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To John Cook for work and Meterals for the Great Bridge the Year Past which was Adjusted P the Towns Concerned 5-1-10-3
And for work & meterals for Said Bridge Since ..- 7 -. 9 -. the Adjustment
£17-1 - -..
At Said meeting the Selectmen Gave ordr. to the Treafurer to Pay as followeth (viz) To the Revd: Mr. Seth Storer £66-13- 4- for his Salary for the year Past And Ten Pounds To Mr. Jofiah Swan for keeping the School the third Quarter-And to Mr. John Remington One Shilling and One penny for Sundries found Mr. Sam11. Coollidge And to be Charged to him ye. Said Coollidge-And to Sam11. Fisk-Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and two pence for keeping Mary Hackelton (a poor Child) to this Day At Eighteen shillings (old Ten P-week-P ord'. of the Selectmen-
[166] At A Gen]: Town Meeting of the Freeholdrs. and other Inhabts : of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled At the Publick Meeting houfe in Sd. Town March the 6th. A D. 1758
Voted And Chose Josiah Convers Efq'. Moderator for Said Meeting.
Voted and chose for Selectmen
Jofiah Convers. Efq'. Sam": Fisk.
Mr. Amos Bond. En". Jonathan Bemis. Capt. Nathaniel Coollidge
Voted and Chofe Sam11. Fisk Town Clerk.
Voted and Chose Mr. Nathaniel Harrington Town Treafurer. Voted and Chose Mr. Jonathan Brown Jun'. first Conftable but was Excufed by a Vote
Voted And Chofe for Conftables Jonas White Moses Stone.
Voted and Chofe for the first Afsefsor. Sam11. Fisk.
Voted And Adjourned the Meeting and the Remaining Bufinefs thereof to Monday Next at Nine o'Clock in the forenoon to this Place-
At A Gen1: Town Meeting on Monday the thirteenth Day of March A D. 1758 P Adjournment.
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Voted And Chofe two Afsefsors (viz) Nathaniel Stone
Thos: Saltmarsh Voted And Chofe John Coggin Sealer of Leather-
Voted And Chofe for Fenceviewers Jonathan Child.
Jonathan Learned
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of Highways Simon Whitney
Robert Learned Thos. Clark-
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen John Stearns.
Abijah Brown
Voted And Chofe for Hogrieves
Joseph Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Deerieves Thos: Saltmarsh Smith Prentice
Voted and Chofe for Surveyer & meafurer of Timber Board Plank Slitwork &c
Jonas Coollidge Robert Learned
Daniel Pierce
Voted & Chofe for Hawards or Field Drivers
John Warrin
Voted And Chofe for Gager of Casks Smith Prentice
Voted and Chofe for Culler of Hoops and Staves
S
Sam1. Cook
Smith Prentice.
Voted and Chofe Jedididiah Spring Saxton to be paid by two Contrabutions as ufual
[167] The Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town that Swine Should Run at large the Enfewing Year and the Vote past in the Negative
Then the Town Treafurers Accounts were Read and the Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept the Sd. Accounts
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted & Appropriated the Interest money coming to the Town the prefent Year the year beginning the Eleventh of December Last. as followeth (viz) Five shillings and Eight pence to the School and the Remainder to ye. Miniftry
Voted and Granted -£66-13-4- for A Salary for the Revd: Mr. Seth Storer for the Enfewing Year-the Interest money Appropriated for that ufe to Be part of Said Sum-
Voted And Granted £30 -..-.. for the Suport of the School the Enfewing Year
Voted And Granted 15 -..- -.. for the Support of the Poor the Enfewing year.
