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WORCESTER, SS.
To Timothy Richardson, one of the principal Inhabitants of Royalston in said County of Worcester, Greeting,
Pursuant to an Act of the Great and General Court, in His Majesty's Name, you are hereby required forthwith, to notify . and warn the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Royal- ston qualified to vote in Town affairs as the Law directs, to meet at the Meeting House in Royalston on Tuesday, the seventh day of May next, at one of the clock afternoon, of said day then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk, Selectmen, Town Treas- urer and all other officers as the law directs.
And make return of this warrant with your doings herein, to the Inhabitants of said Town at said meeting.
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Given under my hand and seal at Petersham this 23d day of April, 1765, and in the 5th year of his Majesty's Reign, JOSHUA WILLARD,
Justice of the Peace.
Pursuant to this call the voters of Royalston met and chose Joshua Willard, Esq., as Moderator for said meeting, and elected the following town officers:
John Fry, Town Clerk, Capt. John F.y, Timothy Richard- son, Benjamin Woodbury, Selectmen ; Peter Woodbury, Town Treasurer; Zebulon Peirce, Constable; Jonas Alline, Jr., Nathan Cutting, Wardners; Isaac Nichols, Jonah Hill, Benj. Woodbury. Thomas Chamberlin, Surveyors of Highways; David Lyon, Cor- nelius Putnam., Fence Viewers ; Nathan Goddard, Nathaniel Rich, Deer Reeves; Ezekiel Cutler, Daniel Owen, Hog Reeves; Obadiah Walker, Jonas Babcock, Fence Viewers; Benjamin Woodbury, Surveyor of Clapboards and Shingles; Peter Wood- bury, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
The first Town Meeting for the transaction of business was held June 12, 1765, when the following votes were passed :
First. Chose Capt. John Fry, Moderator for said meeting: Secondly. Voted to raise nine shillings on each hundred acre Settlers Right, for preaching and other Town Charges.
Thirdly. Voted to raise Eleven Shillings on each Settlers Rights to be worked on the roads and clearing the land round the Meeting House ; each man to be allowed three shillings per day.
Fourthly. Voted that Constables warn Town Meetings by posting up notifications or copies of the Warrant at the Meettng House door in Royalston : Voted that the first Mon- day in March be the day for the Town Meeting annually in Royalston.
EARLY TOWN MEETINGS
Roads. The first roads laid out by the town after its in- corporation, were accepted at the annual town meeting held March 3, 1776, and were described as follows:
"Laid out a road 3 rods wide beginning by the Common Land near the Meeting House in Royalston, then running northwards by marked trees thro Ebenezer -. Land to land
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of Capt. John Fry's land, and straight on his land to the west end of his dwelling house.
Feb. 8, 1766.
JOHN FRY, TIMOTHY RICHARDSON, Selectmen.
"Laid out a Road 3 rods wide, beginning at the Common Land near the Meeting House, then leading Easterly thro the Minister's Lot by marked trees, so on Eastwardly on land of Caleb Dana, Esq., by marked trees to land of Gad Peirce, so on said Peirce's land by marked trees to the line of Zebulon Peirce's land, and Gad Peirce's land, then half the Road on Zebulon's and half on Gad Peirce's land by marked trees to Lieut. Wheeler's Land, so on to land of Jonas Allen's by marked trees, South of said Allen's Dwelling House, so on by marked trees thro Mr. Allen's land and Nathan Cutting's.
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TIMO. RICHARDSON, JOHN FRY, Selectmen.
Accepted by the town at their annual meeting, March 31, 1766."
Town Meeting, Oct. 19, 1772. "Voted that those persons that have not worked out their highway Rates, shall work with others employed to fill the middle work in the County Bridge and be allowed 3 pistareens per day, and two shillings per day day for a pair of oxen."
Town Meeting, May 1, 1780. "Voted to allow Twenty-five dollars per day per man to work on the Roads the present year and for Oxen and Cart in that proportion as usual."
DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER
In the Warrant for a Town Meeting held Sept. 15, 1766, Article 3, was, "To see if the Town will agree upon and appoint a day to keep by the Inhabitants of said Town in Fasting and Prayer to Almighty God for His blessing on us in bringing for- ward this new Town and in Special in settling and gathering a Church in this Town, and due time give us a Pastor after His own heart :- and to choose a committee to ask the assistance aforesaid of the neighboring churches."
