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Ward Nº 1. George Darracott Ward Nº 2. Dr. Redford
" 3. Enoch Silsby
Webster
" 5. Henry Farnham
66 " 4. Nathaniel Alley
66 " 7. Daniel Davis Esqr. 66 " 6. George W. Otis
" 9. Samuel May 66 " 8. Francis Welch
66 "11. Jona. Hunnewell 66 "10. Benja. Whitman Esqr.
Esqr.
66 "12. John D. Williams
The Petition of Ephraim Hall and Others, to Ascertain what measures the Town will adopt to defray the expense of laying a
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large and expensive Common Sewer in and contiguous to Atkin- son Street was read & referred to the Selectmen and Board of Health. -
Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be given to Francis J. Oliver Esq". for his faithful Services as Moderator of this Meet- ing.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
Attest Tho : Clark, Town Clerk.
[289.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders & Other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston, qualified to Vote in Town affairs, Assembled in Faneuil Hall on Monday the 22nd day of January 1821. - 10 Clock A.M.
Warrant for Calling the Meeting, read. -
Benjamin Russell Esqr. was chosen, Moderator.
The proposition of a number of the Inhabitants, that an appli- cation may be made by the Town, to the Legislature for an altera- tion in the Law, authorizing the taking the Valuation of Real & personal estates for taxation from the first day of May to the first day of February Annually, was Read & after some debate, It was Voted, That a Committee be appointed to apply to the Legislature at the present Session to authorize the Assessors of the Town of Boston to take the Valuation on the first Wednesday of February annually, instead of the first day of May. -
Voted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to petition the Leg- islature agreeably to the foregoing Vote. -
The Committee to whom was referred the petition of Ephraim Hall & Others, was requested to report at the next Meeting. -
Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be given to the Moder- ator for his Services at this Meeting.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved. - Attest, Tho : Clark, Town Clerk. -
[290.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders& other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, holden at Fanueil Hall on Monday the 12th. day of March A.D. 1821 at 10 o'clock A.M.
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Prayer by Rev. Mr. Lowell. -
Warrant for calling the Meeting read -
Law respecting the election of Town Officers read. -
Hon. John Phillips Esqr., was chosen Moderator. -
Thomas Clark, was chosen Town Clerk, for the year ensu- ing. - The Oath of Office was administered to him by the Moder- ator. -
Voted, That when this Meeting is adjourned, it shall be to tomorrow at 10 o'clock A.M. and that time be assigned to come to choose on the part of the Town of a Register of Deeds for the County of Suffolk.
The Moderator directed the Inhabitants to prepare and bring in their votes for Nine Selectmen.
Voted, That the Polls shall be closed at 12 o'clock.
At the close of the Poll it appeared the whole number of votes given in for Selectmen, was, 2443
necessary to make a choice 1222
The following Gentlemen had the number of Votes set against their respective names & were declared to be chosen. -
viz Eliphalet Williams Esq.
2420
Daniel Baxter
2235
Jona. Loring - 1815
Abram Babcock - 2289
David W. Child - 2410
[291]
Samuel Billings Esq. 2386
Jeremiah Fitch -
2289
Robert Fennelly 2388
Samuel A. Wells
2125
G. W. Otis had
436 George Hallet 224
E. Ticknor " 156
Adam Bent 94
N. P. Russell 30
and some scattering votes.
Hon. William Phillips
Redford Webster
Thomas Perkins
Samuel Snelling
William Mackay Joseph Coolidge
Jonª. Phillips Samuel May
Henry Bass Edward Phillips
Joseph Austin and
Gedney King
were chosen Overseers of the Poor & of the Workhouse for the year ensuing.
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Voted. That the thanks of the Town be presented to Jacob Hall & Edward Tuckerman Esqrs. for their faithful services as Overseers of the Poor for several years past .-
Thomas Melville
Stephen Codman
Daniel Messenger
Benjamin Smith
James Phillips
Samuel M. Thayer
Joseph Lovering
John D. Williams
Jonª. Loring
John Mackay
Lemuel Shaw
Benja. Russell
Thomas Jackson
Winslow Lewis
Amos Binney
Enoch Silsby
Isaac Harris
George W. Otis
Joseph Jones
William Howe
Jonª. Whitney
Jeremiah Fitch
[292]
Samuel A. Wells
William Burrows
Samuel Hichborn Jr. Jonathan Thaxter
George Darracott William Sturgis
James Davis and George Trott Esqrs.
were chosen Fire Wards for the year ensuing.
