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4thly to grant money to Defray the charges of our highways and bridges this year and agree how the same shall be expended 5thly to chuse a Committee of Corespondance &c for ye Insuing year
6thly to see what the Town will Do Reletive to the two Bridges over Quinabogg River
7thly for the Town to hear and act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before them as they see fitt
here of fail not and make Due Return of this warrant with your Doings there on unto the selectmen at or before sª Day Dated at Dudley this seventeenth Day of February anno Domini 1777
John Curtis 1 Selectmen Joseph Vinton Edward Davis S of Dudley
In obediance to this within written warrant I have warned the frecholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley by setting up this warrant at the sign post in said Town
Dudley march ye 3rd Day 1777
př me
David Keith Constable
At a meeting of the Inhabetants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting house in said Dudley on monday the third Day of march AD 1777
first voted Esq' marcy moderator for said meeting
2ndly voted to have five selectmen this year
3rdly voted Esq' marcy first selectman
4thly voted Edward Davis second selectman
5thly voted Joseph Healy third selectman
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6thly voted Lt David Keith fourth selectman
7thly voted Capt Healy fifth selectman
8thly voted Edward Davis Town Clerk
9thly voted Esq" marcy Town Treasurer
Iothly voted to have the assessors and selectmen chose
separate
voted to have three assessors this year
12thly voted Edward Davis first assessor
13ªhly voted Joseph Sabin Jr second assessor
14thly voted Lt Foster Jun" third assessor
15thly voted Asa Curtis west end constable
16thly voted Cornet Jonat Day east end constable
I'7thly voted John Edmunds & Jothan Taft wardians
ISthly voted John Vinton & Ebenezer White Tything men
19thly voted Capt Curtis culler of shingles and clapboards
20thly voted Daniel Newell Lt Foster Jacob Chamberlain Junr Joseph marcy Andrew Brown John Haskell and Lemuel Corbin surveyors of highways
2Istly voted the surveyors of highways be collectors of that Rate
22ndly voted Capt Carter sealer of weights and measurs
23rdly voted Asa Curtis sealor of Leather
24thly voted Jacob Chamberlain Jun' & Daniel Shearman fence viewers
25thly voted to let our swine run at larg this year
26thiy voted William Clark Reubin Chamberlain & David Wakefield Hog Rieves
27thly voted So pounds to Defray the charges of our high- ways and Bridges this year
2Sthly voted that the same shall be worked out at 2 / 6 per Day from the first of may to the first of october next
29thly voted Capt Curtis Jacob Warren Archabald Jewell Lt Foster Junr and Lemuel Corbin a Committee of Core- spondence &c
3othly voted to accept of a Road through Lt Putneys & Obadiah Sabins land to Charlton line if a be free of charge to the Town for the Land &c
¢
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3Istly voted to make bothe Bridges over Quinabogg River Cart Bridges
32ndly voted to grant Samuel Kidders and others petition to have Innoculation for the small pox set up in our Town and to be under the Directions and care of the selectmen
A highway laid out by the selectmen of Dudley January ye 27th 1777 begining by the Road near Ezekial Hoveys house by land of Lt Eleazer Putneys then runing Norwesterly on the west side of a wall and so strate to a brook then about North on the west side of a wall and said Putneys mill-house till it comes into his paster and then Norwesterly on the East- erly side of the wall through said Putneys land to m' Obadiah Sabins land then westerly as the lain is now fensed (saveing it going a cross the corner of sd Sabins orchard) till it comes to his house then turning about Norwest till it comes to Charl- ton line and then the Road is laid out by Charlton selectmen westerly and it comes into Dudley a few Rods to Escape a ledge of rock all said Road is on said Putneys & Sabins land and two rods wide
this Road was brought before the Town in their anual meeting in march 1777 and accepted
Jedidiah marcy
John Curtis 1 Selectmen Edward Davis of Dudley
Agreeable to a late act of the General Court of the State of . the massachusetts Bay Intitled an act to prevent monopoly and oppression we the Subscribers have affixed the prices to the following articals which is to be their prise in Dudley in the County of Worcester in sd State (viz) farmers Labour in the middle of the summer that is to say from the middle of June to the middle of August at 3 / per Day and the other parts of
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the summer season at 2 / 8 pr Day and in April may Septem ber and October at 2 / 4 per Day and for the rest of the year 1 / 8 per Day
