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years the first Cost will Probably be paid or Reimbursed by the price of the wool & the Increase of the Stock, And that Afterwards it would afford a Considerable Yearly Income & be Greatly helpfull to Manufacturing so Necessary at this day.
But if the Town Decline the Proposalls we Should think it best that the Use of Said land be offered to Individuals for the Same purpose & that if a Sufficient Number Appears to Carry on the affair between this & May meeting, that a Grant be made to them Similar to the former Grant, Tho with some Restrictions & Limitations as may prevent future Disputes in Case they Afterwards Desist from the Under- taking. And in order to know whether any will undertake it would be propper to Appoint a Committee to Sett up Notifications of the Design & to take Subscriptions & to make Report of their Doings at May Meeting.
Plimouth Febry 29th 1768
John Cotton Thomas Foster Lazarus Lebarron John Torrey Thomas Mayhew James Warren George Watson John Russell Elkanah Watson
[243.] An Estimate of the Charge & Proffit of Keeping Sheep on the Sheep Pasture.
Building a House with two Ground Rooms
250
0
od
Shepherd's Wages pr year
150
0
0
Breaking up two acres of Ground for the Shepherd
13
IO
0
Wintering a Cow for him
15
O
0
Price of 500 Sheep & lambs at a Dollar a pair
562
IO
0
15 Loads hay for Wintering the Sheep
225
0
0
Incloseing a pasture of 160 acres with Hedge fence
100
O
0
Clearing 30 acres of land at £6 pr acre
180
0
0
Washing & shearing the sheep Includg the Shepherds work
20
0
0
1516
0
0
The 2nd year
Clearing 30 acres of land at 6£
180
0
0
Shepherds Wages
150
O
O
Breaking up 2 acres of land for him
13
IO
0
Wintering the Cow for him
15
O
0
Washing & shearing sheep
30
0
O
18 Loads hay
270
0
0
658
IO
0
The 3rd year The same as ye 2nd year
658
IO 0
197
Addition of 41/2 Loads hay at £15 Further Cost about Shearg &c
67
IO
0
7
O
O
The 4th year
The same as ye 3rd year
733
O
O
Addition of 6 Loads hay
90
O
O
Further Cost about Shearg &c
IO
O
O
833
0
0
Old Tenour
£3740
IO
O
500 Sheep at 2-Wool pr sheep
500
0
O
Growth 250 lambs in one year
187
IO
O
687
IO
0
The second year
The wool of 500 sheep
500
0
O
Addition of 150 Lambs at 30
225
O
O
The wool from the Lambs
150
0
0
875
0 0
The 3rd year
The wool of 650
650
0
0
Addition of 200 Lambs
300
O
O
The Wool upon the Lambs
200
O
O
II50
O
O
The 4th year
Ye wool of 850 Sheep
850
O
0
Addition of 250 Lambs
375
O
O
The Wool from the Lambs
250
0
O
Old Tenour Cost &c
4187
IO
O
3740
TO
O
447 0 0
So that in the four years Time the house & Sheep Fence- ing the Ground & Claring 120 acres of land will be paid for. Their will be a flock of 1100 Sheep & 447£ Clear Gain which may be Sett against Losses & Incidentall Charges not Sett Down in the Estimate, or if all the 150 acres of fenced Land be Cleard within the 4 years Their will Remain 270£ old Tenour in favour of the Undertakers Besides the Addi- tion of above 300 Lambs at the Close of the 4th year.
Then a Vote was Called to Know if the Town will ac- cept the Said Report according to the Proposall of the Town Procuring Sheep &c, it Passed in the Negative.
Then a Vote was Called to Know if the Town will accept
I475
IO
0
Ballc
733
0
0
PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
The Ist years Income
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the Said Report according to the Proposall of offering the Land &c to Individualls to Carry on the affair of Keeping Sheep &c; it Passed in the Affirmative.
And then Made Choice of Capt Theophalus Cotton Thomas Foster Esqr Mr John May Mr Solomon Bartlett Mr Jeremiah Howes a Committee to take sd affair under. their Care To procure Subscribers &c & to make Report of their Proceedings At the next May Meeting.