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Under this article it was voted: "To call a day, Fast the fourth Thursday of October next :- and to send Rev. Mr. Hall, Mr. Hedge, Mr. Swift, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Stimson, one dele- gate each. Chose Capt. Fry, Nathan Goddard, Capt. Peirce Committee for said affairs."
May 7, 1770. "Voted to give liberty to Abiel Richardson and others to build a "Small house" near the Meeting House for "Sabbath Noons."
May 27, 1776. "Voted to raise 20 pounds to defray town charges and buy ammunition."
All the Town Meetings for several years were called in "His Majesty's Name" until Sept. 29. 1776, when the call for a town meeting is announced as follows:
"Worcester-SS. To Benjamin Hutchinson,one of the Con- stables of Royalston, Greeting.
In the name of the Government, and People of the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England,-You are hereby requested to warn the inhabitants of the Town of Royalston, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Meeting House in said Royalston on Monday, the 29th day of September current, at 2 o'clock p. m. then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:
Art. 2. "To see if it be the mind of the Town that the General Court of this State form a Government for the State, and establish the same." Under this article it was "Voted that it be the mind of the Inhabitants of said Town, that the General Court form a plan of Government for said State, and lay the same before the People of said State at large, for their con- sideration and if approved by said people then to be established by the authority of said State."
Evidently the voters of Royalston had a mind of their own as to the Constitution of the Government they were to live under, for at a Town Meeting held April 9, 1778, they "Voted not to approve of said Constitution as it now stands: Voted to approve of it in part. Then Voted to choose a Com- mittee of seven men to make such Remarks and such alterations on such articles in said Constitution as are disapproved, and such as are approved for the information of the General Court. Chose Capt. Batcheller, Mr. Lee, Lieut. Sibley, Mr. Richard- son, Henry Bond, Simeon Morey and William Dike said Com- mittee."
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"Voted to adjourn the meeting to the last Wednseday in May current at 2 o'clock p. m. Then met agreeable to adjourn- ment and heard the form of Government by the Committee above said, read over and over again and voted unanimously to approve of the same. Number of voters, 75."
Those were the days when the voters in town meeting also decided in regard to church affairs, such as the erection of church buildings, the hiring of ministers, and paying their salaries, etc.
At a town meeting held June 14, 1778, the following votes were passed. "Voted to build the stairs inside the Meeting House;" "Voted that the Committee build four seats round the galleries;" "Voted that the Committee sell room for a single Pew all round the back side of the Galleries, to the highest bid- der at a vendue to help finish the seats in the Meeting House;" "Voted that the front gallery be divided-two thirds for the men to sit in and one-third for the women to sit in;" "Voted that the men sit in the Men's Gallery and the women sit in the Woman's side;" "Voted that the Committee build the stairs and seats as soon as convenient may be."
Town Meeting, March 25, 1779. Under Article 2. "Voted by the town they were willing to make the Rev. Mr. Lee's salary good. Then voted to desire the Inhabitants of Royalston to pay Mr. Lee's salary in the articles of Life or money, equal to silver, or to Mr. Lee's acceptance."
The first place for holding the town meetings as in nearly all of our old New England towns, was at the Meeting House, which was usually the first public building erected. All of the Royal ston town meetings were held in the Meeting House on the Com - mon until the church people decided to demolish their structure and erect a better building on a different site, which was where the present church building stands. This was done in 1840, and the last town meeting held in the Meeting House was on April 6, 1840. The town meeting of the October following was held in the school house, and on Nov. 21, 1840, the town voted for the first time to build a Town House. It was built in 1841 and was a low one-story building located just south of where the present parsonage of the First Congregational Church stands, and was in close proximity to the old tavern where the weary voters after their exciting discussions over town affairs could adjourn to quench their thirst and gain new strength for the combat.
