Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838-1857, v. 1, Part 44

Author: Brookline (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Brookline, Mass. : Published by vote of the town
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Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk, (File G, No. 84.)


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE.


Then personally appeared the undersigned and were sworn at the time set against their names, or signified their accept- ance or refusal of the several offices to which they had been chosen'.


Attest :


B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


Mar. 22. Sworn. Joseph Bradley, Constable.


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24. Burton W. Neal, Field Driver.


22. 66 Silas Langley, Field Driver and Pound Keeper.


22. 66 George N. Dana, Field Driver.


21. Clark L. Haynes, Fence Viewer. 66


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22. 66 Thomas C. Quimby, Fence Viewer.


66 24.


66 William J. Griggs, Surveyor of Highways.


66 22. Thomas C. Quimby, declined Surveyor of Highways.


66 20. Acp'd. Rev. John S. Stone,


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22.


N. M. Perkins,


66 22. 66 T. B. Hayward,


School


22. 66 M. M. Smith,


22. 60 Mr. Wm. A. Wellman,


Committee.


66 22. 66 Thomas Parsons,


66 22. 66 Stephen Salisbury,


66 24. 66


Charles Pope, as Truant Justice.


21.


Jesse Bird,


24.


66 Harrison Fay,


Cemetery Committee.


20.


66 Sam'l Philbrick,


66 19. 66 Chas. D. Head, -


18.


60 Chas. W. Scudder, Auditors.


20.


66 Edw. Atkinson,


66 22. 66 Augustus Allen, Fire Ward.


24.


W. J. Griggs, declined Fire Ward.


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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 7, 1856.


Pursuant to the adjournment, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled in the Town Hall, on Monday evening, April the 7th, 1856, and were called to order by the Chair- man, Geo. F. Homer, at 7} o'clock.


The meeting then proceeded to elect the following officers to fill vacancies, to wit :


Apr. 9. Sworn. Charles Smith,


were chosen


7.


Thaddeus J. Townsend, } Highway Surveyors.


10. 66 Elisha Stone, Surveyors of Lumber


66 11.


J. Anson Guild, and


David S. Coolidge, Measurers of Wood and Bark.


Charles L. Palmer, Fire Wards,


F. Henry Corey, and accepted.


Jerathmael Davenport, } Truant Officers, Augustus Allen, and accepted.


Voted, That the vote whereby the town voted to have eight Field Drivers be and hereby is reconsidered, and that the three already sworn be the number for the ensuing year.


James Bartlett, Chairman of the Selectmen, then presented the following report, which was accepted :


REPORT.


In pursuance of the vote of the town passed at their last annual meet- ing, held in the Town Hall on the afternoon of Monday, March the 17th, 1856, instructing the Selectmen to examine into the subject of lighting the streets of the town, and the expense of the same, with gas and also with fluid, your Selectmen have attended to that duty, and respectfully report that they have made inquiries in the city of Roxbury and the town of West Roxbury, where they light their streets with both gas and fluid, and we have obtained the following information: That the city and town own the lamp-posts, lanterns, and lamps, and light, extinguish, and take care of the same. In the city of Roxbury the gas company furnish the gas for each burner of four feet capacity for one and a quarter cents per hour. In the town of West Roxbury the gas company furnish gas for lighting the streets for $3.50 per thousand feet, and measure the same with a meter placed at one of the lamp-posts, and we accordingly submit to the town the following result :


For iron post, setting lantern, burner, and frame $25 to $28 For gas, lighting, and taking care of posts, being for each post per year of 264 nights, averaging six hours per night 28 00


For wood posts, setting lantern, lamp, and frame 15 33


For fluid, lighting, and taking care of posts, being for each post per year of 264 nights, averaging six hours per night 20 00


JAMES BARTLETT, Chairman of the Selectmen.