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be presented to Joshua Davis, Nathaniel Curtis & Bryant P. Tilden, Esqrs. for their faithful services as Fire Wards for many years past.
Messrs. Benjamin White John Howe Jr
William Clouston Richard Thayer
Nathaniel Bradlee Edward J. Robbins
Noah Doggett Henry Blake
Thomas Christy Moses Ayres Jr.
William Green Oliver Mills
Eleazer Homer Charles Tuttle
Joseph Stodder Samuel Ellison
Allan Bowker William Mills and
Nathaniel Glover Rolun [Rowland ] Hartshorn were chosen Surveyors of Boards and other Lumber.
[293.] Messrs. Benja. White Nath1. Bradlee John Howe Jr. Rolun [Rowland ] Hartshorn
Romanus Emer- son & Abel Hewins,
were chosen Fence Viewers for the year ensuing.
Mess's. Henry Purkitt Benja. Clark
Benja. Owen James Brown and
Nathaniel Howe Charles Pook,
were chosen Cullers of Hoops & Staves .-
Messrs. Benjamin Clark Nathaniel Howe
Charles Pook Benjamin Owen
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James Brown William Spear
Jnº. F. Bannister
Jacob Barstow and Ebenezer Perry .-
were chosen Cullers of Dry Fish .-
Messrs. Joseph Cabot John Kimball
William Andrews Royal Oliver
were chosen Hogreeves, Haywards and Field Drivers for the year ensuing.
Messrs. Michael Homer Francis James and Samuel Sprague,
were chosen Inspectors of Lime .-
Samuel Emmons and James Phillips Esqrs. were chosen Sur- veyors of Hemp. -
Thomas Howe and John Tuckerman Esqrs. were chosen Sur- veyors of Wheat.
[294.] John Wells and Nathaniel Alley Esqrs. were chosen Assay Masters. -
The Selectmen were chosen Surveyors of High Way. -
Voted, That Stephen Codman, Francis J. Oliver and Robert G. Shaw Esqrs. be, & hereby are appointed, a Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Town Treasurer; and said Committee are directed to report the sum necessary to be raised for the services of the present year.
Voted, That the consideration of all Money matters, be referred to the May meeting .-
Adjourned to tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Met according to adjournment.
The Moderator directed the Inhabitants to prepare and bring in their votes for a Register of Deeds for the County of Suffolk .-
Voted That the Poll be closed at half past 11 o'clock.
The Selectmen were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the Votes .-
The Chairman reported that the Selectmen had received, sorted & counted the votes for a Register of Deeds and that they were for
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Henry Alline
1605
Samuel Clark
175
Henry N. Rogers
174
Thomas Jackson
120
John Mackay
120
[295]
Charles Hammatt 94 Henry Codman 88
Gershom Cobb
71
David Higgins
70
Thomas Lewis
54 James Foster -
52
Ol. W. Champney
44 Dudley Walker
36
John Marston 32 Benja. Whitwell
27
Henry Robinson -
20
Edmund Munroe
17
John Winslow -
17
Leader Dam
15
Lemuel P. Grosvener 15 William Foster Jr.
6
I Ingalls -
2
O. Champney
1
Eben". Andrews
1 N. Clark
1
D. Callender
1 B. Parsons -
1
T Page - -
1
J. Brigham
1
O. W. Champney -
1
J. H. Smith
1
J. T. Buckingham
1
Voted, That in addition to the Selectmen, twelve persons shall now be chosen a School Committee, & the votes being collected, it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen - viz - Doct. Thomas Welsh
Rev. Charles Lowell
Henry J. Oliver Esq. Lemuel Shaw
Francis J. Oliver Esqr.