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This building which for twenty-five years had served the town for its Town House, which had been the scene of many exciting discussions, and had echoed to the fiery eloquence of the town meeting orators on many memorable occasions, had become inadequate to accommodate the voters, and we find in the Warrant for a Town Meeting to be held April 23, 1866, an Article, "To see if the town will build a new Town House and appropriate money for the same, or act thereon." Under this article it was "Voted to build a new Town House and chose Chauncey Chase, John King, Daniel Davis, Jos. L. Perkins, B. H. Brown, Luther Harrington and Russell Morse, Jr., a Committee to report a plan or plans, location, specifications, expenditures, etc., for said Town House, subject to the action of the town at an adjourned meeting. Voted also the above named persons be the Building Committee. At the adjourned meeting held May 30, 1866, the report of this Committee was heard and accepted and their plan adopted, and it was voted that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow from time to time such sums of money as the building committee may require, the whole amount not to exceed Six Thousand dollars, and Barnet Bullock was made an agent for the town to purchase the land for said Town House, and take the deed thereof for the town, and it was also voted that the Town House be com- pleted by the first day of October, 1867. June 7, 1866, it was "Voted to appropriate all the available materials of the old Town House in the erection of the new," and on June 27, 1867, it was voted to accept the alterations in the construction of the New Town House in having seven Dormer Windows.
The first town meeting in the new Town Hall was held Dec. 17, 1867, and served the purpose of a dedication and open- ing to the public. The only business transacted being to hear the report of the Building Committee, the Memorial Tablet Committee, and to adopt Resolutions. George Peirce served as Moderator. The Building Committee presented the follow- ing Report; "The Committee chosen to construct and build a Town House for the Town of Royalston, have attended to that duty. One of their number, and the one with whom I was most intimately connected, has fallen by my side; and we mourn his loss,and tender our sympathies to the Bereavedof :-- such men as Russell Morse, Jr., the Town of Royalston have none to spare.
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Sir-It has been our aim to expend just as little as necessity and the tastes of the people would allow; and facts have proved that we failed to appreciate the generosity of the people-and the town very appropriately granted to us that which we never asked of them; namely the privilege of putting in the Dormer Windows the expense of which this Report covers. Time will not allow us to go into detail, to report the expenses, but we will here say that we have vouchers for every cent we have expended on file, which will be at your disposal. The whole amount granted by the Town subject to our disposal was Nine Thous, and Dollars. The whole amount expended by them is $8,999.97, leaving a balance in the Treasury of three cents. All of which we most respectfully submit.
JOSEPH L. PERKINS, for the Committee.
A Committee of three was chosen to draft Resolutions with reference to certain Gifts presented to the Town. That Com- mittee consisting of Rev. E. W. Bullard, William D. Ripley and Dr. H. T. Hanks, presented the following Report:
Whereas the Town, for the purpose of dedicating and open- ing for public use the New Town Hall, find the same highly satisfactory and honorable, alike to the Gentlemen who de- signed and built it, to the Building Committee and to the Town; and whereas, it is also found that sundry of our fellow citizens have contributed by special Gifts, and Monies, to the adorn- ment, comfort and convenience of this House.
Therefore. Resolved I. That we tender to Mr. Chauncey Chase, the architect and contractor, sentiments of appreciation and congratulation for his skill, taste and thoroughness in planning and constructing this commodious edifice.
Resolved II. That we convey to the Gentlemen of the Build- ing Committee, our thanks for the public spirit and liberality with which they have discharged their responsible duties.
Resolved III. That we gratefully record the generosity of our fellow Citizen, Mr. Joseph Raymond, in assuming, by per- mission of the Town, the entire expense of procuring and plac- ing in this Hall the four Memorial Tablets in commemoration of our sons and brothers, who fell in the defence of the National integrity and life during our Conflict with the late Rebellion- for his interest and labors as a member of the Memorial- Com-
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mittee in getting up these appropriate and elegant Marbles; and now for the terms in which he has asked the Town to allow him the privilege and the honor of paying for them, we extend to Mr. Raymond our cordial thanks.
Resolved IV. That we recognize the accustomed liberal- ity of Mrs. Emily B. Ripley, and her interest in the enterprise of building this House, in the gift of the emblematical Vane which surmounts its Dome; and request the Town Clerk to transmit to Mrs. Ripley a copy of this Resolution, with expressions of our consideration and esteem.
Resolved V. That we persent to Mr. George F. Miller our acknowledgements for the Clock donated by him for the use of this Hall.
Resolved VI. That we notice thus publicly, and put upon our Records, expressions of obligations to those numerous friends and citizens, by whose liberal contributions this Hall has been tastefully Frescoed and provided with a Beautiful Chandelier. All which is respectfully submitted.
