Called Homseshole viz to See whether the Town of Tisbuary will pass A Vote that the Said Homseshole Should be Sett off as a Precinct, and after Due Considera- tion it was Movd and Seconded and put to Vote and passed in the Affirm- ative that it Should be Sett off for a Precinct as far to the Westward as the Line Called Savages Line and So continu'd the Same Course from the
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Sound to the Line of Edgartown to be Set off from Said Tisbuary as a Seperate District, Provided they Support their own School and the Poor within the Same District and all other charges arising within the Same District, Except the Taxes due to the Commonwealth
attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss: July ye 28th AD 1790 I the Subscriber do hereby acknowledge that I have recieved of Ebenezar Allen Junr. the full Demand of a Certain Note of Hand Sighed and given to me About Twenty Years Since by the Said Ebenezar Allen Ju"" and his Brother Perkins Allen For a Sum of Monney not Matterally if at all Differing from Thirteen Pounds Six Shillings & Eight pence, And whereas the Said Note of Hand is Lost, I hereby Promise that if ever it Should come to Sight it Shall not in any Degree Operate to the Dammage of the Said Ebenezar Allen Junr or his Brother Perkins Allen as Witness my Hand
by me EDMUND COTTLE
Test JOHN ALLEN ELIHU LUCE PEGGEY COTTLE
Entered on Tisbuarys Town Book of Records this 29th Day of March A D : 1791 pr EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Woodstock Sept" 7th 1790
Received of Waltar Boardman a Note of hand against James Fletcher dated may 13 : 1787 for twenty three £ ten Shillings upon interest which I promise to Collect and deliver or return when Collected for
SAMUEL DEMAR
Tisbuary ss : at a Town meeting Legally Warn'd and held in Tis- buary on Monday ye 4th of October for the Choice of A Representative to Sit in Congress for the State and Common Wealth of Massachusetts for the Year 1790 and at Said Meeting Seven Votes was put in for David Cobb, and Six Votes was put in for Walter Spooner to be Said Representative,
Attest EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbuary ss : At A Town Meeting Leggaly Warnd and held in Tis- buary by the Freeholders on Monday ye 15th of November 1790 in Order
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to See how much Monney Should be Raisd on the Inhabitants of Tis- buary to Defray their Town Charges the Present year and to pass Such other Votes as then may be thought propper for the Appropriation of the Monney Arising by the Sail of the Pew Spots in the Meetinghouse in Tisbuary, and to Chuse a Committee to Settle with the Town Treasurer ; and at S! Meeting Voted in the Affirmative that James Athearn Esq" be a Committee Man to procure Weights and Measures for the Town of Tisbuary, to Advance what Monney might be Nesecary therefor out of the Monney he has in hand for the Sale of the Pew Spots in Tisbuary ; Voted also at Said meeting in the Affirmative that Deacon Stephen Luce & Cornelius Dunham be a Committee to Settle with Tisbuarys Town Treasurer and to make Report thereof at the Adjornment and then Sd th Meeting was Adjorn'd to Fryday ye 26 of November Instant at two of
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