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First to Choofe a Moderator for sd Meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen a Town-Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers Required by Law to be Chofe in ye Month of March annually (3) To Chofe a Saxton and agree how he Shall be paid for his Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafury (5) To know ye minde of the town Whether Swine Shall Run at Large ye Enfueing year (6) To Choofe a Commtt. to Examin the Treafurers accounts & to pafs any votes on them they may think proper (7) For the town to appropriate the Intereft money Coming to them ye prefent Year ye Year begining ye Eleventh day of December Last past (8) To Grant a Sallary for ye Revd m' Seth Storer for ye year Enfueing the year Begin- ing ye First day of March Next (9) To grant money for the Support of the School (10) To grant money for the Support of ye poor (11) To grant money for Repairing the great Bridge (12) To Hear the Accounts of thofe perfons the town is In- debted to & grant money to pay the Same (13) To grant money to Repair the High-ways & Town-ways if ye town think proper and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of ye High-way Rate And Determin the price of Labour in working out sd Rate (14) To Hear ye Pleas of ye prefent or late Conftables for abateing any perticular Perfons Rates in their Lists & for ye Town to act their pleafure Thereon (15) To know the minde of the town whether they will Choofe a Committe to Confirm a Deed which was given to Richard King in ye Year 1742 which was Signed by the towns Comtt. but was Never Acknowledged And the Commit.
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being Since all Dead but one and for the town to act their pleafure thereon (16) To know the minde of the town whether they will purchafe the Two acres of Land (So Called) of Stephen Harris if they Can agree upon a price Said land to be Improved for Such Ufes's as the town Shall think proper and for the town to act any thing on the affair they may think proper-
(17)
[252] (17) For the town to Hear the Report of the Com- mitte that were Chofen last year to Examin into the affair of m" Smith Prentice & John Hunt Esq' on account of its being Sup- posed that sd Prentice had Taken money out of ye Province Treafury which belonged to m' Hunt And for the town to act any thing further on the affair they may think proper-Likewife to Notify ye Town Creditors to bring in their accounts to ye Selectmen at the Houfe of ye wido Mary Learned on Thursday the first Day of March Next at Two of the Clock in the after- noon-
A Warrant was Issued out Accordingly Dated ye Same Day Attest Jona Brown Town Clerk
At this Meeting ye Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay ye Revd m' Seth Storer ye Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 Which was Granted for His Sallary for ye prefent year alfo ye Sum of Nineteen Shillings & one penny to m' Moses Stone which he Expended on Cloathing for Sam"! Coollidge & the Wido Warrin & the Sum of Twenty pounds to m' Marfhal Spring in part for keeping the School ye prefent Year And the Sum of Six Shillings to Lt. Daniel Whitney for Labour at ye School-Houfe the last Year which was omitted before
They Agreed that m' Moses Stone procure Sam" Coollidge a pair of Stockings & a Shirt and bring in his accoutt- at their Next Meeting Alfo agreed that m' John Kemball procure one Bufhel of Rie & one Bufhel of Indian Meal for Sam" Mafons wife and a Load of wood if he thinks it Needfull, They ordered ye Clerk write an order on ye Selectmen of Wefton to pay mª r Jonas Harrington Jun the Sum of 2 : 18 : 5 : 1 for 292 feet of plank which he Brot. to the great Bridge -
[253] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen on ye first Day of March Anno Domini 1764 at the Houfe of the wido Mary Learned The Perfons which kept the poor Brot. in their ac- counts to the Selectmen which are as follows (Viz)
M' Nathaniel Stone brot. in an account for Boarding the wido Lydia Warrin from ye 4 Day of March 1763 to ye 8 day of April following & for footing a pair of Stockings - -
- . 1=10=0 Alfo Mr Mofes Stone Brot. in an account of Sundry things which he procured for Samuel Coollidge which Come to .
