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Capt Jas Sawyer 100
Langley Kelley 90
Jno Farnham
200
13 Edmd Kimball 30
Israel Bartlet
30
16 David Brown 80
14 Daniel Lord
25
Anthony Chase 100
15 Saml Jackman Willm Morse Gideon George 180
68.2
Capt Jas Sawyer 60
18 James Whittaker 30
57.7 July 2 Mehitable Carleton
36
21 Thomas Whittaker
15
15 13 Capt Daniel Eames Capt Nat Marsh 30
58.18
Joel Harriman
30
Joseph Snow
19
25 Timothy Ayer
60
Simon Hariman
10
36 Ephraim Brown Samuel Eames Jur
40
Jno Whittier Jur
5
28 James Kimball 60
14 Ebenr Gage
36
Benja Baker
60
Joseph Youring 90
40
29 Frances Smiley Jno Baker
70
31 Ebenr Gage Jur
15
30 Rachel Duston
12.12 Aug 5 Bradley Mitchell
18
June 1 Caleb Cushing
20
10 Abigail Smiley 48.14
2 David Smiley
55
Sept 11 Dea Jo Kelley
15
3 Deacon Ezra Chase
50
24 Joseph Hall
11.8
8 Samuel Ela
90
Daniel Carleton
21
10 Levi Senter
62
Stephen Carleton
30
Zebadiah Barker
30
John Emery 30
Capt Saml Merrill 19.16
Deacn Jos Kelley 20
James Pecker
30
26 John Ayer
21
45
Austin George
39
19 Mrs Anna Cushing Charles Haddock 100
4 Lieut Israel Bartlett 30
Capt Timo Johnson
90
23 Thomas Sargent Saml Jackman 9
30
Capt Daniel Johnson
James Ayer
30
70
Israel Bartlett
35
70
18 Jona Sawyer
William Appleton 30
Caleb Cushing 150
408
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
30 Dea Ezra Chase 54 Apl 17 Jno Brickett 60
Nov 23 Willm Chase
30 May 31 Widow Phebe Hatch 626
Dec 1 Jona Simmons 30 June 12 Langley Kelley 90
31 Moses Simmons 12 July 12 John Gross 282
1779.
Edmd Baker
150
Jan 12 Capt Daniel Johnson 16.4 Nat Soley 282
14 William Chase 30
Eben Bradbury 45
Mar 16 Widow Sarah Ayer 129.6
Mary Baker 12
April 9 Francis Smiley 30.10
13 Daniel Quimby
200
David Smiley 15
May 1 Benja Baker
75
£4963.5
The drafts upon the town this year were by no means light. In March, two men were detached to serve as guards at Cambridge. In April, an order was received to raise fifteen men in this town, to complete the fifteen batallions which were raising for the continental army. The town voted a bounty of one hundred pounds to each soldier who would enlist. They were to serve nine months after their arrival at Fishkill. Those who were detached from the First Company, were Nathan Kimball, Thomas Sargent, William Appleton, Moses Harriman, Gilbert Bond, Ephraim H. Brown, Samuel Eames, Francis Smiley, Jeremiah Davis, Edward Baker, jr., and Danicl Quimby. In May, another order was received for a detachment of ten men, to serve eight months after their arrival at Peekskill. The town voted a bounty of ninety pounds to cach soldier that would enlist. The following enlisted in this service : -
Samuel Ela, Robert Griffin,
David -,
Abrahanı Silver, Levey Senter,
Zebadiah Barker, jr., James Pecker,
In July, twelve men were detached for Rhode Island. The following gives their names. They are copied from " A Muster Roll of Capt Jona- than Fosters Company of Col Nathl Wades Regt of the Mass Troops now in the Service of the United States. Stationed in Middleton in the State of Rhode Island for the term of Six months from the first of July 1778." Sergt John Whittier enlisted July 1
Pr Parker Noyes enlisted July 1
Pr John Berry =
" John Gage 66 66 9 " Joseph Snow 66
9 " Jonathan Silver 66 9
66
9
" Simon Herriman 66
9 " Theodore Tyler
66
9
" Peter Middleton
6 6
1 " Mark Witham 66
9
" Joshua Moore
66 11 " Ebenr Webster 66 9
In the same month, six men marched to Cambridge, and were paid by the town, and six men were detached from the First Company, to serve six weeks at Rhode Island. In September, nine men marched from this town, three from the First Company, to serve at Boston till the 1st of January, 1779. 1
1
-
May 13 Nehemiah Simmons 51
409
HISTORY OF HAVERIIILL.
