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Prayer was made by Rev. Dr. Eckley.
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read.
Sundry Laws or extracts of Laws to be read at this Meeting - were according - read.
Hon. Joseph Russell Esq. was chosen Moderator of this Meeting.
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw & bring in their Votes for a Town Clerk, & the same being brought in & counted, it appeared that William Cooper was chosen Town Clerk for the year ensuing & took the oath of Office which was administered to him by Mr. Justice Bulfinch.
A motion was made, but did not obtain That a Committee be chosen to assist the Selectmen in counting their Votes. -
Voted that the Poll for choice of Selectmen be closed at half past 12 ºClock. -
The Inhabitants were desired to withdraw and bring in their Votes for 9 Selectmen, & the same have having been brought in & counted ; [338] it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen - viz.
Charles Bulfinch Esq. David Tilden Esq
John May Esq Francis Wright Esq.
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1808.
William Porter Esq. Mr. Ebenr. Oliver Jona Hunnewell Esq
Dea Joseph Kettle Jonathan Chapman Esq. (all Sworn)
The Votes for a Town Treasurer & Collector of Taxes for the present year, being brought in & sorted, it appeared that - William Smith Esq - was chosen.
Edward Proctor Esq.
Mr Samuel Snelling
Henry Hill Esq.
Mr. Benja. Goddard
William Smith Esq.
Sam1 Clap Esq
William Phillips Esq.
Mr Ozias Goodwin
Redford Webster Esq.
Mr. William Mackay
Thomas Perkins Esq.
Joseph Coolidge Jun". Esq.
were Chosen overseers of the Poor for the year ensuing.
[339.] Thomas Melville Esq. Henry Jackson Esq.
Dan1 Messinger Esq. Mr Thos Curtis
Joseph May Esq.
Joshª Davis Jun™ Esq
Benjamin Smith
Andrew Cunningham Esq Joseph Head Esq.
Benjamin Coates
Thomas H Perkins Esq
Wm Sullivan
Gen. John Winslow
Mr Ignatius Sargent
Stephen Codman Esq.
Mr. Sam1. Sweet
John Bray Esq.
Bryant P. Tilden Esq.
Mr Thomas Dennie
Mr Edwd Cruft
Gen. Simon Elliot
Capt Barker Baker
Jonathan Hunnewell Esq
Jas. Phillips Esq.
were chosen Fire Wards for the year ensuing.
Messrs. Ozias Goodwin & Henry Fowle had a Vote of thanks for their good services as Fire Wards the past year.
Amasa Davis Esq Samuel Bradford Esq. having also declined serving as Fire-Wards, had the Thanks of the Town for their good & long services in that Office. -
Adjourned to 3 ºCk P.M.
3 O'Clock P.M. Town met.
Voted, that in addition to the Selectmen 12 Persons shall now be chosen a School Committee & the Votes being brought in & sorted it appeared that the following Gentlemen were Chosen - viz.
Rev. Joseph Eckley D.D. Dr. Thomas Welch Dr. Aaron Dexter Arnold Welles Esq. Rev. J. T. Kirkland William Smith Esq
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[340.]
David Greene Esq. Hon John Phillips Esq John Heard Esq John Davis Esq. Rev. Wm Emmerson Charles Davis Esq.
Voted that the above named Gentlemen who conjunctly with the Selectmen are termed the School Committee be and hereby are directed to carry the new System of Education which has been adopted by the Town into operation, and said Committee are also authorized & empowered conjunctly to manage & regu- late the officers & the Government of the Schools, & in future to execute all the power, relative to the Schools and School Masters which the Selectmen or such Committees were authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth or the Votes of the Town to exercise - any former Votes of the Town notwithstanding. -
Votes for a Treasurer of the County of Suffolk brought in & counted by the Moderator & Town Clerk ; when it appeared that the whole number was 293, and that they were all for Ebenezer Seaver Esq. a discreet suitable Person, and a Freeholder and Resident in said County - and delivered return to Eben" Seaver for Court of Sessions. -
Messrs. Benja. White, John Cogswell, Willm. Clouston, William Ellison, John Butterfield, Nath1. Bradlee Jr, Noah Dogget, Caleb Coolidge, Braddock Loring, Edwd. Alline, Thomas Christy, William Green, Eleazer Homer, Joseph Stodder, Allen Bowker, Benjamin Rice, Willm Ellison Jur. were chosen Sur- veyors of boards & Shingles for the year ensuing.