the prises of Entertainement for man and Beast (viz) for a meal of biled and Rosted victuals I / and a meal of Common pot-luk 9ª for a man and all other Eating to be in proportion to their quantaty & quallity agreeable to the usual customs to a mug of good phlip made with west india Rum I / and of New England rum 9d and all other Liquors to be in propor- tion for good lodging 3ª per Night for one person for keeping a horse a Night or 24 hours on the best of English hay 1 / for keeping a pair of grone oxen Dito 1 / 4 and on hay of a meaner quality in proportion and all other keeping of all sorts to be in proportion
Blacksmiths work (viz) for shoeing of a horse all Round Stealed at heel and toe 5 / 6 and for plane shoing 4 / 3 and for plow irons of the largest Size 9d per "b and those of the smallest size IId per bb and all other Blacksmiths work to be in propor- tion and all other Tradsmens work to be in proportion to farmers Labour saving the addition of their Extreordenary Cost for Stock and tools more than formerly
The farmers produce (viz) good marchantabe wheat 6 / S per bushil good marchantable Rie 4 / & good marchantable Indian Corn 3 / per bushil good peas 7 / & good white beans 6 / and good otes I / S and good potatoes I / per bushil in the fall of the year and 1 / 6 per bushel in the Spring of the year good clean flax sead 6 / 4 per bushil English hay of the Best quallety in the winter or Spring 2 / 4 per hundred and other hay in proportion to its quallety and same propor- tion in other parts of the year good well fated fresh pork 4ª pr bb and good clear salt pork / S per 1b the best of grass fead Beef 3ª per bb and that of a meaner quality in propor- tion the best of Newmilke chese 6ª per Ih and that of meaner
quallety in proportion
good Butter Iod per Ib by the single "b
and 9ª per Ib by the firking good mutton or Lamb 3ª 1 / 2 & good veal 3ª per 1b good tryed tallow Sª per 1b good sheeps wool 2 / per "b & good well Drest flax 1 / per 1b good
.
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yarn stockings 6 / pr pair good shoes for men S / per pair good shoes for women 6 / per pair and all other shoes to be in proportion to their size & quallity tow cloth of the best sort yard wide 2 / 3 per yd and all other tow cloth in proportion to its width and quallity and the prices of homemade Linings to be in proportion according to their goodness good yard wide striped flanings 3 / 4 per yard and all other flanings to be in proportion to their width and quallity Cotton and Lining Cloth of the Common sort 3 / 4 per yard and all other Cotton Cloths to be in proportion to their width and qual-
lity good Deap Blew fulled & Dyed all wool Cloth 3 / 4 of a yard wide 12 / per yard and all other all wool Cloths to be in proportion to their width and quallity Raw Hides 3ª
per 1b Raw Calfskins 6ª per 1b Soleather 1 / 4 per 1b and
Curried Leather in proportion and all other articals not annumerated to be sold in proportion to these artical above annumerated according to the former Customs
Dudley march ye 6th 1777 John Curtis
Jacob Warren
Archabald Jewell Timothy Foster J' Lemuel Corbin
Committee
Jedidiah Marcy Edward Davis
Selectmen
Joseph Healy of David Keith Dudley
Nathaniel Healy
To the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley qualifyed to vote in Town affairs Gentlemen you are hereby Notifyed and warned to meet at our meeting house in said Dudley on Friday the 25th Day of April Instant at three O clock in the afternoon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
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first to choose a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to see if the Town will grant money for to give to our soldiers a further Incouragement than what is provided if they will Enlist for us During the present war or for three years or so or act thereon as the Town sees fitt
3rdly to see if the Town will not as a Town Do all that they can to Carry that Law into Execution that was lately made by the General Court prevent monopoly and oppression and to act Reletive there to as they see fitt
4thly to hear and act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before them as the Town sees fitt
Dated at Dudley this twelveth Day of Aprel anno Domini 1777
Dudley April ye 25th 1777 I have warned and Notifyed the within Named Inhabitants to meet at time and place with- in mentioned by setting up this warrant at the sign post in Dudley as usual
by order of the selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at onr meeting House in Dudley on Friday the 25th Day of April anno Domini 1777
first voted major Larned moderator for said meeting
2ndly voted to give to each soldier that will enlist for us During the present war or for three years 20£ over and above the Bounty before provided
3rdly voted major Larned Esq' marcy & Deacon Davis a Committee to Raise the money and to pay to each soldier that shall enlist as above said 20£ and the Town will grant assess and pay the sums the said Committee have paid out with In- terest from the time they pay it till they are paid
4thly voted to do their Indeavour to carry the act of the General Court for to prevent monopoly and oppression in to Execution
