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Voted & Chofe for Said Committee }
Sam": Fisk Esq':
Voted to Choofe a Committee to Repair the fence on ye Minifterial Place Agreable to Contract.
Voted & Chofe for Said Committee - -
Sam !: Fisk Esq" m' Jonas White m' David Sanger
Voted to Refer all Grants of money to the Adjournment of the Meeting - Then Voted the fines arifing by Perfons Refusing to Serve in any Town offices the Present year be Appropriated for finifhing the Barrack
Then the Meeting was adjourned to monday the 4 day of June Next 3 o Clock afternoon at this place - --
at a Meeting of the Selectmen m' Samuel Whitney Jun in a
1 Notification that he had Received into his Houfe in Watertown
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one John Wilson and Family last from Charlstown See the Notification on file
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At a Publick Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to vote in town affairs afsembled at the Meeting Houfe on Monday the 4th Day of June AD: 1781 By adjournment m': Josiah Bisco being Moderator the Second article being Read - They Voted to Choofe a Committee to take care about the Houfe that the town has Provided for the Poor & do any thing that they find Necefsary Relating to the Same that they Judge for the Benefitt of the town
Voted & Choofe for Said Committee
Sam1: Fisk Esq™ Jonª: Brown Esq" m' David Bemis m' Richd: Clark L' Amos Bond
Voted & abated m' Jonas Barneds Poll tax in m' Mofes Stone jur lists amounting to £ 46:12:0
Then they voted to Reconfider the Vote paised the Last Meeting for Appropriating the fines for finifhing the Barrack
Then Voted to Excufe Mifsrs Joel White & Richard Everit from Serving Collectors of tax's the Present year Voted & Granted £ 12 pounds of the New Emifsion to Repair the fence on the Minifterial place
Then Voted to Choofe a Committee to See what Peices of land there is that belong to the town & make Report at the Next meeting
Voted & Chofe for Said Committe
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m' David Bemis m' Richd Clark L' Amos Bond Lt Chris Grant jur Sam! Fisk Esqr
Then they Voted that the Constables & Collectors Stop taking the old Continential Currency for the Present
Then the Meeting was Difsolved
At a Meeting of the Selectmen ye 7th day of June 1781. they agreed to have a Publick town Meeting at the meeting house on 1
Wednesday the 13th day of this Present month of June to act on the following articles (Viz) 1 To Choofe a Moderator of the meeting 2d To take Some Effectual Meafures to Compleat the
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Raifing of our Proportion of men to fill up the Continential Army agreable to the order of the Gen" Court &c
[a]nd make Such Grants of money & do any other things Re- lating thereto [that] may appear Necefsary
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At a Publick Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants of Watertown Regularly afsembled at the Meeting Houfe on the 13th Day of June AD 1781. to take Some Meafures to fill up the Continential army &c
Voted & Chofe m' Josiah Bisco Moderator of the Meeting Voted that the Committee for hiring men be Defired to ufe their best endeavors to hire men to Compleat the towns Quota of men for the Continential army & make Report of their doings at the Adjournment of this meeting also Voted that if the Comtte have Inlisted any who have not yet Pafsed mufter they be Desired to ufe their Endeavors that they be immeadiatly muftered Voted that Sd Comtte be Desired to Report to the town what Sums of money they have on hand & what Sort of money that belongs to the town at the Adjournment of this meeting - also that the Collectors that have lists of Town tax's granted for the Purpofe of hiring men be Desired to Report at sd: Adjournment how much they have yet to Collect on sd lists & what money they have on hand
Voted that the Committee be impowered to hire men with Stock or Produce Then Voted to Adjourn sd meeting to mon- day ye 18th of this Inftant at four O: Clock afternoon then to meet at this Place
Attest Josiah Bisco Moderator
At a Publick Town Meeting held by adjournment at the Meeting Houfe on the 18th Day of June AD 1781. m': Josiah Bisco Moderator - the meeting being opened they Proceeded. And voted to Reconfider a vote at a former meeting Granting hard money to hire Soldiers being paid at the Rate of Seventy five old Con- tinential Dollars in lieu of one in Silver
