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Vater His excellency Costel Strong. ybl Hon. Elleridge Jerry
21) for Governor.
Hor. Samuel The Chips
Hon. Milliard Heath
Elesbridge Gerry St. Governor. Thomas Perley bag." .3 · Sammel Kimball / Hon. Sommet Phillips
· Stephen Chowte bagn. 04
Johng Grendwell Esgr.
Ebenezer e March Logg- 04
Venutoris
, Vallionel Harsh Log :- 04
Geht Jornal Crowningshield-10 and
Doctor Thornese Kittridge. 10 Major Robert Farley 10 ·Stephen Grof bug: 10 ihronis harr begin_10
Counsellors
Register. Freafurer
John Pickering log" had sqvotes for County Register. ¿ tephen Choate legs had tsh voles for County however.
, Herling disclosed.
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Meeting brought, Appenably to the adjournment of the effect meeting, the Jour on abreralily convence in the Meeting Houve of the second parishe in hisorford to adjournment.
the 4th, lay of May 1000 and processed our fol lower, viz. -
Building for leted to build a suitable Building for the exception of the flowers Military stores. stock of Comunition and Military deres.
Voted to appoint a committee of shiree personas, to bilo, or vesperin. tine ward Building, in the most advantageous manner to vaid Floren.
Chose Der Marker effetford,
Committee to build, or superin (N" Sichten Nobody, (Committee for the above) land wait Building Carlot , Jerry Hovey. Schurprove. Provision for affecting The Listed, that the treasurer advance fifty dollars to the Committee above named, for the purpose feeling said breitling. in cause the Committee find it necessary. Voted to excuse Me darnaet Kimball from verving Constable the present your. Chove CH' Shmothey Derman Constable in the place of Narust Kimball.
Letect to accept Af- Lemuel Wood to serve an Constable in The place of Ho Amon Kimball.
latest to enlarge the Committee appointed to widder) County hoods, by adding two persons. hoeds interested Chose Compt Tocry Hover, in addition to the Committee M. Jacob Andrews. to Hidden Ronds.
Committee for widening County
( Healing difeliced.
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Of a legal Joven Meeting, hefe in the Meeting house of the Second parish in Bisoxford , Hay det 1001. for the purpose of Meeting for the appointing a suitable person de represent the aforesoie down at the General Court appointed to be convenio and held at Bolon on the last Wednesday of said, Hay- Voted for the following persone were given in, counted and world- and declaration thereof made as required by the Constitution viz Homens Juley Log." .55 voler.)
choice of ce Representative.
(A) Soithan Andrews. 1,
Capt, Ivory Houcy ---- 4 for Representative Veut formeel Chachwith -- 1
Chose"Thomas Perly bog" Moderator.
Money inused for Voted to raise mix hundred dollars to defray the charges of defraying charger. the current year ..
Cited to accept the the part of the Committee appointed to take the care and direction of the manner of improving, managing and learning the Estate devised to the town by the lostel Hor Garon Wood boog? which report is ire the following words,
. The Commetter appointed to take the care and direction of the manner of improving, mannaging and leaving the tritate devised to the Flower by the Hon. Auron Wood Log".
report , respecting the state devised to the Report, that the sum of $ 2008. 2.5. contained in Bonds "marina dove, and istated in a treport of the 15th f. they don't; Town by the Hon. excepting the sum of $ 623.30. then hele by, Yathan Low caron Hos bog" un principal, has been transferto, and is now held by fleremich Lawas principal, with , Nathan Low and somethy forman Barnam as suretices. . "the annual interest of all the Bonde, being $ 123. 64 became due on the it of lypril least, was, on or before that day received and placed in the Aoconsuery, excepting one band of $200 due from Daniel Haster und Jaseph Icharmes, that neglect apport to
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have avisen from Huur being mistaken in the day of fragment , in the same was immediately made on are intimation of their deficiency- wherefore, the Committee hos loone to recommend the prospering over this arefiore all returche in respectfully submitted by Bosford , Hay With 101. Thorens osterley
Lated to appoint a form mitte of three persone to attend the Committente attend thesubject "eject of Bridge and to afrist Surveyors of Highways of Asmidge. where it may be judged necessary. Chove Sunt Ebenezer Peabody.)