Voted And Granted £6 -..-.. for Repair's of the Great Bridge -- Then the Accounts of thofe Perfon's to whome the Town is Indebted was Read to the Town Amounting to the Sum of £17-1 -.. Voted Accepted & Allowed And Granted the Sum of £11-1 -..- to pay sd. accounts-which with the Six pounds
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Granted Last year for the Repairs of the Great Bridge make sd. Sum
Voted And Granted £26-13-4-To mend the High ways and Town ways the Prefent Year-Voted & Chofe the Surveyers of Highways Collectors of the Highways Rat[e]
Voted that the Price of Labour be the Same it was the Last year in working out sd rate
Then Several Late Conftable's pleaded Abatement of Some perfons rates in their Lists
The Town Voted and Abated Edwd: Edd's Rates in Conftable Learneds Lists of ..- 10-10-
And Alfo Abated Sd. Edd's Rates in Conftable
Bemis's Lists of ..- 16 -..- 2
And Granted the like Sum to Supply the Same-
Voted And Abated Henry Spring Jun'- Deceasts Rate in Con- ftable Bonds List of £ ..- 5-6-3
Voted and Abated £ ..- 15-4- In Simon Coollidges Rate in Conftable Sanderfons Lists And the Like Sums Granted to make them Good-
Then the Article was Read to the Town Relating to Samuel Warrin Junrs- Request to the Town for Liberty to Set a small A Building on the Towns Land near to Bisco's Spring or other where, with a few Rods of Ground for Improvemen During the Towns pleafure-And after Debate thereon the Vote was put- whether it be the mind of the Town to Grant the Said warrin his Request And the Vote past in the Affirmative-
Voted to Choose A Comtee- to Set out a piece of Land to Mr. Warrin for the Ends mentioned
Voted And Chofe Jonas Bond Efq'. Mr. John Kemball and Lt. Daniel Whitney for sd. Comtee_
The Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Im- prove Mr. Sam". Coollidge as Schoolmaster the prefent year in cafe he be well and able to manage the School-the Vote past in the Affirmative ---
Then the Comtee- who were Chofen to Sell the farm near wachufet Hill Reported to the Town which is on File
[168] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at Mr. Smith Pren- tices on Monday March 13th- 1758. The Perfons under named took the Oath Refpecting other Governments Bills-The Oath was Administred P John Hunt Efq'.
Josiah Convers Efq'.
Sam1. Fisk
Mr. Amos Bond.
Selectmen
En". Jonathan Bemis
Capt. Nath1: Coollidge
The following Perfons after they had taken the Money Oath
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Were Sworn to the Several offices to which they were Refpect- ively Chofen-(viz)
Sam". Fisk took the Oath of Town Clerk &
Afsefsor.
Nathaniel Harrington the Oath of Town Treafurer
Jonas White the oath of Conftable
Moses Stone the Oath of Conftable.
Thos: Saltmarsh the Oath of Afsefsor & Deerieve
Nathaniel Stone the Oath of Afsefsor- John Coggin the Oath of Sealer of Leather
Jonathan Learned the Oath of Fenceviewer Jonathan Child the Oath of Fenceviewer. Robert Learned the Oath of Surveyer of Highways ; Meafurer of Timber. & Bord Plank &c-And Collector-
Thos: Clark A the Oath of Surveyer of Highways & Collector-
Simon Whitney the Oath of Tythingman
John Stearns the Oath of Tythingman
Abijah Brown the Oath of Hogrieve
Joseph Coollidge the Oath of Hogrieve Jonas Coollidge the Oath of Surveyer & meafurer of Timber &c
Smith Prentice the Oath of Gauger of Casks &
Culler of Hoops & Staves And Deerieve- Sam". Cook Culler of Hoops & Staves.
[169] At the Meeting of the Selectmen on the 13th- of March Last mentioned They Ordered the Clark to Isue out a Warrant to Warn Daniel Parkhust. And Martha His wife & their four Children (viz) Martha, Ruth-Catherine & Daniel Immediatly to Depart out of Watertown they Refufing to Re- ceive them As Inhabitants,-Sd. Parkhust & Familie Refide in Col': Brindleys Houfe-they came Last from Cambridge, About the 20th .- Of April Last as the Selectmen Are Inform'd-A War- want was Issued out Accordingly-on the Next day And the Conftable did the Service the Day following Attt. S. Fisk Clerk- At Said Meeting the Selectmen Ordered Sam". Fisk to Get Some Clothing for Mary Hackelton who is at his Houfe, and charge it to the Town in cafe Her Relations Dont help her to some in a few Days-
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr. Smith Prentice Inhold'. on Monday the 3d. of April AD. 1758. they Agreed with Capt. John Tainter to keep the Widw- Webb. for the Space of One Year (if She Survive) At three Shillings and Nine Pence Pr. Week And to be Allow'd. for Extraordinaries .-
Sworn by John Hunt Efqr
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At Said Meeting Agreed that Mr. John Cook be Defired to take care of the Great Bridge
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers of the Highways their Districts As followeth (viz) Mr. Thomas Clark to have the East part of the Town And to mend the Roads therein And the Road under the Rocks to the Corner by Mr. Jofeph Harringtons And alfo the Road by Mr. Kemballs to Mr. Jonas Barnards Corner-Mr. Robert Learned to have the West part of the Town And to mend the Roads therein and the Road that Leads by the Meeting houfe over the Hill to Kemballs Corner .- Agreed that Jofeph Coollidge have Liberty to take up the young Apletrees in the Burying place, in cafe He take up alfo the Brierbufhes & keep up the Walls.
