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Pr David Wakefield Constable of Dudley
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting House in said Dudley on Monday the third Day of march A D 1783
first Voted & chose Esq marcy moderator of said meeting
2ndly Voted to have five Selectmen this year
3™ªly Voted Esq marcy first Selectman
4thly Voted Edward Davis second Selectman
5thly
Voted Capt morris third Selectman
6thly Voted major Healy fourth selectman
7thly Voted Cornet Day fifth Selectman
8thly Voted Edward Davis Town Clerk
9thly Voted Leiut Curtis Town Treasurer
rothly Voted to have five Assessors this year
IIthly Voted Edward Davis first Assessor
12thly
Voted Leiut Foster Jr second Assessor
13thly Voted Capt Chamberlain third Assessor
14thly Voted John Warren fourth Assessor
15thly Voted Leiut Keith fifth Assessor
16thly Voted not to pay our constables for collecting the taxes this year
I7thly Voted Capt Eddy west end Constable .
ISthly Voted and Excused Capt Eddy from serving Con- stable this year
19thly Voted m' Isaac Lee west end Constable
20thly Voted m' mark Dodge East end Constable
21stly Voted to have three for a Committee of corespondence &c this year
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22ªdly Voted m' Joseph Sabin Leiut and Capt Corbin said Committee
23rdly Voted m' Benjamin Kidder and in' Benjamin Ed- munds Wardens
24thly Voted Leiut Elwell & John Vinton fence viewers
25thly Voted m' Benjamin Lee Culler of Shingles & Clap-
boards
26thly Voted major Healy Sealer of weights and measures
27thly Voted John Healy Sealer of Leather
28thly Voted Leiut Foster Jr & m' John Brackett Tything men
29thly Voted major Larned Capt Corbin m' Steven Co- man Cornet Day m' Josiah Conant Leint Jewell. and m' Thomas Cheney Surveyors of highways
30thly Voted that the highway surveyors be Collectors of the highway rate
3Istly Voted to let our swine Run at large this year
32ndly Voted John Lee John Chamberlain & Stephen Healy Hogg Reives
33'ªly Voted 60 pounds for the cost of our highways & Bridges this year
34thly Voted that the same shall be worked out at 3 shillings per Day at or before the first Day of october next
35thly Voted to Chuse a Committee to Draw a petition to send to the general Court seting forth our greivences we labour under
36thly Voted Esq Fennor Lieut Willard & Esq Davis said Committee
37thly Voted that the New ward so called shall not draw as much money as the other middle wards
3Sthly Voted to Discontinue two rods of the fore Rod Road from Robinsons mills to our meeting House so far as to where the road from m' Joseph Allens comes into said Road near Esq' Davises and to Establish the other two Rods as a Town Road where it is now trod
39thly Voted to discontinue two Rods of the four Rod Road leading from m' Joseph Allens to the aforesaid Road from
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Robinsons mills to our meeting House and to Establish the other two Rods as a Town Road where it is now trod
40thly Voted to discontinue one Rod of said first mentioned Road from where the last mentioned Road comes into it to the meeting House and to Establish the other three Rods where the said Road is now trod
41stly Voted not to grant the petition of L' Foster and others concerning a Committee to repair the Bridge near said Fosters 42ndly Did adjorn the meeting on account of Constables &c to Monday the 17th Instant at 3 oClock in the afternoon
Met agreeable to adjornment and
first Voted to excuse m' Isaac Lec from serving Constable this year
2ndly Voted Ens Eben' Amadon west end Constable
3rdly Voted to Excuse Ens Eben' Amadon from serving Constable this year
4thly Voted Stephen Coman West End Constable
then Adjorned the meeting to Monday the 24th day of this Instant march at 4 oClock in the after noon
met agreeable to adjornment and Voted to Excuse Stephen Coman from serving as Constable and then adjorned the meet- ing to monday the 7th Day of June next at one of the clock in the after noon
met agreeable to adjornment and first Voted that the Town would allow Stephen Coman Ens Ebenezer Amidon & Isaac Lee each of em a turn of serving Constable if they would pro- cure one for this year & then the Town Chose John Chamber- lain west end Constable to serve for said three persons
the aforesaid officers are sworn
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Worcester ss To either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said county Greeting In the Name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are Either of you hereby Directed forthwith to warn or Notify the several Inhabitants 01 the Town of Dudley Quallifyed agreeable to the Constitution