Then the Act Respecting the observation of the Lords days & the Choice of Warden's was Red. Then the Town Proceeded & made Choice of Messrs John Thomas Junr Ichabod Shaw Thomas Jackson Junr Lemuel Bartlett Israel Clark Wardens for the Present Year
[244.] Messrs James Drew Benja Churchell Zacheus Churchell Chosen Guagers of Cask & Packers fish
Messrs Samuel Lanman Ebenezr Bartlett & John Cornish Chosen Tythingmen
Walter Rich Stephen Churchell John Foster Jonathan Samson Thomas Southwth Howland John Totman Solomon Atwood Ellis Churchell James Bartlett Chosen Hogreeves
William Rider & Thomas Spooner Chosen Sealers of Leather
Solomon Bartlett & John Russell Chosen Clerks of the Market
Samuell Battles William Rider Ebenezr Nellson Israel Clark Ezekiel Morton Chosen fence Viewers & Field Drivers
George Watson & James Warren Esqrs Capt Elka Wat- son Deacn Jno Torrey Ichabod Holmes Zacheus Bartlett Chosen Fire Wards
David Turner David Turner Junr Thomas Savery John Kempton & James Doten Junr Chosen Surveyors of Lumber & Measurers of Timber Plank & boards.
John May James Drew Benjamin Churchell Chosen Sur- veyors of Clapboards & Shingles & Viewers & cullers of Staves & hoops.
Lemuel Jackson Thomas Davie Amaziah Churchell Nathaniel Morton Junr Robert Bartlett & Ebenezer Samson Chosen Cullers of Fish
Joseph Trask William Clark Isaac Jackson Chosen to See That the Province Law Respectg Deer be Duly observd.
Amaziah Churchell Lemuel Morton & Nathl Morton
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Junr Chosen to observe that the Province Law Respecting Plimouth Beach be Duly Executd
Messrs John Torrey Elkanah Watson & Thomas Davis Chosen a Committee to procure a Saxton the Presant year.
Messrs Benjamin Cornish William Warren William Crombie Ezekiel Rider Ichabod Holmes Joseph Rider Chosen Surveyors of the highways. Wm Warren was Sworn acording to Law pr Thos Foster Esqr.
[245.] At said Meeting a Vote was Called to Know the Towns mind if they will Choose a Committee to Examine the Town Treasurer's Accounts &c. it Passed in the Affirma- tive.
Then made Choice of Thomas Mayhew Esqr Thomas Foster Esqr Isaac Lothrop a Committee for that purpose, They to Report Thereon at the next May Meeting.
Then the Request of Mr. Barnabas Churchill as Men- tioned in the Warrant Proposeing to the Town to sell him a piece of Land neere his Dwelling house was red. A vote was Called to know the Towns mind Whether they would Choose a Committee to Examine into the Circumstances Thereof & Estimate the Value of it. Passed in the affirma- tive. And then made Choice of Capt Elkanah Watson Thomas Foster Esqr & Deacn John Torrey a Committee for said purpose & they to make Report at the next meeting.
Then Voted as to the affair of the Pest House as men- tioned in the Warrant. That the Selectmen Rent out Said House in Such a manner and to Such Person or Persons as they Judge Best for the Towns Bennefit.
Then This meeting was Adjourned To the 22nd day of March Instant being Tuesday at two of the Clock in the af- ternoon.
At a Meeting of the Town of Plimouth Assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Tuesday the 22d day of March Anno Domini 1768 by Adjournment from ye 17th Currant.' Richard Cooper who was Chosen Constable Came into meeting & was sworn Before Thomas Foster Esqr. Allso Messrs Lemuel Bartlett & Ichabod Shaw who were Chosen Wardens Came into meeting & were sworn Before Thomas Foster Esqr.
At sd meeting Ichabod Holmes Came into meeting & made his Request that the Town would Excuse him from
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Servg as a Surveyor & allso as a Juror at the next Superiour Court by Reason he hath within two years servd in those two offices. A vote was put to know if the Town would Excuse him it passed in ye Affirmative.