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clerk to Sign Orders in their Name to the Town Treafurer to Pay (Or ordr.) £9-12-4- To Capt. John Tainter for Boarding the Widw .. Webb. from April 2d. 1757-to April-2d. 1758-And for Ex- traordinaries Procured for Her-And Alfo to Give out Afsignmts. to the Conftables to Pay the Town Creditors their Accts. Allowed & Granted at the Last Town Meeting.
The School being Vacant the Selectmen at the abovesSd. meet- ing Determined to make Enquiries at the Colledge And Elsewhere for a Suitable perfon to keep the Grammer & English School in Town As Soon as may be
Agreed to meet againe on Monday Next at five oClock Afternoon at this place
At. A Meeting of the Selectmen at Mr. Prentices on Munday the 10th- Day of April A D-1758-They with the Afsent of John Hunt & Nath1: Harris Efqrs- Bound out Mary Hackelton (who hath for some time been A Town Charge) To Mr. Eben". Stone Jun'. till She Arive at the Age of Eighteen Years-Sd. Stone to have Two Pounds Thirteen Shillings & Four Pence with the Said Mary .- At Sd.
[170] At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown at Mr. Smith Prentices Inholdr. on Munday the Seventeenth Day of April. 1758-they Agreed with Mr. Thoms: Phips to keep the Grammer & English School in Said Town for the Space of one Quarter of a Year for Ten pounds Lawfull money Sd. M. Phips to Board & Provide for himfelf-Agreed that the School Should begin on Monday the 24th .. Inftant
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Sam": Fisk on the Eighth Day of May AD. 1758. They having Rec'd A Precept for the Choofing A Reprefentative they Agreed upon A Town Meeting for that Purpose to be on The Fifteenth Day of this A
Month of may at one o Clock afternoon
A
at the Publick meeting houfe
in Said Town.
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And alfo Agreed upon another Town Meeting to be on the Same Day at Two of the Clock afternoon for the Ends following- (viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2) For the Town to make Addition to the list of Jurors or take off from the Same As the Town Shall think proper-(3) To Hear the Report of the Comtee. Chofen to Sell Land Belonging to the Town-&c Directed the Clerk to Issue out warrants for the sd. meetings. who did it accordingly-Attt. Sam11: Fisk Clerke-
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Monday the Fifteenth Day
(viz) Henry Bond Thaddeus Bond & Eben - Stedson, Refiding in Watertown
of May A D. 1758. Three Perions A having mani- fested their Defires of the priveledge of Voteing in Elections in Sd. Town the Selectmen Confented to Admit them inhabitants of Said Watertown,
At A Gen1: Town Meeting of the Freeholdrs .. and other Inhabts : of Watertown Qualifyed to vote in the Choice of A Rep- refentative. Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe in Said Town on Monday the Fifteenth Day of May A D. 1758. After the warrant was Read the Selectmen Directed the In- habitants to bring in their Votes which being Done, the Selectmen Sorted an Counted the Votes and it apeared to them that there was no Perfon Chofen-Declaration was made-Accordingly- the Day being Spent, A motion was made and Seconded, where- upon the Vote was put-whether it be the mind of the Town that the meeting Should be Adjourned to A further time- Refolved in the Negative.
-the Day being Spent Confequently the Bufinefs of the Second meet- A ing of the Said Day Drop't of Courfe
To the Selectmen of Watertown-
Genn- This may Certify that we the Subscribers have Afses't the Ratable Polls and Eftates of Watertown in the Sum of £26-13-
Afsefsors Certificate to ye
4-Granted to mend the Highway and have Com- mitted Lists of said Rate or Afsefsmt to the Several Surveyers of Highways who are alfo Collectors (viz)
Selectmen
To Robert Learned £14-1-5-3- And To Thomas Clark £12-11-10-2-with Lawfull Warrants to Collect the same or see that it be faithfully work't out in Mend- ing the ways Agreable to ye. vote of the Town So as to Com- pleat the Same & make up with the Selectmen at or before ye. 30th. of Novr. 1758-
Sam1. Fisk Thos: Saltmarsh
Afsefsors of Watertown
Nathan !: Stone
Watertown April 13. 1758.