0 : 12 : 2 : 2
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And m' Nathaniel Harrington brot. in an account for things which he Bought for Mary Coollidge and a Lock for ye Shool houfe. 0 : 14 : 6 : 1
Likewife m' Simon Coollidge Brot. in an account for Boarding ye Wido Lydia Warrin from April ye eight 1763 to march ye 4 : 1764 it it being 47 weeks at
5/7 : 2 farthing Pr week 13 :4 :4:2
and for a Hankercheif 9/2q & for Mending
Cloaths & Nurfing in Sicknefs 6/
0 :6 : 9 : 2
Total- 13 :11 :2:0
And m' David Coollidge brot. in an account for what he had done for Samuel Coollidge which Comes to . . A 10:13:9- And Mr Isaac Sanderfon Brot. in an account of what he had Boarded the wido Mary Maddox and her Daughter Ruth & for a pair of Shoes for Sam"! Coollidge & a pair for Mary Coollidge ye whole -- 2 : 10 : 10 : 1 And Joseph Coollidge Brot. in an account for Boarding Samuel Coollidge from ye 25 Day of Oct. 1763 to Febry. ye 28: 1764 it being Eighteen Weeks at 4/1 pr week and footing a pair of Stocking 3 : 13 : 0
Thomas Learned Brot in an acctt. for Boarding ye wido Mary Maddox from April ye : 4 : 1763 to Febry. ye. 29. 1764 being 47 weeks. at 24/6 pr week old Tenor which makes 57 : 11=6 in L M it is 7 :13 :6 :2 And Jonas Bearned brot. in his acctt. for Boarding Mary Cool- lidge from March ye 4 day 1763 to Febry. 27 : 1764 it being Fifty one Weeks at 9/1 Pr week and for Tobacco 25/ Shillings old Tenor Which Sums in Lawfull money is -3 : 4 : 6 : 2 Likewife m' Joseph Wellington brot. in an acctt for Boarding Sam" Coollidg two weeks at 6/8 Pr week . 0 :13 : 4
The Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer 44 : 17 : 9 to pay thefe account ammountting to ye Sum of
[254] At Said Meeting ye Selectmen being Informed that one Anna Cox was Come to Dwell in Watertown at ye Houfe of Samuel Sanger Who Came last from Waltham into town on ye fourteenth Day of June Last past Alfo yt a Child was at ye Houfe of Samuel Warrin Which Came Last from Bofton in ye County of Suffolk about the Seventh Day of June last past which Child is known By the Name of Rebecca Hill, And one Sufanna Newton who Came last from South-borough in ye County of Worcefter the Ninteenth Day of July Last past to Dwell at ye Houfe of m' Samuel Jenifon jun A their Circumftances being Such that the Selectmen Refufe to accept them to be In- habitants of Watertown they ordered ye Clerk to Issue out a
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Warrant Directed to ye Conftable to warn them out of town A Warrant was Issue'd out accordingly and ye Service don ye Warrant Returned and Caution Entered march Court
Attt Jona Brown Town Clerk
The following Accounts were Received by ye Selectmen from Such perfons as ye Town is Indebted in order to their being laid Before ye Town (Viz)
To L' Daniel Whitney for Houfe Room for ye french family : 2 : 13=4 to Simon Haftings for Labour &c on ye minifter-
ial place - 0 : 5=0
to Nathan Coollidge for Stones for a Bridge --- 0 = 9=0 to Thomas Learned for Boarding Ruth Maddox- 1 : 4=0
to Benjn Felton for Labour & Meterials at ye Great Bridge 1 : 2 :6
to Daniel Sawin for a gate for ye Burying place & Stones for a Bridge- 0 : 8 :0 to Daniel Bond for Cash paid Doctr. Beals for mary Preist . 0 : 10 : 4
to Jona Brown for Service as Treafurer & afsefsor last Year : 3 : 9 : 4
to John Kemball for Serving afsefsor & a Lock for Sam1 Coollidge. 0 :17 : 9 : 3
to Mofes Stone for Serving afsefsor ye Year past 0 : 16 : 0
11 :15:3:3 To Nehemiah Mafon for Serving Conftable &c- 1 : 2 : 0 : 0 To Capt Edward Harrington for Stones for a Bridge 0 : 4 :-
To Isaac Sanderfon for Serveing Conftable - 0 :10 :-
13:11:3:3
the three Last added at town Meeting
[255] At a Genr" Town Meeting of ye freeholders & other Inhabtants of Watertown Quallified to vote in town affairs Regularly Afsembled & Meet at ye Publick Meeting-Houfe in sd Town on Monday the fifth Day of March Ann. Domini 1764 for the Choife of town officers & Tranfacting other affairs Mentioned in ye Warrant
Voted & Chofe M' Nath' Stone Moderator for Said Meeting
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen-
Mr John Kemball M' John Child M' Nath1 Stone Mr Nath1 Harrington Mr Mofes Stone