And then made Choice of Mr Joseph Warren to Serve on the Petit Jury at the next Superiour Court &c to Be holden at Plimouth the Second Tuesday of May next.
At sd Meeting Mr. Samuel Battles Was Chosen Surveyor for the Presant year in the Room of Mr Ichabod Holmes who is Excused & sworn before Thos Foster Esqr.
Allso at sd meeting made Choice of Jonathan Churchell as a Culler of Fish for the Ensuing year.
At a Meeting of the Town of Plimouth Assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on ye 15th day April Anno Domini 1768,-Benjamin Drew was Chosen to Serve on the Petit Jury at the Adjournment of the Inferiour Court to be holden at Plimouth on the 18th day of April Instant.
[246.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Plimouth Regularly Assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Monday ye 16th day of May 1768. James Warren Esqr was Chosen Representa- tive for the Ensuing year.
Then Voted that the sd Representative be Directed to Endeavour all in his power at the Generall Court to prevent an Excise being layd on Spiritous Liquor in this Province
Then George Watson Esqr Was Chosen Moderator & took the oath pr Law Appointed.
At sd Meeting Voted that the Committee Chosen by the Town at their meeting on the 17th day of March last, to Procure Subscribers to Carry on the affair of Keeping Sheep on the Sheep Pasture as mentiond be Desired Still To Continue Useing their Endeavour to procure Subscribers in the manner as they may Judge best & to Report to the Town their mind thereon at ye next Town Meeting.
Then Messrs Thomas Foster, John Torrey & Elkanah Watson who on ye 17th of March last were Chosen a Com- mittee to Examine into the Request of Barnabas Churchell as then Entd, Requesting the Town would Sell him a Peace of land neere his Dwelling house, Reported Verbley, that it was their opinion it was not Convenient for the Town to dispose of said Land & accordingly (as they were Select-
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men) they ordered said Churchell to move his fence to the Propper bounds of his land, as it stood formerly.
Allso voted that the Committee Chosen at the abovesd Meeting March 17th last To Examine the Town Treasurers accounts and was to have Reported at this meeting, as they have not Performed sd Business that they Proceed thereon & Report their proceedings to the Town at the Next Town Meeting.
At a Meeting of the Town of Plimouth Regularly Asembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Mon- day June 20th 1768 Messrs Charles Morton Nathl Morton George Lemont & Isaac Jackson were Chosen to Serve on the Petit Jury At the Next Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace & Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plim- outh on the first Tuesday of July next.
At a Meeting of the Town of Plimouth Regularly Assembled & held in the Court house in said Town on Mon- day Sep 19th 1768 James Warren Esqr Chosen Moderator & Took the oath pr Law appointed. Then the Letter from the Selectmen of Boston to the Selectmen of this Town, for which Reason this Meeting was Called, was red, which was in the words following, viz-
Boston September ye 14th 1768
Gentlemen
You are allready too well acquainted with the Mallen- cholly & verry Alarming Circumstances to which this Prov- ince as well as America in Generall is now Reduced. Taxes Equally Detrimental to the Commercial Interests of the Parent Country & her Colonies are Imposed upon the people without Their
[247.] Consent. Taxes Designed for the Support of the Civil Government in the Coloneys in a manner clearly Unconstitutional & Contrary to that in which til of late Government has been Supported by the free Gift of the people in the American Assemblys or parliament; as allso for the mentainance of a large standing Army; Not for the Defence of the newly Acquired Territory, but for the old Colonies and in a time of peace, the Decent, humble & Truly Loyal Applications & petitions from the Representatives of this province for the redress of these heavy and very threat- ning Greavances, have heitherto been ineffectuall, being assured from authentick Intelligence That they have not yet
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reached the royall ear; the only effect of Transmitting these Applications heitherto percievable has been a Mandate from one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State to the Governor of this province to Disolve the Generall Assembly meerely because the late house of Representatives refusd to Receive a Resolution of a former House which Implyd nothing more than a right in the American Subjects to Unite in Humble & Dutiful Petitions to their Gracious Sovereign when they found themselves agreeved, this is a right naturally inherant in every inan and expressly recognized at the Glorious revolution as the birthright of an Englishman.