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to vote for governor &c to meet at our meeting House in said Dudley on monday the seventh Day of April next at one of the clock in the afternoon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to vote for a governor
2rdly to Vote for a Leiut Governor
3rdly to Vote for Councilers & Senators (as above said)
4ªhly to Chuse a moderator for the remainder of said meeting
5thly
to act Relative to the Bridge over the french River so
Called near Lt Fosters as the Town thinks best
6thly to hear and act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before the Town as they sce fitt
hereof fail not and make Due Return of this warrant with your Doings there on unto the Selectmen at or before the said Day Dated at Dudley aforesaid the twentieth Day of march Anno Domini 1783
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
Worcester ss In obediance to the within warrant I have warned & Notifyed the Inhabitants within mentioned to meet at time and place specifyed by setting this warrant up at the meeting house as usual
Pr mark Dodge Constable &c
Dudley April 7th 1783
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly Assembled at our meeting House in said Dudley on monday the 7th Day of April 1783
first Voted for governer and the Votes for his Exelency John Hancock Esq was 32
2ndly Voted for Leiut governer and the Votes for his Honour Thomas Cushing Esq was 24
3rdly Voted for Councilers and Senators and the Votes was as follows viz
for the Hon : moses gill Esq 2.4
1783
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Do Samuel Baker Esq 24
Do Jonathan Warner Esq 24
& Do Seth Washburn Esq 19
for Jacob Davis Esq 13
Do Joseph Read Esq 3
& Do Samuel Curtis Esq I
for m' Caleb Ammidon II
4thly Voted Esq Marcy moderator for the remainder of said meeting
5thly Voted to Chuse a Committee to Repair the Bridge over the french River so Called near Leiut Fosters
6thly Voted m' Joseph Allen Cornet Day and Leiut Fos- ter said Committee
April 14th 1783 then we the subscribers met and pream- bulated the line between Oxford and Dudley begining at a maple tree with stones about it near where Robinsons mill Brook comes out of Chogamegumamug pond then Norwesterly to a stake and stones about thirty Rods south Easterly of said Robinsons mills then to a stake and stones about ten Rods northerly of Collins moores houss then westerly to a stake and stones then Northerly to the Nor. East Corner of Dudley being a large heep of stones then westerly to Charlton south East Corner and have Renewed the Bounds
Ebenezer Learned ) Selectmen
Daniel Fisk S of Oxford
Jedidiah marcy Edward Davis ( Selectmen
Jonathan Day of Dudley
April 30th 1783 then we the subscribers met and pream- bulated the line between Dudley and Charlton begining at a large heep of stones in Dudley North line it being Charlton South East corner and then we Extended Westerly by a line
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of marked trees and heeps of stones till we came to a large heep of stones in Sturbrige East line it being Dudley Norwest corner and Charlton South west corner and have Renued the Bounds
1783
Jedidiah marcy ) Selectmen Edward Davis Sof Dudley
Caleb Ammidown 1 Selectmen Abijah Lamb § of Charlton
Worcester SS To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said County Greeting In the Name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby Directed forthwith to Warne or Notify the several Inhabitants of said Town Quallified (agreeable to the Constitution) to Vote for a Representative to meet at our meeting House in said Dudley on Tuesday the sixth Day of may next at one oClock in the after noon then and there to act upon the following articals viz
first to Elect a person to Represent us at the General Court appointed to be holden at the State House in Boston on the last wednesday of may next and from session to session (where- ever the said Court shall set) for the coming year
2ndly to Chuse a moderator for the Remainder of said meeting
3™ªly to grant money for Necessary Charges in our Town 4thly to grant money for the Second years pay of our three years soldiars or act thereon as the Town thinks best
5thly for the Town to hear and act upon any petitions 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 thereon unto the Selectmen at or before the said Day : Dated at Dudley aforesaid the 22nd Day of April Anno Domini 1783
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk
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Worcester SS In obediance to this Warrant I have warned the several Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at the time and place within mentioned by setting up this Warrant at the usual place
by me John Chamberlain Constable
Dudley may 6th 1783
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting House on Tuesday the 6th Day of may A D 1783
first Voted to send a Representative to the General Court this year
2ªdly Voted Edward Davis Esq said Representative
3rdly Voted Esq Marcy moderator for the remainder of sd meeing
4thly Voted 60 pounds for Necessary Charges
5thlv Voted 300 pounds for the second years pay of our three years soldiars
6thly Voted to have a Committee of three to look up the bounds of our Common & make report &c
7thly Voted major Larned Capt Morriss & Capt Cham- berlain said Committee
Sthly Voted to have a Committee of three to Draw Instruc- tions for our Representative & make report
gthly Voted m' Jonathan Bacon m' Elisha Corbin and m' Jacob Warren said Committee : then the mecing adjorned for one hour : met agreeable to adjornment and after the Com- mittees Draft of Instructions was red and past in parregrafts and amended was accepted by the Town
softly Voted to allow the account for building the Bridge near m' Andrew Brown save 6d per Day for the worke done in the fall of the year to be abated
IIthly Voted 18 pound for to pay said account
12thly Voted to accept the Report of the Committee Relative to the fines that are in the militia officers hands which was
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£4. S. o value in spece in Capt Healys hands and £2-6-0 in Leiut Willards hands
Worcester SS To Either of the Constables of the Town SEAL
of Dudley in said County of Worcester Greeting In the Name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby Required forthwith to warn and Notify the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley quallifyed to Vote in Town affairs to meet at our meeting House in said Dudley on Monday the 15th Day of December next at one of the clock in the after noon then and there to act upon the following articals viz
first to Chuse a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to grant money for schooling the year Insuing
3™ªly to Chuse a School Committee for the comming year 4thly 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 thereon unto the Selectmen at or before the said 15th Day of December next Dated at Dudley the 28th Day of November Anno Domini 1783
by order of the Selectmen
Edward Davis Town Clerk Worcester SS December 15 1783
In obediance to this Warrant I have warned and Notifyed the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet on Monday the 15th of December at one oClock in the after Noon at this place to act upon the articals here men- tioned
1783
By me mark Dodge Constable of Dudley
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At a meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting House
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in said Town on Monday the 15th Day of December A D 1783
first Voted Esq marcy moderator for said mecting
2ndly Voted 40 pounds for schooling the year Insuing
3rdly Voted m' John Bracket Lt Jonathan Willard Lt Jnº Curtis Capt Lemuel Corbin m' Simeon Wood major Nath" Healy & Thomas Chency School Committees for the year Insuing
4thly Voted not to abate Jonathan groo & Jeremiah Has- kels Rates as Requested by them
Jeremiah Haskel made a Declaration Concerning paying ministers Rates agreeable to the vote of the Town in the year 1779
*Worcester SS
To either of the constables of the Town of Dudley in said county Greeting In the Name of Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts you or cither of you are hereby Directed forthwith to Warn the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Quallifyed to Vote in Town affairs to meet our meet- ing House in said Town on Thursday the fifth day of Feb- ruary next at one of the clock in the after noon then and thare to act upon the following articals viz
first to chuse a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to Know the minds of the people about the Conte- nental officers five years pay and act there as they see fitt
hereof fail not and make duc Return of this Warrant with your doings unto the Select men at or before the said fifth day of February next Dated at Dudley this twenty ninth day of January Anno Domini 1784
Jedidiah marcy 1 Benj" Morres
Select men
Jonathan Day
of Dudley
Worcester SS in obediance to this Warrant I have Warned the frecholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley
* This warrant was written ou inside of front cover of record book .- EDITOR.
