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It or legal town meeting, held in Boxford the vithof September 1923.
The Town chove Capit. Thomas Perley and Corporal Samuel Handley to serve on The Jury of itrials at Newbury Court, the 25 Thof this instant.
It a legal town meeting held in trongford The 16 th of December 17 23.
get The town chose benigne David Peabody Moderator for said, Merting). -
2and The town vated to provide a Grammer School. (Master to verve the town in four points or places, as the town hall see fit. The town chose Lieut. Thomas Porley and Sargeant Samuel Symonds for to procure grønnmer School master as soon as possibly they can with conveniencey, to serve the town the year enaning, and to do it upon the towns cost and charge.
It. The town voted to adjourn the meeting to The 24th of this instant .. Upon con adjournment from a legal town meeting held in thoxford the 16th.
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Decemberry 23. to The 2 " of the same instant, December.
She Voted to divide the town into two pourles, accord ing to the Constables lista That they gather reiter by.
6th Voted to divide the North side of the town into two parts, The lower point to extend Your upward an to take in Jared Hood and Jonathan Kimball, and no farther.
Ith Voted to allow Corporal Ephron Darman, sixteen shithings and eight bence for mocping the Westinghouse and helping the hey len montha fait part.
oto Voted to allow Cornet Stephen Micobody for shillings for getting personas entered in. the Court records, that were warned out of tarono.
ath Voted to allow Sargeant Semuel ygrandes and Sargeant Jeremiah Perley two whill. ings a frecce, for getting persona entered in the Court records, that were warned out of town.
206. At a legal town meeting, held in Boreford the 13th of Formery 0723/4. st. Sient. Joseph Hale chose Moderator for word Meeting.
200 The town chose Envign David Peabody. Sargeant Like Hovey and Doctor David Wood a Committee, and have fully empow. cred them to join with such Gentlemen as bradford shall choose and inpower to seite the line between Bradford and thoseford according to the ancient granito.
Voted to pay Corporal Ephraim Dorman five pounds ten shillings for to heeft The Widow Trescott, six months, from this day forward , and to pay for sickness and num . ing, if she should stand in werd.
4 th The town chose and impowered Sargeant Joseph Brandy and Corporal Leflorenmi Dorman for to sell the Widow Prescott's gooder to the highest bidder on the twentieth day of this instante, at one of the clock in The afternoon ...
with The town, voted that the Selectmen should
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boy er rate of eighty prounder to be paid into the Town , Treasurer, for the defining, loin . charges.
6% Noted to pay Clerk router, the Clowntreasure; twelve skillings for his werving the bien. It a legal town meeting held in Braxford the id day of Marche 01 234, to choose toun Officer's for the year ensuring, and to de effect business that was specified in the Warrants. 1st The town chose Joseph Warte Moderator for word Meeting.
and the town chove Consign David Grabody, Stephen Peabody, Daniel, Thenney, ilim othy Stiles and Nathaniel Perkins Scheet men and Prosessor for the year ensuring.
3º The town chose Ephraim Peabody and Jacob Smith Constables for the year ensuring.
4th The town chose joseph Hole town blush. for the year enowing.
5th the town chose thomas Cumming", Thomas Jewett, Nathaniel, Hardy and Edward Nicholas for herveyors of Highway for the year ensuing. 1
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6th "the town chose Thomas Redington and John aftales Just for Fence viewers for The year ensuring. And Nathan Peabody Seater of Wight and Measures. 'The town, also chove itimothy Foster and John thumball Mythingmen for the year craving. The town chose Samuel Foster Down Grasurer for The year craving. "The town also, chose Ephronm Dorman leaveof the Hertinghouse and to keep The key for the year enoning. The town, also, chose Francis Gillot Ju! and John Friske and Sommel Cole and Avion Brown Hogreaves for The year coming. The town chose MY Somuch Symonds and Mr. Daniel Therncy to go to any Court or Courts, for to petalior any Court or Courts, or to complain To any Court or Courtes, or to appeal, or to review, or to provecute in any way or manner that they are their wisdom shall think fit to prevent the charge of that way which was laid out by Jeremiale Perley, Thomas Redington and others in the year 1/22/3 over (jeorge Arby's
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land and Stephere . Labody's land by the lower end of the Fourmile porid to Andover road, in the place where The town horth formerly added that they would have no way laid out upon Their cost, and charge to endeavour to prevent, the cost and charge of the above men. tioned way from being land on our tour. - At a legal town meeting, held in thoxford May 13th Mh 1724.
1st The town Samuel Symonds Moderator for said Meeting.
and The town chose Joseph Hate their Representative to represent them at the great and General
County or assembly to be holden at Boston the 29th of this instant.