Then voted that the Collectors Should Receive no more old Cur- rency for sd Tax's but to Receive them in the New money or in hard coin
Voted yt : the Collectors may Receive three new in Lieu of one Silver
then the meeting was adjournd to Wednesday the 20th :
Inftant at 3: O Clock in the afternoon at this place
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At a Publick Town meeting held at the meeting Houfe in Watertown on Wednesday the 20th Day of June 1781 by Ad- journment m': Josiah Bisco being Moderator Voted that the Commtte be desired to Report what money they have on hand. & that the Collectors Report what money they have yet to Collect & what they have on hand
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Voted that the Collectors be desired imediately to Pay what money they have now on hand that they have Collected for the Purpose of hiring men into the Committees hands
also Voted that sd: Committee Dispofe of the old emifsion in the best manner they can for the ufe of the Town
Voted that the Committee for hiring men be Directed to ufe their endeavours to have all the Perfons whome they have Inlifted (Except John Jacob Sawyer a Hefsion) imediately Muftered - Voted that the Sum of one hundred & eighty Pounds hard money be Granted for the purpofe of hiring men and be afsefsed & Collected imediately
At a publick town meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown Regularly afsembled at the meeting House in sd Town on Fryday the Sixth Day of July AD 1781 Voted & Chofe m' Josiah Bisco Moderator
on the 2d: article Voted to Grant a Sum of money to Procure the towns Quota of Beef - and the Sum of one Hundred Pounds hard money was Granted for that Purpofe
on ye 4 Article Voted to Clafs the Inhabitants of the Town for the Purpofe of hiring or Raifing men for three & five months Agreable to the orders of the Gen1 Court
Voted to Choofe a Committee to Clafs the Town into as many Clafses as there are men to be Raifed
Chofe for Sd Committee
Sam1: Fisk Esq" Jonª : Brown Esq' m' Jedh Leathe -
Then Voted to adjourn the meeting to Thursday the 12th Day of July at 3 O Clock afternoon at this Place
At a Publick Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Watertown at the Meeting House on the 12th Day of July AD 1781 by ad- journment
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A Small Number being met They voted further to adjourn the Meeting to monday the 23d of this Inftant July at 3 o Clock [afte]rnoon at this place.
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At a Publick Town Meeting held at the Meeting Houfe in Watertown on monday the 23d Day of July 1781 By adjourn- ment
m' Josiah Bisco being Moderator - The meeting being opened They Voted that the money Granted to hire men Should be paid in Specia
Voted to Reconfider a former vote for Clafsing the Inhabitants of of the town &c
Voted & Granted 800 Dollars to hire men - and that it be afsefsed emediately -
Then Voted that the Committee appointed to Raife men to fill the Continential Army be a Committee to hire men for the five and Three months Service
Then Voted to Sufpend the giveing the ordinary Rates to the Collectors for the Present
Then they voted that this meeting Should be Adjourned to mon- day the 6th Day of August Next at 4 o: Clock afternoon at this Place which was Accordingly don
At a Publick Town Meeting held at the Meeting on Monday the Sixth of August AD 1781. by adjournment
m' Josiah Bisco being Moderator
They took into Consideration the 2d Article Ralating to the Beef to be Provided for the Army - and voted to Choofe a Com- mittee to Procure the Same
Mr David Bemis
Voted and Chofe for Said Committee - Mr Sam1 White Mª : Simon Whitney
Then they voted that all the tax's that the Collectors have or may Receive afsefsed in hard coin Shall be Paid in like money any Votes before to the Contrary Notwithftanding
Then the Meeting was Desolved
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At a meeting of the Selectmen on the 27 Day of Augt: AD. 1781 at the House of mrs: Dorothy Coollidge - They Signed or- ders on the Treafurer to pay the wido Mary Vila the Sum of Seven Hundred & twenty Six pounds for Boarding Mary Learneds
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Child - and to Pay m" : Eliot 25 Pounds in part of his Sallery - also to Pay m' David Sanger & others the Committe appointed to hire men to go into the Army the Sum of two Hundred Pounds for the Said Purpose
At this meeting they Approbated m': Edwd: Richardfon m' John Bullard & mifs Dorothy Coollidge for Inn-holders - and the following perfons for Retailors (Viz) Cap: Abner Craft m' Henry Bradfhaw Lt: Amos Bond. Daniel Parker Esq' - and m' David Bemis
