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This year Daniel Stone, a road agent, had a district from Middle River to Bonney's Brook. Only nine persons were assessed as appeared by his Warrant, which was on a piece of paper eight inches by four in size. Mr. Stone was faith- ful in his trust. He returned his Warrant to the Selectmen as directed; in it stating that a certain sum had been "Brought from Pineo's Bill to satisfy my bill for what was behind hand."
DANIEL STONE.
November 2nd.
In April, 1789, the Assessors were called upon by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under provisions of an Act of the General Court, in terms so direct and forceable no chance for evasion or neglect was omitted.
Treasurer's Office, Boston, July 20, 1789.
The two Branches of the Honourable Legislature, being . impressed with a sense of the embarrassments and evils that this Commonwealth are involved in, by reason of the
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delay of the Collection and payment of the Public Taxes, directed the Treasurer by their Committee, at the last session of the General Court, to enforce the payment of No. 4, 5 and 6 taxes, and not by any means admit of any further delay. And whereas Executions have in general been issued against the Collectors of the two former taxes, which Executions will not be renewed again, only in unavoidable cases ; the Treasurer hereby notifies the Collectors of the latter tax (viz: No. 6) in the County of Lincoln, which in- cluded Machias, that unless, at least, three fourths of said tax, shall be by them paid into the Treasury, on or before the thirtieth day of September next. he shall be under the necessity of issuing his Executions therefor, in order to justify his conduct to the General Court, at their next session, on the principles of the foregoing Resolve.
ALEXANDER HODGDON, State Treasurer.
The assessment for the State was thirteen thousand two hundred sixty-two pounds, one shilling; Machias' pro- portion being Eighty.five pounds, sixteen shillings, ten pence ; set on the Land of the Heirs and Assigns of the late Brigadier Waldo!" The rate of assessment fixed by the State was two per cent.
The order in the Warrant defined the duties of the town Assessors and read : "You are to assess the male polls above the age of sixteen years, within your respective town or other place, including negros and mulattoes, and such of them as are under the government of a master or mistress, to be taxed to such master or mistress respectively, in the same manner as minors and apprentices are taxed, at five shillings and five pence each." This severe Warrant bears date of April 10, 1788.
With no money except Continental issue and this so de- preciated, that it took fifty dollars in value of it to pay for a pound of tea in Machias; with the fact already recorded that many of the subscribers to Rev. James Lyon's salary, had set down "Four pounds, payable in lumber;" others, even one of the Deacons of the church, added to his
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signature, "Three pounds or so much thereof as I shall find myself able to pay :" School teachers not paid, schools suspended and seasons of "great distress" prevailing: is it a wonder that the inhabitants prayed the General Court for abatement of taxes so onerous?
Money-yes, there was money in abundance, bags full of it and pocket books well rounded out; as an Indian said, "Not much good money-me no want it."
Boston traders caught on to the idea of a largely de- preciated currency and in exchange for lumber when they could get it, for fish, furs, etc., they flooded the Province of Maine with both fervor and freedom before the good people of the Province. Machias included. had arrived at realization of the true condition of Continental "Promises to pay."
Town Machias To Stephen Smith, Dr.
1790.
January 3. To two days looking and running out Road from Samuel Holmes to Eastern River, £0.12. To making maps in April, 0. 18. 0, To taking care Munson children and putting them out two days, 0. 12. 0.
July 7. One day laying out roads and report thereon,
.0 6. 0. To running Road up to Gardner's and to Mr. Scott's 0. 6. 0.
Dec. 2. To one day mending road to middle rock. 0. 6. 0.
£3. 0. 0.
C'r.
By order on trustees or Selectmen, £0. 18. 0.
Due, £2. 2. 0.
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In town meeting held at Eastern Falls, April 5, 1790. The third article in the warrant was to see if the Town would grant a sufficient sum of money to pay the Rev. James Lyon his salary for one year.
At the same meeting at two P. M. the inhabitants gave in their votes for Governor, Lient. Governor and one Senator for the County of Lincoln. William Albee, constable, served the Warrant.