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Worcester ss to Either of the constables of the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester Greeting In the Nam of the government and people of the massachusetts Bay you are Either of you are hereby Directed forthwith to warne all the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley qualifyed to vote for a Representative
To meet at our meeting house in said Dudley on Tuesday the 20th day of this Instant May at 3 o Clock in the afternoon then and there to act upon the following articals viz
first to Elect and Depute one or more persons to serve for and Represent us at the Great & General Court to be held at the State House in Boston on the last wednesday of may In- stant and so during the session or sessions as shall be agreed upon by said Court
2ndly to Chuse a moderator for the Remaining part of said meeting
3'dly for the Town to Choose a Committee to provide schooling the insuing year
4thly to see if the Town will Choose a Committee to build the two Bridges over Quinabog River or act there on as they see fitt
5thly to hear and act upon any petition or petitions that . shall be laid before the Town as they see fitt
hereof fail not and make due Return of this warrant with your Doings there on unto the Selectmen at or before said day Dated at Dudley aforesaid the 12th Day of may in the year of our Lord 1777
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
Dudley may ye 20th 1777 In obediance to this warrant I have warned the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned by setting up this warrant at the sign post in Dudley according to the usual Costom of this Town
Asa Curtis Constable
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At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting house in Dudley on Tuesday the 20th Day of may anno Domini 1777
first voted major Wm Larned & Edward Davis Represen- tatives
2ndly voted major Larned moderator for the Remaining part of this meeting
3'dly voted Joseph Sabin J' John Warren Philip Newell Josiah Hovey Lemuel Corbin Ens Jackson & Thomas Cheney a School Committee to provide schooling in our Town the insuing year
4thly voted m' Joseph Vinton m' Edward Inman & Capt morriss a Committee to build the two Bridges over Quinabogg River
Worcester ss To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester Greeting In the Name of the Government & people of the massachusetts Bay you are Required forthwith to warne the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley qualafyed to vote in Town affairs to meet at our meeting house in said Dudley on Tuesday the Sth Day of July next at one oClock in the after noon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to Chuse a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to act further Reletive to the monopoly act as the Town sees fitt by Choosing a Committee &c
3ªªly to grant School money for the present year
4thly to give our Representatives further Instructions
5thly to act Reletive to the tory act as the Town thinks best
6thly to see if the Town will Reconsider there vote in march last for to build two Cart bridges over Quinabogg River or further to act thereon as the Town sees fitt
7thly to hear and act upon any petition or pettitions that shall be laid before the Town as they see fitt
hereof fail not and make Due Return of this warrant with
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your Doings thereon unto the Selectmen on or before the said Dated at Dudley aforesaid the twenty fourth Day of June anno Domini 1777
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
Worcester ss July ye Sth 1777
In obediance to the within written warrant I have warned the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at time and place for the bisness within mentioned
Jonathan Day Constable
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regulerly assembled at our meeting house in said Town on Tuesday the Sth Day of July 1777
first voted & Chose Jedidiah Marcy Esq' moderator for said meeting
2"dly voted to pass by the 2nd artical in the warrant 3rlly voted Sof for to defray the charge of schooling this year
4thly voted Cap' John Curtis m' Jacob Warren Joseph Sabin Jr John Haskel & Eleazer Jackson a Committee to draw further Instructions for our Representatives
5thly voted to pass by the 5th artical in the warrant
6thly . voted to pass by the 6th artical in the warrant
7thly voted to have a Cow purchesed for mr Benja Davis & famalys use
8thly voted not to grant Josiah Browns petition for the abatement of his minister Rate for the year 1776
gthly voted and accepted the Committees Draft of Instruc- tions to our Representatives
Worcester ss To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said County Greeting you are hereby Di-
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rected forthwith to warn or Notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in said Town on Fryday the 21st Day of this Instant Novem' at ten of the clock in the fore noon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to Choose a moderator for sd meeting