At a meeting of the Selectmen on the 10th Day of Augt: 1781 at the Houfe of m': John Bullard they Agreed to meet with the Selectmen of Weston & Waltham on monday the 24th Day of this present month of Sepr: to Settle the accounts Relating to the Great-Bridge in Watertown and ordered ye Clerk to notify them to meet on the Day aforeSaid at the of m': Samuel Wellington in Waltham at three O:Clock in the afternoon at this meeting they Received a notification from m' Mofes Coollidge Informing that he had Received into his Family one Henry Prentice belonging to Cambridge who came to him the 28th Day of may last also William Hunt Esq': gave notice in Writing that he had Received into his Family one abijah Fullar who Came from Newton on the first Day of August last which Notifications are on file
At a meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston and Waltham on the 24 Day of Sepr : 1781 at the Houfe of m' Samuel Wellington Inn-holder the accounts for the Repairs of the Great Bridge in Watertown Since the Last Adjust. were adjusted amounting to the Sum of £ 16 :16: 0 of which
Watertowns Part was - 5 : 19 : 4
Westons do was 5 : 13 : 6
Walthams do was - 5: 3:2
16:16:0
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September ye 25: 1781 a Notification was Received from Phinehas Child of his taking on Thomas Cooke from Cambridge to Dweell with him who came to Live about the month of April last
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on the 3d: Day of October AD 1781 at Mrfs : Dorothy Coollidges. They Agreed to have a publick town Meeting at the Meeting Houfe on monday the Eighth Day
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of this Present month of Oct": and Directed the Clerk to Issue Warrants to the Several Constables to warn the Inhabitants Quallified to act in town affairs to afsemble at Said time & place to act on the following Articles (Viz). First to Choofe a Moderator of the Meeting. (2ly) To know the minde of the Town if they will Provide a place & finifh the Poor Houfe, or otherwise Provide for their Subsiftance, or act any thing Relating thereto they may Judge Proper (3ly) To Devife Sufficient means for Raifing the Men for the Continential army (4ly) To Provide for the Payment of Moneys due from the town to Individuals (5ly) To See if the town will Confolidate the tax's Now due in paper money, and in the Hands of Col- lectors and Direct the Same to be Collected in Gould & Silver agreable to the Value at the time of making the Same to be eftimated by the State Scale of Depreciation, or act anything thereon they may thing Proper (6ly) To come into Some Effectual Methods to Compell Collectors to pay in their Tax's Agreable to their Refpective Warrants (7ly) To Choofe a Committee to look up town Lands and Report their doings and act thereon as may be Judged expedient, & to hear the Report of any Committees Refpecting the Same &c
Warrants were Issued Accordingly P Jonª: Brown Town-Clerk
At a Publick Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town affairs Regularly afsemled at the meeting House on Monday ye 8th Day of October 1781.
To transact Several matters Contained in the Warrants for the Meeting. They Voted & Chofe Daniel Parker Esq" : moderator- the 2d article was Read & put of to the Adjournment
The 3d article Read & pafed over
(4th) Article Read & the Town Voted that a Committee of four be Chofen to Confolidate the Tax's &c - Voted & Chofe Jonathan Brown Esq': with the Present Afsefsors for Said Com- mittee
Voted that the paper money be Confolidated agreable to the ti [me] the Rates became Payable
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At a Publick Town Meeting on monday 15th of October 1781 - held at the Meeting House By Adjournment
Daniel Parker Esq': being Moderator the Meeting being opened
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they Proceeded on the 2d Article & Voted that the Selectmen be Directed to Exchange the land owned by the town lying before the House in Which Convers Spring now lives - or provide by purchafe or otherwife a peice of Land to Set the House for the Poor upon - Voted that a Committee be Chofen to Remove sd Houfe from where it now Stands unto Such Peice of land and there finifh the Same - - Voted that the Comtte: Consist of three Voted & Chofe m': Amos Livermore m' Daniel Sawin & m" Simon Hastings be this Committee - Voted to País over the third Artle (5th) Article.
