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" 'GENTLEMEN,-As a token of my respect for the brave and patriotic men of Gorham who volunteered their services in defense of the Union, and have aided in crushing the wicked rebellion, and from a desire on my part that the names of those who have fallen in battle, or who have died of wounds or sick- ness incurred in the service, should not be forgotten, but handed down to future generations, I propose to the inhabitants of Gorhamn that a suitable monument should be erected, at my expense, in front of the Town-tivuse, com- memorative of those events.
"' And now, gentlemen, t address you as my friends and fellow-townsmea, and respectfully request of you that you will call upon the proper authorities, and cause a meeting of the inhabitants of said town to be held, at such time as may be deemed expedient, to take into consideration the object suggested, and if judged expedient, that you may be constituted a committee to see the same carried into effect.
"'GORHAM, Oct. 10, 1865.
TOPPAN ROBIE.'
"In accordance with the request thus made, a town-meeting was held upon the 8th day of November last, and it was voted to accept the proposition, and that the thanks of this town be presented to Hon. Toppan Robie for his generous and patriotic offer. The persons recommended by him were appointed a committee to act in the prem- ises, and a vote was passed that an appropriate celebration be held when the toonoment should be completed.
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"The committee thus chosen took the matter in charge, and after repeated meetings, consultations, and examinations of numerous de- signs and models presented, and visiting various localities where monuments of a character similar to that proposed had been erected, they at last adopted the design of this structure, and at once con- tracted for the erection of the same. Meanwhile ne pains had been spared by the committee in their endeavors to obtain a complete and correct list of those whose names should be inscribed upon the monu- ment. After the list had been made as accurate as the information which the committee had been able to obtain would render it, it was, hy the courtesy of the publishers, printed in several of the Portland newspapers, with a special request that any errors discovered therein should be seasonably made known to the committee, that they might have an opportunity to correct them. So that if any errors or omis- sions have oceurred in this list they cannot be attributed to any lack of effort on the part of the committee to avoid them. At a town- meeting held on the 28th of April last, it was
"+Voted, That Daniel C. Emery, Samuel F. Bacon, and Hugh D. Mclellan, together with the Selectmen, be a Committee to prepare and arrange, in a suit- able manner, the grounds and surroundings about the Soldiers' Monument to be erected in front of the Towa-House.'
" Also,
"Voted, That the Selectmen and the Committee who have had the charge of procuring and erecting the Soldiers' Monument, and the committee this day chosen to prepare the grounds, be a committee to make suitable arrangements for the dedication of the monument.'
"Since the committee first chosen entered upon their duties, one of their number, who, so long as his physical strength would permit him to do so, met and counseled with them, and greatly aided them in their labors, has been removed by death.#
" And we all to-day, follow-citizens, miss the cheerful presence and the inspiritiog voice of him who, for nearly half a century, had man- ifested peculiar interest in all that pertained to the history of our town, and was always ready and able to contribute from his great fund of general and historical information to the interest of an occa- sion like this.
"I know, my friends, that you will pardon this passing tribute, which a just respect for the 'memory of one closely identified with the affairs of the town, and long an associate and friend of the donor of this monument, seemed to demand.
"The work intrusted to these various committees has been com- pleted, and the object contemplated in their appointment accom- plished. Having performed the duties assigned them they now feel that, at the closo of this day's exercises, they may ask an honorable discharge.
" And now, sir (addressing Mr. Robie), io behalf of those appoint- ing us, we desire again to extend to you the sincere thanks of the citi- zeas of this town for your generous and patriotic gift, and to assure you of our earnest hope that you may enjoy iu a ripe and honured old age the blessings and privileges of those free institutions which they, whose names you desire to perpetuate, gave their lives to preserve.
" To you, gallant comrades in arms of those to whose memory this monument is consecrated,-to all prescat who have been connected with either branch of the Federal service, military or naval, we extend a cordial welcome.
" We rejoice that a kind Providence spared your lives through all the perils of a long and terrible war, and permitted you to return to your homes in full health and strength, or bearing upon your per- sons honorable evidences of your beroism and fidelity to duty,-that you are enabled to enjoy among kindred and friends the fruits of those victories, to win which you contributed in no seanty measure. We still further rejoice that you can participate in the services in which we are now engaged. May the nation's gratitude he freely manifested towards you, its heroie defenders, and the glory of your achievements grow brighter as the service you have rendered is more completely understood and appreciated in the light of history.