REV. E. W. BULLARD, WILLIAM D. RIPLEY, Committee. DR. H. HANKS.
The Worcester Daily Spy of Dec. 30, 1867, reported the dedication of the Royalston Town Hall as follows:
ROYALSTON FESTIVAL
The new Town Hall at Royalston was dedicated on the 17th with appropriate ceremonies. At two o'clock in the after- noon a formal town meeting was called at which the hall was accepted by the town. The building cost about ten thousand dollars. The main hall is on the first floor, which will be used for town purposes. On the second floor is the monumental hall upon the walls of which are tablets inscribed with the names of Royalston soldiers who fell in the army. The build- ing has a cupola surmounted by an eagle and as a whole is one of the most elegant public edifices in the county. The dedicatory address was given by Rev. A. E. Perkins of Ware, a native of Royalston, who was followed by Governor Bullock, also a native of Royalston. An evening entertainment of speaches. music, etc., closed the exercises.
CHAPTER IV
TOWN GOVERNMENT
The principal officers in the Town Government that have come down through the years from the incorporation of the town to the present time are the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Board of Selectmen and Assessors. We give a list of the persons who have held these offices, and the years they served, also sketches of the incumbents of the offices for the year 1915.
SELECTMEN
1765 John Fry, Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury.
1766 Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury, Nathan God- dard.
1767 John Fry, Isaac Estey, Jonathan Sibley.
1768
John Fry, Isaac Estey, Jonathan Sibley.
1769
Benjamin Woodbury, Peter Woodbury.
1770 Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway, Jonas Allen.
1771
John Fry, Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway.
1772 John Fry, Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway.
1773
Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury, Peter Wood- bury.
1774
Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury, Benjamin Waite.
1775
Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury, Benjamin Waite.
1776
Timothy Richardson, Benjamin Woodbury, Benjamin Waite.
1777 Benjamin Woodbury, Jonathan Sibley, Jonas Allen.
1778 Benjamin Woodbury, Jonathan Sibley, Jonas Allen.
1779 Silvanus Hemenway, Francis Chase, Pelatiah Metcalf. 1780 John Fry, Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway, Jonas Allen, Benjamin Waite.
1781
Benjamin Woodbury, Peter Woodbury, Francis Chase, Moulton Bullock, James Work.
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1782 Pelatiah Metcalf, John Orsborn, Jonas Thompson, Nathaniel Bragg.
1783 Peter Woodbury, John Bacheller, Jacob Estey, Henry Bond, Silas Heywood.
1784 Timothy Richardson, Peter Woodbury, Jacob Estey, Henry Bond, Oliver Work.
1785 Timothy Richardson, Peter Woodbury, Jacob Estey, Henry Bond, Oliver Work.
1786 Peter Woodbury, Pelatiah Metcalf, John Orsborn, Jacob Estey.
1787 Peter Woodbury, Francis Chase, John Orsborn, John Peck.
1788 Peter Woodbury, Francis Chase, Pelatiah Metcalf, Oliver Work.
1789 Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway, Francis Chase, Oliver Work.
1790 Silvanus Hemenway, Pelatiah Metcalf, John Bacheller, Oliver Work.
1791 John Fry, Peter Woodbury, Silvanus Hemenway, Pela- tiah Metcalf, Samuel Goddard.
1792 John Orsborn, John Bacheller, Jacob Estey, Silas Hey- wood, Isaac Gregory.
1793 John Bacheller, Isaac Gregory, Shubel Blanding, Ebene- zer Fry, John Norton.
1794 Peter Woodbury, Jacob Estey, Shubel Blanding, Ebene- zer Fry, John Norton.
1795 Isaac Gregory, Nathan Bullock, Ebenezer Fry, John Norton, Daniel Woodbury.
1796 Isaac Gregory, Ebenezer Fry, John Norton, Daniel Woodbury, James Forbes.
1797 Isaac Gregory, Ebenezer Fry, John Norton, James Forbes, John Stockwell.
1798 Ebenezer Fry, John Norton, Daniel Woodbury, Ammi Falkner.
1799 Isaac Gregory, Ebenezer Fry, John Norton, Daniel Woodbury.
1800 Isaac Gregory, John Norton, Daniel Woodbury, Ebene- zer Blanding, Squier Davis.
1801 Samuel Goddard, John Norton, Squier Davis.
1802 Samuel Goddard, John Norton, Squier Davis.
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1803 1804 1805 Ebenezer Fry, Joseph Estabrook, Joseph Jacobs.