Voted That a Committee be Chofe to Petition the General Court or Afsembly to Pafs a Refolve impowering this town to Liquidate all those Sums of Money which have been heretofore Granted by this town and are now due upon Pafs'd Afsefsment, and make the Same payable in Solid Coin - Voted that this Committee Consist of one Voted that Jonathan Brown Esq' be this Committee
(6ly) Article Voted that the Treafurer be & hereby is Directed to Issue his Warrants against each Collector within fourteen Days from this date, for the Two Tax's Granted for the hire of Soldiers one of Six the other eight Hundred Dollars Specia. unlefs Paid before that time Expires article ye 7th : Voted that 1
a Committee be Chofen to Afcertain What Lands belong to this
& Judgement town & if Need be, to Commence & profecute to final Issue ; <
any Action or Actions against any perfon or Perfons That Claim or pofsefs any Part of the Same - - Voted that the Selectmen be directed to Supply this Committee with orders on the Treafur- er for Such Sums of money, as may be Necessary for Carrying on Such actions, Voted that this Committee Confift of Five
Voted & Chofe Samuel Fisk Esq": m' David Bemis m' Sam !! White m' David Sanger and mr Richard Clark to be this Com- mittee
Then the Meeting was Defolved
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At a Meeting of the Selectmen November the 9th: 1781 They agreed to have a Publick Town meeting at the meeting houfe on Wednesday the 14th Inftant at two O Clock in the afternoon to act on the following articles (Viz) To Choofe a moderator of the Meeting (2ly) To take into Consideration a Refolve of the General Court for Compleating the Continential
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Army and act thereon as they Judge Proper. (3ly) For the town to Determin upon the Mode and give Directions for the Collecting the outftanding Tax's due to the town now in the Constables & Collectors hands; and do any thing Relating to the Paper money tax's Collected or not Collected they Judge Proper -
Warrants were Issued out directed to the Constables accordingly By order of the Selectmen & Signed Jona: Brown Town-Clerk At a Publick Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants of Watertown Quallified to vote in town affairs Regularly Afsembled at the meeting House on Wednesday the 14th Day of Nov': AD 1781
They Chofe William Hunt Esq': moderator of the meeting Then they Voted that the treafurer Should call upon the Col- lectors for the two tax's Last granted and afsefs in hard money for ye Raifing men to fill the army &c: and if they Should not pay them into the Treafury by Next Wednesday then he Should Send out Executions for the Same -
They then voted to Choofe a Committee to use their endeavor to git the town Releafed from two of the men Set to them as their Part of the Continential Army which are Suppofed to be more than Watertowns Proportion
Voted & Chofe for Said Committee~{ Jonathan Brown Esq' William Hunt Esq™ m' Samuel White
Then voted that the Treafurer Call upon all the Collectors of tax's to pay in all the moneys they have Collected within the time limitted by the town for Receiving paper money they making oath that they Received the Same for Rates due to the town as aforeSaid
Voted also that all Committees that have paper money in their hands pay the Same into the treafury before the adjournment of the meeting Then the Meeting was adjourned to the first monday in December Next at two O: Clock in the afternoon in this place
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At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Wednesday the 14th day of November At m' John Bullards AD. 1781. an Account was brot: in from Samuel Jenifon jur for labour at the great Bridge amounting to £ 2 : 8 :0 also an Account from Seth Hastings for keeping School three Weeks
4 : 13 :6
and an half amounting to the Sum of
which the Selectmen accepted & Signed an order on the treafurer
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to pay sd accounts - They also Signed an order to Pay ye follow- ing Perfons the Sums Set to each of their names being grants made them by the town last march (Vız)
old Currency Silver
To Sam" Fisk Esq': as afsefsor last year -
330=0 . 0- 4: 8:1