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Voted, That the sum of ($1200.00) one thousand two hundred dollars be appropriated to light the town where the citizens shall furnish lamp-posts under the direction and to the satisfaction of the Selectmen.


The committee to whom was referred the consideration of the Eighth Article of the warrant calling the annual meet- ing, to wit :


To see if the town will purchase a lot of land and erect a High school- house thereon,


-presented the following report, which was accepted :


REPORT.


The committee appointed at the annual meeting of the town to consider the expediency of purchasing a lot of land for a new High school-house, etc., have attended to the various duties submitted to them under the vote of the town at said meeting and respectfully report as follows :


The committee at their first meeting, nine of their number being pres- ent, considered very fully the subject of the present deficiencies in the High school accommodations in this town and unanimously voted : "That they did consider it expedient and for the best interests of the town of Brookline that a suitable lot of land should be selected at once and if necessary a lot should be at once purchased by the town and that a new High school building should be forthwith erected thereon and suitably furnished." The committee then divided into sub-committees on lots and plans, and after several meetings have unanimously adopted the conclusions which they have the honor to present.


FIRST .- THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL.


The situation of a High school building where an orderly and effect- ive school can be most readily sustained ought to be one most con- venient of access to a majority of its pupils, and this would natur- ally be in or near the center of population, having some regard also to the prospective increase of the town. The lot in size should be from 20,000 to 30,000 square feet, and, while it is of easy approach from the principal streets, it would be very desirable to have it somewhat retired and not upon the great thoroughfares of travel. Upon examining the town of Brookline it is at once apparent that while the geographical centre of the town is near the gate house at the reservoir, the centre of the population is about a mile in a north- easterly direction. The Town Hall may very fairly be taken as in the present centre of population, and for the next ten years the increase will probably tend still further north of School street.


The recent survey of the town shows the whole number of dwelling houses in the town to be 542, of which 108, less than one-fiftli, are west


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of a line drawn from north to south through the reservoir. If a com- parison of population should be made with equal accuracy it would ex- hibit without doubt a still greater disproportion.


The committee, with these views, have examined and considered the claims of every lot of land within a quarter of a mile of the Town Hall, which, in their opinion, was suitable and could be bought for the pur- pose. It was ascertained by them that no land on Cypress street could be purchased for this purpose. A lot on Boylston street, formerly occu- pied by C. O. Howe, was noticed by the committee, but they were of opinion that it was not sufficiently central or of easy access. A lot on Washington street, owned by Timothy C. Leeds, has been carefully con- sidered by the committee. This lot measures 130 feet on Washington street, running back about 200 feet to land of the town, and contains 32,500 square feet.


The committee have corresponded with the owner of this land, relating to the terms upon which it can be purchased. He is unwilling to name a price at present, and this lot cannot be purchased without delay, if at all. If, however, it could be obtained for this purpose at once at a reasonable price, the committee would not give it the preference over the lot which they have selected. It has nearly every objectionable feature which can be possibly attached to that lot without its many advantages. The atten- tion of the committee has been also called to lots upon School and Har- vard streets and other avenues in that vicinity, but while these several lots of land are open to many objections, they have none of them, in the judgment of the committee, any substantial advantages over the selected lot.


The committee unanimously recommend for the location of the High school-house the town's land on School and Prospect streets as the best lot that can be obtained for this purpose, and on the whole superior to any lot noticed by the committee. The committee have formed their judgment upon the intrinsic merits of the lot, and not merely on the fact that it is owned by the town. It is central. It will accommodate a majority of the present population of the town, and is favorably situated for probably future increase. Taking the lot as the centre of a circle with a radius of half a mile and there will be included the most thickly settled portion of the town as well as the most eligible building lots for speedy improvement and occupancy.


Second. It is of dimensions required, measuring 150 feet on Prospect street and 166 feet on School street, and containing 26,588 square feet.


Third. It is of convenient access, being upon the two widest streets in town, and yet not exposed to the fast travel of Washington street and other thoroughfares.