Isaac Gregory, Ebenezer Fry, Joseph Jacobs.
1806 1807 1808
Stephen Bacheller, Jr., Levi Thurston, Amos Jones, Jr.
Ebenezer Fry, Joseph Estabrook, Jonathan Gale.
1809 John Norton, Joseph Estabrook, Jonathan Gale.
1810
John Norton, Squier Davis, Joseph Estabrook, Stephen Bacheller, Jr., Jonathan Gale.
1811
John Norton, Squier Davis, Rufus Bullock.
1812
Squier Davis, Rufus Bullock, Thomas Richardson.
1813 John Norton, Squier Davis, Rufus Bullock.
1814
John Norton, Daniel Woodbury, Squier Davis, Amos Jones, Jr., John Holman.
1815 John Norton, Squier Davis, David Fisher.
1816 John Norton, Squier Davis, Joseph Estabrook.
1817 John Norton, Squier Davis, Nathan B. Newton, Asahel Davis, Asa Bacheller.
1818 Daniel Woodbury, Squier Davis, John Holman.
1819 Daniel Woodbury, Squier Davis, John Holman.
1820 Daniel Woodbury, Squier Davis, John Holman.
1821 Squier Davis, Asa Bacheller, Benjamin Brown.
Squier Davis, Asa Bacheller, Benjamin Brown.
1822 1823 Squier Davis, Asa Bacheller, Benjamin Brown.
1824
Squier Davis, William Peirce, Silas Jones, Russell Morse.
1825 Squier Davis, Silas Jones, Russell Morse.
1826 Squier Davis, Silas Jones, Russell Morse.
1827
Asahel Davis, Silas Jones Russell Morse.
1828
Asahel Davis, Silas Jones, Russell Morse.
1829
Squier Davis, Benjamin Brown Stephen Richardson.
1830 Benjamin Brown, Stephen Richardson, Salmon Goddard
1831 Asahel Davis, Silas Jones, Robert Thompson.
1832 1833 Asahel Davis, Silas Jones, Robert Thompson.
1834 Silas Jones, Robert Thompson, Joseph Davis, 2d.
1835 Silas Jones, Joseph Davis, 2d, Joseph Stockwell.
1836 Benjamin Brown, Robert Thompson, Benoni Peck.
1837 Russell Morse, Benoni Peck, Arba Sherwin.
1838 Silas Jones, Russell Morse, Benoni Peck.
1839 Silas Jones, Russell Morse, Benoni Peck.
John Norton, Squier Davis, Joseph Estabrook. Joseph Estabrook, Joseph Jacobs.
Asahel Davis, Silas Jones, Robert Thompson.
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1840 Russell Morse, Benoni Peck, Barnet Bullock.
1841 Elmer Newton, Ebenezer Pierce, Hiram W. Albee.
1842 Ebenezer Pierce, Hiram W. Albee, Benjamin Fry.
1843 Benjamin Fry, Benoni Peck, Otis Gale.
1844 Barnet Bullock, Daniel Bliss, Otis Gale.
1845 Barnet Bullock, Cyrus Davis, Otis Gale.
1846 Stephen Richardson, Otis Gale, Adriel White.
1847 Hiram W. Albee, Joseph Raymond, Jarvis Davis.
1848 Hiram W. Albee, Joseph Raymond, Jarvis Davis.
1849 1850 1851
Joseph Raymond, Tarrant Cutler, Solyman Heywood. Joseph Raymond, Jarvis Davis, Jesse F. Wheeler.
1852
Benjamin Fry, Jarvis Davis, Jesse F. Wheeler. Benjamin Fry, Otis Bemis, Daniel Davis.
1853
Joseph Raymond, Otis Bemis.
1854 1855 1856 1857
Joseph Raymond, Jarvis Davis, Nahum Longley. Adriel White, Isaac Nichols, Lemuel Fales.
Lemuel Fales, Cyrus B. Reed, George Whitney.