To raise men and money for these frequent drafts, required the exertion of every nerve, - but it was done. The following items will show some- what of the expenses of the town for the national cause, this year : -
Sixty pounds were paid to four men, who served " as guards at Cam- bridge." One hundred and twenty pounds were paid to eight soldiers, who " served about Boston." Seven pounds eleven shillings were paid to two men for " going to Boston ; " these were probably Simon Harriman, and Joseph Snow, who enlisted, July 3d, for a six months' service, and were paid fifty-five pounds each by the town, in addition to their expenses to Boston .. Nine soldiers enlisted in the militia, and were paid by the town. The amount paid them was five hundred and ninety pounds. For the fifteen soldiers for the continental army, the town paid fifteen hundred pounds. Two men served on Winter Hill five months, to whom the town paid fifty pounds ; they were Daniel Adams and Samuel Le Court. Eight men served in the militia three months, and were paid three hundred and twenty-four pounds. Six men marched to Providence, and were paid three hundred and thirty pounds. On the 30th of June, the town raised two thousand and six hundred pounds to defray the charges " it had been at in procuring soldiers for the continental army and for the service of the state." It was also voted " to raise £500 to hire the soldiers this town is now obliged to raise." On the 19th of July, six soldiers were hired, to be stationed at Cambridge, to whom the town paid one hundred and ten pounds.
Besides these expenses, the town paid several hundred pounds for sup- plies to the families of soldiers. This year there were at least ten such families principally supported by the town.º
But we find no symptom of a murmur. At a meeting in September, the militia officers were directed "to hire any detachments ordered by authority, at any time," and the treasurer " to pay what money was neces- sary for them." If he had no money, he was " to hire some."
In June of this year, the General Court made a requisition on the towns for clothing for the soldiers of the army. This town came up promptly at the call, and we find in a single receipt, dated December 11, 1778, the items -150 shirts, 91 pr shoes, and 57 pair stockings sent from Haver- hill.
The whole expenses of the town for soldiers this year, was upwards of thirty-one hundred pounds !
" From September Ist, 1777, to March 1st, 1779, the town paid for this purpose £934.2.0. The whole number of families was fourteen. The sum paid from October, 1779, to January, 1780, was £437.4.6.
52
410
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
At the annual meeting in 1779, Thomas West, Lieutenant Peter Carl- ton, Colonel Jolin Whittier, Captain Samuel Merrill, Ihinchas Carlton, Isaac Snow, and Samuel Ayer, Jr., were chosen the Committee of Corre- spondence and Safety.º
The committee to supply the families of those soldiers from the town, who were in the army, were Mr. John White, merchant, Ebenezer Gage, Senr., Jonathan Duston, Deacon Benjamin Clements, Captain Samuel Merrill, Samuel Ayer, Jr., Anthony Chase, Captain Joseph Eaton, Richard Kimball, William Ladd, Elias Johnson, Lieutenant Jonathan Webster, and Simon Ayer.
The militia officers were again ordered to hire what men the town should be called on to furnish, and the treasurer was directed to pay the bills for the same.
The following account of bounties paid by this town, between Febru- ary, 1777, and March, 1778, is copied from the book of the province treasurer :
Soldiers Names
Amt Bounty
Time when paid
Soldiers Names
Amt Bounty
T'me when paid
Jacob Row
£ 14
Feb
10
Reubn Sillaway
14
Mar
Robt Martin
15
15
Abner Kimbal
14
David Peaslee
14
Mar
20
Benj Moody
6.
Samuel Buck
1-1
Feb
13
Robt Brant
John Tyler
14
Mar
5
Natl Peas Moody
William Baker
14
Feb
25
Jos Currier
66
Jno Dow, Sergt
14
.6
17
John Johnson
7
Moses Kezar
14
66
3d
Willm Davis
12
John Thomas
7
66
11
Danl Parker
15
66
Saml Remicks
14
Feb
24
Chase Pilsbury,
66
66
John Straw
14
66
10
John Hutchins Jur
12
66
John Straw Jur
14
10
Joseph Young
15
66
Jona Dustan
87
Aug 10
Humphrey Moody
14
Moses Lacount
14
Apl 19
Saml Staples
21
May
Job Gage
6
Jany -
James Rix, Sargt
14
Feb 14
Thos Hopkins
1778
Jonathan Loughlur John Loughar
21.10 Apl
Saml Middleton Jur
90
Mar 14
Wingate Bradley
16.10 "
1777
Nathl Peabody
16.10
Thos Thornton
3.12 May
William Case
15
66
Wm Huston
17.2 Junc
Saml Bradley Fulsom 15
15
66
Danl Page
30
Apl
Moses Worthing
12
Apl
Chas Davis
14
Mar
Ebenezer Ballard
15
9 At the adjourned meeting, March 26th, a new committee was chosen, consisting of General James Brickett. Captain Samuel Merrill, Deneon Ezra Chise, Isaac Snow, John Sawyer, Captain Timothy Eaton and James l'ike. No reason is given for choosing a new committee for this purpose.