To Nath' Stone for do
384 : 0 :0-
5 : 2:6
To Mofes Stone for do
360 : 0-
4 : 16 : 2
To Jedh Leathe for do
592: 0
7:17:2
To Jona Brown for do & Treaf
834 : 0-
11: 2:7
To ye Selectmen for expence last year 366 : 0
4 : 17 : 9
2866 : 0 : 0 - 28 : 4 : 3
At the above Meeting they Signed an order to M': Eliot for twenty five Pounds in part of his Sallary the order is dated the 8th Day of Oct' : last past
At a Publick Town Meeting held by adjournment on Monday the 3d Day of December 1781 at the Meeting House in Water- town by the Inhabitants of sd Town Quallified to Vote in town affairs
William Hunt Esq': being moderator
The meeting being opened they Proceeded and
Voted the Execution against m' : Daniel Mason be Staid ten days from this time -
Voted that the Execution against m': Henry Bradfhaw be Sent out emediately - Voted that a Committee be Chosen to Afsist the Treafurer in arranging & Stating the Towns Accounts & Liquidating the money due to & from the town as well Individuals as others the Tax's to be included, that a Compleat State of the Debt & Credit may be know at the adjournment of this meeting
Voted to Choofe three men to be on this Committe
Lt: Amos Bond
Voted and Chofe for sd: Committe 1 William Hunt Esqr m': Josiah Bisco
Then voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first monday in January Next which was accordingly don to be at two Clock afternoon at this place
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At a meeting of the Selectmen at m': John Bullards on the 3d: day of December 1781. They agreed with m': Josiah Norcrois to
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keep Ruth Maddox from this day till further orders for which he is to have 4/ Pr week - -
and They Signed an order on the treafurer to pay the following Sums hereafter mentioned (Viz). To the Revd: m': Eliot in full of his Sallery the present year £ 50: 0:0 to Daniel Parker Esq' for the Beef he provided - 82 :13 :6 to Jedidiah Learned for Boarding Mary Learned 1: 4:0
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on the 17th Day of December 1781. at the Houfe of the wido Dorothy Coollidge They Signed an order on the Town Treafurer to Pay M' : Bezaleel Howard or his order the Sum of 715 : 7 : 0 old Currency or in Silver equal thereto which is £9 :8 :2
At a Publick Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants of of Watertown Quallified according to law Regularly afsembled at the Meeting Houfe in sd: town on Monday ye 7th Day of January AD: 1782
By Adjournment Wm Hunt Esq': being Moderator -
The (2d) article in the Warrant being Read: And the Committee appointed to hire men for the Continential Army Informed that they had made Such Provifion for Supplying this towns Pro- portion that they Suppofed the Number was Compleat therefore no other Meafures were taken
Then the Committee Appointed to afsift the Treafurer in Settleing the towns accounts Reported what they had don on that affair which was Voted & accepted So far as it Related to any Grants made to Perticular Perfons
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At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of mrs Dorothy Coollidge on monday the 18th: Day of Feby: 1782
They agreed to have the Publick annual Town meeting on the 4th Day of March Next at 9 o Clock in the forenoon at the Meet- ing Houfe and ordered the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Constables to to Warn the Inhabitants of the town who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to Afsemble at Said time and place for the Purpofes hereafter mentioned (Viz) First to Choofe a moderator of ye meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen Town-Clerk & all other Town officers Required to be Chofe in ye month of march Annually (3) To Choofe a Saxton and agree how he Shall be Paid for his Service (4) To Determine Whether