3. The Town chose David Peabody, David Wood. and Stephen Trabody to join with Bradford Committee to settle The bounder between Boxford and fibradford. - At a legal town- meeting held in tresford the 23 day of November 1724.
1st The town chose Stephere Terbody Moderator for said Merting.
2770 The town voted to allow John Gefferdes mne shillings and win france to hay hur the · remainder
310. remounder that was due to him for keeping of · The Widow Prescott.
. The town voted to allow Samuel ? Forster, "own treasurer twelve shillings, for serving the town as treasurer in the year 1924. It, the town voted to allow Sent. Thomass. Pertey and Sonuel Suprronda ten shillings for providing of the town with a Schoolmanter, and fetching him from Salerno.
with the towne voted to allow formel lymonc. and Jamel Chernay, five hounds mneteen shillings and one henny for their service and experts in attending at the Court, to endeavor the preventing of the charges and sout of the thatway that was faid over. Ste there Teatrody's land and others, from being found on the town
with Voted; that the Selectmen aball make a low rate of eighty pourrons to defray town charges.
yh The toure, that they would have a way find out from the bridge wear barill" House war Shawich-river to our cheating house
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oth Voted , that there shall be a way land out from. Joseph Bandy's house to Topofield live.
At a legal townemerling, held in theoxford the of day of March, in the year of our Lord iguys Not The town chose Sonuel Symonds Moderater for sand Meeting.
and Joseph Hale was chosen Sown Clerk for the year amining.
The town chose father Peabody, John Stiles Senior, John Symonds, Joseph Hale Junior and Jonathan Tyler Selectmen and Assessors for the year ensuing.
4th The town chose Jade Wood and James Garlice Constables for the year ensuing.
George Binchy, John Stiles Ju? and ifhomens Willing are chosen Surveyors for the year enoning.
6th The town chose Timothy Dornan and John Wood Tythingmen for the year examining.
7th The town chose Nothom Peabody Scaler of Weights and Measures.
oth Jords Perley Just and Samuel Gould were chosen Hogierves. yth Jonathan Sixty, John Fineby and john Peabody were chose Forreviewers for the " car enowing The.
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oth 'the town voted Thomas Rickard Ten shill. inq' for entertaining The widow Carey about ten dayy.
yth The town voted to allow twenty pounda Tow- ards repairing of MY Roger's House. 12th ithe town voted to give Me Rogers a quarterly contribution.
13th The Wider Derman was made choice of to take care of the Meetinghouse and to Meet. thekey.
At a legal town meeting, held in thorford Hay Fre 12, 1725.
The tour chose Erongre David Peabody Moder- ater for vard Herling.
ithe town chose joseph Hale their Represent.
ative , to represent theme at the great and General Court, for The year emming.
. It a legal town meeting, held in Bradford .September stre 10 th 172.5.
pt "The town chose band"? David Peabody . Moderator for word Meeting.
you' ilt was just to the vote, to see if the town words choose a man to provide the town with a
Schoolmaster, and it forward in the affirmative. "the town chaves John Sigmonday to provide
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a School monster for the town the year emseuny. 4th The town chose Joseph Symonds and Sherrias Willing to join with a Committee chose by Topsfield to view the fridge over Throwich. hier at the southerly end of our Town near Gorill's House, to see if it needs rebuilding, and in cause it does , for To do the work upon the towns cost and charge.
5 th The town chose Corporal John Andrew's to agree. with a glazer to mend the glass windows of our Meetinghouse, and to repair the rules, and tell sound other small repairs that may be judged nerdful.
- At a legal town meeting, held in Stanford the 4 th day of December 112.5.
1st The town made chance of Capt. Thomas Berley Moderator for that meeting.
and The town voted to allow john , Andrews there hounds eleven shillings and sting pence for repairing the Mertinghouse. 3? The town voted to allow Somuch Faster twelve. shillings for his service as Town Treasurer in the year 1724. and than the Moderator adjourned the meeting till "Jutoday, " 2" day of this motorist at twoclues (' doch to incet at our meetinghouse.
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Han adjournment of said , Heating, The town allowed the Widow Dormant twenty shillings for swooping the Meshinghouse for 1124. and the town rotect to allow forral Hado five pounds for korfuing the widow Preseest from Chaquest theis to december, the 21" day. The town voted to que John Rogers twenty Luc pounds to keep School the year enowing, provided, he may be approbated as the Law directs.
It "the town allowed John Saporiondas thirteen shillings for providing the town with a Schoolmaster These Three months.
Cafet. Thomas Verley, The Moderator, asserted to the truth of the several vates above enterrit.