Rev. John Pierpont
William Wells
Daniel Sharp
Benja. Russell
Doct. Jnº. G. Coffin
Rev. Nath1. L. Frothingham
Rev. Paul Dean
Voted, That the above named Gentlemen who [296] con- junctly with the Selectmen are termed the School Committee, be, and hereby are directed, to carry the System of Education adopted by the Town into operation; and that said Committee be also authorised & empowered conjunctly to manage and regu- late the Government of the Schools; and to execute all the powers relative to the Schools and Schoolmasters which the Selectmen or such Committees are authorised by the Laws of this Commonwealth or by the votes of the Town to exercise .-
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be presented to Aaron Dexter Esq. for his able, impartial & faithful services, as a member of the School Committee for thirty two years past.
The Petition of Abraham Gould and others "That the Town would appoint a Committee to superintend the Municipal con- cerns of South Boston " was read - also a remonstrance against the said Petition. after some debate it was Voted, That the Peti- tioners have leave to withdraw their Petition .-
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1821.
The Petitions of Joseph May and others & of Thomas Howe and others, on the subject of erecting a Work House were read - Whereupon it was Voted, That the subject be referred to a Com- mittee of thirteen, to be nominated from the chair: the said [Committee ] to consider the subject at large and report ; and that the report be printed and distributed among the Inhabitants, and the Selectmen are requested to call a Meeting to act on said report .-
The following Gentlemen were nominated and [297] appointed on the Committee - viz.
Hon. Josiah Quincy Joseph Lovering
James Savage Henry J. Oliver
William Thurston
Abram Babcock
Samuel A. Wells
James T. Austin
Francis Welsh
Benja. Rich and
Joseph May Thomas Howe
Joseph Woodward EsqTs
The Subscribers, a Committee, to whom was referred, by the Town of Boston, the Petition of Thomas K. Jones Esqr. & others respecting a Drain, under the building called Merchants Hall, situated on Water Street, in said Boston - have attended to the duty assigned them and ask leave to report .-
That they have viewed the said Drain, have examined the title, which the Town of Boston has, to an interest in said Drain, & have heard the parties interested in said subject, & are of opinion, and do report, that the said Drain can be made tight, and so secured, as to prevent any mate- rial injury to persons doing business in said Merchants Hall. at no very great expence, and that the owners of said Merchants Hall, are under obligation to the Town of Boston and that it is their duty to keep said Drain in repair, so as to prevent any nui- sance to the Inhabitants therefrom. - This [298] Committee are further satisfied, that the inconvenience in the Cellar under said Merchants Hall for several years past in the hot seasons, has existed from said Drain not being sufficiently tight and secured, and from the waste water from the streets flowing into said cellar ; and this Committee cannot learn, that the owners of said Mer- chants Hall, have, for several years last passed attempted. effect- ually to remedy said evil - probably from a belief that it would be impracticable to remedy the evil, but by removing the said drain from under ye said building - This Committee however are of opinion, that if the owners of said Merchants Hall shall put the said drain in complete repair : raise the side walk adjoining their said building, so as to prevent the water running on the streets adjacent to the said building from entering the cellar of the same, and fill up a part of said cellar, adjoining said drain, in that case all nuisance from said drain would be prevented, and
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the cellar under said Merchants Hall, be rendered inoffensive to the citizens -This Committee therefore recommend, that it is inexpedient, at present, for the Town of Boston, to take any further order on this subject, untill after the owners of said Merchants Hall, have attempted to remedy the aforesaid evil, in the manner suggested, as aforesaid, by this Committee - all of which is respectfully submitted by said Committee -
Robert Williams John Dorr
Benja. Whitman Josiah Marshall
Joseph W. Revere
M. Roulstone
Boston Feby 24th. A.D. 1821. S. H. Walley
[299.] The foregoing Report was read and accepted .-
The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Joseph Stone and others, to see if the Town would render them any assistance in building a new Gunhouse at the north part of the Town; have attended that service and respectfully ask leave to Report .-
That the land on which the Gun House now stands be appro- priated, for the building of Tombs under the permission of the Board of Health - and that the nett proceeds, which may be realized from said appropriation, be applied towards erecting a new Gun House, for the use of said company, on any land belonging to the Town, which the Selectmen may appropriate for that purpose, should the said Company wish for the same .-
By order of the Committee Eliphalet Williams Chair".