1858
Joseph Raymond, L. W. Partridge, Harvey W. Bliss. Otis Gale, Joseph Raymond, Caleb A. Cook.
1859 1860 1861 1862
Nahum Longley, Caleb A. Cook, William W. Clement. Cyrus B. Reed, Richard Baker, William W. Clement.
1863
Cyrus B. Reed, Richard Baker, William W. Clement. William W. Clement, J. A. Rich, Hiram Harrington.
1864
William W. Clement, J. A. Rich, Hiram Harrington. William W. Clement, J. A. Rich, Hiram Harrington. Daniel Davis, Edmund Stockwell, Benjamin H. Brown.
1865 1866 1867
DanielDavis, Edmund Stockwell, B. H. Brown.
1868
Daniel Davis, Edmund Stockwell, B. H. Brown. Josepeh Raymond, Jonas Turner, B. H. Brown. Daniel Davis, B. W. Rich, C. J. Piper.
1869
Daniel Davis, B. W. Rich, William W. Clement. William W. Clement, B. B. Murdock, E. T. Warner.
1870 1871 1872 1873 William W. Clement, C. W. Day, E. T. Warner.
1874 William W. Clement, C. W. Day, Lyman Stone. 1875 William W. Clement, C. W. Day, J. N. Bartlett.
1876 C. W. Day, John N. Bartlett, Joseph Walker.
1877 A. D. Raymond, A. A. Hyatt, A. M. White.
1878 John N. Bartlett, Joseph T. Nichols, Asaph M. White.
1879 Joseph T. Nichols, Caleb W. Day, Asaph M. White.
Nahum Longley, Caleb A. Cook, William W. Clement. .
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1880 Joseph T. Nichols, Caleb W. Day, Asaph M. White.
1881 Joseph T. Nichols, Caleb W. Day, Asaph M. White.
1882 Joseph T. Nichols, Benjamin W. Rich, Asaph M. White.
1883 Joseph Walker, B. W. Rich, Asaph M. White.
1884 Joseph Walker, B. W. Rich, Asaph M. White.
1885
Joseph Walker, Benjamin W. Rich, Asaph M. White.
1886 Joseph Walker, Jeremiah A. Rich, Asaph M. White.
1887
Joseph Walker, John R. Hale, Asaph M. White ..
1888 Joseph T. Nichols, John R. Hale, Asaph M. White. 1889 Joseph T. Nichols, John R. Hale, William H. Leathe. 1890 Joseph T. Nichols, John R. Hale, C. C. Chapin.
1891 Joseph T. Nichols, John R. Hale, C. C. Chapin.
1892 Colin Mackenzie, S. B. Forristall, J. S. Moore.
1893 Colin Mackenzie, S. B. Forristall, J. S. Moore.
1894 Alfred D. Raymond, Jeremiah A. Rich, Phinehas S. Newton.
1895
Alfred D. Raymond, Jeremiah A. Rich, Luke B. Shep- ardson.
1896 M. W. White, J. R. Hale, Luke B. Shepardson.
1897 M. W. White, B. Warren Rich, M. W. Sherwood.
1898 Phinehas S. Newton, B. Warren Rich, M. W. Sherwood.
1899 Phinehas S. Newton, B. Warren Rich, Luke B. Shep- ardson.
1900 M. W. White, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1901 M. W. White, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1902 M. W. White, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1903 M. W. White, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1904 M. W. White, Walter N. Farrar, Luke B. Shepardson.
1905 Walter N. Farrar, Luke B. Shepardson, M. W. White.
1906 Luke B. Shepardson, Millard W. White, Walter N. Farrar.
1907 Charles H. Brown, Walter N. Farrar, Luke B. Shepard- son.
1908 Charles H. Brown, Walter N. Farrar, Luke B. Shepard- son.
1909 Charles H. Brown, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1910 Charles H. Brown, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1911 Charles H. Brown, S. B. Forristall, Luke B. Shepardson.
1912 Charles H. Brown, Charles H. Brooks, Luke B. Shep- ardson.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, 1914 CHARLES H. BROWN CHARLES H. BROOKS LUKE B. SHEPARDSON
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1913 Charles H. Brown, Charles H. Brooks, Luke B. Shep- son.
1914 Charles H. Brown, Charles H. Brooks, Luke B. Shep- ardson.
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