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Voted & Chofe Jona Brown Town Clerk Voted & Chofe Jona Brown Town Treafurer M' John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors Jona Brown Mr Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables m' Joseph Child & m" Daniel Bond who Informed ye Town that they had agreed with m' Jona Stone to Serve in their Room if the town would accept him to Serve for both
Voted and accepted sd Stone to Serve Conftable
Voted & Chofe for Wardens m' David Bemis & m' Samuel Whitney
Voted & Chofe for Sealer of Leather m' Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe for fence Viewers mifurs Oliver Livermore & Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of High-ways mifurs. Richard Clark & Wm. Bond
Voted & Chofe Tything Men m' John Chenery & m' Eben' Studfon
Voted & Chofe for Hogrieves mifsrs James Vila & Sam" Benjamin Voted & Chofe for Deerrieves mifsrs Thomas Pattin & Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber &c mifsrs Bez11, Learned & Nath' Coollidge Jur
Voted & Chofe Howards Jona Coollidge Goding & Joseph Coollidge
Voted & Chofe Clerks of ye Market mifsrs. Eben' Studfon & Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Gager of Cask m' John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for Cullars of Hoops & m' Bez1 Learned
Staves &c
m' Sam" Cook
Voted & Chofe Surveyor of Wheat m' Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe Saxton m' Simon Haftings
Voted to pay ye Saxton by two Contrebutions as Ufual
Voted that Swine be Keept in this Year-
[256] Voted & Chofe for a Committe to Examin ye Treafr acctts_
- m' John Kemball m' Mofes Stone m' Nath' Harrington
Voted to appropriate ye Intereft money Comeing to ye Town as it was last year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to ye School & ye Reft to ye Minifter -
Voted & Granted ye Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 for a Sallary for ye Revd Mr Seth Storer ye Enfueing Year ye Intereft money appro- priated to that Ufe to be part of sd Sum ye Remainder to be afsest Voted & Granted for the Support of ye School. ye Sum of £30 Voted & Granted for ye Support of ye poor ye Sum of . 50 Voted & Granted for Repairs of ye Great Bridge 3
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Voted & Granted to mend ye High-ways &c - 40 Voted & Chofe ye Surveyors of High-ways Collectors of sd High-way Rate
Voted that the Price of Labour in working out sd Rate be as it was last Year ---
The accounts of thofe perfons to whome ye Town Is Indebted were Read to ye Town and were all allowed but three Shillings in Nathan Coollidges & granted ye Sum of £13 : 8 : 3 : 3 to Sattiffy the Same
Voted and abated In Conftable Benjn Feltons Lists James Hays £ d
S q
Rates & granted ye Sum of 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : to make it good alfo abated in Conftable Jonª Stones lists sd James Hays Rates and Granted the Sum . 0 : 14 : 1 : 1 to make it good and abated in sd Stones Lists Wm. Godings Rates and granted the Sum of -0 : 13 : 11 : 3 to make it good alfo abated in Conftabl Nehemiah Mafons lists part of Samuel Mafons Rates and granted ye Sum of £1 : 11 : 3 : 1 to make it good. And abated in Conftable Thomas Harringtons lists William Godings Rates & granted ye Sum of 0 : 18 : 8 : 1 to make it good
Then the Sixteenth article was Read and m' Stephen Harris being prefent and the Question being asked him what he would take for the Land Mentioned in sd article and Informed ye town yt 35 pounds was what he would take and after Confideration thereon it was put to Vote whether the town will give sd Sum of £35 pounds for sd land and it past in the
Negative
[257] Then a Motion was made & Seconded, and ye Vote was put Whether it is ye mind of ye Town to Choofe a Comtt. to Treat with m' Stephen Harris further about Said Land and it past in the Negative-
Then the Seventeenth Article was Read and ye Comtt Men- tioned in Said article made Verbal Report that they had Received the Sum of 13 : 6 : 4 out of the Province Treafury & Deliver'd it to the town Treafurer for ye Ufe of John Hunt Esq™ --
The Bufinefs of ye Meeting being over the Meeting was Difsolv'd-
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of ye wido Mary Learned on the Said fifth Day of March See Page ye (255) after the Selectmen with the other town officers which were Chofen to Serve ye town ye Enfueing Year had taken the Oath Relateing to other Govnts. Bills ye Several officers (Except m' John Kemball as Gager of Cask) were Sworn to the faithfull Difcharge of their Several Refpective offices -