Boston March 10th 1821.
The above Report was read and accepted.
Voted, Unanimously, that the thanks of the Town be presented to the Hon. John Phillips, for his able & impartial services as Moderator of this Meeting.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved .-
Attest
Thomas Clark, Town Clerk.
[300.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the second day of April A.D. 1821. at 9 o'clock A.M.
Prayer by Revd. Mr. Wisner .-
Warrant for calling the Meeting read .-
The Constitution respecting the election of Governor, Lieuten- ant Governor, Counsellors & Senators was read .-
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1821.
The Chairman of the Selectmen requested the Inhabitants to prepare and bring in their votes for Governor & Lieutenant Gov- ernor of the Commonwealth and Six Senators for the District of Suffolk .-
Voted, That the Poll shall be closed at 2. o'clock P.M .-
Persons voted for as Governor, with the number of votes for each person - viz -
His Excellency John Brooks - 3088
Hon. William Eustis
John Phillips -
1
Joseph Woodward
1
Daniel Webster
1
Eben™. Clough
1
Francis Waldo
1
Napon. Buonaparte
1
Rev. Hosea Ballou -
1
4399
Persons voted for as Lieutenant Governor with the number of votes for each person - viz -
His Honor William Phillips Hon. Levi Lincoln
- 1319
[301] William Eustis 2 Edw. H. Robbins
1
Josiah Quincy -
1 William Gray
1
Elisha Ticknor 1 Elias Smith
1
George Bond
George Read 1
1
Sam1. Adams
1 Simon Gardner
1
Persons voted for as Counsellors and Senators for the District of Suffolk, with the number of votes for each Person - viz.
Hon. John Phillips
3074
66 John Welles
- 3059
66 Jona. Hunnewell
- 3011
Joseph Tilden Esq™. Warren Dutton
- 2719
Lemuel Shaw -
- 1578
Hon. William Gray -
Henry Dearborn
- 1309
Col. Thomas Badger
1275
Rev. Thomas Baldwin James T. Austin Esqr.
