Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838-1857, v. 1, Part 28

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Publication date: 1888
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3rd. To hear and act upon a report of the Selectmen setting forth the boundaries and admeasurements of the widening of School Street and the laying out as public highways the Avenue called Mechanic Place and a new street leading from Washington Street west of the Town House.


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Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals, at Brookline, this twenty- second day of March, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Fifty.


JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen J. DAVENPORT, of


WM. DEARBORN, Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 29th, 1850.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice at the dwellings of the same.


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Selectmen at five minutes past two o'clock in the afternoon, on the said first day of April, A. D. 1850; the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk, and the polls were opened for the choice of the officers above men- tioned, and were kept open more than two hours, being closed, by a vote of the Voters present, at twenty-five min- utes after four in the afternoon. After closing the polls the Selectmen, with the Town Clerk, sorted and counted the ballots, and the following was the result :


For County Commissioners, the whole number of ballots was Fifty-three.


James C. Doane of Cohasset had Forty-four.


Nathan Jones of Medway Fifty-three.


Samuel P. Loud of Dorchester 66 Forty-four.


Fisher A. Kingsbury of Weymouth Nine.


Henry Hobart of Foxboro'


Nine.


For Special Commissioners the whole number of ballots was Fifty-three.


Abraham F. Howe of Roxbury had Forty-one.


Timothy P. Whitney " Wrentham Forty-four.


William S. Morton Quincy Twelve.


Edward L. Keyes " Dedham


Nine.


This result was declared to the meeting ; The return was then made up, signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and sealed up with the Town Seal in open Town meeting.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


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Special Meeting, April 1, 1850.


At forty-five minutes after four o'clock on this same day, the Town Clerk called the Inhabitants to order, and read the second part of the Warrant, and presided during the choice of a Moderator.


Mr. Thomas Griggs was chosen Moderator, but declined serving, on account of a cold, and was excused.


Mr. Marshal Stearns was chosen Moderator, and presided.


Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is author- ized to borrow Twenty-five Hundred Dollars in anticipation of the taxes to be received.


Mr. James Bartlett, in behalf the Selectmen, presented their report, setting forth the boundaries and admeasurements of the widening of School Street, and the laying out as Highways the Avenue called Mechanic Place and a new street leading from Washington Street west to the Town House. Said Report is the same which was made at the adjourned meeting, March 18, 1850, with the addition and amendment following :


Thirty days are given to the owners of land through which said ways are laid out, or are altered or widened, for the purpose of removing their trees, fences, and other property, which may obstruct said ways.


JAMES BARTLETT, J. DAVENPORT, WILLIAM SANBORN.


Upon which report so amended having been read by the Town Clerk, it having been filed in his office on the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1850, and more than seven days before this meeting, it was-


Voted, That the Report of the Selectmen be accepted, and that the ways therein mentioned as laid out and widened, be accepted and allowed by the Town, and that the Selectmen be instructed to carry the recommendations of the Report into effect.


Mr. Thomas Griggs offered a report from the Committee appointed at the adjourned meeting, March 18, to examine the Hill in South Street, but the Moderator considered it out of order, there being no article in the warrant on the subject.


Voted (unanimously ), To dissolve the meeting.


Dissolved.


Attest : WILLIAM ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


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MEETING, APRIL 29TH, 1850. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS. TOWN OF BROOKLINE.


To the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, to bring in their votes to the Selectmen, at the Town Hall in said Town, for one County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, to complete the number required for the County aforesaid, to serve for the term of three years, and until others are chosen in their stead, on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of April current, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened.


Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and seals, at Brookline aforesaid, this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.


JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of


J. DAVENPORT, Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS.


BROOKLINE, April 27th, 1850.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice with the same.


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


Mr. James Bartlett, chairman of the Selectmen, called the meeting to order at three o'clock and fifteen minutes in the afternoon of said day, and directed the Town Clerk to read the Warrant and return, and the list of names of persons voted for at the former election furnished to the Selectmen by the board of examiners.