This Dissolution you are Sensible has taken place; the Governor has Publickly and repeatedly declared that he Cannot call another Assembly, and the Secretary of State for the American Department, in one of his Letters com- municated to the late house has been pleased to say that propper care will be taken for the Support of the Dignity of Government, the meaning of which is too plain to be mis- understood.
The concern & perplexity into which these things have thrown the people have been Greatly Aggravated by a late Declaration of his Exelancy Governor Bernard, that one or more regiments may soon be Expected in this province.
The Design of which Troops is in Every ones Apprehen- sion nothing short of Enforcing by military power the Exe- cution of Acts of Parliament in the forming of which the Colonies have not, and Cannot have any Constitutional Influence, this is one of the Greatest Distresses, to which a free people can be reduced.
The Town, which we have the honor to serve, have taken these things, at their late meeting, into their most Serious Consideration; and as there is in the minds of many a Pre- valeing Apprehension of an Approaching War with France they have passed the Severall votes, which we Transmit to you Desireing that they may be Immediately Laid Before the town whose Prudentialls are under your Care at a Legall meeting for their Candid and particular Attention.
Deprived of the Counsell of a Generall assembly in this Dark & Difficult Season, the Loyal people of this province will we are persuaded immediately perceive the propriety & utility of the proposed Committe or Convention & the Sound & Wholesome Advice that may be Expected from a
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number of Gentlemen Chosen by themselves & in whom they may repose the Greatest Confidence, must tend to the real Service of our Gracious Sovereign & the welfare of his Subjects in this province; & may happily prevent any Sudden
[248.] & Unconnected measures which in their Presant anxiety & even Agoney of mind they may be in Danger of falling into.
As it is of importance that the Convention Should meet as soon as may be, So Early as ye 22nd of this Instant Septembr has been proposed for that purpose, & it is hoped the remotest Towns will by that time or as soon after as Conveniently may be, Return their Respective Committees.
Not Doubting but that you are Equally Concerned with us & our fellow Citizens, for the Preservation of our Invalu- able rights & for the Generall Happiness of our Country, And that you are Disposed with Equall ardor, to Exert Yourselves in Every Constitutional way for so Glorious a purpose, we are Gentlemen-
With the Greatest Esteem Your Obedient Humble Servts Joseph Jackson John Ruddock John Hancock John Rowe Samuel Pemberton Selectmen of Boston.
N. B. The other two Selectmen are out of the province To the Gentlemen Selectmen of Plimouth.
Then a Vote was Called to Know the Towns mind whether they will Choose one or more persons to attend & act for them at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Thirdsday the 22nd day of Sept Currant at ten of the Clock as a Committe in Convention with Such as may be sent to Joyn them from the Severall towns in this Province in order that Such mat- ters may be Consulted and Advised as his Majesty's Service & the peace & Safety of his Subjects in this Province May Require. It Passed in the affirmative Unanimously.
Then a vote was Called to Know if this Town will Choose two men as a Committee as aforesd. It Allso passed in the affirmative. And Then made Choice of James War- ren & Thomas Mayhew Esqrs for the purpose abovesd at which time it Seemed to be the Sense of this Town as they Then Expressed themselves that their Sd Committe Should Meet at Fanuiel Hall at the Time Abovesd to Join in Con- vention with Those men from the other Towns in this Prov-
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ince that may there meet & with them to Adjourn from time to time as sd Convention may Judge best.
At a Meeting of Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Plimouth Quallifyd according to Law assembled & held in the Court House in sd Town on Wednesday ye 21st day of Septembr A D 1768 Deacn John Torrey Chosen Moderator & Sworn before Thomas Foster Esqr. Then Voted to Raise the Sum of two hundred & thirteen pounds Lawfull money to be assessed on the polls & Estates in this Town for Defrayg the Charges of the
[249.] Currant year.
And Allso Voted that the Assessors in makeing the Taxes this year be Directed not Exceed a Surplusage of Fifteen pounds.