By John Hunt Justice Peace And the Selectmen appointed to Meet again on Monday Next
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at this place at one of ye Clock afternoon in order to put out the poor for ye Year Enfueing-
[258] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of ye Wido Mary Learned on the . . 12 Day of March Anno Domini 1764- In order to put out the poor for ye prefent Year-
The Selectmen Agreed with m' Jonas Bearned to take Care of Mary Coollidge & Board her for one Year if She lives at the Rate of thirteen Shillings old Tenor Pr Week-Alfo with Mr Simon Coollidge to Board the Wido Lydia Warrin and take Care of her for one Year at the Rate of thirty four Shillings pr Week old Tenor And with m' Thomas Learned to Board the wido Mary A
Maddox one Year at the Rate of 24/6 old Tenor Pr Week A Likewife with m' Jonathan Coollidge Goding to take Care of Samuel Coollidge and Board him one Year at the Rate of Thirty Seven Shillings & Six old Tenor pr week-
And the Several Perfons are to be taken Care of
A as abovesd without any further allowance let their Circumftances be what they will (Except in Case of Sicknefs)-
And ye Selectmen at this Meeting Agreed with m' Joseph Coollidge to take Care of & Board Ruth Maddox from this Day till may Meeting Next at the Rate of 4/6 old Tenor Pr Week leet her Circumftances be what they will-
At this meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafur- er to pay m' John Mirick of Weston the Sum of 2 : 6 : 0 in full for 230 feet of planck which he Brot. to the great Bridge. And the Sum of five Shillings to m' Daniel Sawin for a pair of Shoes Which he procured for Ruth Maddox.
S And the Sum of
d
£13 : 6 : 4 to John Hunt Esq' for What he Did for the french Family Which Sum was allow'd by the Gov. & Council & was Drawn out of ye Province Treafury
[259] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of Jona Brown on Tuefday ye: 20 Day of March Anno Domini 1764 They gave ye Surveyors of ye High-ways their Difstricts which are as follows Viz William Bond to mend the Wefterly Part of the Roads in Watertown from ye Meeting-Houfe over the Hill where the old Meeting-Houfe Stood, to M' Kemball's Corner and ye lane from the School-Houfe to Waltham line near ye Houfe of m' Nath! Harrington and all the South to Newton line Mr Richard Clark to mend the Easterly Part of ye Roads as follows (Viz) the Road Under the Rocks from m' Joseph Harringtons to Samuel Warrins from thence to m' Kemballs Corner aforesd and all the Roads east of ye Road that Leads over the Hill to the Meeting-Houfe to Cambridge line
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at this Meeting the afsefsors made Return of their Afsefsing the High-way Rate which is as follows (Viz)
Gentlemen
Watertown March : ye 20: 1764
We the Subfcribers Afsefsors have afsest upon the Ratable Pools & Estates in Watertown the Sum of Forty Pounds ye Grant made ye last march Meet- ing for ye Repairing the High-ways & Town-ways & have Committed lists of ye Same to ye Several Collectors who are alfo Surveyos of ye High-ways (Viz)
afsessor Certificate 1764
To M' William Bond the Sum of - 20 : 9 : 5 and to M' Richard Clark ye Sum of- 19 : 10 : 7 With Warrants to Levy & Collect ye Same or to See that it be faithfully worked out agreable to the Vote of ye Town So as to make up their accounts with the Selectmen of sd town on or before the first day of February Next Enfueing the Date Hereof-
To ye Selectmen-
John Kemball Jonª Brown Mofes Stone
[260] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of the Wido Mary Learned on the 7. Day of May AD 1764- They haveing Recd a precept from ye Sheriff of ye County of Middx Requiring them to Afsemble ye Inhabitants of Watertown to Choofe one or more perfons to Serve for & Reprefent them in a Great & General Court to be held at Concord on ye Thirtieth Day of this Inftant May at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon in Obfervance Whereof they ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant Directed to the Conftable to warn the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in ye Choice of a Representative to afsemble at they Publick Meeting Houfe in Sd Town at two of the Clock afternoon for the purpose afforeSaid And for