Secondly for the Town to Shew their opineon Reletive to the proceedings of the General Court in Loaning our states money and Do and act thereon as the Town thinks best
3'dly to see what measures the Town will come into to provide for the soldiers famalys agreeable to the order of the General Court
4thly to see if the Town will Recommend some person to the Honorable Council for them (if they see fitt) to appoint as a Justice of the peace in our Town
hereof fail not and make Due Return of this warrant with your Doings thereon at or before said Day
Dated at Dudly aforesaid the 12th Day of November anno Domini 1777
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
November 21th 1777 In obediance to this warrant I have
posted the same at the sign post as usual
Asa Curtis Constable
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudly Reg- ularly assembled at our meeting House in Dudley on Friday the 21st Day of November 1777
first voted and Chose Jedidiah marcy Esq' moderator for said meeting
2ndly voted unanamusly that they was Dessatisfyed with the proceedings of the General Court in Loaning our states money
3''ly voted their Consent to have all the states money not
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on Interest small change less than a Dollar Excepted to be Immediately called in by one Tax and burnt
4thly voted to. Chuse a Committee to provide for the soldiars famalys agrecable to the late acts of the general for that purpose 5thly voted m' Joseph Upham Ens Ebenezer Amidon & Jacob Chamberlain Jun" a Committee to provid for said famalys 7thly voted to recommend Jedidiah marcy Esq' to the Hon- orable Council for them (if they see fitt) to appoint as a Justice of the peace in our Town
Worcester ss To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said County In the Name of the government & people of the State of massachusetts Bay you are Required forthwith to warne & Notify the freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Dudley quallifyed to vote in Town affairs to meet at our meeting house in said Dudley on monday the twenty sixth 26th Day of this Instant January at one of the clock in the after noon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to Choose a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to see if the Town tax themselves for the whole of their proportion of this states money or any part of it agree- able to an act of General Court
3rdly to here and act upon any petition or petitions that may be laid before them
hereof fail not as you will answer your defect at the perril of the Law and make due Return of this warrant with your doings thereon unto us the Subscribers given under our hands & seal at Dudley this twelfth Day of January 1778 Jedidiah marcy Selectmen
David Keith of
Nathaniel Healy Dudley Dudley January ye 26th 1778
In obediance to this warrant I have posted the same at the time and place as usual
Asa Curtis Constable
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At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting house in said Town on monday the 26th Day of January 1778
first voted Esq' marcy moderator for said meeting
2ªly voted to tax themselves 791-1-1-3 to be collected and put upon Loan for the benefet of the Town agreeable to a late act of the General Court
3''ly voted to grant the petition of William Larned & others conserning Strips of land in our Town that there is no proper ownors to it as we know of and to chose a Committee to In- quire into the same and make reporte to the Town
4thly voted Elisha Corbin Jacob Warren & Elijah gore sd Committee
Worcester ss To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in the County aforesaid Greeting In the Name of the government & people of massachusetts Bay you are hereby Directed forthwith to Warne or Notify the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in said Dudley on monday the second Day of march next at nine o clock in the fore noon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to Choose a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to Choose Town officers & Committees for the insu- ing year as usual
3rdly to see if the Town will let there swine run at large this year
4thly to see if the Town will accept of the Road Laid out by the Selectmen for Ens Nathan Jeffords
5thly for the Town to act upon the Constitution if they see fitt or adjorne the meeting for that purpose
6thly to grant money for our highways and bridges and agree how the same shall be Expended
7thly to here the Reporte of the Committee Chosen ye 26th
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Day of January last conserning Strips of Land in this Town & act there on as the Town shall see fitt
Sthly for the Town to here and act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before them as they think best
here of fail not and make Due Return of this warrant with your Doings thereon at or before the said Day
Dated at Dudley afore said the 16th Day of February anno Domini 1778
Jedidiah marcy Edward Davis 1 Selectmen David Keith of Dudley
Nathaniel Healy
Dudley march ye 2nd 1778 In obediance to this warrant