" " And to all the various bodies and organizations here assembled, we desire to express our great gratification at their presence, and their
readiness to co-operate with us in our endeavors to pay proper respect to the memory of our deceased suldiers.
" Citizens of Gorham,-This costly and heantifol monument, now yours, and to be hereafter in your custody, is a sacred and precious memorial. For every name inseribed upon its tablets a life was given. That long list of the gallant dead contains in itself a history, and could we particularize, the narrative would form a volume of sad but thril- ling interest. Upon that roll of honor are represented varions ages and conditions of life, -- youth, manhood, mature years ; and even three- score years did not deter him whose name was last placed thereon from most active and devoted service.f The farm, the shop, the institution of learning, the mechanie's bench, the office, and the saered desk,-in fact, nearly all oceupations of our New England life,-have there their silent representatives.
" And under what various circumstances they died. Some suddenly, in the shock of battle; some in camp, or in hospital, of wounds or lingering disease ; some in rebel prisons ; while to a few was granted the blessed privilege of returning to their homes, where, among devoted friends, receiving every attention which the fondest affection could inspire, and with expressions of love for God and their country upon their whitening lips, they calmly yielded up their spirits to Ilim who created them.
" The soil of at least twelve different States is consecrated by holding the remains of our gallant dead. To some were accorded the rites of Christian burial, and official care or the hand of friendship has desig- nated and guarded their last resting-places. Others are sleeping io graves the locality of which the most careful search of friends cannot discover, and which none shall know until the last trump shall sound, and the earth give up her dead.
" But under whatever circumstances death occurred, or they were committed to the dust, --
"' To all who sleep a soldier's sleep, Where'er they lie,-in hallowed ground, Or those above whose grass-grown mond Sad stars their Ionely vigils keep ; To all our brave heroic band, Who nobly met a soldier's fate, This moonment we coosecrate.'
"To you, the relatives of these deceased friends, we tender our heartfelt sympathy. May He who alone knows how great is the weight of sorrow burdening each heart, afford His promised strength and support to each and all of you !
" Fellow-citizeus, as we look upon this monument and read the names of the departed inscribed thereon, let us remember for what aod for whom they died. Let us remember that in them the love of life was as strong, its future as inviting, its claims upon them as ur- gent, as in our own cases. And yet, subjecting all other claims and considerations to the love of country and the call of duty, they yielded up life itself rather than the sacred cause they had espoused. They died that the nation might live.
"' A delit we ne'er enn pay To them is justly dne ; Aod to the nation's latest day Our children's children still shall say, " They died for me and you."'
" Let us cherish their memories. In the language of the donor of this monument, let ' their names not he forgotten, but handed down to future generations.'
" And when this marble shall have crumbled into dust, let tradition take up the story of their hereism and their sacrifices, and continue to repeat it through all coming time."
An elegant oration was delivered on the occasion by Maj .- Gen. Chamberlain, and a fine poem read by Hon. Edward P. Weston, which we regret we have not space to publish. They will be found in the printed proceedings of the dedieation.
f Chaplain Adams.
* Hon. Josiah Pierce.
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GRAY.
EXTENT AND BOUNDARIES.
THE town of Gray is six miles square, and lies at an angle of forty-five degrees from the meridian. It is bounded on the northeast by New Gloucester, on the southeast by Cumberland and North Yarmouth, on the southwest by Falmouth and Windham, and on the northwest by Ray- mond. The soil is a fertile mixture of clay and sand. It was granted to Thomas Gray, whose name it bears, and others, by the General Court of Massachusetts, in 1735, and bore the name of New Boston until its incorporation.
FIRST AND SECOND SETTLEMENTS.
Settlement was begun in 1750. A fort of timbers and a meeting-house were erceted near Gray village by the pro- prietors.
May 17, 1755, the inhabitants were surprised by Indians, and their works destroyed. The next occupation was by Thomas, father of Moses and Jeremiah Twitchell, who, in 1764, with his family, kept a camp for British marines and workmen engaged in cutting masts and hauling them to the falls below.
The resettlement was commenced by John Jeuks, Wil- liam and Joel Stevens, Daniel Cummings, Daniel IIunt, Thomas Twitchell, John Humphrey, and Capt. Jonas Stevens, whose daughter Ruth was born in 1764. She afterwards married James Doughty, and was grandmother of the present James Doughty. The first male child born in the town was Daniel Cummings, born Oct. 6, 1766. Ile was the father of David B. Cummings, of Gray village. The bond under which Jethro Starbird received his land, in 1768, required that on or before the 12th of April, 1769, he should have built " a good dwelling-house, 18 feet square, have at least 6 aeres of land elcared, and brought to English grass, fit for mowing," and shall pay one-sixtieth part of the expense of building a meeting-house and settling a Protestant minister. Samuel Hawes and Jabez latch were contractors for the proprietors.