the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to meet at Sd place at 3 of the Clock on Said Day for ye Ends following (Viz) - - (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2) To Hear ye Report of ye Committe that were Chofen at march meeting last to Examin the Treafurers Accounts and for the town to pafs any Vote or Votes thereon they May think proper (3) For the town to pafs on Upon a list of Juriors that are to be layed before them by the Selectmen (4) To Hear the petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of the town praying the Town to grant them Liberty to Sitt in Some of the Seats in ye front Gallary for the Reafons Settforth in Sd Petition (5) To know the minde of the town whether they will lay Open the way Down to the landing
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Place Near the Islands and for the town to act any thing on the affair they may thing proper
A Warrant was Issued out Accordingly
att" Jona Brown Town Clerk
at this Meeting ye Selectmen Signed an order on ye Treafurer to pay m' Daniel Sawin three Shillings & Nine pence for Board- ing Ruth Maddox -
[261] At this Meeting m' Samuel White Sent in a Noti- fication to ye Selectmen to Inform them that he had taken one Thaddeus Haftings & wife into his Houfe who Came last from Lexington who Came into town the Second Day of this prefent may, Likewife m' Edward Richardfon Sent a Notification to Inform them that he had Recd into his Houfe one William Goding and Family who Came last from Wooburn on ye 17 Day of April last past at this Meeting the Selectmen ordered the Clerk to Issue a warrant to warn one Ruth Worthylake out of town Who Came Last from New London in the Colony of Connecti- cut in the Month of August or September last past
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Publick Meeting-Houfe on the 14 Day of May AD 1764 the Clerk was ordered to give a warrant to the Conftable to warn Benjamin Harris out of town
Warrants were Issued out agreable to ye above orders the Service done and Cautions Entered at may Court Jona Brown Town Cler
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Publick Meeting-Houfe on Monday ye 14 Day of May Anno Domini 1764-
They ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant to Warn one Ruth Worthylake out of Town who Came Last from New-Lon- don in the Colony of Conectticut about the Month of August or September last past
A Warrant was Issued out accordingly and ye Service don and the Caution Entered at may Court
Pr. Jona Brown Town Clerk-
[262] A Gen" Town Meeting of ye freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the Choice of a Representative Regularly afsembled at the publick Meeting-Houfe in sd Town on Monday ye: 14 Day of may AD 1764
The Votes were Called for and Brot. in Sorted & Counted and it appeared that Lt. Daniel Whitney was Chofen to Reprefent ye Town in a Great & Gen" Court appointed to be held and kept for His Majesty's Service at Concord on Wedenfday the Thirtieth Day of this Inftant may-
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At a Gen" Town Meeting of ye freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs Regularly Afsembled at the publick Meeting-Houfe in Said Town on Monday the 14th. Day of May AD. 1764
Voted & Choofe m' Nath" Stone Moderator for sd Meeting
Voted to accept the Committes Report on ye Treafurers Acctts. and that it be Reccorded
Voted & accepted the list of Juriors as Exhibited by the Select- men
Then the Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants praying the town to grant to a Number of Young men & women Some Suit- able Seats in the Meeting to accomodate them for Singing after Confideration thereon it was Voted that the men have Liberty to Sitt in ye Womens front Gallary from the Center to the South-East Corner during ye Towns pleafure-
Likewife Voted to the women Singers ye Gallary from ye East Door to ye South-Eaft Corner During the towns pleafure-
Then it was put to Vote whether ye town will lay open ye way down to the Islands at this time It paist in ye Negative
Put to Vote whether ye Town will act any thing further on the article and it past in ye Negative - -
[263] Watertown March 20th _: 1764
We the Subscribers appointed by the Town to Examine the Town Treafures acctts- upon Examination finde Said acctts- well Voucht and Right Cast
John Kemball Mofes Stone Comtt.