Fourth. It is sufficiently airy, dry, and elevated, and affords many facilities for building. Its present appearance is not attractive, but it can easily be made so. There will be no extra expense occasioned by excavation, removal of earth, or grading, before commencing the building.


Fifth. It is owned by the town, and paid for, and there is no need of discussion as to price, terms, and conditions. This consideration, although by no means of prime importance, ought not surely to be lost sight of in weighing the advantages and disadvantages of lots.


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The committee do not insist that their selection is free from objections, but those who object should point out a better lot which can now be pur- chased at a fair rate. Most of the objections which can be urged would apply to any lots in the vicinity in an unfinished state. It may be said that the proposed site is too near the Grammar school. But the com- mittee do not consider this a serious difficulty under the present excellent management of our High and Grammar schools. It is apprehended that no trouble will arise from this source. The Latin and High schools in Boston are now and long have been admirably conducted in separate divisions of the same building, occupying probably not more than 10,000 square feet of land for the accommodation of 350 pupils, while the pro- posed arrangements contemplated the placing of less than that number in two separate buildings with over 60,000 square feet of land.


SECOND .- PLANS AND ESTIMATES.


The committee, considering that the architecture and details of the proposed school edifice must be determined by a building committee, have not deemed it advisable to present any plans at this time, or to commit the town or any future committee by the adoption or recom- mendation of any style of building or arrangements of rooms. In gen- eral, they think that the school-house should be of wood, of two stories, with a school-room to accommodate at least 90 single desks, a lecture- room with a convenient room adjoining for chemical and philosophical apparatus, a library and recitation-room, and suitable dressing-rooms. A building about 60x42 feet would give the requisite accommodations, and such a building your committee are informed by competent authority can be erected for a sum of from seven to eight thousand dollars. In the opinion of this committee an appropriation of $10,000 would be suf- ficient for completing and furnishing the school-house buildings, and grading, finishing and fencing the school-house lot.


THIRD .- DISPOSAL OF THE PRESENT HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE AND LOT.


The committee, under the vote of the town appointing them, have con- sidered the subject connected with the present High school-house build- ing. There are about 2000 feet of land, the whole being valued in the Trea- surer's report at $1000. This sum is certainly the full value of the land and buildings. The committee think that the fair value of this estate should be ascertained by the Selectmen or some committee of the town, and that it be offered, at the value thus fixed, to the First Parish or some of the persons owning estates in that vicinity.


The committee conclude their report by recommending to the town the adoption of the following resolutions :


Voted, That a building committee of five be now appointed, who are hereby instructed and empowered to erect upon said land, with all rea- sonable dispatch, suitable buildings for the High school, to furnish the same, and to grade, finish and fence said lot.


Voted, To appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for the above- named objects.


Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to borrow for the above-named objects, in behalf of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, on such terms as he may deem mnost


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advantageous for the town, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be placed at the disposal of the building committee aforesaid when called for by them.


All of which is respectfully submitted.


(Signed) JOHN S. STONE, Chairman. JOHN C. ABBOTT. J. M. HOWE. THOMAS PARSONS. GEO. F. HOMER.


BROOKLINE, April 5th, 1856. (File G, No. 85.)


The meeting then proceeded to act upon the resolutions, as follows :


Voted, To adopt the first resolution.


Voted, To adopt the second resolution.


Voted, To adopt the third resolution.


Voted, To adopt the fourth resolution.


The committee appointed to report a list of names to the meeting as suitable persons for a building committee, report- ed the following names :


Messrs. Thomas Parsons, John S. Stone, Albert W. Smith, James Bartlett, and J. Davenport, committee on building High school-house.


Voted, That the report of the committee be adopted.


Voted, That the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow the additional sum of two thousand dollars, in antici- pation of taxes.