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to meet at our meeting house on Tuesday the fifth day Feb- ruary instant at one a clock in the after noon then and there to act upon articals here mentioned by me mark Dodge Constable of Dudley Dudley February 5th 1784
At meeting on the 5th day of February
first chose Esq' marcy Moderator for said meeting 2d Voted to chuse a committee of three men to meet at Sutton with the committees of other Towns
3ly chose Esq' Fennor for a committee
4ly chose Cornet Day ditto
5ly chose m' Jonathan Bacon ditto
A True Copy of the Return made to me Edward Davis Town Clerk
Worcester SS To Either of the Constables ot the Town of Dudley in said County Greeting
In the Name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you or Either of you are hereby Directed forthwith to warn the free- holders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley quallifyed to Vote in Town affairs to meet at our meeting house in said Town on monday the first Day of march next at Nine of the clock in the fore noon then and there to act upon the following articals (viz)
first to Chuse a moderator for said meeting
2ndly to Chuse Town officers & Committees for the Cur- rent year as the Law Directs
3"dly to see if the Town will let their swine run at large the year Insuing
4thly to grant money for the highways & Bridges for the present year and agree how the same shall be worked out
5thly to Chuse some person for a grave Diger
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6thly to accept of any Roads that shall be laid before the Town
7thly to hear and act upon any petition or petitions that shall be laid before the Town as they see fitt
here of fail not and make Due Return of this Warrant with your Doings thereon unto us the subscribers at or before the said first Day of march next Dated at Dudley aforesaid the seventh Day of February anno Domini 1784
Jedidiah marcy Selectmen Nathaniel Healy of Dudley Jonathan Day
1784
Worcester SS march ye 18 1784 In obediance to this War- rant I have warned the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley to meet according to time and place within mentioned by setting up this Warrant at the usual place př John Chamberlain Constable of Dudley -
At a meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly assembled at our meeting house in Dudley on monday ye first day of march Anno Domini 1784
first Voted & Chose m' Jonathan Bacon moderator for said meeting
2ndly Voted Edward Davis Town Clerk
3"ªly Voted Jedidiah marcy Esq first Selectman
4thly Voted Capt Benjamin Morriss Second Selectman
5thly Voted Cornet Jonathan Day third Selectman
6thly Voted Capt Jacob Chamberlain fourth Selectman
7thly Voted Leiu' John Curtis fifth Selectman
8thly Voted Leiut John Curtis Town Treasurer
9thly Voted m' Jonathan Bacon first Assessor
Iothly Voted Leiut Timothy Foster Jun' second Assessor
IIthly Voted major Nathaniel Healy third Assessor
12thly ' Voted Cap' Jacob Chamberlain fourth Assessor
13ªhly Voted Leiu' Joseph Keith fifth Assessor
14thly Voted Capt John Eddy west end Constable
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15thly Voted Leiut mark Elwell East end Constable
16thly Voted to Excuse Leiut mark Elwell upon the con- ditions that he pays Constable mark Dodge for Collecting all the taxes that should have been collected by Constable David Wakefeild
17thly Voted Timothy Corbin East end Constable
18thly Voted major Healy John Bracket Isaac Lee John Vorce Capt Corbin Ebenezer White & Thomas Cheney highway Surveyors
19thly Voted Joseph Sabin & Joseph Keith Wardians
20thly Voted Isaac Lee & William Foster Tythingmen
2 Ist]y Voted Josiah Hovey Culler of Shingles and Clap- boards hoops &c
22ndly Voted John Healy Sealer of Leather
23rdly Voted Nath" Clark Deer Reefe
24thly Voted major Nath" Healy Sealer of weights & measurs
25thly Voted Nathan Jeffords and moses Jewell fence Viewers
26thly Voted Ezra Holbrook Thomas Upham John Vin-
ton Jun' and Solomon Wakefield Hog Reives
and then Adjorned the meeting to monday next the 8th Day of march Instant at one O clock in the after noon
march Sth met agreeable to adjornment and
first Voted to accept of John Chamberlain to serve as Con- stable in the room of Capt John Eddy
2ndly Voted to let our swine run at large this year
3rdly Voted that the highways surveyors shall be Collectors of that tax
4thly Voted to allow the Committees account for Buildin the Bridge over the frence River near Cornet Days
5thly Voted £60 for Repairing the Bridges & higways this year
6thly Voted that the same shall be worked out at three ' shillings per Day from the first of may till the first of october next
7thly Voted m' Alexander Thompson grave Diger
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Sthly Voted to accept the Road laid out by the Selectmen 29 of August 1783 across the Wenthrops land so Called
gthly Voted to abate all William Jordens Rates that is now Assessed upon him in the Town of Dudley
Iothly Voted to accept of Cornet Days John Bracketts & Asa Robinsons petition as a Committee for the East School Ward
officers sworn as the Law Directs