[341.] Messrs. Joseph Doble, Jonathan Cushing Thomas Barbour, James Ellison, Nath1. How, John Smith, Daniel Cutter, Gershom Spear, Charles Pook, Ziba Thayer, Hezh. Hudson & Benja. Clark were chosen Cullers of dry Fish for the Year ensuing. -
Messrs Henry Purkett, Lemuel Gardner, Thomas Barbour & James Eunson - were chosen Cullers of hoops & Staves for the year ensuing. --
Messrs. Benja. White, Moses Ayres & William Ellison, were chosen Fence Viewers for the year ensuing. -
Messrs. Barney Connor Jas. Cabbot, Joseph Bacon, John Deluce, Rufus Harrington, were chosen Hogreeves for the year ensuing. --
Messrs. Barney Connor Jas. Cabbot, Joseph Bacon, John Deluce, Rufus Harrington, were chosen Haywards for the Year ensuing. -
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Messrs. Samuel Emmons & James Phillips were chosen sur- veyers of Hemp for the year ensuing.
Messrs. Edwd Tuckerman & Josiah Snelling were chosen sur- veyors of Wheat for the year ensuing.
Messrs. John Wells & Wm C. Hunneman were chosen Assay Masters for the year ensuing.
The Selectmen were chosen Surveyors of Highways for the year ensuing
Messrs Francis James & Silas Francis were chosen Inspectors of Lime for the year ensuing.
[342.] The Petition of Mr Perkins Nichols "that the Town would agree with him upon the terms of completing Pond Street, & grant him such further Relief as may appertain to equity & Justice " - was read & debated -and the question being put Whether said Petition may be withdrawn - passed in the Affirmative almost unanimously and in a very full Meeting.
David Tilden Esq. having by Letter requested the Town that they would accept of his resignation as a Selectman, into which office he had been again chosen - his request was accordingly granted - and on Motion
Voted, Unanimously, that the Thanks of the Town be given him for his good & faithful Services as a Selectman for Thirteen years past.
On Motion - Adjourned to Monday the 28th of March 10 °Clock A.M.
Monday the 28th of March 10 o'Clock AM. Met According to Adjournment.
Deacon Kettell having declined serving further as a Select- man - it was moved and Voted that the Thanks of the Town be given him for his good & faithful services while in Office. -
The Votes being brought in for two Selectmen in the room of David Tilden Esq. & Deacon Kettell who had resigned - it appeared that
Mr Nathan Webb 321
Mr Joseph Foster 320
were chosen.
[343.] The Votes being brought in to fill the vacancy in the School Committee from the resignation of Rev. Doct" Eckley - it appeared that
Rev. William E. Channing was chosen unanimously.
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
Voted unanimously that the Thanks of the Town be given the Revd. Joseph Eckley D.D. for his good & faithful services as one of the School Committee for a number of years past. -
The Votes, being brought in for one Fire Ward in the room of Mr Tilden, who declines serving, it appeared that -
Mr Nath1. Curtis was chosen unanimously.
Mr Joseph Bacon having declined serving as a Hogreeve & Hayward into which office he had been chosen -
Mr Samuel Winchester - was chosen a Hayward and Hogreeve for the Year ensuing.