-
-
66
Saml Midilton
Hollaway
21.10 Apl
66
411
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
Soldiers Names
Amt Bounty
Time
Soldiers Names
Amt Bounty
when
paid
p.tid
John Berry
15
Apl
John Gibson
30
May
John Stanford
Saml Barber
45 ·
66
Joshua Henshaw
66
Elias Rowell
24
Apl
John Hutchins
15
Apl
John Wilson
30
May
Richd Jose
James Clements
14
Apl
William Gould
66
Saml Gage
18
$6
" oseph Richards
66
66
Oliver Page
8
Wm Smith Price
66
James Clements Jur 14
Moses Downing
14
Feb 14
John Graham
Feb 19
William Harriman
03
Apl
Jacob Buck Jur
Mar 10
Timothy Bedle
18
May
William Pecker
66
25
Peter Carlton
24
65
Willm Harriman Jur 66
Feb 13
Pearley Haynes
36
66
Willm Greenleaf Jrº
Mar 11
Fortune Brennux
30
66
John Lee
15
Feb 15
Isaac Thompson
The complaints of the people in most of the States had become so loud and so general, on account of the prevalence of extortion and monopoly, growing out of the depreciation of the paper money. ; that Congress deemed
· Lieutenant William Greenleaf entered the service as a private, January, 1776. He was appointed Ensign soon after. and subsequently commissioned as Lieutenant. He wis in the battle at Governor's Island ; at Haarlem Heights ; at the taking of Burgoyne ; carried the standard of his reg'mint at Mon- mouth ; and was in the memorable Retreat from Long Island. He left the service in 1783, and returned to his native town, where he was for miny years the popular landlord of Greenleaf's Tavern (where the Chase Block now stands). Ile was a brave officer, and a kind and gentlemanly citizen and neighbor. He died in 1832.
f As a paper of no small historical value and interest, we copy the following table from the book of our Town Treasurer. It was evidently prepared for h's own convenience.
" Scales of Depreciation. The Worth of £100 in Paper Money, when reduced to Solid Coin, at the rate of Six Sh'llings & Eight Pence for one ounce of Silver."
1777
Mass
New lamp
1779
Mass
NII
Congress
January
9.5.4.9
Equal
Congress No Depreci- atiun till
Jan
13.10
13 9.7
Feb
93.11.0
96 3.1
Feb
11.106
11.10.5
Mar
91.14.11
94.6.9
October
Mar
10
10
Apr
89.5.8
90.18.1
Apl
9 11.1
9.1,9
May
87
87.14.4
May
8.4.7
8.4 7
June
S3.6.S
Same as
June
7.9
7.9
July
80
Mass to
July
6 15 8
6.15.3
Aug
GG 13.4
December
6.2.7
Sept
57.2.10
1779
91.3.4
Out
4.18.5
4.18.3
Nov
33.6.8
82.6.8
Nay
4.6.8
4.7
Dec
32.5.2
76.9.8
Dec
3.17.2
3.17.2
1778
30.15.5
GS.11.S
Jan
3.8.1
3.8.1
3.8.0
Feb
28.11.3
62.8.2
Feb
3.02
3.0.2
3
Mar.
26.14
57 2.0
Mar
2.13.6
2 13.6
2.13.7
Apl
49.7.6
All
2. 10
2 10
2.10
May
41.0
May
2.1.8
June
57. 6
June
1.15
July
20.10
230.7
July
1 13.4
Aug
02.4.5
24,14
Ang
1.11.8
Sept
21.1
25.0.2
Sup
1.10.9
Oct
20
21.10.3
(et
1.9. L
Nov
18.6.11
18.7
Nov
1 8.6
Dec
15.15.5
15.15.6
Dec
1.7.4
66
66
Lott Ayer
66
Benj Pressey
6 2.7
5.11
Oet
36.7.3
Sept
5.11
1780
Jan
66
T'me
when
412
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
regulating statutes necessary, and in January, 1779, divided the thirteen States into two districts, advising that a convention be held in each, to fix. and regulate the prices of the common articles of living. A convention for the northern district was held at New Haven, who formed a plan for regulating prices and preventing extortion. This plan was adopted by most of the States composing the district. The legislature of Massachu- setts approved of it, and passed a law on the subject, and on the 12th of April a meeting was called " To see if the Town will choose one or more Persons as a Committee to prevent monopoly & Fore Stalling agreeable to a late Resolve of the General Court."