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[171] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr. Smith Prentice Innholdr- On Tuesday July 11-1758-Taking into Confideration the Poor Circumftances of the French Nutral Familie in this Town. Determined that they Should be Supplied with four Shillings worth of Provifions every week till further order-And accordingly Defired Mr. Smith Prentice to Deal it out to them as there shall be Occation.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr. Amos Bond. on Friday the 28th. of July 1758. They Agreed with Mr. Thos: Phips prefent Schoolmaster to keep the School Another Quarter of a Year (to begin on the Monday following) for ten pounds Lawfull money.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at Mr. Smith Prentices-Augt. 28. 1758 having Confidered the List of Licenced Perfons in Watertown Confented that they should have their Licences Re- newed the Prefent Year-
At the Request of Mr. Edward Richardson they Approbated Him for A Tavernkeeper in the Houfe that was formerly Dr. Wellington's. and Recommended him Accordingly-
At Said Meeting Mr. Joseph Coollidge inform'd the Select- men that the widw. Maddocks hath been with him for some time and Signifyed that he should Expect Three shillings and four pence Pr. week from
A Town for his providing for her- while She tarries with him to which the Selectmen Confented.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Great Bridge in Water- town On Munday the 12th. Day of Sepr. 1758-Upon Viewing Sd. Bridge they found Some of the Timbers very Defective Per- ticulerly Several of the Butments that Support the String pieces in the middle Pier-
Agreed that Mr. John Cook who hath the care of the Bridge be Defired to procure the Timbers and other meterials and Do the work-Defired Mr. Bemis to Afsist in the Affair. of Re- pairing Sd. Bridge-
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr. Jonathan Bemis On Thisday the 26th- of Octobr .. 1758-They agreed to Hire Mr. Thos: Phips to keep the School another Quarter at the Price he hath kept hitherto. Defired Sam": Fisk to give him Notice thereof, and alfo to Defire him to notify the School Children to bring money for Buying of wood for the School- (viz) Five shillings old Ten'. Each-Alfo agreed that the School- houfe Glafs and Roof Should be Mended And the Irons of the Frame the Bell of the Meetinghoufe hang upon should be re- paired-Defired Sam11: Fisk to get Said Repairs done-At Said Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clark to give an ordr .. to the Treafurer to Pay-Fifteen Shillings and ten pence one Farthing
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to Nathan Coollidg for Sundries procured and Services done for his Uncle Sam": Coollidge in the Years 1756-And-1757-to be Charged to Said Sam": Coollidge-
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Capt. Nath1: Coollidge on the 7th- Day of Decem'. 1758-They Gave Ordr. to the Clerk to Issue out Warrants to Warn one George Trent- And Margret Gardner to Depart the Town-The Selectmen Refusing to Admit them as Inhabitants-the Said Margret. Came Last from Boston And the sd. Trent is a roving Perfon they came into Town About the Moneth of June Last and Refide in the Houfe of the Widw- Elifebeth Prentice As the Selectmen are in form'd-
[172] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Mr. Smith Pren- tices Inhold'. on Thirsday the 21st .. of Decem'- A D. 1758- They having Notice of the Death of the Widw. Deliverence Webb -who hath for some time been a Town Charge-They Deter- min'd that her Funeral Should be the Day following-And that Mr. David Bemis be Defired to Make her Coffin-And that there be Six pair of Gloves Procured for the Bearers and one for the Minister- and that the two Women who laid out the Corpes should have a Reward Equal to a Pair of Gloves Each Agreed alfo that the Corpes be carryed to the Grave upon a Chair-De- fired Mr. Bemis one of the Selectmen to Procure a Horse and Chair for that Purpose-And that John Tainter Jun'. be De- fired to Drive the Chair and Afsist at the Funeral-And to be rewarded for his Trouble-
At Said Meeting the . Selectmen Defired Mr. John Cook who hath the Infpection of the Great Bridge to Collect and Secure the Old Planks that belong to said Bridge-
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Defired Mr. Smith Prentice to let the French Familie live in the best Room in His Houfe out of which Mr. Wm- Sanger lately Removed, the Selectmen Promis- ing him Reafonable Rent for it the time they should Dwell there, To which Mr. Prentice Confented- They Alfo Defired Mr. John Cook to Procure wood and other Necefsaries to the Amount of Fifty shillings Old Ten'. Pr. Week for sd. French people till further Ordr-