The Polls were then opened, and were kept open until a quarter of six o'clock, when they were closed by a vote of


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the voters present. The Selectmen then sorted and counted the votes and ballots in presence of the Town Clerk and in open town meeting, and made public declaration thereof as follows, to wit :


The whole number of ballots was Twenty-three, and Sam- uel P. Loud of Dorchester had Twenty-three, and none were cast for any other person ; the return was then made up, signed by the Selectmen, attested by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting.


The meeting was then dissolved.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


List of Soldiers enrolled by the Assessors of the Town of Brookline for the Year 1850.


See File F, No. 14.


Isaac Dearborn


James Haynes


Isaac Farrington


David S. Coolidge


Edward Butler


Wm. H. Gooch


Francis Coolidge


Sylvester Kimball


Winslow Chapin


Westly Powell


Geo. W. Butters


James Morse


Charles Whittemore


Joseph Graves


S. B. Little Samuel Hobart


James Hinkley James Coolidge


Thomas Dillon


Amos Snow, Jr.


Andrew J. Harrington


Royal Woodward, Jr. John Park


John O. Libby


Willard Jackson


James Driscoll


Tho. Lee


Ozias Locke


Moses Stone


Ransom N. Wells


William Stearns


Nathaniel Sawyer


Edward Hall


Nath'l G. Chapin


Joseph Ferguson Samuel Damon


Israel G. Cox


Francis Allen Wm. Aspinwall Oliver Cousens B. F. Baker


William K. Melcher


John W. Candler


Charles W. Wheelwright


George Tyler


Jas. M. Ingalls Jolın Mussy John D. Kelley Harvey James


Chas. Allen Stephen Allen


Ivory Ross


Thomas B. Griggs


Geo. F. Homer


Calvin Piper


Oliver G. Pray


D. H. Rogers


Loring Ranger


John B. Libby


Freeman Plummer


Mr. Carr


Daniel Jennings


Alfred Kenrick, Jr.


A. H. Lambert


Albert Jennings


Chandler Berry


Hazen Bradbury Warren Hyde


Ashbel D. Earle


Geo. W. Atkinson


Jona. D. Long


Moses Judkins


James Dyer


William J. Griggs


Charles W. Tolman


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Geo. Stoddard Oliver Whyte Levi Barnard Charles Winn Calvin Smith Omar Binney Charles Coolidge Timothy Corey Calvin D. Crawford


M. C. Warren


Abijalı C. Stone Ansel Waterman Henry Upham Jas. M. Seamans Jeremialı Sheffield Geo. S. Cushing Chas. L. Palmer Jas. Powers


Charles Howe Isaac Adams


Francis H. Corey


Chas. D. Bartlett Geo. T. Bartlett


Chas. W. Porter Leonard Bowles


Geo. Hancock Thomas Pettingill


Geo. W. Stearns


Charles Bean


Thad's J. Townsend


Stephen R. Griggs


James Bradford


James M. Edwards


Woodbury Mosher Jacob A.


Samuel Ellis


Geo. Penniman


Thos. A. Rich


Cephas Foreman


Chas. W. Scudder


Granville Downs


Nath'l Wentworth


John N. Turner


Geo. Moulton


Russel T. Bean Simon Warren


Wm. I. Bowditch


Benj. W. Clark


John W. Warren


Wm. A. Ladd


Samuel Clark


Wm. Hutchins


Wm. O. Churchill T. Henry Perkins H. W. Jameson Thos. H. Bacon Josiah Bacon William* Cooper


William Prescott Lafayette Thayer


Benj. F. Kendall ·


Thomas Townsend


Charles Townsend Thos. C. Quimby


C. B. Dana E. A. Dana


Geo. N. Dana


P. E. Kingman


Edward Atkinson


Wm. White


Jonathan Harding


Chas. Pope Wm. Pope


Henry W. Stone


Samuel K. Avery Alfred Cobb Alfred Thayer Geo. E. Hersey


Geo. H. Stone


Charles Warren


John H. Dane


Daniel S. Kendall


Thomas B. Cowan


Edward Dane


Augustine Shurtleff


William Cowan, Jr.