The town voted to choose a committee of three persons for the above purpose. and the following were so chosen : - Captain Nathaniel Marsh, Joseph Bradley, and Captain John Mullaken.
In May, two meetings were held to consider the subject of a State Con- stitution. The record is so brief, that we copy it entire : -
" At a legal Town Meeting, held in Haverhill on Tuesday the 18th Day of May, 1779, warned by the Constable by Virtue of a Warrant recieved from the Select Men.
Doctr James Brickett was chosen Moderator.
" The two following Particulars are the Articles contained in the War- rant.
Viz. 1st. To see whether the Town Chuses at this Time to have a new Constitution, or Form of Government made.
2d. To see whether the Town will impower their Representative for the next year, to vote for the calling a State Convention, for the Sole Purpose of forming a new Constitution; Provided it shall appear, on. Examination, that a major Part of the People present, and voting, shall have answered the first article in the Affirmative.
" After some Time being spent in debating on the preceeding Articles, the Moderator tried a Vote on the first Article, & in order to ascertain the Number voting each Way, the House was divided, and the Numbers were equal, viz, Forty one for having a new Constitution, or Form of Government, and Forty one against it.
The Moderator dismissed the meeting."
" 1779. May 31.
The Select Men called another Meeting of the Inhabitants qualified by Law to vote for Representatives, for the same Purpose of the last Meeting. Mr Isaac Osgood was chosen Moderator. The Votes were, Thirty five for having a new Constitution or Form of Government; and
413
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
Sixty one against having it made at present. On Motion made whether the Town would give Instructions to their Representative about this Affair, it was voted in the Negative.
The Meeting was dismissed by the Moderator."
July 12th, a meeting was warned,
" 1st. - To see if the Town will adopt a Plan similar to that proposed by the Town of Boston for appreciating the Continental Currency, and
2d. - To see if the town will approve of the Committee of Correspon- denee, Inspection & Safety of this Town in sending one of their Number to meet a Convention of the several Committees of this State at Concord on the 14th of this Instant for the Purpose expressed in their Letter from the Committee of Boston."
Upon both of the articles, an affirmative vote was passed. The Con- vention at Concord was attended by deputies from more than three-fourths of the towns in the State. Prices were fixed for all the products of the country, and those who had articles of foreign growth or manufacture to dispose of, were requested to have reasonable prices stated for the same.
Notwithstanding this town voted not to have a new consitution, a major- ity of the towns decided otherwise, and precepts were issued for a Convention at Cambridge in September.
August 5th, a meeting was held, -
" 1st. - To see if the Town will chuse one or more Delegates to meet in Convention at Cambridge on the first Day of September next for the sole Purpose of framing a new Constitution for the Massachusetts State :
" 2d. - To see if the Town will consider of the Doings of the Conven- tion which met at Concord the 14th Day of July last, & adopt a Plan proposed by said Convention for putting a Stop to the late growing evils amongst us :
"3d. - To see whether the Town will chuse one or more Members to meet in Convention at Concord on the first Wednesday in October next as recommended in a Resolve of the late Convention held at that Place :
" The Town being met Isaac Redington was chosen Moderator.
" Ist. The honbl Nathl Peaslee Sargeant Esqr was chosen a Delegate to meet at Cambridge on the first Day of September next, for the sole Purpose of Framing a Constitution.
" The 2d Article was voted in the Affirmative; and a Committee of Fourteen Men was chosen to see that the Recommendation of the Conven- tion is complyd with as expressed in the 4th & 5th Resolves of said Convention. The following are the Persons chose for a Committee, viz Doctr Brickett, James Chase, Capt Timo Johnson, Aaron Carleton, Lieut
414
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
Israel Bartlet, Capt Samuel Merrrill, Anthony Chase, Jona Kimball, Capt Nat Marsh, Capt Timo Eaton, Nat Walker, Deacon Benja Clements, Jno Sawyer. Mr Jno White Marcht.
" 3d The Town made Choice of Doctr James Brickett a Delegate to meet the Convention at Concord the 1st Wednesday in October next."