Nath1 Harrington
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of ye Wido. Mary Learned on ye: 25th. Day of May AD 1764-
They Stated ye Afsize of Bread agreable to Wheat at 5/4ª Pr Bufhel & allow'd four pence Pr Bufhel to ye Bakers for their Livelihood &c - - - They Likewife Directed the Clerk to give an Order to Mifsrs. Jonas White and Ebenezer Studion to Receive the Towns Scales and Weights of the last years Clerk's of the Markets -
alfo agreed with m' Marfhal Spring to keep ye School at the Same Rate that he did the last year till further Notice
And Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay him ye Sum of Twenty Pounds which is in full for His keeping the School the last Year
[264] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of ye Wido Mary Learned on ye 12 Day of July AD 1764-
They Ordered ye Clerk to Issue out a warrant Directed to the Conftable to warn one Sarah Learned out of Town Who was
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brot. from Charlstown last in ye month of June She being Under Very poor Circumftances-which accordingly was don ye next day
Pr Jona Brown Town Cler-
At this Meeting they Signed on Order on ye Treafurer to pay £ d S q Nath" Stone 0 : 9 : 9 : 1. for a Shirt which he procured for Samuel Coollidge-they alfo Settled ye Afsize of of Bread at Wheat at 4/6 Pr Bufhel & Six pence Pr Bufhel allow'd to the Baker
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr Thomas Salt- marfh on ye 27: Day of August AD 1764-
The Selectmen Approbated m' Thomas Saltmarfh mrs. Mary Learned & m' Edward Richardfon to be Inholders & John Hunt Esq' and Mifsrs. John Remington Cornelius Waldo & Jonas White to be Retailors
at this meeting ye Selectmen being Informed that ye Wido Hannah Biglo was Came to Refide at the Houfe of ye Wido. Elizabeth Brown who Came last from Waltham on ye Sixth Day of December last past her Circumftances being Such that ye Select- men ordered that if the Selectmen of Waltham do not give Se- curity to Watertown on or before Monday Next that ye Clerk Issue out a Warrat to warn her own of town-They being Like- wife Notified that Jonas White had Received into his Houfe one Betty Wellington & two Children (Viz) one Called Diadama ye other Called Jedidiah White who Came Last from Waltham about ye month of September last past their Circumftances being Such yt ye Selectmen ordered the Clerk Issue out a warrant to warn them out of Town which was don and ye Caution Entered at Concord Court-
[265] The Selectmen at this Meeting Signed an Order on ye Treafurer to pay m' Jonas Berned Nine Shillings which George Adams Recovered of him for Setting Mary Preifts arm - They Appointed to Meet ye Selectmen of Weston & Waltham Next Monday at three of ye Clock afternoon at m' Richard Cuttings in Waltham to Adjust ye Charge ye Charge of ye Great Bridge in Watertown & ordered the Clerk to Notify ye Selectmen of Said towns thereof Which was accordingly don
Pr Jona Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal- tham at the Houfe of m' Richard Cutting in Waltham on ye. 3. Day of September Anno Domini 1764 the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown which had arifen Since ye Last adjustment which was on the thirty first day of August AD. 1763
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Which ammounted to ye Sum of £6 : 3 : 11 : 1 was Propor- tioned & adjusted & Signed by ye Selectmen of ye Three towns See Libr. 2. Page ye (66) in ye Treafury-
At this Meeting ye Selectmen of Watertown Approbated Nathaniel Coollidge Jun'. to be a Retailor of Spiritous Liquors- - - and at this Meeting they Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay Doctor Samuel Danforth the Sum twelve Shillings for
what he did for Ruth Maddox. and Signed ye A accounts against the Several perfons who are Indebted for warning perfons out of town which they Received in -
Monday Sepr. ye 3. 1764 The Selectmen of Waltham not giveing Security to Watertown Relating to ye Wido Hannah Biglo as Mentioned in Page (264) I Issued out a warrant to warn her out of town and the Service was don and the Caution Entered at Concord Court
Attest Jona Brown Town Cle-
[266] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of Mr Edward Richardfon on Fryday ye: 5 day Oct. AD. 1764-
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