Chas. F. Huntington Nath'l Lyford Robert S. Littell O. B. Delano


Clark L. Haynes A. H. Knight Aaron Whitney


Dennis Malıoney


Henry Whitney


Patrick McDermott


Thos. Parsons Charles Craft


E. R. Seccomb Augustus Griggs Henry A. Mellen


David H. Daniels James Thompson


John R. Brown


Wm. P. Sanderson Eben'r Reed


Chas. A. Howe


George Hill


John A. Bird


J. S. Warren Leander Ryder


Samuel Townsend, Jr.


Henry W. Carr


Emerson Leland


James M. Richardson


Geo. E. Richardson Geo. Atkinson


Eben'r R. Frost


Wm. E. Cunningham Geo. Griggs Andrew H. Newell Eben Wright


Stafford Williams Walter Cabot Frank E. Howe John Howe, Jr. J. D. Whitney Jona. D. Sias


John Blanchard Geo. J. Perry Chas. D. Head


H. J. Williams


Wm. W. Clement


Samuel G. Snelling


Nath'l W. Brackett J. A. Guild


Joshua A. Little


Charles Warren Geo. W. Patten


Peter W. Pierce


Geo. R. Phelps


Wm. H. Leonard William G. Weld


Abel Milliken Joel Humphrey Horace G. Brown Charles Smith


Daniel S. Sanderson John H. Henshaw Jas. L. White


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Henry Weeks John Codman


Xanthus Goodnough


Samuel Eliot William J. Hyde


Geo. W. Goodnough


James Chesbrough


Samuel D. Hills


Isaiah Caverly


Everett Colburne


Chas. G. Colbath


Robert Miles, Jr.


William Wharton


Simon W. Clifford


Geo. H. Prouty


Ivory Wales


George White


Moses Corson


Josiah H. Barret


George Craft


George Harlow


James Wiley


Total, 241.


BROOKLINE, May 20, 1850


CHARLES STEARNS, JR., - Assessors


THOMAS GRIGGS, of


JOHN N. TURNER, Brookline.


Recorded.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


Return made out and sent to Adjutant-General June 22, 1850.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 25th, 1850. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS. TOWN OF BROOKLINE.


To the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of July present, at four of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator.


2. To act upon the order of notice received from the County Com- missioners upon the application of the Charles River Branch Railroad Company to be allowed to construct their railroad, at its crossing of Washington Street, upon a level with said Street.


3. To hear and act upon the Report of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of reducing the Hill in South Street, near Roxbury line.


4. To hear and act upon the order of the County Commissioners requiring the Town of Brookline to construct a public highway from the line of the Town of Brighton to Washington Street, as laid out by said County Commissioners.


5. To see if the Town will raise the money by loan necessary to carry said order into effect.


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Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals, at Brookline, this fifteenth


day of July, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.


JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen J. DAVENPORT, of


WILLIAM DEARBORN, Brookline.


A true copy of the Warrant.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


NORFOLK, SS.


TOWN OF BROOKLINE, July 22nd, 1850.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of Brookline herein described, to meet at the time and place & for the pur- poses 'within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice at the dwelling places of the same.


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


A true copy of the Return. Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the said inhabit- ants met at the Town Hall in Brookline, on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of July, A. D. 1850, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The Town Clerk called the meeting to order at five minutes after four.


Thomas Griggs, Esquire, was chosen Moderator by written ballots, but he declined serving, and was excused.


Voted, To choose the Moderator by nomination.


George F. Homer, Esquire, was then nominated & chosen Moderator and he presided over the meeting.


The second article in the Warrant was taken up, and after some debate the following votes were passed by a very large majority.


Voted, That George B. Blake, William I. Bowditch, and John Dane, Esq., be a committee to appear before the County Commissioners and remonstrate, on behalf of the Town, against the petition of the Charles River Railroad Corporation to be allowed to cross Washington Street on the same level with the street, and to ask that said Corporation may be compelled to build a bridge over their road.


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Voted, That the Committee appointed to remonstrate against the passing of the railroad across Washington Street at grade, be requested also to oppose its crossing Cypress Street or any other public highway within the limits of this Town at grade.


Mr. Thomas Griggs presented the Report of the Commit- tee on the lowering of the Hill on South Street :


REPORT.


The Committee to whom was referred the petition of Mr. Billings and others of Roxbury to have South Street graded, having examined the same, would recommend that the Town appropriate Seventy-five dollars for that purpose, on condition the said petitioners add twenty-five dollars to the above sum, all of which to be expended under the direction of our present board of Surveyors.