At a town meeting, held September 7, 1779, it was
" Voted to accept of the Doings of the Convention of Delegates that met at Ipswych Aug 20, 1779 ; also of the Doings of the Committee of this Town chosen August 5th 1779."@
September 17th, the General Court ordered out four hundred of the militia to repair and man the forts in Boston Harbor, as reports had been received of an intended attack by the British. This town furnished eight men, who served one month and ten days, viz : -
Corp Joel Heriman, Amos Currier, Moses Moody,
Frances Dinsmore, Levi Hastings, Trueworthy Herriman.
Hugh Pike, Justin George,
In October, the town was called on for nineteen men, to re-inforce the army in New York. They all marched before the month expired. The town paid them three hundred and ninety-nine pounds as bounty and mile- age.
The expenses of the town this year may well be considered enormous, when we state that six thousand pounds were raised to defray them. To meet these large charges, the town was almost daily obliged to borrow money, as may be seen from the following: -
" Account of Persons to whom the Town is indebted for Money bor- rowed of 'em " : -
1779.
1779
July 2d Capt Timo Johnson £900 Sept 7 John Gross £150
17 Capt Danl Johnson 26
27 Joseph Silver 42
Aug 20 Deacn Joseph Kelly 45
Zebadiah Silver 42
Gideon George, 30
Capt Timo Johnson 180
21 Israel Bartlett 90 Oct 12 Gideon George
210
23 Nathl Clarke 24 Oct 13 Edwd Ordway 203 4
Richd Kimball 30
Widow Prudence Carle-
Capt Jo Eaton 30
ton 60
Nat Eaton 30
Deacn Ezra Chase 60
Aaron Carlton
19 Sarah Levett
36
Ithamar Emerson 48 Nov G Moses Simmons
90
Daniel Appleton 150
Peter Whittaker
$0
Edwd Baker 45
8 lthamar Emerson 120
Nathl Soley
Daniel Nickols Jun
147
Capt Nat Marsh
30
13 Gideon George
120
Capt Timo Johnson 90
" The Ipswich Convention was in relation to "regulating prices; " as was also the doings of the com- mittee above alluded to.
415
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
1780
16 Benj Ordway £120
Jan 12 Nchemi Simmons £26 Mar 1 Nat Walker 100
Sarah Simmons
9 Willm Sawyer 45
26 Capt Daniel Johnson 120 Apl 4 Benja Ordway 72
Feb 1 Willm Sawyer
52.10 May 2 Edwd Ordway 173
2 Capt Daniel Johnson 135
Willm Sawyer 19 Total £4070.14
November 3d, 1779, a town meeting was called, principally
" To see if the Town will approve of and adopt the Proceedings of the Convention begun and held at Concord on the 5th of Oct last, & enter into such further Resolves & Regulations as the Town may think proper for the more effectualy carrying the same into Effect."
It was "voted to accept of the Proceedings of the Convention met at Concord, that have been published, and Chuse a Committee of Ten Men to affix the Prices which Merchandize & Country Produce are to be sold at, in this Town. The committee consists of the following Persons, viz : General Bricket, Capt Timo Eaton, Capt Timo Johnson, Aaron Carlton, Lieut Israel Bartlet, Capt Samuel Merrill, James Pike, Willm Johnson, Thomas West, & Bailey Bartlet."
The meeting then adjourned to the 15th of the same month, at which time it was voted to " approve the Resolves and address of the Convention held at Concord in October last; " and " the Proceedings of the Commit- tec of this Town, chosen at the last Meeting were also read, & accepted, by a Vote of the Town; & a Committee of Five Men were chosen to sce them put in Execution, & complied with. This Committee consisted of the following Persons, viz : Capt John Mullaken, Capt David Remick, Mr Thomas West, Capt Joseph Eaton, Capt Samuel Merrill."
" Toted, That this Committee be directed to enquire into the Proceedings of the Neighboring Towns, respecting this Business, & make report at the adjournment of this meeting."
The meeting then adjourned to the 22d instant, at which time it was merely opened and again adjourned. December 6th,
" The Moderator and the Town Clerk met at the Meeting-House at the Time the Meeting was adjourned to, & waited about an Hour, when no other Person attended, the Moderator dissolved the Meeting."
A partial and temporary relief was afforded the people by these repeated efforts to regulate the price of commodities, but no permanent or general good was effected.