1303
Doct. William Ingalls
1484
Samuel A. Wells
12
J. Salisbury 4
Sam1. Hubbard
10
Isaac Winslow
3
Josiah Quincy 6 T. L. Winthrop
2
D. Baxter
4 David Sears 29
W. Sullivan
3 Henry Orne
7
Hosea Ballou
3 D. Webster
4
1303
Joseph B. Varnum
1
- 3064
- 3040
- 2747
- 1279
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Benja. Russell
30
T. H. Perkins
3
John D. Dyer
8 P. P. F. Degrand -
3
Eben™. Clough
6 T. Lyman
2
J. Evarts
2 W. Parmenter -
2
J. Lloyd
2 J. Brooks
2
C. M. Dommett
2 B. Whitmam
1
S. G. Perkins
2 P. C. Brooks
1
S. L. Knapp
1 T. Page - -
1
N. Snow
1 S. Gardner
1
G. Sullivan
1 H. Lincoln -
2
T. Brigham
2 S. Adams
2
S. Billings
2 J. Putnam
2
W. Little
2 J. Howe
1
J. Mason
2 W. Sturgis
1
J. Loring
1 W. H. Sumner -
1
S. Waldo
1
W. Ropes
1
[302] S. H. Walley
1 W. D. Sohier
1
E. Vose
1 S. A. Shurtleff
1
J. H. Schaffer
1 J. F. Freeman
1
D. Townsend
1 A. Dunlap -
1
F. Lane
1 W. Tileston
1
W. Phillips
1 J. Eaton
1
S. Goodnow
1 E. Williams
1
N. Gamage
1 J. Harris
1
J. H. Smith
1 F. Bassett -
1
R. Sturgis
1 M. M. Hunt
1
J. Coolidge
1 T. K. Jones
1
Thos. Howe
3 B. V. French
1
W. Tudor
1 W. Pelby
1
A. Hill
1 S. Soper
1
J. Russell
1 W. P. Shelton
1
R. Bacon Jr.
1 W. Eustis
1
J. Parker
1 W. Lawrence
1
J. S. Lovell
1 S. Walter
1
N. Brooks
1
G. Cabot
1
P. F. Jackson
1
T. Melville
1
F. Baker
1 N. Curtis
1
T. Bartlett
1 G. Bond
1
S. Wells
1
J. Hall Jr. -
1
W. Jackson
3 Edward Jones .
1
P. Richardson -
1 E. Torry
1
D. Willis
2
Attested copies of return of Persons voted for as Governor Lieutenant Governor, Counsellors and Senators for the District of Suffolk were sealed up in open 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 Alden Bradford Esqr. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
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Votes of the Town of Boston, for Governor and Lieutenant Governor sealed up in open Town Meeting."
" To Alden Bradford Esqr. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. --
Votes of the Town of Boston, for Six Counsellors and Senators, for the District of Suffolk, sealed up in open Town Meeting."-
Then the Meeting was Dissolved. -
Attest Thomas Clark Town Clerk
[303.] At a legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, qualified to vote for Senators or Representatives, holden at Faneuil Hall, on Monday the 9th day of April A.D. 1821. being the second Monday in said month, pursuant to a Resolution of the Convention of Delegates, assembled at Boston, on the 15th of November, A.D. 1820. for the purpose of revising the Constitution of the Commonwealth.
Prayer by Revd. Mr. Palfrey. Warrant for calling the Meeting read.
The Articles proposed as Amendments to the Constitution, were read by [the] Chairman of the Selectmen. --
Voted, That the Poll be closed at 2 o'clock. -
The Chairman directed the Inhabitants to prepare & bring in their votes on the Amendments to the Constitution, with the words Yes, or No, annexed to each article. -
At the close of the Poll it appeared that the Votes on the several Amendments submitted by the Convention, were as follows -
Yeas
Nays
Article First
1768
888
Article Second
1515
1133
Article Third
2553
99
Article Fourth
2462
185
Article Fifth
1642
1006
Article Sixth
2526
118
Article Seventh
1826
832
Article Eighth
2410
238
Article Ninth
1771
888
Article Tenth
1419
1230
Article Eleventh
2504
129
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[304] Article Twelfth Article Thirteenth
2442
Yeas
197
Nays
2558
85
60
Article Fourteenth
2458
194
Declaration of the Votes for and against each article was made and then the Meeting was Dissolved.
Attest Thomas Clark
Town Clerk -
[305.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, assembled at Faneuil Hall, on Monday the 7th day of May A.D. 1821. at 9 o'clock A.M. -
Warrant for calling the Meeting read -
Francis J. Oliver Esqr. was chosen Moderator-
William Dall Barzillia Homes
Joshua Davis George Bond and
Moses Williams Benja. Rich Esquires
were chosen Trustees of Neck Lands for the year ensuing -
Voted, That the Trustees of the Neck Lands be authorized and empowered to lease or sell the lands in such manner as they may think proper, any former vote of the Town to the contrary notwithstanding. -
Thomas Hammond, was chosen Pound Keeper for the year ensuing.
William Briggs was chosen a Surveyor of Lumber and of Wood for the year ensuing. -
On the Petition of Daniel Carney and others ; it was Voted, That
Messrs. Daniel Carney Jonathan Simonds, and Henry H. Fuller Esqr.
be a Committee to form a Table, stating all the Fees of office established by law ; and that the same be published with the annual report of the Committee of Finance.