Then a vote was Called to know if the Town will proceed now on the Consideration of the Affair of the Grammer School Master as mentioned in the Warrant, It Passed in the Affirmative.
Then a vote was Called to know if the Town will Direct the Committe for Supplying The Grammer School to apply to *Mr. John Barrows our presant Schoolmaster to keep the Grammer School for the Presant year. It Passed in the Affirmative.
Then a vote was Called to know if the Town will Lay out a rode in the land lately Improved by Mr John Kempton as a building yard, from the new bridge to the rode that Leads Up by Doctor Lazarus Lebarrons to the Court house, It passed in ye Affirmative, and made Choice of the Select- men for that purpose.
Then a vote was Called to know if The Towns mind relative to the way #That Leads from Jeremiah Holmes's to the water side, Whether they will Appoint a Committe to lay out said Rode from Mr Stephen Samsons Smith Shop to the foot of the hill & Settle the bounds of the Lands with the owners on Each Side of Said rode Where Appears an uncertainty in their bounds, or make Such Allteration in their bounds as said Committe & the owners Shall agree to. It Passed in the Affirmative & Then made Choice of the
* John Barrows from Attleboro, graduated at Harvard in 1766 and died in 1816.
t The way here referred to is the continuation of Middle Street down the hill to Water Street.
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Selectmen for that purpose, Allso, Further it was voted at the time the vote was Called respecting layg out the rode thro' the building yard abovesd That if the Said Committe Could make a Propper Agreement with Mr David Turner respecting some of his Land for sd rode, they are Desired to do it.
Messrs Thomas Cornish Thomas Bartlett Benjamin Rider ye 3rd & Samuel Donham were Chosen to Serve on the petit Jury at the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas & Court of Generall Sessions of the peace to be holden at Plimouth on the first Tuesday of Octobr Next.
The Report of the Committe that were Chosen in March last to Examine the Town Treasurers Accots &c was read & is as follows, viz-
The Committee Appointed to Examine the Accounts of John Cotton Esqr Treasurer of the Said Town of Plimouth have attended that service (viz a major part of them) & Report as follows, That we find the same well vouched & right Cast & their is a Ballance Due to the Treasurer of Six- teen pounds, one Shilling & ten pence}, And that there is Still outstanding in the Severall Constables hands the fol- lowing Sums viz
For 1750 In Timothy Burbanks
£
3
5
3ªd
1752 in Jonathan Darlings
7
7
3
1753 in George Holmes's
I3
2
44
1760 in Josiah Churchells
38
IO O
1762 in Nathl Morton Junrs
16
15
8₴
[250.] 1763 in Jonathan Churchells
54
5
23
1764 Ebenezer Donham
94
I5
4毫
1766 Jeremiah Holmes
165
4
2
1767 Isaac Symmes
27
II
4₺
Jeremiah Holmes
46
IO
Zacheus Barnes
33
I5
23
Stephen Doten
36
16
8
£537
18 9
Dated Sept 20th 1768 Errors Exceptd
Thomas Foster Isaac Lothrop
We the Subscribers Selectmen of The Town of Plimouth & Kingston after Legall Notification haveing met Together on the thirtyeth day of September Anno Domini 1767 to
-
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perambulate the line between the Said Towns of Plimouth & Kingston, We begin on the westerly side of the Country road leading from Plimouth to Kingston at a Corner of a fence with a heap of Stones about it, being The Southeasterly Corner bounds of David Sturtevants land, and from thence we run South forty five degrees & a half west for Nicks rock so Called agreeable to the bounds of said Kingston as Voted by the Generall Court in June 1726 & according to a plan Thereof Taken by one Jacob Thomson in May 1726, but in Runing that Course we perceived that Unless an Allowance was made for the Variation of ye Variation of the Compass was neerely about two degrees we discovered that the Exact point of Compass at this day from the afore- mentioned heap of stones to Nicks Rock was South forty three degrees & a half west & not South forty five Degrees & a half west, as originally laid out, and from Said Nicks rock, we run the Same point of Compass, viz South forty three degrees & a half West, one hundred & forty five rods, to a stone Sett Into the Ground with other Stones laid about it, by the Northwest side of the rode or Cartway & from thence the line runs, according to the originall Laying out of the said Town of Kingston & by said Thomsons Plan South fifty seven Degrees & a half West, but we makeing the above Allowance of two Degrees for the Variation of the Variation run South fifty five Degrees & a half West to a stake & Stones about it in the line of Plimton Township by the Northwest Side of the old Country rode that Leads from Plimouth town to Middleboro, in running the Course the true range along by the Northwesterly corner of the house now Possessed by Seth Fuller, Memo the Point of Compass from the first bounds to the way side, Allowing for the Variation aforesd is north forty three degrees and a half East.