At Said Meeting the Selectmen having Recd: An Ordr. from Daniel Parkhurst Dated Nov. 28. 1758-To Pay Or Ordr- his Rates to be Cros't in Conftable Sanderfons Lists amounting to the Sum of Twelve shillings and Three pence One Farthing And alfo to pay Two pounds Thirteen shillings and Four Pence to Sam": Fisk of Watertown in full Discharge of his Acct- Relating to the Widw- Maddocks for Trouble Provifion & Houfe Rent- Which Ordr- the Selectmen Recd. And Accepted, And According- ly Directed the Clark to sign an order in their Name to the
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Town Treafurer to Pay Twelve Shillings and Three pence one Farthing to Mr. Isaac Sanderfon upon his Crofsing the Sd. Parkhursts Rates in his Lists, And alfo to Pay Two Pounds Thirteen shillings and Four Pence to Sam11. Fisk in full Discharge of Said Parkhursts Acct-
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Mr. Smith Prentices Innholdr- on Friday the 16 of Februy. A D-1759. They Directed the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the several Conftables for A Gen1. Town Meeting to be On Munday the Fifth Day of March Next at nine o Clock in the forenoon at the Publick Meet- inghoufe in said Town for the Ends following viz (1) To Choose a Moderator of Sd. Meeting-(2) To Choose Town Officers (3) To Choose a Saxton and Agree how he shall be paid for his Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know the mind of the Town whether Swine shall run at Large the Enfewing Year (6) To Hear the Town Treafurers Accts- and pafs upon them (7) For the Town to Appropriate the Interest money Coming to the Town the prefent Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Decem'. Last (8) To Grant a Salary for the Revd. Mr. Seth Storer the Enfewing Year, the year beginning the first of March Next (9) To Grant Money for the Support of the School (10) To Grant money for the support of the poor the Enfewing year-(11) To Grant money for. Repairing the Great Bridge the prefent year-(12) To Hear the Acct's of thofe persons to whome the Town is indebted and Grant money to satisfye them (13) To Grant money (If they See fit) To mend their Highways and Town ways the Enfewing year & Choose their Surveyers of Highways to be Collectors of the Highway Rate And for the Town to Determin the price of Labour in working out the Same-(14) For the Town to hear the please of any Late Conftable's for Abatement of Any Per- ticuler Perfons Rates in their Lists-And for the Town to Act their pleafure thereon (15) For the Town to make Addition to the List of perfons they may Judge propper to Serve as Jurimen or take off from the Sd. List as they shall think propper-(16) To know the mind of the Town whether for the time to come they will have A moving School to be kept in two or more places in The Town and for the Town to act their pleafure thereon (17) To Hear the Report of their Comtee- Chofen to sell Land belonging to the Town and purchafe a ministerial place-And alfo to Notify thofe perfons to whome the Town is Indebted to bring their Accts .. to the Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr. Smith prentice Innhold. On Friday the Second Day of March next in ordr. to be Laid before the Town
-Notify
[173] Notify alfo the Survayers of Highway's who are Col- lectors that have not made up with the Selectmen To bring their
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accts. to make up with the Selectmen at Sd. Time & place-War- rants were Issued out Accordingly Pr. S. Fisk Town Cler-
At Said Meeting Agreed to meet with the Selectmen of Weston & Waltham At Mr. Richard Cuttings in Waltham on Thirsday the 22d. of Feby. Inftant at two o Clock afternoon in Ordr. to Adjust the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown-Letters were Sent to the Selectmen of Weston & Waltham to notify them thereof Sign'd pr. Ordr. of the Select- men-Pr. Sam1. Fisk Town Cler-
At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston and Waltham At Mr. Richard Cuttings in Waltham on Thirsday the 22d. of Feby: A D. 1759 in Ordr. to Adjust and proportion the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown which hath Arifen since the Adjustment Novr. 14-1757-which is as fol- loweth-viz
To John Cook for Work and Meterials for Sd.
Bridge -£3-13-6-
To Jonas Coollidge for Timber and Plank for
Said Bridge
5 -. 4-10 -.