Committee for the Benjamin poford. aforceand purpose Capit Terry Hovey.
'S articlepatiod I oled to make over the last article in the Haricent. over.
Heating dissolved.
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It a ligeal Noor Meeting hade in this Mediny house of the first parish in Brender the 5 thday of april 1002. · Preisen to the choice of town Officers it was attended , that in and of the Warranda inverd by the. Selectmen for calling the Meeting, the place of holding the same had been erroneously mentioned, and, that the Constable To whom it was directed, in Modifying the meeting , had rectified the mistake; and relatitated the place wherein the town in afrembled, being the same as was mentioned in the office Warrant; whereupon it was moved, that the senseof the) loren be taken on the subject and it was vold without any diferention, that the place of holding the meding had been. fully known and understood by the Inhabitants and that no damage could write to the flower by the errorin the Harant and that it was proper to proceed to diarioat the intended bussin fo of the Meeting.
Chance of
Jour Officers.
Chose ithomas Partey boy." Moderater.
Chiave , Houses "Dorman' Joven Clerk.
Chove Homes Jerley Esog", · Cafet Houses Carleton, defilmene
Jacob stridercasas, cund
Cafuefasora.
Fotore Thirtieth, Enfin" Joseph Symonds.
(house) Maradt Herrich)
SGaranterbilen.
Grove It Ancill Sticlancy's Freewarer. Chase bergs John Thelfaire, bagn Jourfuchs demandes,
face foster, I Jecon, llaves Heartrady. Vient Girveille attachney,
Nathaniel Harley, Willieen Verley. osspots Lecerleton. Wood Hilliard Thattrick. Phineas trots for. Brandatics :
"Highway"
4 house.
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John stiles, Williamre Butterick, Jarmuel Carleton Je".
·athingarena.
Cheave ! , brwill Mitacturcy. John donne fuer Ephrem "Fester; Hoy prane. ." ....... Marilet.
Chose stephen Peabody.
Vermel Wood, Fence viewers. Vecse! e iron Gate.
Shane Long: Joseph ligmonica, surveyors .formuch Carleton fu? S of Lamber.
Chave John Giddings, Enn'! John "hiller, Sitiefel drivers.
those whoa N'abody? . Hoved Chadwick." Found keepers.
Chove John bebanson bog." Enfª Enco Kunnela, Confit (Horses Carleton? John Kimball, David Kimball Ju" Simeon Stiles, bmw: Joseph Symonds, Carpet. William Perley. Phineas Perley.
elcheol.
Committee.
Hon Stephen Choute tag" had 37 votes for County Treasurer.
( Honey razor) to support Schools.
Luted to revive five hundred dollars for the support felchools the forcesent igerer.
Appropriate for toled to appropriate and hundred and twenty five dollars Homarchodi of the above ver for the maintenance of Horner Netroots. Y'aled to repair and armand the Highways and Flower thoude by a hole the ferevent year. Voted.
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houds and
Honey wie Voted to rouve five hundred dollars for the repour verid arrend. ment of the Highways und lover hands The prevent year. che that the money raised for the repeses and amendment of the Highways and clown heads be aportioned, ofereford and paid in. the same manner an it was dont the year pont.
thater her day allowed.