In Witness of this being the line between the said Towns of Plimouth & Kingston we have hereunto Sett our hands & Seals, the Day & Year first above written.
Thomas Foster John Blackmer Lazs Lebarron George Watson John Torrey Selectmen of Plimouth
Robert Bradford John Thomas John Gray Selectmen off Kingston
[251.] At a Meeting of the town of Plimouth Assem-
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bled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Thirdsday November ye 17th 1768 Messrs John Harlow Junr Silvanus Holmes Nathaniel Bartlett Junr & Barnabas Churchell were Chosen to Serve on the Petit Jury For Tryalls at the next Inferiour Court & Court of Generall Sessions of the peace to be holden at Plimouth within & for the Said County of Plimouth on the Second Tuesday of December Next.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Plimouth Regularly Assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Monday ye 13th day of March Anno Domini 1769, James Warren Esqr Chosen Moderator & Sworn pr Edwd Winslow Esqr.
Ephraim Spooner Chosen Town Clerk & Sworn pr sd Esqr Winslow
George Watson Esqr James Warren Esqr Deacn John Torrey Mr John Blackmer Capt Elkanah Watson Chosen Selectmen, the oath pr Law Appointed was Administered to them by Edward Winslow Esqr.
Deacn John Torry, Mr. John Blackmer, Mr. Eleazr Stephens, chosen Assessors.
John Cotton Esqr chosen town Treasurer & sworn pr Thomas Foster Esqr.
Then the votes for a County Treasurer were brought in & sealed up in open Town Meeting by Mr. Jonathan Bartlett Constable & Ddd to him. Then a vote was Called to know if the town will choose as many Constables they to be Col- lectors & to have the same Allowance & on the same condi- tions as the last year, it Passed in the Affirmative. Then a vote was Calld to know if the town will Direct the Assessors to give out their Rate lists as the last year, it Passed in the Affirmative.
N. B., it was allso Voted that the highest in vote in the Respective Districts Shall be the Constable Chosen & to be Collectors as abovesd. Then made Choice of the follow- ing Persons as Constables viz :
Seth Harlow for ye Ist District, Nathaniel Holmes for ye 2nd District, Silvanus Harlow for ye 3rd District, John Kempton Junr for ye 4th District, Lemuel Drew for ye 5th District.
Then a vote was Called to know if the town will keep as many schools as the last year it Passed in the affirmative.
Then a vote was Called to know if the town will choose a
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Committe to Regulate the schools at the Ends of the Town it Passed in the Affirmative.
And then made choice of Messrs Silvanus Bartlett, Joseph Warren, Joseph Bartlett, John Blackmer & Theophilus Cot- ton for that purpose & by a vote passed ye 21st Instant they to Report at May meeting
[252.] At said meeting the town made choice of James Warren Esqr, Deacn John Torrey & Capt. Elkanah Wat- son, a Committe to supply the Grammer school for the year Ensuing with a Suteable schoolmaster, and then made choice of Messrs. Zacheus Bartlett, Benjamin Rider, Stephen Dot- en a Committe to supply the school at Manomet ponds with a suteable schoolmaster for the year.
And then made choice of Messrs John Finney, Ezekiel Morton & Joseph Warren a Committe to supply the school at Eellriver with a suteable schoolmaster the year Ensuing. And then made choice of Messrs Joseph Bartlett, Ichabod Holmes & Nathl Morton Junr a Committe to supply the school at Wellingslee with a suteable schoolmaster the year ensuing.
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