- It a legal town-meeting, held in Boxford March the oth My 25/6. rt "The town chase Consigne EXword, Peabody , Had- crater for said Meeting and the town chove Joseph Hale itown Clerk for the year emming . The tour chiave forrepito digiriendo and Benjamin Porter Constable for the year
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4th The tour chose ithomas jewell, Consign Xwird Peabody, Robert andrews, Joel Hale and ifhemus Redington felettimen for the year envung The town chose The prevent Selective ren wascover for the year ensuing.
5th the town chove Jahre Andrews downtreasurer for The year ensuring.
6th The town chose Williame Bradford, Jehn Cole, John Milano, John Stiles far and Francis Elliot Je! Surveyors of Highways for the year. enduring.
The town chove John Kimball, Heledich Foster, , Nathaniel, Symonds and Samuel, Gould Forreviewers for the year enowning. The town chose Nathan Trorbody Clash of the Market, and Sealer of Heights and Measures.
The town also chose Richard Peabody and Samuel Goodridge Sythingmen for the year coming.
The town chose John Gefferdes und Jonenthan Sixby Hogreaves for the year ensuing.
216. At a legal Town meeting, held in Moreford May 10th 1726.
1st The town chave Samuel Symonds Moder- cator for said Meeting. and the town chose Stephen Peabody Their thep- Preventative to represent themat the great and General Court.
3) The townvoted, that they would refreier MIT Rogers House.
Let It works put to the vote to see if The town worth choose men to see the work effected, and it poused in the affirmative.
sth Thetown made choice of ithormon twee. ington, john Andrews, Jus and Benjamin Porter to repair the outside of MY Rogers' House, and lay out ten pounds in repairing the inside of the said House - and to be donc at the towns cost and charge.
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"It a legal town meeting, held in Broadford July 2, 1726. the town chose john Symonds choderator for and Meeting. the town voted to allow seven pounds five) .hellings to Joseph, Symonds and ithomas Withens
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Wilkins, for building one half of the fridge over Ipswich thiver at the reutherly and of our town near Carill's House.
The Town voted to allow eight freunda to Jard. Hale of said Towore for healing of the Widow Trescoff part of the year post.
The town votrel to allow the widow Forman two pounds ten shillings for weeping the meat inghouse and helping the bay two yours und five months fost frost ; the town close, acted to allow Damel Henny one found tie whillings and five fence for attendance and expences at Ipswich Court in May Post. - At a legal town marting, held in Brenford March 11th 19 2%.
1st The town chose . Stephen Peabody Moderator for said , Hosting .
2'' 'the town chose Capt. ilhorneus Perley, Joseph, Hale, Samuel Richard, , Birthomiel Simone's and John How defectinen for the year onning The terre, also, chose the felvetmen above men- tioned Assessore for the year crossing. The town chose joseph While "Savon Gleich. for the year ensuring. ,
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4th The town chose Joseph Mixchy and Richard ,Tealody Contables Constables for the year ensuing.
15th The town chose John Stiles Ja Thomas 'Pillars, Edward Nicholes , Nathaniel. Perkins and formerel Cole Surveyors for The year ensuing.
6th The town chose John Wood, Ternothy Dorman and John Kimball Tything men for the year ensuing.
The town chose Thomas Redington and John Dorman Fence-viewers for the year moving.
The town also, chose Nathan Peabody Clerk of the market to seal Weights and Measures. The town also, chiese Thornas Andrews and John Andrews Hogreaves for the year envering.
"The town also, chase joseph Symonds Treasurer for word, You're for the year enaring; also, the town voted to aboile the money which Amer Corners head was rated at in Constable Porters list. The Petition of Samuel Symonds, john . How canid Francis Ethot, with elever or
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twelve others, pronging, that they may be not off to join with others belonging to the neigh bowring towns to be made into a seperate to ware, was fut to vote, and it powered in the negative.
At a legal town-meeting, held in the oxford May the 2, 1/2%.
1st The town chose Geht. Thomas Partey Moder. ator forward , Herting.
The town chose Lient. Thomas Perley to werve them on thepresentative at the General Court or assembly the year envioing.
3. It was hast to the vote, to vec if the town would give john Rogers twenty five pounds to keep School in Branford The year enaning, in case his father will give leave, and it passed in the affirm- attwe.
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It was hast to the vote, to see if the town would buy The old part of the barn That stands on the Parsonage fare, of William &. with, and it proused in the . affirmative.
5th It was fuit to the vote, to use if the town
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give William formith fifteen pounds for the whole barn that stands on the Par- vonage- farm, and it passed in The affirmative.