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Swine Shall Run at Large the enfueing year. (5) to put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (6) To agree what Schools Shall be kept, and Grant money to Support the Same & do any Relating thereto they thing Proper. (7) To grant money to Support the Poor, & do any thing further Necefsary to finifh the Houfe that was Purchafed for that use & make Such provifion for the Poor as may be thought Proper. (8) To Grant money to Support the Great Bridge and do any thing that may be tho: Necessary for the Recovery of Weston and Walthams Proportion of the Charge of the Support of ye Bridge over the Mill-Creek and do any thing thereon they think Proper. (9) To Grant money to repair the Highways & Town-ways and Pay Collectors & do any thing thereon they may think proper. (10) To hear the Accounts of thofe perfons the town is indebted to and Grant money to pay the Same (11) To Agree upon Some Method to pay the Revd: Mr: Eliots Sallary Quarterly, and Act thereon as the town may think Proper. (12) To know the minds of the town what they will do with the towns Estate lately belonging to John Stearnes, and Act thereon as they think Proper - (13) To hear the Reports of any Committees, and Act thereon as the town may think best. (14) To know the minds of the town Whether they will let the Fishery. and Act Any thing thereon or Relating thereto the town may think Proper - - (15) To know ye minds of the town whether they will make any further grants to officers or Privates that have been in the Publick Service at Cannada Ticonderoga or else where not included in any former Votes, and act thereon as they may think proper (16) To know the minds of the town, Whether they will Petition the General Court for that Part of Newton (Called Angiers Corner) to be annexed to Watertown, and Act any thing thereon as they think proper. (17) To know the minds of the town, if they will Call for the Outftanding Debts due to the town from Individuals, and act any thing thereon they think Proper -- [(18) ] To know the minds of the town. Whether they will do any thing Refpecting the Collecting of Outftanding paper money Tax's, and act thereon as they think Proper
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(19) To know the minds of the town whether they will abate any Perticular Perfons Rates. and act thereon as they See fitt
(20) To act on any other matters that may be thought Necefsary at this time. and Likewife to Notify the town Creditors to bring in
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their Accounts to the Selectmen at the Houfe of mrs Dorothy Coollidge on Fryday the first day of march Next at three o Clock afternoon Warrants were Issued out Accordingly and Signed Pr Order of the Selectmen Jona Brown Town-Clerk
At this Meeting the following accounts were brot: to the Select- men (Viz)
Wm. Hunts account for Supplys to the poor and other Ex- pences for the town as Pr accts 4 :11 : Amos Bond for Supplys for the poor - -
0:14 :4 Simon Whitney for Wood for the School 3 : 7:4
8 :12 : 8
Bridge acctts
Samuel Hager for timber for the Great Bridge &c - 15: 0:0
Cornelius Park for Labour at the
Bridge - - 0:12:0
Seth Norcrofs for do : at D° 0:12:0
£ 16:4:0 Orders were Signed on the Treafurer to Pay the above acctts At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of Mrs Dorothy Coollidge on the first Day of March 1782 the following acctts were Received by the Selectmen and allowed (Viz)
To the wido Mary Vila for Board for Mary Learneds Child - - 11 : 0:6
To Nath1 Bridge for keeping School 16 :10:0
To Seth Hastings for Do -- 16:10:0
To Oliver W. Lane for Do - 18: 0:0
To Amos Livermore for Wood for ye School 3 :18 : 9 To Josiah Norcrofs for Boarding Ruth Maddox 2 : 12 : 0 To Nath1 Bright for the Poor 4 :11 :8 To Jedh Leathe for ye poor - To Stephen Cook for Labour at the Great Bridge 3 : 13 : 6 To Jonª Brown to pay Sherrif Bauldwins fees 5: 7:0
To Daniel Parker & others for Cloathing - 33:12 :0
To Josiah Bisco Acctt for the poor 0:14:0
To Newton Baxters acctt for ye Bridge - 0: 4:0 To Jona Browns Acctt for paying for Beef 0:18:0
To Joseph Grardners Labr at the Great Bridge 0: 9:0
March ye 4: 1782 the Selectmen Signed -
£118: 0:5 an order to pay this Sum
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At a Publick Town Meting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to vote in Town affairs Regularly afsembled at the Meeting Houfe in Said Town on monday ye 4th Day of march AD 1782. for the Choice of Town officers and other affairs & Setforth in the Warrants for calling the meeting
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