The business of March Meeting being finished, it was moved & Voted unanimously, that the Thanks of the Town be given Joseph Russell Esq. for his good services in giving dispatch to the Busi- ness of the Meeting .-
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
[344.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 years of age and upwards, qualified as the Con- stitution prescribes & legally Warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Monday 4th day of April Anno Domini 1808. 9 Clock A.M .-
Prayer was made by the Rev. Joseph Clay .-
The Town Clerk informed the Meeting that all the Gentlemen chosen Selectmen for the present year, had agreeable to a late act of the General Court qualified themselves for that office, by taking the following Oath viz .- " That they would faithfully & impartially discharge the duties of their Office respecting all Elections, and the returns thereof" which Oath was administered to them by John Gardner Esq. Justice of the Peace .-
attest William Cooper Town Clerk.
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read.
Paragraph of the Constitution or Frame of Government rela- tive to the Choice of Governor Lieut. Governor & Senators - - read .-
It was then declared by the Selectmen that no Vote shall be received but such as are unfolded & that they propose the Poll shall be closed at 2 °Clock P.M. the Bells to begin tolling at half past 1 oClock & to continue for half an hour.
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1808.
Persons Voted for as GOVERNOUR with the number of Votes for each Person. viz
His Excellency James Sullivan Esq 2118.
[345.] Honble. Christopher Gore Esq. 2610
Honble. Caleb Strong Esq. - 3
Honble. John Coffin Jones Esq. 1
Honble. John Adams Esq. - 1
Honble. Elbridge Gerry Esq.
3
Mr John Roulstone -
1
Persons Voted for as Lieut. Governour with the number of Votes for each person viz.
Honble. Levi Lincoln Esq 2119 -
.
Honble. David Cobb Esq
2624
Honble. John Q. Adams Esq 1
Mr William Young
1
Persons Voted for as Senators, for the County of Suffolk, with the number of Votes for each person viz .-
Honble. Harrison G. Otis Esq. 2615
Honble. William Spooner Esq 2622
Hon. John Phillips Esq 2623
Hon. Peter C. Brooks Esq
2620
James Lloyd Jun" Esq - 2623
Hon. William Eustis Esq - 2121
David Tilden Esq 2119
Samuel Brown Esq -
2119
Russell Sturgis Esq -
2118
Col. Edward Procter Esq
2118
Stephen Codman Esq John Welles Esq -
1
Hon Christopher Gore Esq
2
Hon John C. Jones Esq
1
Peter Thacher Esq
1
[346.] Attested Copies or returns of the Persons Voted for as Governour, Leut. Governour & Senators for the County of Suffolk sealed up in Town Meeting after the Vote had been declared, to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Common- wealth as prescribed by Law, and directed as follows viz.
To Hon Jonathan L. Austin Esq.
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
The number of Votes of the Town of Boston for Governour Lieut. Governour & five Senators for the County of Suffolk cer- tified within & sealed up in Town Meeting, after the Votes had been declared.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
1
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
[347.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 years of age & upwards qualified as the Constitu- tion prescribes & legally warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 11th of May Anno Domini 1808. 9 O'Clock A.M.
The Meeting opened with Prayer by Rev. Mr. Buckminster.
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read. -
That part of the Constitution or Frame of Government which relates to the choice of Representatives - read .-
The Town having determined, by a Vote to choose 31 persons to represent them in the General Court of Massachusetts to be holden in the State House in Boston on the last Wednesday of May current, agreeable to the Constitution or Frame of Govern- ment for Massachusetts; the Inhabitants were directed by the Selectmen to bring in their Votes for Representatives not exceed- ing 31. - And then it was declared by the Selectmen that no Votes would be received by the Selectmen but such as are unfolded and untill the Name of the person entering shall be marked on the list by the Gentlemen assisting for that purpose from the several Wards & that they propose the Poll should be closed at 3 past 2 oClock. the bells to begin tolling half an hour before & to continue untill the close of the Poll .-
[348.] The Votes being brought in for 31 Representatives, upon sorting them it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen, having obtained a Majority of the Votes - viz
Christopher Gore
William Smith
William Brown
Jonª. Hunnewell
John Welles
William Phillips
Stephen Codman
Benjamin Russell
Daniel Sargent
Thos. W. Sumner
John Callender
Benja. Goddard
Benja. Whitman
John T. Apthorp
Thomas Danforth
Charles Davis
Stephen Higginson Jr.