Laled to allow er man for day, working on the hoodo ys centro; for a jobs'of Exon four years de and spero so cento; for a Plough 5.5 cents, and for a Cast 20 cents per day.
thestrounit- Violed that neat Contle, How and horse hand in future , he freut cattle restrained from going at large from the first of Hoy to the and heroes.
lot of October till the louis otherwise direct. " oto that of wine go at large the present year.
rupture of toled to acept of a particular Jawn way or laid out by the " townwery over selecteren, over fonds of Info hamon Could fit and The Card offerson Gudandothers Heirs of thoman Kallar.
oth article in Toled to refer the month article in the Warrant, which in to see if the Herrant refered down will allow the Original propractors of the school housein the To the electionen third district, the amount of the cost, they have lately sustained by enlarging and repairing said House se an tervalve the same convenient for the accomodation of the Jours School, or such part of the aforeand cost as the Joursmay cominder synotable, to the Selectmere to examine and report Their opinione respecting. thesame.
Powderhouse l'elec to accept theire port of the Committee, who built the House for the reception of the clownattack of Armanitions, which report is ire the following words, viz.
defront of the. athoented to build, or super- intend the builing olor
"The Committee appointed to procure a suitable place to erect a Building for the reception of the Town stock of ammunition and Military vitores, and to complete waid thuilding in the most advantage ous manner with leave to report That they have Voorhouse attended to the busines; have procured a piece of ground of Cafet Francia Porley, near Parker Spoford's enwhich they have erected a building of dirrick and fire, of the following dimension viz. Said thatding in eight feet hoppare; sever fest and nine inches high; the roof of wood; boarded, whingled and fraunited. the.
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" The floor is a double door , painted and furnished with a Locks . 4 The ground, on which said thevilding stando, was dug out tise feet below the surface, and filled safe with small stones; after which, there are large stones of about twelve inches thick) for an underhenning.
The thrills for building said House are as follows, viz. 10001.
Septi 9to 5000 of Atrick at &r. per 1000 ........... ... $3.5. - To handling 5000 of Bricks at 3 do. do. . . . 1.5-
To paid the Madonafor laying The trich ...
To paid the Carpenter. .. 12 . 9. 33
1 To paid for timber, plants, Boarda, Shingles and lime .. . 21. 45 5. 66
To carting line , sand, boards and shingles ......... 4. 67 To minister and a half days work at $ 1. W. day.19.50 To last days of Uneen at sbcents, 2 day of cent, cocenti & dinner.1. 10 To 3/4 goals of W. J. them at 7/ for for gal. of oregon. . . . 4. 2
% boardany Masons 12 days- Horse 2 days. 4.25
% paid for nails, Spanish brown and Oil .. 2.43 To or lock and hinges .. ..
To seven dollars for the road House standvon ... 3.0 Credit
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By sso drown out of the Treasury, by eighty bricks and 1.32. 41
.. €50.000 :The above report is submitted byus the intecritters 01.61 Forfor dis theday of april 1002.
cartaer. /profford;) Tuory Havey Corr. mettre. Stephen Paulody)
Voted to appoint a Committee of three persons to enquire into The expredency of granting the request of Joseph Gould and other praying for liberty, in future to work out the sumo they may be forfeed in the Highwaystures, on the way leading from Olives respecting the Peabody's to James Thufrell's .- the petition of touch.l. Couldand Choose Jacob andreas? 'nthe ... John Gould, Commetter for the above herford. 1
Committee
Ellone Gould 1
Bill ofcharge allowed. Viated the allows Flamfigen Joseph Symonds and dollar and forty units for twenty one feet of plants and eight feet of timber arbeits he hereceived to refiwirthsidder
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L'oled to accept of Nathanet Perley to veredas Comptable in the place of Tarael Herrack
. Meeting adjourned
Laled to adjacern this meeting till the Hory meeting to two O'clock in the afternoon
VI a legal Town Meeting held in The Meeting- house of the first Parish in Landlord the 5 th day of Capril 1002. for the purpose of giving in Their values for the choice of a Governor; Leutenant Governor, Senators and fourullern. Votes for the following parsons were given in, counted and world, serie decleration thereof mace as prescribed by the Constitution
Governor and
Excellency Cole Strong ... qll for Governor Hon. Elebridge Gerry . 21)
Verietora How Edward H. theblind log".on) Hor, William "Heath Evy ..... 215 x Governor Hon. Stephen Cheate Log ?... 11 (John Treadwell Eng. ... 01 Nathanil March ...... 01 Enoch Tetcome ...... 01 Senator Benjamin Jackman ..... 000 and Poufi. Jacobs Gravningshield .... 21 . .. 21 Doct ? Thomeen heltridge ... Doctor Daniel hallum ...... 21 Cafet William Parsons ...... 21 Francia Cars Esq. 21
Counsellors
( Meeting Disolved.