In behalf of the Committee,


BROOKLINE, July 25th, 1850.


THOMAS GRIGGS.


Voted, To accept said Report.


Voted, To appropriate Seventy-five Dollars to grade the hill in South Street, provided the petitioners for such grad- ing add twenty-five dollars thereto, all to be expended under the direction of our present board of Surveyors. (See subsequent votes. )


Mr. Samuel Philbrick presented the Report of the Com- mittee appointed to remonstrate against the Petition of George Griggs and others to have a public highway laid out from the western end of the Mill Dam to the line of the Town of Brighton. Said Report was accepted, and is on File F, No. 17.


Voted, That the Selectmen be a committee to carry into effect the order of the County Commissioners requiring the Town to build a highway from Brighton line to Washington Street, and that said Committee be authorized to cause the same to be built by letting out the work or in such other manner as they shall deem most for the interest of the Town, if, and as soon as the land owners consent to their going upon said land to build said highway.


Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized to sign a note or notes, in behalf of the Town, for such sum or sums


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not exceeding Twenty-five Hundred Dollars in all, as may be necessary to pay the expense of making said road.


Voted, To reconsider the vote appropriating Seventy-five Dollars to grade South Street.


Voted, To appropriate one hundred Dollars from such monies in Treasury as are not otherwise appropriated, to grade the hill in South Street, near Roxbury line, to be expended under the direction of the present board of Sur- veyors.


Dissolved.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 7TH, 1850.


SEAL. I -


SEAL. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


SEAL. 1


NORFOLK, SS.


To the Constables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on. Monday, the seventh day of October next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :


1st. To choose a Moderator.


2nd. To act upon an order of notice from the County Commissioners upon the petition of Daniel Sanderson and others, praying that a new public highway be laid out in a westerly direction from the end of the Mill Dam to Washington Street in Brookline.


3rd. To hear and act upon a Report from the Committee chosen to procure the offer of land for cemetery purposes.


4th. To determine whether the Town will authorize the purchase of land and buildings in the western part of the town for the purposes of a Cemetery and a residence for paupers.


5th. To see whether the Town will authorize the purchase of land to enlarge the present Cemetery, and for the purpose of a school-house lot.


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6th. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Town Treas- urer to give his promissory notes, on behalf of the Town, for such amount as may be required to purchase such lands and buildings as the Town shall by vote authorize to be purchased for Cemetery, Poor house, and School house purposes.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and seals, at Brookline, this thirtieth day of September, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.


JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen


J. DAVENPORT, WILLIAM DEARBORN, Brookline. of


NORFOLK, SS. TOWN OF BROOKLINE, Oct. 5th, 1850.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice at the dwelling places of the same four days before the meeting.


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


A true copy of Warrant and return.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


The Town Clerk called the meeting to order at five min- utes after two P. M., October 7th, 1850, and read the War- rant and return.


Voted, To choose a Moderator by ballot.


Deacon Thomas Griggs received ten ballots out of eleven, and was chosen Moderator, but requested to be excused on account of ill health. He was accordingly excused.


A new ballot was held; ten ballots were thrown, all of which were for George F. Homer, Esq.


Mr. Homer stated the objects of the meeting.


Voted, That a Committee of five be appointed to procure estimates of the expense of building the road from the Mill- dam westward, as petitioned for by Daniel Sanderson and others, and to confer with the proprietors of the lands on the route of the proposed road and the Directors and Stock- holders of the Mill-dam Company, to see what part of the


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expense of the proposed road they were willing to defray ; this Committee to report the facts for the action of the Town before the final hearing before the Commissioners.


Voted, That said Committee be instructed to appear before the County Commissioners, to inform them of the above vote, and to request them to adjourn the hearing of the petition till the foregoing vote can be acted upon.


Voted, That the Committee be nominated by the Mod- erator.


Messr. George Griggs, William I. Bowditch, Samuel Philbrick, Daniel Sanderson, Samuel Craft, were nominated accordingly, and they were chosen by the Town.


Mr. Samuel Philbrick read a Report from the Committee appointed to ascertain whether any land could be purchased to enlarge the public cemetery, or for another cemetery, which was accepted, and is on file F, No. 21.