Charles Jackson
Joseph Head
Willm. H. Sumner
James Robinson
Jonª. Chapman
Benja. Bussey
Thomas Dennie
Joseph Coolidge Jr.
Francis D. Channing
Isaac P. Davis
Eben'. T. Andrews
John Parker Ignatius Sargent
William Hammatt Esquires. .
The choice of Representatives was then declared by the Select- men. -
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1808.
of those Voted for, who did not obtain a Choice, The following Gentlemen had the number of Votes set against their respective names - viz. -
William Eustis 1250
Russell Sturgis
1249
David Townsend 1249
Dan1. Baxter
1248
David Tilden
1249
Jonª. Harris 1249
Caleb Bingham
1248
Thomas Page
1248
Ed. Procter
1249
Jacob Rhoades 1249
Eben™. Larkin
1248
Willm. Jarvis
1248
The Meeting was then Dissolved.
[349.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston duly qualified & legally warned in pub- lic Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Thursday the 12th day of May Anno Domini 1808. - 10 Clock A. M.
Warrant for calling the Meeting read
Stephen Codman Esq was chosen Moderator by a hand Vote.
The Inhabitants brought in their Votes for 6 Trustees for Towns land on the Neck in addition to the Selectmen who con- junctly are to lease & manage said lands in such manner as shall appear to them best for the Interest of the Town -the Votes being brought in & sorted it appeared that -
Hon. William Browne Esq. Hon. William Phillips Esq. William Hammatt Esq. Gen1. John Winslow Joshua Davis Jun" Esq. Edwd. Tuckerman Esq.
were chosen.
The Selectmen informed the Town that it would take further time, before they should be ready to report on the new Act rela- tive to Jurors. -
Voted, That this Meeting be Adjourned to Monday the 13th Day of June next -10 oClock A.M then to meet at this place. -
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
[350.] Monday 13h Day of June 1808. 10 Clk A.M. - Met according to Adjournment.
The Subscribers a Committee chosen by the Inhabitants March 14th 1808. to Audit the Accounts of the Town Treasurer, Over- seers of the Poor, Board of Health &c &c and to Report the sum necessary to be raised for the present year, having attended that service, beg leave to Report. -
They have examined the Accounts of the several departments & find right cast & well vouched - Treasurers Accounts as follows -
Notes receivable - 381.50 By Notes payable
due on Tax 1803
-
1,026.51 for Money Borrd.
$
26,706.98
Dº. - d°. 1804 6,488.46 State Tax 19,543.33
Do - - d° 1805 - 7,932.0 County Tax - 11,641.85
Do - . do 1806 - 15,994.31 Wm Tukesbury 74.15
Do - - d° 1807 - 51,111.64 Trustees for Neck ?
Land 24 .--
Cash Account - 169.21 Town Treasurer - 13,684.64
Dolls 83103.63 Outstanding Debts - 11,428.65
$83,103.60
The Abatements on 1804, 1805 & 1806, have not been [paid] since making up the above Accounts, the Treasurer has received upwards of $17,000 Dollars, which has been paid to discharge part of the above sums. -
The Committee Report an Estimate for the Present Year - as follows
School Masters &
Amº bt. forwd.
22,400-
Ushers
13,300 Three Assistants 2,448
Repairs of schools
Town Clerk . 1,000
& Wood
1,100 Constables services : 700
Town Watch
6,500 Judge Municipal
Town Treasurer
Court 750
& Collector
1,500
Dolls 27,298-
22,400
[351.] Amount brought over
27,298-
Police Officers
1,000
Paving Streets 8,000
Messenger & Door Keeper to Select- men -
400
Engine Repairs & Premiums
600
Lamps, Oil & Lighting Lamps
5,000
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1808.