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'The Committee appointed, and directed on the part of the flour! Sport of the to attend the several Gourmettees, and from the Court of Serveren Committee Hassiano of the Grace, to view, and lay out a way from Hoses respecting the "Kimball's in Andover, by John Town's over the "fordecry, to the From thenew County road in branford, as pronged for by forced himbell aris to Beregard. other; also, a way from John Kimball's gate in landover. to a Town wary in Boxford near John Foster's, and prayed for by Moses Wilkins and others. To thefort, find they attended the reversed viewing formmillers on the 12 thof October rygg, on the roof Jarmary, the B of June and Ines October 10000. and the trying out Committee on their of May 10001. both of world warger have been found out and acceptedby the Count aforesund ; The way functimentioned, lauge from andover line, within this clown, about one mile over found of Tohar Townes and others. The way prayed for by , Moves Wit. kind and others , extends withire this Town about ninety poles, over found of Jahre Foster. , A? "Footer, "M" Howne and others. proprietors having previously agreed to relinquish all classes en dommages on account of their hands and forcing, there remains to the Town, only the expense of making an! maintaining the ways; some parts thereof are very rough. especially that from andover line to the Fordway; lash roads farthing into the limits of one and the same durveno. may, for the present, require more work to be done on theme there can be affected by the exertions of thatdistract in discharge any a common und ordinary highway Taxes and The lon- ritter ook leave to suggest the propriety and expectancy of appropriating a our of money not exceeding thirty dollars In be expanded toward making necessary improvements on the traced from landover to the Fordway; under the direction. of some person to be appointed for that perfec; or by any other way which the lower may direct.
Which is Respectfully sectorialled by Masford March 1,02. Richard. Peabody. Thomas Medley.
By misfortune; the foregoing und ,allowing reports werend Haft with the Clarka scorsonaably, and thereby caredo not be recorded in their peroper place.
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The cnbverbes, Selection of Boxford, being met together the Di day of defetember 1000. To consider the petition of hindley . I'mabody and others, praging that the hood, leading from)
the 3. part of the Selectnie .. Middleton, by said Journaley "Viabody's, and over the Sticking. on the eller di roach, may be astraightened over the land of Eriigre
ve estione of the" thours from
Formore (youto Je? and a broad laid out over land of the freer
Gaudinlow of Thomas Tillarn- having carefully viewed the premises ar Hietolletor
and maturely considered the subject, care of opinion, that The proposed alteration, and additional row will be of common ed moimeme, and do report as follows, viz.
"That the aforesaid round be widened on land of love" Surmon Good for! Beginning near the southerly part of his Lound set on sterke on the westerly side of the hood; there northerly over a vally about teerity poler to a stake by the road, taking of about twenty poles from wind Good' land. I Iris have laid out a particular lowre thood- Beginning on the southerby side of The aforesaid hoord at a stake and stones on land of the Heirs of Thomas Hillary; there northerly on found of sound hairs, eight peles to a state and stories on the edge of a bill; there northerly twenty one proles and fifteen links to a stake and stones by the aforesaid thood, leading over the fishing brook to to be two roda wide on the montherly side of void line ...
. Thomas. Perley, „Moses Carleton, Jacob Andrews, John Timberll. joseph amonday 1
.lebretonen.