After much discussion, it was finally


Voted, To indefinitely postpone the consideration of the fourth, fifth and sixth Articles in the Warrant.


Voted, To adjourn without day.


Adjourned.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 11, 1850. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS., BROOKLINE.


To the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on Monday, the eleventh day of Novem- ber next, it being the second Monday in said month, at half-


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past one o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open not less than two hours.


1. To determine whether the Town will send a Representative to the next General Court.


2. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following officers, to wit: For Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of this Commonwealth; for three Senators for this County; A Representative to the thirty- second Congress of the United States from the Eighth District, and a Representative to the next General Court, if the Town determine to send one; all to be voted for on one ballot.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and seals, this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.


JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen J. DAVENPORT, of


WILLIAM DEARBORN, Brookline.


BROOKLINE, Nov. 5th, 1850.


By virtue of this precept, I have notified each voter to meet at the [time and place within mentioned, and for the] within mentioned pur- poses, by leaving a printed copy of this warrant at his place of residence.


FRANKLIN TUKEY, Constable of Brookline.


Mr. Bartlett, chairman of the Selectmen, called the meet- ing to order at half-past one o'clock, & the Town Clerk read the warrant. It was-


Voted, To send a Representative to the General Court.


The polls were then opened, and were kept open until half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, when they were closed by a vote of those present ; the votes were then sorted and counted by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, declaration of the result made by the chairman, the same was recorded herein, in open town meeting.


The whole number of ballots for Governor was Two Hundred and Ninety- one.


For George N. Briggs of Pittsfield, Two Hundred.


Stephen C. Phillips of Salem, Thirty.


George S. Boutwell of Groton, Sixty.


Wendell Phillips of Boston, One.


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The whole number of ballots was Two Hundred and Ninety-one for Lieutenant-Governor.


John Reed of Yarmouth, Two Hundred and one.


Amasa Walker of North Brookfield, Thirty.


Henry W. Cushman of Bernardstown, Fifty-nine.


Francis Jackson of Boston, one.


For Senators the whole number of ballots was Two Hundred and Eighty- Nine.


for Marshall P. Wilder of Dorchester, Two Hundred.


Lysander Richards of Quincy, One Hundred and Ninety-nine.


William H. 'Carey of Medway, One Hundred and Ninety-nine.


Edward L. Keyes of Dedham, Eighty-Seven.


Alva Morrison of Braintree, Eighty-Eight.


Augustus Aspinwall of Brookline, one.


W. I. Bowditch of


one.


Samuel Warner, Jr., of Wrentham,


Eighty-six.


For Representative to Congress the whole number of ballots was Three Hundred and Five.


Samuel H. Walley of Roxbury had One Hundred and seventy-eight.


Horace Mann of Newton had Seventy-one.


Edgar K. Whitaker of Needham had Fifty-six.


The whole number of ballots for Representative to the General Court was Two Hundred and Eighty-eight. Necessary to a choice One Hun- dred and forty-five.


William Aspinwall had One Hundred & forty-two.


Marshall Stearns had Fifty-four.


Samuel Craft had Thirty-three.


James Bartlett had Fifty-seven.


W. A. Aspinwall had one.


William P. Atkinson had one-and there was no choice.


It was-


Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it adjourn to meet at this place tomorrow at three o'clock P. M., to choose a Representative to the General Court.


The returns were then sealed up after having been signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and the fact was declared in open town meeting.


A check-list of voters was used in voting, and no one was allowed to vote whose name was not on the list.


Voted, To adjourn according to the previous vote. Adjourned.


Attest : WILL. ASPINWALL, Town Clerk.


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General Election, November 12, 1850.


The adjourned meeting was held pursuant to the adjourn- ment at three o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday, the twelfth day of November, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Fifty, for the choice of a Representative.


Mr. Bartlett, Chairman of the Selectmen, called the meet- ing to order at five minutes after three o'clock, and the Polls were opened and kept open, by a vote of the voters present, until half-past five o'clock, when they were closed. The Selectmen and the Town Clerk proceeded to sort, count the ballots in open Town Meeting. The result was as fol- lows :




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