To Capt. Edwd. Harrington for Labour at Sd ..
Bridge
To Smith Prentice
To Jedidiah Spring & Nathan1. Sanger 6/. Each
To Jonathan Learned for Labour at Said Bridge ..-. 8 -..-.
To Enfn- Jonathan Bemis for work Done at Said Bridge
To Benja. Felton for Labour at Sd. Bridge
8-3 -9 -
The Sum to be Adjusted is-£19-4 -4
Of which Charge Watertowns Part is £7-1 -8 Weston's part is 5-12-6 Walthams Ditto 6-10-2
19-44-
Which Adjustment was Signed by the Selectmen of said Towns at the Meeting Aforesaid as followeth-
Samll. Livermore - Selectmen of Waltham
Sam". Fisk. Jonathan Bemis Amos Bond- Abraham Bigelow --- Braddyll Smith Henry Spring- Wm- Whitney- John Warrin-
1 Selectmen of Watertown
John Dix- Isaac Stearns
Selectmen of Weston.
Jacob Biglow. -
..- 6 -. 8 -. ..- 3 -. 7 -. -12 -.. -
..- -6 -8 -. ..- 5 -4 - To James Stimson for Timber and Plank for Sd. Bridge
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At Sd. Meeting the Selectmen of Watertown gave Mr. James Stimson an Ordr. for Six pounds Thirteen shillings and Four pence one Farthing-on the Town Treafurer of Weston which is the whole Sum that Weston ows to Watertown on the Affair of the Bridge-of which Sd. Stimson gave a Receipt-
At Said Meeting the Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham agreed to meet at Mr. Saltmarshes at Watertown on Tuesday the 27th .. Inftant in ordr- to Adjust the Charge of supporting the widw- Webb-now Dect-Appointed Jonathan Bemis and Sam11. Fisk of Watertown And Mr. John Dix & Dea. Stearns of Wal- tham to go to Capt. Tainters and take an Inventory of the things Left by sd. widw- Webb-And Dispose of them.
[174] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham at Mr. Thos: Saltmarshes in Watertown Feb-27- 1759-They Adjusted and proportioned the Charge of Support- ing the Widw- Webb-which hath Arifen Since the Last Adjust- ment thereof which was Nov- 18-1757-And alfo the Charge of her Funeral-The Charge to be Adjusted is as followeth (viz)
To Capt. Tainter for Boarding the widw- Webb from the 12-of Nov. 1757-to the Second of April-1758 Twenty Weeks at 3/7-14-Pr week £3-12-& for Extraordnaries
£3-14
To the Said Capt. Tainter for Boarding the Said Widw- Webb from the 2d- of Ap1. 1758. to the 20th- of Decem'- following at which time She Deceast
Thirty Seven weeks and three Days at 3/9-p week £7-15 -- 5 And for Extraordinaries and the trouble of her
Funeral ..- 15 -..
To M'. David Bemis for her Coffin 8/ And to the Saxton 3/4 ..- 11-4
To the Other Charges of her Funeral ..- 17-4
£13-13-1
To be Reducted £1-13-1- for Sundries Left by Said Widw- .1-13-1
Remains to be Adjusted between Sd. Towns --- £12 -..-.
Watertowns Province Tax- 300 -..- 9.
Walthams Ditto -- 280-2-6-
Watertowns part of Sd. Charge is £6-4-1
Walthams Ditto Due to Watertown 5-15-11
12 -.. -..
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Watertown Feb. 27-1759. The foregoing Charge Adjusted And Sign'd P. us-
Isaac Stearns. 1 Selectmen of
Jacob Biglow.
John Dix.
Waltham
Sam": Fisk. Jonathan Bemist Amos Bond.
Selectmen
of
Watertown
[175] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the House of Mr. Smith Prentice on Friday the 2ª. Day of March A D. 1759. to Receive the Accts .. of thofe Perions to whome the Town is in- debted in ordr. to their being Laid before the Town At their Next Meeting-The Accts. are as followeth (viz)
To Nathaniel Harrington for Serving Treafurer
ye. Year Past £2-13-4
To Thos. Saltmarsh for Serving Afsefsor for the Year Past ..- 16 -..
To Nathanael Stone for Serving Afseisor the Year Past ..- 16 -.. To Sam". Fisk for serving Afsefsor for ye. Year £ ..- 16 -.. And for Returning & Entring Seven Cautions 2/. each
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