Heavy as had been the burdens of the town thus far during the war, they were in nowise lighter the year following. Taxes were multiplicd upon its inhabitants, until they were almost crushed beneath the load. The town's proportion of the tax laid by Congress, March 8th, was thirty-
:
416
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-six pounds. Ten days after, Congress laid another, the town's proportion of which was thirty-nine thousand two hundred pounds. In July, a tax was laid to redeem a part of the continental bills, &c., and this town was assessed five hundred and four pounds, hard money." In September, the town was called on to sup- ply sixteen thousand eight hundred pounds of beef, and they promptly chose a committee to purchase it.
Lafayette having returned from France, with the promise that another fleet and several thousand troops, were to be immediately sent to the aid of America, Washington desired to make more efficient efforts the coming campaign, and called on Massachusetts for four thousand men to re-inforce the army for six months. They were readily granted. The following were furnished by this town : -
"Pay Roll for the Six Months men Belonging to the Town of Haver- hill 1780."
When Marched
When Discharged
Sartle Elexander
June 29th
Dec 10, 1780
Daniel Abbot
Sept 26
Apl 3, 1781
Noah Bailey .
June 29
Dec 13
Richard Baker.
Sept 26
Feby 9
John Browning.
. " 26
Feb 9
William Beeard.
June 29
Dec 23
Silas Chamberlain.
Sep 26
Mar 5
Samuel Foster.
June 29
Dec 16
Enoch Heath .
" 29
6
Levi Hastings.
4 29
20
Joseph Herrimon
" 29
66
18
Joshua Jones.
Sep
26
28
Daniel Lord.
June 29
6
James Laferty.
Sep 26
Apl 19
John Mooers. .
June 29
Dec 15
Samuel Merrill.
" 29
8
Barthol Massey
Sep 26
66
29
Samuel Pell ..
June 29
30
James Springer
66
29
66
15
James Seammons.
29
16
10
Samuel Sargeant.
..
29
13
Thomas Sargeant.
29
66
13
Nathan Sola.
29
8
James Reed.
Sep
26
Feb 9
Samuel Truel.
..
26
66
9
9 The debt of Massachusetts, exclusive of its quota of the continental arrears, was at this time five million dollars, hard money; while the assessed value of all the property in the State was only eleven millions.
417
HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
Within a month after, a eall was made for four thousand seven hundred of the militia, for three months. This town's proportion was forty-seven." A large number of the soldiers having about completed their term of inlist- ment, Massachusetts was called on in December for four thousand two hundred men to serve during the war. This town's proportion was twenty- eight. A meeting was called, and a hard money tax of fifteen hundred pounds was voted to pay for the same. At an adjourned meeting, the captains of the companies of militia were made a committee to procure the twenty-eight soldiers required of the town ; and Judge Sargeant, Isaac Reddington, Captain Timothy Eaton, Samuel Ayer, Jr., and Captain Joseph Eaton, were added to the committee, " to devise ways & means to pay the soldiers." It was then
" Voted, That the Town Treasury be open to those Committees, & that the Town Treasurer be ordered to pay them what Money they may call on him for, they being accountable for the Expenditure of said Money."
Subsequently, the town adopted the "Class" plan, recommended by the General Court, in raising the men. By this plan, the inhabitants of each town were divided into as many equal portions or classes as there were men to be raised, and each class was obliged to furnish one man.
From the official returns of the several towns, we find that the twenty- eight men were duly raised, and " marched."
Besides men, and money, and beef, the town was also called upon to fur- nish elothing for the army. In January, 1780, they forwarded thirty-one blankets; and in April, they were assessed for fifty-eight pairs of shoes, stockings, and shirts, and twenty-nine blankets. By the returns we find that the whole were sent previous to November 11th.
This was but a small part of the clothing furnished in December and January. From the returns of Jonathan Ayer, constable, we give the names of the persons of whom he collected in December : -
" Phillip Haseltine, 3 blankets ; Joseph Emerson, 2 do ; Joshua Emery, 1 do ; Capt Timothy Eatton 1 do; Ebenezer Baley 1 do; John Smith Jr 1 do ; Lieut Baley, 4 shurts; Ebenr Baley 2 do ; Amos Baley 2 do, and 2 pr stoekins; Wid Lydia Haseltine, 3 shurts. & 4 pr stockins; Moses Haseltine 3 shurts ; Lieut Jona Webster 4 do; Wid Ruth Haseltine 2 do ; John Kezer 4 do : Moses Swaze 2 do, & 7 pr shoes : James Webster 1 pr stockins ; Lieut David Bradley 24 pr Shoes ; John Marble 10 yards cloth."
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