A Road Laid out by the Selectmen of Dudley on the 29th Day of August 1783 across the Wenthrop Land from Stur- bridge line to Charlton line begining at the North End of a Road laid out and accepted by said Sturbridge near Joseph Barretts and from thence it leads near North across lands occupied by said Joseph Barret & Henry pratt & Edward Larned to a stake and stones by land occupied by James Diers then near the same corse to a heep of stones on a large rock then a little more west to a white oak tree marked on the same land occupied by said Dier then near the same course to the sawmill Dam then near North to a white oake stump with stones about it on the widow Sarah Cheneys Thirds then to the el- bough of a stone wall on said thirds then by said wall to a heep of stones by land occupied by Capt Benjamin Freeman [and the Road is to be three rods wide from the said Elbougs of the Wall till it is across the rocky swale or run] then on said Freemans occupied lands till it comes to land occupied by Abijah Searles to a stake and stones then on the line be- tween the said Freemans and Searles one rod on each till it comes the Road that leads from Dudley to Sturbridge at Charl- ton line to the corner of the wall of the lot of Land that the said Searles lives on
Said Road is to be two rods wide except as before mentnd for ye elboug of the wall till it has crossd the rocky loland and then to be three rods wide and the Bounds are on easterly side of the Road
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this Road was hed before the Town at there march meeting 1784 and accepted
Jedidiah marcy
Edward Davis
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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are Either of you hereby Directed forth- with to Warn or Notify the several Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley quallified to Vote for a governor &c agreeable to the Constitution to meet at our meeting House in said Dudley on monday ye fifth Day of April next at one of the clock in the after noon then and there to act upon the following articals viz
first to Vote for a governer
2ndly to Vote for a Leiut governer
3rdly to Vote for Councilers & Senaters &c
4thly to Chuse a moderator for the remainder of said meeting
5thly to grant money to pay m' Job Holbrook the money that was borrowed of him for the Town or act thereon as the Town thinks best
6thly 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 thereon at or before the said Day Dated at Dudley aforesaid the twenty second Day of march Anno Domini 1784
Jedidiah marcy
Jonathan Day Selectmen Jacob Chamberlain of Dudley John Curtis Jr
Worcester SS April 5th 1784 In obediance to the within
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written Warrant I have Warned the freeholders & other In- habitants of the Town of Dudley to meet according to time and place within mentioned by setting up this Warrant at the usual place
John Chamberlain Constable of Dudley
At a meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Quallyfied to Vote for a governer &c Regularly assembled at our meeting House in said Dudley on Monday the fifth Day of April A D 1784
first Voted for a governer as follows viz
for his Exelence John Hancock Esq" 16 votes
for the Hon James Bowdoin Esq" 8 votes
& Benja Lincoln Esq" I vote
2ndly Voted for Leiutanant governer as follows viz
for his Honour Thomas Cushing Esq' 23 votes
& Caleb Amidown Esq' 3 votes
3rdly Voted for Councilors and Senaters as follows viz
for the Hon Moses Gill Esq, 22 votes
Samuel Baker Esq 2 votes
the Hon Daniel Nichols Esq" 22 votes
Seth Washburn Esq 22 votes
& Jonathan Warner Esq'
22 votes
Caleb Amidown Esq'
18 votes
& Edward Davis Jun' Esq I vote
& Capt Bezalial Taft I vote
4thly Voted Jedidiah marcy Esq' moderator for the re- mainder of said meeting
5thly Voted to appropriate that order of £64-11-o Drawn on Constable Dodge in favor of Edward Davis that is the Town property towards paying the Debt Due to Jedidiah marcy Esq' & from him to mr Job Holbrook borrowed may 1778 to pay soldiars
6thly Voted 300 pounds more for to pay the remainder of said Debt
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Worcester SS To Either of the Constables of the Town of Dudley in said County Greeting
In the Name of the Commonwealth of the Massachusetts you or Either of you hereby Directed forthwith to Warn or Notify the free holders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley that are quallifyed to Vote for a Representative agreeable to the Constitution or form of government to meet at our meeting House in said Town on Wednesday the twelfth Day of may next at one of the Clock in the after noon then and to act upon the following articals (viz)
first To Elect and Depute a person or persons to Represent us at the Great & General court the year Insuing agreeable to the precept to us Directed therefor
2ndly to Chuse a moderator for the Remainder of said meeting
3rdly to grant money for to pay the three years men their last years hire
4thly to hear or 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 thereon unto the Selectmen at or before said Day Dated at Dudley aforesaid this twenty seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1784
Jedidiah marcy Jonathan Day 1 Selectmen
John Curtis Jr of Dudley
Worcester SS may the 12th 1784 In obediance to the within Warrant I have warned the freeholders and other In- habitants of the Town of Dudley to meet at the time and place within mentioned by seting up this warrant at the meeting House in Dudley according to the usual custom of the Town
p' me Timothy Corbin Constable of Dudley
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At a meeting of the Frechold and other Inhabitants of the Town of Dudley Regularly Assembled at our Meeting House
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in said Town on Wednesday the 12th Day of may Anno Domini 1784
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