Voted, To make the following additional appropriations, to wit :


For lighting town $1,200 00


prosecutions of liquor law


200 00


contingencies, additional . 500 00


reservoir


1,000 00


Voted, That the various appropriations made by the town for the purpose of making and repairing highways and town- ways be assessed, after deducting the amount in the Trea- sury and the probable receipts for the ensuing year, amount- ing to the sum of -, upon the polls and estates, real and personal, of the inhabitants, resident and non-resident, of the town, and collected as the town charges are usually charged and collected.


Voted, That this meeting do now adjourn sine die. Adjourned.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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List of Soldiers for 1856.


Lewis B. Doe Thomas M. Cofran Ira A. Stubbs Abijah Tufts Lewis Mitchell


James H. W. Page John A. Barickman


William D. Coolidge James M. Seamans William T. Bramhall Thomas Bramhall Robert Bramhall


J. Adams Fairbanks . Timothy Corey F. Henry Corey


Isaac Bates Frederick Stone William . Almy


Robert B. Almy


Josiah Gooding


Frederick A. Corey James Bartlett


Amos A. Lawrence


Thomas B. Hall


Charles F. Huntington Robert S. Littell John Kirkpatrick Benjamin F. Dane


Phillip Allen


Gorham Gray George Griggs Warren Fisher John W. Griggs George Patten


William Pope


Frank Dawes


George B. Blake


Charles U. Cotting


Thomas S. Pettingill


Moses C. Warren


Henry Richardson William H. Lincoln Henry Upham Frank Parker


Daniel H. Rogers


Henry Loring


George Dexter


George F. Homer Charles Burrell


Charles W. Tolman


James Mealey


Isaac Taylor


James Rooney


John Lawton


Thomas Seaverns


Oliver Cousens


Patrick Nixhan


David T. Kenrick


Bradford Kingman


Alonzo Farrar


George Stoddard


Alex. C. Studley


Edward G. Parker


Charles W. Smith


John C. Weld


James McHenry


Charles W. Scudder


Ransom N. Weld


Theodore R. Glover John H. Dane


Benj'n Bradley


George N. Dana


Richard Soule, Jr.


William I. Bowditch F. Henry Perkins Franklin Z. Brett Wm. H. Jameson D. Augustus Griggs Edward R. Seccomb James L. Oliver Ginery Twichell


Reuben A. Chace Stephen Wiley W. H. Floyd


David S. Coolidge


Benjamin W. Hobart, Jr.


Edwin Fields Henry Whiting


Frank F. Seamans


Benj'n Heustis Charles P. Bancroft A. Rosman Walker James M. Edmond


N. E. Cutting


Wm. O. Churchill


Ichabod Cook


John E. Cousens


Horace Hatch


Edw. F. Head


M. H. Taylor Charles Chase


William Burgoyne


John R. Rider William J. Griggs


John Shepherd


Lowell M. Miles


P. L. Gregory


E. R. Butler


James Jenkins Samuel A. Robinson


Thomas B. Griggs


Edward F. Allen


Albert A. Rhodes


Charles Herrick


David H. Daniels


William B. Hazeltine


Charles Sleeper


James W. Jones


Charles Warren


Theodore Baker


Robert S. Davis


Frederick W. Proscott William Stearns Isaac Dearborn


Albert W. Smith


Patrick Ferguson John Chapman James W. Coolidge Shadrack Robinson Willard Onion, Jr. Joseph Bradley Horace James


Frederick Derby Moses D. Philips John C. Cook John Gibbs


Asael G. Mathews


John Brown A. S. Adams


Thomas McMahan


Edward A. Robinson - Spencer William L. Mack Lucius L. Miles


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Militia List, 1856.