John Barber, John Wilson, James Russell, Daniel Haney, Mark Merrill, Sergt. Samuel Thompson, Lieut. David Small, Lieut. William Webster, Maj. Jabez Mathews, John Nash, David Libby, Gideon Ramsdell, Jedediah Cook, Joseph and Samuel Webster settled previous to 1780.
Gray, the thirty-ninth town of Maine, was incorporated June 19, 1778. The first election was held at the meeting- house, in the street, near the present town-house, July 13, 1778, under a warrant issued by Hon. Enoch Freeman, J.P., to Jabez Matthews, who was chosen Moderator of the meet- ing. David Clark was chosen Town Clerk ; William Webster, Daniel Libby, Daniel Cummings, Selectmen and Assessors ; David Orne, Treasurer ; Nathan Merrill, Thomas White, Richard Hayden, Committee of Safety ;
Joseph Weeks, Constable ; Daniel Libby, Jeremiah Hobbs, ('hurch-Wardens ; Nathan Merrill, Tithing-Man ; John Barber, John Morse, William Webster, Richard Hayden, Surveyors to Work on Roads; Daniel Cummings, Fence- Viewers; Jethro Starbird, Robert York, Field-Drivers ; Elijah Jordan, David IIunt, Asa Libby, Joseph Merrill, Ilog-Drivers ; George Doughty, Sexton ; Daniel Libby, Pound-Keeper ; John Nash, Surveyor of Lumber; David Orne, Scaler of Weights and Measures. £30 were voted to furnish the meeting-house ; $500 were voted for high- ways, and $3 per day fixed as wages for a man or yoke of oxen ; £4 for a public school ; $50 to build a pound.
In 1779 prices were regulated by vote, making a day's work 48s. ; imported potatoes and turnips, £1 10s .; leaf tobacco, 12s. per pound; victuals, 12s. a meal; and " licker, 12s. a mug !" In 1780, 822.50 a day was allowed laborers on publie roads. Representatives in General Court were seldom chosen, unless they could volunteer to pay their own expense.
PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
The residence of Azariah Humphrey, two miles north- west of Gray village, was erected by his father, John IIum- phrey, in 1773, and is the oldest house in the town. There is but little left to mark the labors of the first settlers. The main interest of their descendants eentres in their last resting-place, a fine burying-ground of 4 acres, in the west of the village, commanding a magnificent view of the sur- rounding country. This ground was donated by Daniel Libby, and fenced by the town in 1782. It contains many black slabs of the last century mingled with the white marble of recent years, and 41 fine monuments, most of which are of granite, erected since 1865. There are buried here 6 of the pioneer deacons, 4 ministers, 9 cap- tains, 6 field officers, and 8 persons above ninety ; one of whom was ninety-six years of age. Nearly all the early settlers have been gathered from private grounds in various parts of the town and buried here.
VILLAGES.
GRAY.
The village of Gray is finely situated on a high plain near the centre of the town, 90 dwellings built upon seven streets radiating from a broad street two hundred yards in length, and occupied by business houses, the prin- cipal of which is the Odd-Fellows' Block, a fine brick edifice of three stories, erceted in 1876, by Hancock & Vinton, merchants; Lovejoy's Eagle Hotel, occupied by Daniel Haney, in 1777; Titus O. Brown, 1815, and the brick town house, erected by David Carey, at a cost of $1200, and first used March 5, 1838. In 1825 the place contained
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six stores, a bakery, one hotel, a church, the centre school- house, where publie meetings were held, and a tannery. The business increased to nine stores and four hotels-one a mile south-in 1845, the place becoming a trading-point for New Hampshire produets. It is now a centre for local trade, supporting the following business houses :
General Merchandise: Hancock & Vinton, established by Thomas Hancock, in 1838; James Small, established 1835 ; C. H. Stimson, established 1876.
Hardware: G. F. Cobb, established 1864.
Drugs : R. G. ITall, established 1862.
Millinery : Mrs. L. A. Hill, established 1879; S. S. & H. O. Weeks, established 1854.