Printing & Stationary
400
Overseers of the Poor
16,000
Board of Health
5,000
Bells & Clocks
400
Incidental Charges
1,902
Dolls. 66,000-
From the above Statement your Committee are of opinion that the Town should raise Sixty Six Thousand Dollars to defray the expences of the Town the present year, all which is submitted by - Joseph Russell.
The foregoing Report having been read & considered - the Question was put - " Whether the same shall be accepted " - Passed in the Affirmative - whereupon
Voted, that the sum of Sixty Six Thousand Dollars be raised by a Tax to be Assessed on the Polls & Estates of the Inhabi- tants of this Town to defray the Expences of the Town the Cur- rent Year.
Voted, that the sum of Seven hundred & fifty Dollars be allowed and paid unto the Honbl. Thomas Dawes Jr. Esq for his Salary as Judge of the Municipal [352] Court the present year. -
Voted, That the Honble. William Smith Esq. Town Treasurer & Collector of Taxes the present year [should have] the sum of $1500, he to pay his Clerk, Assistant Office hire, and all expences of Office. --
Voted, that the Sum of One Thousand Dollars be allowed & paid unto William Cooper for his Salary as Town Clerk, the year ensuing.
Voted, that the sum of $816 be allowed & paid to each of the three Assessors, for their services in that Office the year ensuing. -
On Motion Adjourned to Monday 27th of June Instant 10. O'Clock A. M. in order to receive the Report of the Committee relative to regulating Jury Boxes. -
June 27th 1808. 10 O'Clock A.M. Met according to Adjourn- ment. -
The late Law relative to Jurors - was read -
The Selectmen Report and Present Lists of Persons in their opinion best qualified for the Jury Boxes -One list for the
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
Grand & Traverse Jurors and the other list for the Petit Jurors, at the Court of Common Pleas -They find the whole number of names to be 5,300- after deducting such persons as were excused by Law, of those they present a list of one quarter part, being 1306 for the first Box & 1447 for the Second Box. - the same being accepted by the Town-It was moved, and after debate Voted, that the Selectmen be a Committee [353] to regulate the Jury Boxes, so as best to answer the intentions of the law. -
On Motion Voted, That in consideration of the Duties & services which devolve upon the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Members of the Board of Health, Fire Wards & the Engine-men of this Town -The Committee for revising & arranging the lists for the Jury Boxes be directed to omit putting the names of all such persons in either of the Boxes.
On Motion Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be given to Stephen Codman Esq. for his good services as Moderator in dispatching the business of the Meeting. -
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
[354.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston duly qualified & legally warned in Public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 4th Day of July A. D. 1808. - 9 O'Clock A.M.
William Cooper chosen - Moderator. -
The Committee appointed the last year to make choice of a Gentleman to deliver an Oration on the Anniversary of Inde- pendence, Reported, That they had chosen Andrew Ritchie Jun". Esq. who has accepted of the Appointment -
Adjourned to the Old South Church 12 O'Clock noon.
AN ORATION
to commemorate the Independence of the United States was delivered by Andrew Ritchie Jur. Esq. at the Old South Church -
On Motion Voted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to wait on Andrew Ritchie Jun". Esq. and in the name of the Town to Thank him for the Elegant & Spirited Oration this day delivered by him at the request of the Town, upon the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America in which accord- ing to the Institution of the Town, he considered the manners, feelings & principles which led to that great National Event - and to request of him a copy thereof for the Press .-
237
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1808.
On Motion Voted, That [355] the Gentlemen, Selectmen be & hereby are appointed a Committee to apply to some able & learned Gentleman to deliver an Oration the 4th of July A.D. 1809 .- that day being the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, wherein the Orator is to consider the feelings, manners & principles which led to this great National Event; as well as the important & happy effects, whether general or Domestic which have already or will forever flow from that auspicious Epoch. -
Then the meeting was Dissolved.
[356.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston duly qualified in Public Town Meet- ing Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday the 9th Day of August, 10 °Clock A.M. 1808.