[306.] Eliphalet Williams and John H. Wheeler Esquires were chosen Fire Wards. -
On the Petition of Lot Wheelright and others, inhabitants of South Boston, It was Voted, That the Town consent that the
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Laws restricting buildings of Wood, more than ten feet high, may be suspended for the term of five years, so far as relates to that Section of the Town. -
On the Petition of the Overseers of the Poor "to see if the Town will authorise some person to execute a Deed of a lot of Land, set off to the Town, in Alfred, County of York, in the State of Maine." It was Voted, that Doctor Redford Webster be authorised & empowered to execute a good and sufficient Deed of a piece of land, situated in the Town of Alfred, County of York and State of Maine, in behalf of the inhabitants of this Town. -
It was voted, not to authorise the appointment of an additional Sealer of Weights and Measures ; as prayed for, in the Petition of John Thompson and others. -
On the representation of the Selectmen of the situation of the present Vegetable Market : - It was Voted, That they be author- ised to build a New Vegetable Market. -
The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Ben- jamin Humphrey and others, "to take the sense of the Town what further disposition shall [307] be made of the Town Dock ; whether the Town will sell out their interest in the same, purchase the rights of others ; - or cause the same to be filled up have attended the duty assigned them and respectfully ask leave to report. -
They have taken the subject into their consideration and are unanimously of opinion [that] the Town owns a valuable property in The Town Dock - but your Committee have not been able to learn that any persons are at present desirous of purchasing the rights belonging to the Town - your Committee therefore confined their inquiries more particularly to the latter clause of their commission viz - to see if the Town will purchase the rights of the abutters or fill up the same : - Your Committee taking into consideration the proposition, that is now before the town, for a considerable enlargement of the present Vegetable & Fish Market, do not deem it expedient that any method should be proposed quieting the abutters or filling up the same the present season. - but your Committee recommend that the town request the Selectmen to improve the Towns right in the Dock, either by letting or nsing the same as they may think proper. --
May 3ª. 1821.
By order of the Committee Eliphalet Williams, Chairman.
The foregoing Report was read and accepted.
The Committee appointed by the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, at a legal Meeting, holden on the 12th day of March
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last " on the subject of Pauperism, at large, and on the expedi- ency of erecting a Work House," within the said Town, having taken [308] those subjects into their consideration, in con- formity to their instructions, ask leave to
REPORT.
That in prosecuting their inquiries, concerning the subjects referred to their consideration, they have examined the state of the present Town Alms House and compared it with institutions of a similar character, in this vicinity, particularly with those at Marblehead and Salem, and they are. unanimously of opinion that the accommodations, provided for the poor, at the Alms House, in Boston are not such as comport with the honor and interests of the Town .- They are also unanimously of opinion, that in aid of the present establishment, a work house to be de- nominated a House of Industry, should be erected, with a suffi- cient quantity of land attached to it, so as to enable the poor, compelled to resort to it, to have the benefit resulting from air, employment and exercise, and the town to derive that advantage, which other towns in this vicinity experience from the well directed labour of the poor, in similar institutions. -
The document marked A, being the report of a sub-committee, appointed to inquire into the existing state of the establishments of the town, in this respect, will farther evidence and illustrate the importance and necessity of an immediate attention to these subjects. - *
It is not the intention of your Committee to enter upon a laboured statement of the benefits to be derived from well man- aged houses of industry. The general reasonings, by which the utility of such establishments might be maintained, are super- seded by a concurrence [309] of experience, which can neither be controverted, nor resisted .-
It appears, by a report made by a Committee of the Massachu- setts Legislature, at their last session, that the experience, both of England and of Massachusetts, concur in establishing the fact " that of all modes of maintaining the poor, the most eco- nomical, is that of work houses, or houses of industry : in which work is provided for every degree and species of ability in the pauper ; and also, that of all modes of employing the labour of the poor, the best, the most healthy, and the most certainly profit- able is that of agriculture ; whereby the poor are enabled always, to raise, at least their own provisions."
It appears also, by the same report, that every town in the Commonwealth, which had resorted to such establishments, and persevered in their support, had derived from them, very great and sensible relief from the burden of maintaining the poor, to which they had been antecedently subjected, and this also had been effected by the use of means, which added both to the health, the comforts, and the happiness of the paupers themselves. -
In order, however, to leave no degree of satisfaction unattained,
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which it was in their power to acquire, your Committee appointed another sub-committee to visit the Marblehead and Salem Ahns Houses, two establishments in high repute, for the vigor and in- telligence, with which they were conducted, and the experience. resulting from which, was likely to be decisive, in relation to the general expediency of such institutions, from the distinguished character, the inhabitants [310] of those towns have acquired throughout the Commonwealth, for their enterprise, prudence and intelligence. -
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