At the above meeting it was announced that the town was in debt to Rev. James Lyon, "deficiencies in salaries, dating back fourteen years, in the sum of £900 :- Also, that the town debt was upwards of £2,000 or about $10.000! Also. that in the previous spring, 1789, a freshet carried off the boom at West Falls, by which three thousand logs went in to tide waters most of which became a total loss! Loss of logs, damage to mills and dams was estimated at £600. Calamities often come in pairs, as the town records disclose.
In the summer of 1788 a fire swept off two double saw mills, a grist mill with a large quantity of boards and other valuable lumber.
During the Revolutionary War the people of Machias endured untold privations; communication with Boston was almost entirely suspended, there was no demand for lumber, so that very little lumbering was done for an entire decade or longer; the saw mills were neglected and run down, taxes could not be paid, schools were abandoned, when all these were followed by fire and freshet only the stoutest hearts held on in hope to the end !
A town meeting was called to assemble at Eastern River, the 21st of June, 1790, at ten o'clock before noon by James Avery, Gideon O'Brien, Stephen Parker, Selectmen. The second article in the Warrant was, To see if the town will consent, that the "Court of Common Pleas" and the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, may be held at the meet- ing house at the Western Falls, 'till County Buildings are erected? Consent was obtained by unanimous vote and the County Courts were held in the Church for many years.
George Stillman was a road Surveyor in 1790. His
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Warrant called for £38. 14. 3. Much of the aggregate was abated. In his list were several for only a poll tax; viz. : Frederick Singley. Henry Griffiths, Andrew Mann, Joseph Munson, Stephen Dow, Daniel Scott, Anthony Pepper, John Darby.
Miss Hannah Hill appears in Mr. Stillman's list for £2. 6. 7. When Mr. S. made return of his doings to the Selectmen, he made marginal notes: "Singley sick ; Griffiths ditto, Mann gone before the bill was made out; Old Mr. Munson good for nothing to work; Daniel Scott moved out of my Disrict."
Jeremiah O'Brien filled the office of road agent in 1790. There were several of these high-way surveyors; in all the Warrants pounds, shillings and pence are used except in Mr. O'Brien's and in his the amounts are placed in dollars and cents. We know of no reason for this, except that one set of Warrants were made by one of the Assessors and one Assessor made the other or by a different member of the Board.
Received of Capt. Chase, Collector, in part payment of the sum of twenty pounds, nine shillings and six pence, which he is ordered by the Treasurer to collect for me, the sum of sixty pounds, sixteen shillings and five pence.
JAMES LYON.
Machias, March 30, 1791.
June 7, 1791, Capt. Gideon O'Brien was furnished with a Warrant (on a printed blank) defining his road district, - From Joseph Libby's Mills to Chandler's River road and the road leading to Little Kennebeck and half of the Dublin bridge so called. His list contained the following names: Jeremiah O'Brien, Daniel Meserve, Jr., Gideon O'Brien,
Morris O'Brien,
Jeremiah Phinney,
John O'Brien,
Patrick Annas,
Joseph O'Brien,
Patrick Alywood,
Ezekiel Libbee's Est.,
Richard Earl,
Francis Miller,
Bart Bryant,
James Smith,
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John Biliter.
Elward Clark,
Joseph Clifford.
Joseph Deering,
James Flynn.
David Dunn,
Ladwick Holway,
Roband Elliot.
Joseph Libbee,
Morris Shaey.
Daniel Meserve,
John Holmes,
All in the list worked out in full.
GIDEON O'BRIEN.
In 1791 this Petition to the Selectmen is on Record : To the Selectmen of the town of Machias:
Your Petition of the Subscribers show: That they are inhabitants of the town of Machias and qualified as the law directs to vote in town meetings : pray that a meeting may be called. as soon as may be, to reconsider a vote passed the last town meeting respecting money to be used for the support of a school, and in duty bound, shall etc.
Wmn. Chaloner,
John Crocker,
Parker Clark,
John Scott,
Marshall Thaxter,
Stephen Smith, Jr.,
Stepben Smith,
Samuel Hill,
Amos Boynton,
Joseph (his x mark) Getchell,
Job Burnham, Joseph Getchell, Jr., Jonathan Pineo. Benj'n. (his x mark) Harmon.