Henry T. Gallupp


Will. Aspinwall


G. A. Butler


Charles Colby Willard Colby


Ira A. Dutton


George Clarke


Geo. W. Bird John H. Webber R. L. Palmer John Dustin


Otis Vinal


Jonathan P. Sanborn


James L. Alger


Alex. H. Clapp


Lorenzo Stephens


James A. Dupee


Charles T. Brackett


Edw. Chamberlin


Elijah C. Emerson


Ebenezer Morse


. Edw. H. Chamberlin


George E. Carlton


John McCormack


Fred'k J. Williams


Joshua H. Putnam


Alvin A. Rice


Harrison Bird


George H. Neibuhr


George W. Butters Sylvester Kimball Lewis Searle Chas. Townsend


Albert A. Cobb Wm. F. Tuckerman James T. Cobb Edward A. Dana


J. D. Long


Calvin A. Kemp


Charles B. Dana


Luke Hammond


Amasa Shurtleff


Edward C. Wilson


Abner B. Hardy


Edwin Clark


John M. Wright


William K. Melcher


William Barnard, Jr. Charles Chase


Geo. E. Hersey John H. Wakefield


James W. Smith


Royal Woodward James Morse


Isaac D. Haywood


Nathaniel W. Brackett


James O'Connell


Luke Baldwin, Jr.


Oliver B. Delano


Michael Maloney


William P. Baldwin


Richard Hills Alfred Kenrick, Jr.


James Driscoll


A. H. Avery


Burton W. Neal


Charles P. Trowbridge Howard S. Williams


Joshua B. Spencer George F. Whiting


Andrew J. Harrington Lyman Seavy Thomas H. Bacon


B. F. Baker Daniel S. Kendall


David S. Dutton


William E. Hodgskins


Frank M. Lyford


Augustus Allen


Charles H. Heath


Peter W. Pierce


John Aspinwall


Augustine Shurtleff


O. B. French Daniel W. Atkinson R. Barton


Wmn. R. Paine Augustus W. Seamans Moses Jones, Jr.


John Dow William Mahoney


Geo. E. Bogman


Thaddeus J. Townsend Samuel Chase


Benj'n N. Jewett Aaron Whitney J. G. Batchelder


Thomas C. Quimby John L. Sheriff


William Rosco Deane


Edward S. Philbrick


C. A. Batchelder John O. Libbey Thomas McMahan Lawrence Kelley James H. Ward


Samuel A. Hanson James Eliot Cabot James H. Clarke Mark Fickett John W. Warren Simon Warren


William D. Philbrick


John Parke


A. H. Waterman Charles F. Foster Abraham H. Lambert


George W. Stearns


James S. Amory


Charles Warren


Alonzo Langley William P. Perkins


Henry Blake


George Nelson


R. W. Morse


Moses Emery


Robert Roberts


Charles L. Palmer


Walter Lawton


Moses Withington


Morris Dean


Frederick Ray Benjamin Wells, Jr.


L. S. Harding


John Mackin


Nathaniel Lyford


Samuel L. Lyford


Michael Hickey


George W. Haven


George Brooks


Gardiner H. Clarke


Clark L. Haynes William Bird, 2d


Thomas Curry


George W. Atkinson


Love Titus William J. Cutler


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George W. Hancock M. P. Kennard


William Dwight, Jr.


Eben Wright


Henry Whitney


James Harris


James Cowan


Win. P. Atkinson


Benj'n Leeds, Jr.


Timothy Crawning


Henry K. White


John Lee


Cornelius Donovan Samuel T. Morse


I. W. Thornton


Abijah C. Stone


Francis K. Fisher


Charles D. Head


Geo. W. Rockwood


Silas H. Langley


George J. Fisher


Willard Gross


James Bradley


N. G. Chapin


Į. A. Barickman


Willard A. Humphrey


Thos. Quinlan


Henry A. Bigelow


Willard J. Humphrey


George Bacon


John S. Woods


E. T. Penniman


Robert Poole


George Gleason


Samuel Cutter


James M. Howe


Henry Orcutt, Jr.