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read.
Joseph Russell Esq.
chosen Moderator by a hand Vote - not being present
Stephen Codman Esq.
was chosen Moderator by a hand Vote & took the Chair accordingly .-
The Petition for calling the Meeting read - as also the Notifi- cation for said purpose, when the Hon1. Jonathan Mason Esq - after a number of remarks on the subject offered the following Motion in the form of a Resolve - viz -
Resolved, that it is expedient for this Town respectfully to Petition the President of the United States, to suspend the Embargo either wholly or partially according to the powers vested in him by the Congress of the United States; or if any doubt should exist as to the sufficiency of those powers, that he be requested to call Congress together as soon as possible and that a Committee of seven be appointed to prepare & submit to the Town a petition in Conformity - after a spirited debate of some length the Motion to adopt the Question as [357] pro- posed by Mr. Mason passed by a very great Majority. -
The following Gentlemen were then chosen on the Committee - viz. -
Hon Jona Mason Esq Mr Daniel Sargent Hon Christopher Gore Esq Arnold Wells Esq Hon John Phillips Esq Mr James Perkins Hon William Brown Esq
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CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
The Town then added the Moderator, Stephen Codman Esq and on Motion Adjourned to 4 oClock P.M. Then to receive the Report of the Committee. -
4 O'Clock P. M. Met according to Adjournment when the Committee Reported the following Memorial which was read from the Chair, and passed almost Unanimously. -
To the President of the United States.
The Inhabitants of the Town of Boston in legal Town Meeting Assembled, beg leave respectfully to represent. -
That uniformly influenced by a sense of Patriotism, & a respect for the Constituted Authorities of their Country, they have sus- tained without opposition or complaint the embarassments & losses arising from the existing embargo on the vessells & export trade of [358] the United States : and they trust that the history of - the revolutionary war, & the annals of the present government will furnish ample testimony of their readiness to make any per- sonal sacrifices & to endure any privations which the public welfare may truly require. -
That they are fully aware of the indispensable necessity of sup- porting at all times, the laws enacted by the Government of their choice. Under this impression they have refrained from express- ing the wishes they most sensibly feel for the removal of the Embargo, & but for the great events in Europe, which materially change the aspect of our foreign relations, they would yet silently wait for the Meeting of Congress, in the hope of obtaining from that Honourable Body relief from the pressure of this great cal- amity, which bears with peculiar weight on the Eastern States. -
Denied by nature those valuable & luxuriant Staples which constitute the riches of the south, they necessarily owe much of their prosperity under the Blessing of Heaven to their own enter- prize & Industry on the Ocean. -
It is therefore a duty as well as a right to avail themselves of every fair occasion which may offer, for procuring the removal of the existing restraints upon their maritime Commerce, more especially when this may be [359] Effected in a mode consistent with the laws & policy by which they were imposed. -
They therefore pray that the Embargo in whole or in part may be suspended according to the powers vested in the President by the Congress of the United States, & if any doubt should exist of the competency of those powers they would humbly request that the Congress may be convened as early as possible, for the pur- pose of taking the subject into their consideration
It was then Voted, that the Selectmen in behalf of the Town transmit this Petition to the President of the United States. -
On Motion of Hon. William Brown Voted, that the Selectmen
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1809.
be a Committee to communicate the proceedings of the Town to the Selectmen of the other Towns of the Commonwealth, and to request them, if they see fit, to lay the same before their several Town's for their concurrence. -
Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be given to Stephen Cod- man Esq. Moderator of this Meeting for his good services therein .-
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
[360.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston duly qualified & legally warned, in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 7th day of November, A.D. 1808 .- 9 oClock A.M .-
Prayer by Revª Mr Huntington .-
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read.
Paragraph of a Resolve of the General Court for choosing one Representative for Suffolk district - read .-
Bells to begin tolling at 2 °Clock -
Poll to be closed at & past two O'Clock, as declared by the Selectmen .-
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