At a legal town meeting, held in Boxford June 16 th 1727.
n't the town chose john Sales Moderator for for sound Meeting.
"" the town chose Josefil. Harte and Stephen Perbody to appear in the towns behalf. of the great and General Court now setting in Suoistore, to use all lawful ericen-
wars to prevent the prayer of the petition of Francis Plot, Daniel Thenney , Edward Nicholas and others to be set off to neighbour towns being granted.
At a lawful town meeting, held in Boxford November 10th 17 21.
ist The town chose Thomas Jewell Moderator for mid Meeting.
and the town chave Stephen Peabody to serve Them on thepreventative, to serve them of the Great and General, Court.
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It was put to the vote, to see if the town would warte the peoples head money That live to the westerlyside of Breach brook, and it frais ed in the Negative.
At a legal town medling, held in Baferd December 15. 12%.
1st. The town cheese Capt. Thermas Sierlay, Hederato for vard , Merting.
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and The town vated to allow the widow , Hartha Formare two pounds for scoping the Martinghouse and herbring the Key. The town voted to allow vient. There's Perley ne pound one belling and nine pence, for attendance at Salerre Court, when the town were presented for want of a Schoolrouter.
4th The town voted to allow . Stephen Reabody two pounds for his journey and tendance at the General Court in june last. Then the Town adjourned the meeting to ment ilnesday comsenate following. The town mit on the 26th current, to which time the meeting was adjourned.
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post. "The town voted to allow Samuel Symonds fwve founda seventeen shillings forhis ex- fences and time in attending at four Courts in the towns business.
and The town voted to allow forwell Foster Jauntreasures, twenty estthings for service done the town in that Office. > The town voted to allow Daniel Penney one pound three shillings and five pence for the expences and time spent in attending at Court in the town business. -
. The town voted to abate the several forms that Nathaniel Danford, Edmund Block, William Styler and Anos Foster were set at in the several lista that were committed to Efterown Peabody a former Constable to gather, con mounting in the whole to four pounds are shilling and four pence. 5th &the town agreed and voted, that the Select. men should make or town rate amounting to the inom of one hundred pounds for to asforany town charges. 1
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It was put to the vole, to see if the town would abate the petitioners that move to be set of from our town to join with others to be " seperate townships Their proportion to the Ministry rate for the apar ensuring, and it howed in The Negative.
It was fut to vote, to see if the town would allow joseph Hale forly stillings for his attendance and expences at the General Court in ferie fast in the town's business, and it passed in the negative.
At a legal town meeting; held in thexford March 12, 1/20%.
1st The town chose Stofthen Peerbody Moder ator for word Meeting.
and The town chose Joseph Hole, Thomas Curmnings, Jouets Smith, ilmothy Stiles and Moses Tyler electrmere for the year enowing. the town also, chose. the Selectmen above named assessors for the year ervaring.
38 thetown chose Joseph Hole Town Clerk for the year errowing.
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4th The town chose Robert andrews and Nath-
annel Perkins Constables for the year ensuring 5th Jake Hovey, Joseph Hele fre Nathaniel Symonds and Francis Elhot ju- were chave Surveyors of thephiways for The year ensuing.
6th Timothy Formare and Jacob Nood were chose Sythingmen for the year enowing. the John Kindly was those Sealer of Leather for the year enowing.
Nathan Peabody was chase Clerk of the ( Market, to seat Weights and Measures.
Thomas Redington and John Stiles Just were chose Fonceviewers for the year en- swing. Amor Perley, Jacole Perley Je. John Hovey and Jonathan Sherwine, Joseph Curtice and Somuch, Gould were chave Hogreaves for The year ensuring . Joseph Symonds was chase Treasurer for vard Town for the year enoning .
att. Whereas, the Selectmen of thor ford, towit, Forarmate Perley, ithornas Redington and others laid out a private way over George trixby's
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trixby's found, and over Stephen Peerbody's land by the lower end of the Fourmile Tard to Andover road in The year 1/2/3. in the very place where the town had formerly voted, lowit, on the 2 of beto bese town. 1721. that they would have no highway laid out upon the towns cost and charge. and the town have, industrionly enderword, by their attorneys at every Court vince, where the said Way has been in agitation , to prevent the charge there of being found one over Town. 'A was first to the vote, to see if town would null and discontinue The above said Way, it being unnecessary for the common good of our town, and it passed in The affirmative. of the ist was great to the vote, to see if the low re would ·et of the two ride of our town that have he- litioned the town this day to be set off with their loindes to all intents and purposes, and it formed in the affirmative.
At a legof town meeting; hold in trarfordelforit" 17200.
The town chose Steffen Peabody Moderator for the sound Meeting.