I have posted the same at the time & place as usual
Asa Curtis Constable of Dudley
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At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting house in said Town on monday the 2nd Day of march anno Domini 1778
first voted Jedidian marcy Esq' moderator for said meeting
2ndly voted to have 5 Selectmen this year
3ªly voted Jedidiah marcy Esq first Selectman
4thly voted Edward Davis Second Selectman
voted Joseph Healy third Selectman
5thly 6thly voted Lt David Keith fourth Selectman
7thly voted Capt Nath" Healy fifth Selectman
8thly voted Edward Davis Town Clerk
9thly voted Jedidiah marcy Town Treasurer
Iothly voted to have 3 Assessors this year voted Edward Davis first Assessor voted Joseph Sabin Jr Second Assessor
12thly
13ªhly voted Lt Timº Foster Jr third Assessor
14thly voted Jacob Chamberlain Jun' west end Constable
15thly voted Capt Benja morriss East end Constable
16thly voted Joseph Sabin Jr & Lt mark Elwell wardians
£
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17thly voted Joseph Keith & Jeremiah Haskell Tything men
18thly voted Capt John Curtis Culler of Shingles & Clap-
boards
Igthly voted to continue the same persons as Surveyors of highways and Collectors of the highway rates that was Chosen last year
20thly voted Capt Wm Carter Sealer of weights & measurs
21stly Voted Asa Curtis Sealer of Leather
22"dly Voted Ens Eleazer Jackson & Moses Jewell fence viewers
23"dly Voted to let our swine run at large this year
24thly Voted William Brown William Carter Jr & Jere- miah Haskel hog reives
25thly Voted Capt Curtis Jacob Warren Joseph Upham Lemuel Corbin and Timº Foster Jun" Committeeof Cores- pondance &c
26thly Voted 50 pounds to Defray the Charges of our high- ways and bridges this year
27thly Voted that the same shall be worked out as the Select- men shall order
the aforesaid officers are sworn
then Adjorned the (Remaining part of the) meeting to monday the 30th Day of this Instant march at one o Clock in the afternoon
march ye 30th 1778 mett agreeable to adjornment and first voted and Accepted of a Road laid out by the Selectmen for Ens Nathan Jeffords from his house to the Road leading from our meeting house to Robinsons mills
2ndly Voted to accept of the Committees Reporte Relitive to strips of Land &c
3rdly Voted that the said lands shall be taxed to the owners &c
4thly Voted not to grant m' Jacob Chamberlains petition praying to have his poll Exempted from taxes
5thly voted to put over the artical upon ye Constitution to may meeting
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A Road Laid out by the Selectmen for Ens Nathan Jeffords begining at his Dwelling house and from thence it runs East about 24 rods then Southerly about 30 rods on said Jeffords land to a Stake and Stones then East to a white oake tree marked by the road where is now trod then southerly a straight line to the Road that leads from our meeting House to Robin- sons mills to a Stake and Stones two Rods East of Ens Eleazer Jacksons Norwest Corner Said Road is on the west side of said bounds and is to be one Rode & a half wide
Dudley February ye 12th 1778
Jedidiah marcy Joseph Healy 1 Selectmen Nathaniel Healy of Dudley
Worcester ss To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said County Greeting In the Name of the government & people of the Massachusetts Bay you are Either of you are Requested forthwith to warne or Notify all the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley that are free and Twenty one years of age to meet at our meeting House in said Town on Thursday the 21% Instant may at one o Clock in ye afternoon then and there to act upon the following arti- cals (viz)
first to Elect & Depute a person or persons to Represent us at the General Court to be holden at the State House in Boston on wednesday the 27th Day of this Instant may and so from time to time During the Session or Sessions the insu ing year
2ndly to Choose a Moderator for the Remaining part of said meeting
3'dly to grant money for Schooling & other Necessary Charges for the year Insuing
4thly to Choose a School Committee to provide Schooling ye year Insuing
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5thly to act upon the Constitution or form of government 6thly for the Town to act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before them as they see fitt
Hereof fail not and make due Return of this warrant with your doings thereon unto the Selectmen at or before the said day Dated at Dudley aforesaid the Seventh Day of may anno Domini 1778
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
Dudley may ye 21st 1778 In obediance to the within warrant I have Notifyed the Inhabitants of the Town of Dud- ley to meet at time and place within mentioned by setting up this warrant at the meeting house Benjamin morriss Constable of Dudley
At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our Meeting House in Dudley on Thursday ye 21st Day of may anno Domini 1778
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