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At a legal Town Meeting, held in The Meeting house of The First parish in thoxford the 13th May of May 10102 for the prinprove of appointing a suitable person to represent the afore = - said Town at the General Court appointed to be convened and held in the Town of Boston on The last Wednesday of said May- L'otan for the following persons were given in,counted and sorted _ and decleration there of made as required by the Consti. - tution, viz. Thomas Perty log?" 52 votes.) Mr Nathan Andrewa- 15 Mr. Samuel Kimball-5 M° Daniel Chapman
thepresentative. chepreventative
Chave Thomas Partey Enquire Moderator.
Moneyraised to toled to wire six hundred dollars to defray the arising charges of defray expressens the tour The current year.
Voled to approve and accept the report of the Commuter appointed to take the care of manageing, lowing and improving the Estate devived to the Joure by the late Hon Aaron Hood bug? which the port is ire the following words, vez.
Report of Com tter
The Committee appointed to take the care and direction of the on the Gotaste of manner of improving, leaving and managing the Gutate Hon. A. Woodhry" Derived to the Town by the Hon Aaron Wood leg! och Decided to the leave to report , that the whole sum of the principal duson Brands, remains to be held by the ware persons or mentioned an The report of 1000 and 1001. The annual Interest thereon being one hundred twenty three dollars and sixty seven cento_ How received and paid over to Af? Treasurer Stickney on the 19th of april last .. Thomas Perley Biosford Mary 13,102. Stephen of pofford Committee.
It was first to vote to see if the Town would accept a crowd Paid - out by the Selectmen, on land of HI David Kimball - and ·it proposed in the negative-
carried over. Voted.
County 163 wider County good from: hommeltic to Voted to appoint a Committee to open, the hood, or course it to be windowser fi opened from andover line, by Thomas Chadwick, ento Bradford line, to ds radford. in places where inconveniences arise from The narrowness of Thereof, and That such Committee have full power to accomplish the same _
Chave John Roberson buy" (Committee for the
Sabove purpose.
It Phineas Gole
"emons diferent" 2 Votes that those persons, who were different in working out
in workingant highway touse! !
their Highway tare; in the list Committed to Laut Thereas Ihave privilege Cole, may work out the same under ward Surveyor, provided, they work it out before the first day of July next enowing .- lines.
April Meeting brought on agrecably to adjournment. "Voted to excuse MY David Nood from serving as a Surveyor of Highways, and to accept A. Abraham Tyler to servein his place. Veled that thirty dollars, or any part there of. if mc prery, be appre - precated for the purpose of amending and repairing the Road from the Fordway, socalle, to Andover line .- Chave Capt Joseph lignondes for the above purpose. Listed to excuse brf" John Killar from serving as a Field - driver.
Chove Josephel. Peabody Field driver ._
Report of Salutimens It was first to vole to see if the Town would accept the report respecting School
house negative of the Selectmen respecting the School house in the third school district , and it pafeed in the negative .-
Poled to accept the report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the expediency of the pairing the thood leading from Oliver Paliody's to James Safeelf's Report as follows
Report of Comtwo. The Commetter appointed to examine into the expeduncy of on the petition of the petition of Joseph Gould and others, requireting liberty to work Joseph Gaule and other.
out their taxes on the Road leading from Oliver Peabody's to Jannes thefoell's. -
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report
We have taken or wiese of said hood, and beg leave to report, that it is our opinion, that it is reasonable That Their should be seven dollars worth of work done on that thead, and that Enfigure Joseph Symonds Just Surveyor, in whose distinta petitioners are taxed, should order on such person as he shall, thank proper, To work out vever dollars ore said thood.
Forford Mary 13,102. Jords Andrews on behalf of Sthe Commetter.
l'être to allow Me" Samuel Temball, Thomas Perly buy" and is Some Kimball (oft Richard Peabody two dollars and fifty cents, each for Their Tomat Porley Est. undicht thehard service in meeting a Commettere from the Court for the purpose of Peabody.
Paying aux a thoads from Andover to tisoxford.