Harness: Jacob Clark, established 1830; I. H. Libby. Stone-Workers : Augustus Lowe, granite, established 1876; C. Il. Doughty, Jr., slate, established 1876 ; A. M. Higgins, marble and granite, established 1875; E. S. Cas- well, marble and granite, established 1877.
Leather : D. B. Cummings, tannery sinee 1836, estab- lished by Stephen Furbish in 1800; M. B. Foster, estab- lished 1849; S. P. Sargent, established 1876; Samuel Glines, established 1874, boots and shoes.
Painters : William M. Dow & Son, established 1856; Frank E. Osgood, established 1876.
Wood-Workers: Rufus Berry, carriages, established 1849; E. Osgood, furniture and coffins, established 1845.
Blacksmiths : Benjamin F. Skillings, J. Newbegin, G. M. Edwards, F. E. Goff.
Eastern Express Company : W. F. Lovejoy, agent, estab- lished 1876.
The public buildings are Methodist Episcopal, Congre- gationalist, and Baptist churches, Town-House, and Pen- nell Institute.
A cornet band was organized in 1876, with John T. Merrill, leader.
DRY MILLS,
in the north, comprise the store of A. G. Morrill, estab- lished 1862; saw-mill, shook- and barrel-factory, estab- lished 1850; carriage- and smith-shops, and contains 30 families. It takes its name from Dry Pond, so called be- cause it had no open outlet. A long beaver-dam extended across the flat, near this place, when the first settlers came in 1750.
WEST GRAY,
in the west, is finely sitnated on a narrow neck of land overlooking a broad valley, or interval, to the south, and commands a view of Gray village, three miles east. It consists of a dozen fine dwellings, R. A. Allen's store, saw- and grist-mills, W. L. Dickey's carriage- and sleigh-shops, and blacksmith-shops. Gray Station is a neat depot build- ing and water-tank on the Maine Central Railroad, in the narrow valley of Royal River, three miles cast of the village. Mails connect daily by stage for each post-office, viz., Gray, G. F. Cobb, postmaster ; Dry Mills, Charles E. Libby, post- master; West Gray, Robert A. Allen, postmaster ; North Gray, William Beatty, postmaster.
The principal manufactory of the town is the Falmouth Woolen-Mills of William Beatty, established about 1800, by Samuel Mayall, of England. The manufacture of sugar- shooks and fish-barrels is a leading industry. The prinei-
pal shook-makers are Robert Allen, William S. Douglass, Charles E. Libby, S. Goff, Thayer & Elder.
At the falls, a short distance below the factory, the first mill in the town was erected on the old road, and run by Jabez Mathews, as early as 1778.
SELECTMEN.
1778 .- William Webster, Daniel Libby, Daniel Cummings. 1779 .- William Webster, Daniel Libby, Maj. Jabez Mathews.
1780 .- Capt. Jonas Stevens, Sergt. Samuel Thomson, Lieut. David Small.
1781 .- Samuel Thomson, Gideon Ramsdell, David Hunt.
1782 .- Capt. William Webster, Jede Fah Cobb, David Hunt.
1783-87 .- Col. Jabez Mathews, Capt. William Webster, Lieut. Je le- diah Cobb.
1788 .- Samuel Nash, David Hunt, Robert York.
1789 .- William Webster, Jedediah Cobb, David Hunt.
1790 .- William Webster, Jedediah Cobb, Israel II. Bnker.
1791 .- David Hunt, Israel HI. Buker, John Humphrey. 1792-93 .- David Hunt, John Humphrey, Israel II. Buker.
1794 .- David Ilunt, John Humphrey, Jedediah Cobb. 1795 .- Israel 11. Buker, Eliphaz Phillips, Joseph Davis.
1796 .- Jedediah Cobb, Joseph MeLellan, Eliphaz Phillips. 1797 .- Joseph MeLellan, Israel II. Buker, Elipbaz Phillips. 1798-99 .- Joseph MeLellan, Jedeliah Cobb, Eliphaz Phillips. 1800 .- James Doughty, John Ilumphrey, Gideon Ramsdell.
1801 .- John Humphrey, George Latham, Timothy Weymouth.
1802 .- John Humphrey, George Latham, Joseph Me Lellan.
1803 .- Eliab Latham, John Smith, Samuel Nash.
1804-5 .- Joseph MeLellan, Daniel Wells, Timothy Weymouth. 1806 .- George Latham, John Smith, Daniel Wells.
1807-8 .- George Latham, Daniel W. Green, Charles Barbonr.