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John Wood desired, That his descent might be entered against the towns proceeding to The choice of Trustees, to receive the town's proportion of the sixty thousand pounds out of the Treasurer, in as much as the tet for granting the name is not an yet come to hand, which he supposed should be the rule to regulate the meeting.
2nd .It was hurt to the vote, to see if the town would accept of our proportion of the sixty Thousand Lourdes granted the last Session of the General Court to be proportioned to the several towns in this province, and it proused in the affirmative.
"The town chose ANS Bisphen Peabody , MY Joseph Symonds and ME John andrews Jul for their Trustees to take out our propor- tror of the aforeward sixty thousand pounds. agresable to the act of the General Court. 4%. It was voted, that the trustees should let no man have more Than twenty pounds of the aborcard Money; nor none' alass ium
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than five pounds.
It nous pest to the vote , to see if the town would allow the Irnosties , ire cause There should be any billa of credit lost in their hands, after one month is expired, after the first letting out of said drills, to let wek or have had twenty pounds, have more, not exceeding twenty fourmos, and it passed in the affirmative. - At a legal town meeting, held in Boxford May 15th 1/201.
The town chowe formuel Symonds Moderator for vard Merling.
The town chose joseph Hale to serve for, and Thepresent them at the great and General Court for the year current. ..
The town also, chose Thomas Germmings, Robert andrews and Loved Hole a Committee to audit the Committees accounts who were) employed by the town to refour ME Rogers House.
It were also, hat to the vote, to see if the town would exchange the dirties of our hands and meddours which Pay in Andover, for the duties of their lands and meadows which lay in our town, and it howed in the negative.
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At a legal town-meeting, held in Juneforo. July 10 th 17200.
pot. Thetown chose , Heures Tyler , Moderator for weird Meeting.
gold . It wons frust to the vole, to see if the town worth grow M! Rogers thirty hounds in billes of credit, and it poured in the affirmative. 3. It was just to the vote to see if the town would choose David Foster for their Schoolmuster for this forevent year , and it hasved in The affirmative
It. It was just to the vote to see if the town would abate the several womma which John Chronisch's some head was set at in Constable Porter's fest, be being under age when the rates were made. and it hasused in the Affirmative.
5th , It was first to the vote; to see if the town world abate the several anma that joviale Bolach's heard vous vet at, in Constable Porter's lust, he being out of town when the rates were made, and is passed in the affirmative.
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At a legal town meeting held in Boxford Decem ber 9th. 17201.
The town chose Stephen Peabody Moderator forward Meeting.
It was frust to the vote, to see if the Town would adjourn the meeting to Monday next, at one of the clock , and it perwerd in the lifformative, and the meeting was adjourned accordingly. December 6th 1/201. the town met, and it was Just to The vote, to see if the Town would adjourn the meeting unto Monday next at one of the clock, and it posted in the Affirmative). December 23, 17200. this town mit, and it was Just to the vole, to see if the town would allow the Committees account, that was chase by the town to reporer MS hogere' house, lowil, John Andrews, Benjamin Porter und Thomas Redington- Stressand account amounted to ninety nine pounds sixteen, shillings and Three pence, and it passed in The affirmative.
It was just to the vote, to see if the town would allow Stephen Peabody twenty shillings for service done at the Court by endeavouring
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to prevent the town from being fined for want of en Schoolmonster, and it proved in The affirmative.
3. . It was first to the vote to see if the town would allow Joseph Hale two pounds for service done at the great and General Court in June 1727 and it forward in the (affirmative.
4 th It now punt to the vote to use of the town would
order the Cursedsors to levy a town rate of entry mme pounds to defiery town charges, and at powered in the affirmative.
"the town made choice of Jourde Smith to take care of the Meetinghouse doors and provide a good locks for the rest door.
At a legat town-marting, held in thereford. , March 1, 112g.
The town chose Stephen Peabody , Moderator for said Meeting. Stephen Peabody, Janes Curtice, Jacob Smith Sirut Jords Porley and John Steles Ju! are chosen Selectmen and Conversores for the year enowing.
.3. iffe town chose Joseph Hale down Clock for the year coming.
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4th The town chose John Indices gets and Jouefili Hale Ja: Constables for the year emning. Ezekiel Jewett, john Kamball, Samuel Sould and Theman andrews are chosen Surveyors for the year envering.
Richard Kimball and John Hood are chosen Chpthinginen for the year ensuing. .
Thomas Redington and Jonathan Peabody are chosen Fence virivers for The year enning. John Brexby is chover Scaler of Leather. The Town chose Nathan Peabody Sealer of Weights and Heensures.
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