Eben W. Reed


George H. Hill


James Sinclair


Usher Burbank


Alfred Hill


Marshall Russell


Eli D. Sanderson


John Hawes Elisha Jacobs


Dennis Driscoll Sam'l McIntire


Charles H. Hawes Charles Smith


Clark S. Bixby


John S. Richards


John H. Henshaw


Abraham L. Cutter


Joseph D. Gutterson


Francis Henshaw


Benj'n W. Clark


James Davis


Charles C. Follen


Samuel Clark


Albert Barnes


William Rooney William White Joseph L. White


Benj'n F. Kendall


Thomas Parsons


Alfred Winsor


Joseph W. Goddard


Robert Barnett


Henry W. Carr


William G. Wharton


William Heath


John D. Hayward


Richard Bradley


Edw. Atkinson


John H. A. Tappan


William G. Welds Caleb Craft, Jr.


Daniel Mahoney


Moses B. Williams


Xanthus Goodnough


Thomas Townsend


Moses M. Judkins


Geo. W. Goodnough


Samuel Townsend, Jr.


William H. Slocum


George Craft


Charles Craft


Albert Clifford


Samuel D. Hills


Charles G. Colbath


William J. Hyde


(Signed,) J. DAVENPORT, Clerk of Assessors of Brookline.


Recorded and returned July 14th, 1856.


(File G, No. 86.)


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


PERAMBULATION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE.


We the subscribers, the Aldermen of the City of Boston and the Select- men of the Town Brookline, pursuant to notice, met this tenth day of July, A. D. 1856, at the time and place appointed, and run the line and renewed the land-marks between the City of Boston and the Town of Brookline as follows, to wit :


John A. Bird


William W. Cook


William Taffe


Francis Ward


J. Anson Guild


Rufus S. Allen


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General Election, November 4, 1856.


Beginning at a stone post marked Bo. on the easterly side and Br. on the westerly side, standing on the Boston and Roxbury Mill Dam west- erly from the new filling sluices erected in said dam (the old sluices referred to in the Act of February 22d, 1825, entitled "An Act relative to the boundary lines of the City of Boston and the Town of Brookline," having been removed) ; thence running northwesterly from said post at an angle of one hundred and fifteen degrees from the Mill Dam until it strikes the centre of Charles River channel, and also running from the said post southerly at an angle of one hundred and three degrees forty minutes until it strikes the centre of the channel of Muddy River at a point where the respective boundaries of Boston, Brookline and Roxbury meet each other, being the same lines mentioned and described in the above-recited Act.


In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands this day and year first above mentioned.


FARNHAM PLUMMER,


Aldermen JAMES BARTLETT,


Selectmen of


JOSEPH M. WIGHTMAN,


Boston. of HOWARD S. WILLIAMS,


OSMYN BREWSTER,


Brookline. (File G, No. 87.)


GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 4, 1856.


WARRANT.


SEAL. SEAL.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


[SEAL.


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the fourth day of November next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open not less than two hours, for the following purposes, to wit :


First. To determine whether the town will send a Representative to the next General Court.


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Second. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following officers, to wit : For thirteen Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, each ballot for such Elector to contain the name of at least one inhabitant of each Congressional District of this Common- wealth ; also, for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillors, Secretary of State, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Attorney-General, Auditor of Accounts, three Senators for Norfolk County, Commissioners of Insol- vency, Register of Insolvency, Register of Probate, District Attorney, one County Commissioner, two Special County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts, Sheriff, a Representative to the Thirty-fifth Congress from the Fourth 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 at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.


JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHALL STEARNS, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, Selectmen of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, October 29th, 1856.


By virtue of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote at elections, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed notice of the same at their last and usual place of residence.


JOHN DUSTIN,


(File G, No. 88.) Constable of Brookline.


In compliance with the foregoing warrant, the legal voters of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said Brook- line, at one o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, November the 4th, 1856, and were called to order by James Bartlett, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and the warrant and the return thereon were then read by the Town Clerk.




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