1809 .- George Latham, Nicholas Low, Timothy Weymouth.
1810-11 .- Joseph MeLellan, Timothy Weymouth, Nicholas Low. 1812-13 .- Joseph MeLellan, Timothy Weymouth, John Stimson, Jr. 1814 .- Joseph MeLellan, Timothy Weymouth, Nicholas Low. 1815 .- Joseph MeLellan, Timothy Weymouth, Eliab Latbam. 1816 .- Joseph Melellan, Timothy Weymouth, Joseph Webster. 1817 .- Joseph Mclellan, Timothy Weymouth, Eliab Latham. 1818 .- Joseph MeLellan, Daniel W. Green, George Latham.
1819 .- Daniel W. Green, Timothy Weymouth, George Latbam. 1820 .- Timothy Weymouth, George Latham, Daniel W. Green. 1821 .- Timothy Weymouth, Daniel W. Green, John Morse, Jr. 1822 .- Daniel W. Green, Timotby Weymouth, Jer. Pennell. 1823 .- Timothy Weymouth, Daniel W. Green, Andrew Libby, Jr. 1824 .- Andrew Libby, Jr., John Stimson, John Morse, Jr.
1825-26 .- Daniel W. Green, Timothy Weymouth, Benjamin Smith. 1827-28 .- Daniel W. Green, C. 11. Humphrey, Ephraim Lawrence, Jr. 1829 .- C. H. Humphrey, Ephraim Lawrence, Jr., Ebenezer Cobb.
1830 .- Daniel W. Green, Francis Webster, Benjamin Smith.
1831 .- Francis Webster, Benjamin Smith, Ephraim Lawrence, Jr.
1832 .- Francis Webster, Ephraim Lawrence, Jobn Dolley.
1833 .- Eliab Latham, Ebenezer Cobb, Daniel Hall.
1834 .- Elab Latham, Daniel Hall, Ephraim Lawrence, Jr.
1835 .- Eliab Latham, Daniel Hall, Benjamin Smith.
1836-37 .- Eliab Latham, Daniel 'llall, John Ilumphrey.
1838 .- Ephraim Lawrence, Jr., John Humphrey, James Small, Jr. 1839 .- Daniel Hall, Benjamin Smith, Joseph H. Perley.
1840 .- Benjamin Smith, Nathaniel S. Lawrence, Joseph II. Perley.
1841 .- William Mayberry, James Small, Jr., John F. Sawyer."
1842, March 7 .- Ebenezer Cobb, William Mayberry, James Small, Jr.
1842, March 28 .- Theophilus Stimson, Ephraim Lawrence, Jr., An- drew Libby, Jr.t
1813 .- Daniel Hall, Andrew Libby, Jr., William Mayberry.
1844-45 .- Nathaniel S. Lawrence, James Small, Jr., William P. Doughty.
1846 .- Benjamin Smith, William P. Doughty, Mosos Plummer. 1847 .- Tyng Wilson, Charles Smith, George Perley.
$ Benjamin Smith, Nathaniel S. Lawrence, an 1 Joseph II. Porley were elected, but resigned on being instructed by a subsequent vote to grant license to sell intoxicating liquors.
+ The first election was funnd to have been illegal.
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HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE.
1848 .- Nathaniel S. Lawrence, William P. Donghty, Moses Plummer. 1849 .- Tyng Wilson. David Hall, George Perley.
1850-51 .- Daniel Hall, Tyng Wilson, George Perley.
1852-53 .- Benjamin Smith, Wm. P. Doughty, Lothrop L. Blake. 1854,-Tyng Wilson, William P. Doughty, Lothrop Blake. 1855 .- Lothrop L. Blake, Thomas Hancock, Timothy II. Weymouth. 1856 .- Timothy Il. Weymouth, Daniel Hall, Jeremiah Pennell. 1857 .- T. II. Weymouth, Jeremiah Pennell, Jacob Clark. 1858 .- T. H. Weymouth, Daniel Hall, William P. Doughty. 1859-60 .- T. Il. Weymouth, Jacob Clark, Cephas W. Perley. 1861-65 .- Jacob Clark, Cephas W. Perley, William Elder. 1866 .- Jacob Clark, William Eller, Simon Skillin. 1867 .- Jacob Clark, Jeremiah Pennell, Simeon Skillin. 1868-69 .- Jacob Clark, Jeremiah Pennell, Satonel Skillin. 1870 .- Warren H. Vinton, Jeremiah Pennell, John W. Webster. 1871 .- Jacob Clark, John F. Sawyer, Alfred Libby. 1872-73 .- Jacob Clark, George A. Morrill, Almer II. Small. 1874 .- Jacob Clark, John Newbegin, Jabez M. Latham. 1875 .- Jacob Clark, Johu Newbegin, James Doughty. 1876 .- James Doughty, Charles E. Libby, John W. Frank. 1877 .- Jneoh Clark, Charles E. Libby, John W. Frank. 1878 .- James Doughty, Charles E. Libby. John W. Frank. 1879 .- Charles E. Libby, Cephas W. Perley, V. E. Frank.