"It a light Town meeting, held in the Meeting house of the "trat parrish in tooxford, Monday the first day of November 1002 . for The purpose of giving in Their votes for one the presentative to The Congress of the United States. The votes being counter were us ·Follow B Hon. Manausch Cutter forty four votes. - Chose Carpet Horses Carleton Moderator ... Hotel to make sale of the concert, shouches and frichances , belonging to the town , for the name; uno that the Selectmen be direction to dispose of them in the most advantageous manner.
Pale anthraxer, Shovels and hichoses.
itreasurer charge allowed
Bellsofcharge allowed -
Votre to allow It , treilt Stickney fourten dollars for serving un itreasurer two years, viz. 100cand ace. Votre to allow low? Joseph Sypmonica eight dollars and eightyowen cento for luber on the new road, never left Jord Gaulois. "Voted to allow En" Joseph Sepmondo one dollar and fifty cents for plant to repair Fishbrook , so called, Voted to allow Beacon Marker Spoford 016 2 cents in addition to what he has already received for a lock to the Powder house. Lol'd le sillace quede londres vir dollars and seventy five cents for faber performed on the new road near the dwelling house of Carpet Jourde Canela from
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Voted to allow Houses Gould, ten dollars and righty nene cento for plantes delivered te Envioque Joseph, aprendo, Surveyer of Highways.
Meeting adjourned.
L'elec to adjourn the Meeting to the first Monday in December ,it, to 2 l'clock in the afternoone. -
, Monday December It the Town net agreatly to adjournment and procedo a follows.
Voted to accept the theport of the appointed to open and werden the County Road from Andover time, by Thomas Chadwickin to the Country road near Sarnasel Carlatons which report in the following words
report of The Commuter appointed by the town of oxford on the thirlenth. Committee day of they found, to open the board, called the County coord, from lindover from Andover line to Bradford line to the width it was laid out by a Committee from with shood by Thomas
Chadwick, Court in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty two, have attended that service and ant leave to report, un follows, wig.
We have agreed with the proprietors one wie Roerd as well apour by having recourse to the agreement by them signed; that they will relinquish all chiamo of ary award for said hond forever hereafter, upon the towns being at the expense of moving the wall which was necessary to be moved, and build the same up again? and have wichned the road to its prefer width in all places which we judges to be necessary, and give the following course and distance. Beginning at aindovertine). Degrees mod. Peyron trods. Regres boda. 200 6- 10
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We have moved, and caneed to be moved three hundred and thirty six redu cand two feet of stone wall at the following process for rad, viz.
thepart.
continued. Grant Thory Hovey how built ro redu cto/s und eines at 2/ har rod $ 11. 94
Er? Joseph Parker how built 2 rode at for per rod- 6.11 Tarde Matter how built 4 trods at 216 and 33 rode at ifsher rod 26.16 Corps! Noseu Carleton how built 20 rodout Syherred -5.200 Hora Shefford how built 42's roce at fisperiod = 00.025 Sent Ebenezer Peabcoy has built zorrodoct if hot rod =4.92 Lieu! Thinvon Cole has built Stradaat ifi and
532 at 1/3 har rod
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Shoot= $103.61
C'nin? Samuel Coles fand there is 21 rodo which is let out to Lieut Vorneon bol at lf per rod and 10 rodo at 1/2 her ror. Ligresable to the agreement with Thomas Chadwick , in consequence of taking more land to masker the road more convenient than the two road will do, have agreed to allow him fifty cents.
Surveyors bill, and attendance at atern ow an evidence at June tern .... $6.19
cerchi John Haberivon; to to days service at 75 per day =3 .- Phineas Cole, to 4 days service at ys cents perday= 3 .- Said Coles bill for entertaining Committee and
Surveyor . ..
land to three quarts of reemexpended when the Will word let out. 0.75 .Parach Adorros, to La days never want y Security for day.3 .- Said Adams, a Journey to falem and expences. 1.93 To each for at thepy of Record .. .- 1.25 For councill.In 4. -
31.12 Hereford Dec 2, 02.
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