TOWN CLERKS.
David Clark, 1778; David Orne, 1779-82; Jedediah Cobb, 1783; Capt. Samuel Nash, 1784; Jedediah Cobb, 1785-87; Samuel Nash, 1788; Jedediah Cobb, 1789-90; Samuel Nash, 1791; Jed- ediah Cobb. 1792-96; Capt. Samuel Nash, 1797-1802; Daniel M. Green, 1803-8; James Twitchell, 1809; Abraham Young, 1810- 15 ; James Colley, Jr., 1816-17 ; Jabez Cushman, 1818-20; Dan- iel Hall, 1821-25 ; James Ford, 1826-31 ; Nathaniel S. Lawrence, 1832; James Ford, 1833; Meshack Humphrey, 1834; Nathaniel S. Lawrence, 1835-39; Thomas Hancock, 1840; James Ford, 1841 : James Ford, elected March 7, Jacob Clark, March 28, 1842: Jacob Clark, 1843-46; Wm. P. Merrill, 1847-50; Jacob Clark, 1851-58; Theophilus Stimson, Jr., 1859-63; Jacob Clark (vacancy), 1863; Jacob CInrk, 1864-69; Edward A. Marr, 1870- 77; Charles II. Donghty, Jr., 1878-79.
TREASURERS.
David Orne, 1778-82; David Hunt, 1783; Samuel Nash, 1784; David Ilunt, 1785; Gidron Ramsdell, 1786-88; Samuel Nash, 1789; Daniel llaney. 1790-97; Samnel Nash, 1798-1801 ; Joseph Me- Lellan, 1802-14; George Latham, 1815; Joseph MeLellan, I$16- 18; Daniel W. Green, 1819; Daniel Weston, 1820-23; Timothy Weymouth, 1824-28 ; Daniel W. Green, 1829 ; Daniel Hall, 1830; Eliab Latham, 1831-36; Nathaniel S. Lawrence, 1837-40; George Libby, 1841 ; George Libby, elected March 7, David IIall, March 28, 1842; Daniel Hall, 1843; Nathaniel S. Law- rence, 1841-45; James Small, Jr., 1846; William Mayberry, 1847; James Small, Jr., 1848; William Mayberry, 1849-51; John W. Rich, 1852; Silas II. Adams, 1853-55; Moses Plum- mer, 1856; Joshna II. Hall, 1857-6]; Jeremiah Pennell, 1862; John Maxwell, 1863; Jeremiah Pennell, 1864-66; Albert N. Sawyer, 1867; Jereminh Pennell, 1868-70; John Newbegin, 1871; John D. Anderson, 1872; William II. Webster, 1873; Edward A. Marr, 1874-76; John Maxwell, 1877-78; John New- begin, 1879.
COLLECTORS AND CONSTABLES.
Joseph Weeks, 1778-79; John Morse, 1780; Col. Jabez Mathews, 1781; Gideon Ramsdell, 1782; Joseph Pennell, 1783; David Hont, 1784; Daniel Haney, 1785-86; Richard Sweetser, 1787; Joseph Cummings, 1788; Daniel Libby, 1789; William Grela, 1790; John Morse, 179]; William Grela, 1792-93; David Jor- dan, 1791-97; Joseph Pennell, Joseph Tompson, 1798; George Small, 1799; David Jordan, 1800; Daniel Wells, ISOI; Daniel Wells, David Jordan, 1802; Samuel Nash, 1803; Allmery Hamb- lin, Samuel Nash, 1801 ; William Greln, Samuel Nash. Jr., Daniel Wells, George Smalls, Allmery Hamblin, 1805; Israel H. Buker, T. II. Baker. William Grela, Allmery Hamblin, 1806 ; Israel HI. Bn- ker, I. Il. Buker, Samuel Adams, 1807 ; Allmery Hamblin, Daniel
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