The following Warrant issued for drawing jurymen is one of the official transactions.
Agreeable to a venire facias to me directed by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and general Sessions of the Peace, for the appointment of Jurors.
I hereby require the Freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Machias, to assemble at the meeting house, at the Western River, on Thursday, the Sth day of September next, at ten o'clock before noon, to be present at the appointment of six Petit Jurors, which are to serve at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Court of Com- mon Pleas, to be holden within and for the County of Wash- ington, for September term next.
Given under my hand, at Machias, this thirtieth day of August. 1791.
MARSHALL THAXTER, Constable.
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The following petit jurors, "good and true men," were drawn, - Joseph Hill, Enoch Sanborne, George Seavy, Aaron Hanscom, Jr., Tilley Howe, Eben'zr Gooch.
Drawn according to Law, Sept. 8th, 1791, in presence of the Selectmen.
RALPH H. BOWLES, T. Clerk.
Machias, March 30, 1792.
This may certify that there is due from this town of Machias to Stephen Jones, Esquire, on the settlement of his accounts with the town this day, the sum of thirty pounds, thirteen shillings and two pence, to bear no interest from this date 'till paid.
JAMES AVERY, JEREMIAH O'BRIEN,
Committee for settling the town's accounts.
April 6, 1794: Recieved three pounds, eight shillings and two pence in part of interest on within. Later, no date. Received the within balance in full.
July 31, 1792.
Highway bills not yet returned of taxes unworked.
David Gardner, Jr., Nathan Longfellow,
1785.
Aaron Hanscomb,
Benjamin Foster,
Jonathan Pineo,
Daniel Meserve,
Samuel Holmes, Amos Boynton,
1786.
J. Brown,
George Sevey,
Jonathan Pineo,
Daniel Meserve, Benjamin Gooch,
Win. Emerson.
Solmon Sevey,
1787.
Timothy Libbee,
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Daniel Hoit,
1787.
Jeremiah O' Brien,
David Longfellow,
Danie Stone,
Amos Boynton,
1788.
E. Waterhouse,
Mark Scott,
Samuel Holmes,
Gideon O'Brien.
1789.
Daniel Stone,
Solomon Sevey,
Job Burnham,
Joseph Getchell,
Joseph Libbee,
Stephen Munson,
. 6
George Sevey,
Jesse Scott,
Joseph Getchell,
1790.
Nath'l Phinney,
Benjamin Foster, Esq.,
Gideon O'Brien,
Marshall Thaxter,
James Gooch,
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Wallace Fenlason.
Geo. S. Stillman,
E. Waterhouse,
1791.
George Sevey,
Gideon O'Brien,
Parker Clark.
Peter Talbot,
Ebenezer Gardner,
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Ebenezer Gooch,
Nath'l Phinney,
Samuel Holmes,
1792.
Aaron Hanscom,
Gideon ('Brien,
John Foster, . .
Benj. Harmon,
..
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Jeremiah O'Brien, 1788. Abijah Foster, Aaron Hanscomb,
The following notice to delinquents was issued, by the Selectmen to the different road Surveyors.
Sir :- Your bills for the years -- , to work on the high- ways are not returned. If they are not completed, you will notify the persons that are deficient that if they do not work out the tax by -- , at which time you are to make return of your Warrant; they will be taxed in the next together with the next Assessment.
In the first town meeting, 1792, a Committee was chosen, to receive and examine all accounts, claims, etc., against the Towing, growing out of service done, provisions fur- nished the poor, earthworks built and articles furnished during the Revolution and years after. The committee were given power to issue certificates on the town Treasurer for amounts allowed as per settlement."
Machias, March 30, 1792.
This may certify that there is due from the town of Machias to James Avery, Esq., the sum of twenty-seven pounds and four shillings, on balance of account this day settled, to be on interest 'till paid.
STEPHEN JONES, JEREMIAH O'BRIEN,
Committee on town accounts.
Machias, August 16, 1792.
Received on account of the within an order on the Treasurer for seven pounds four shillings.
To the town Treasurer, -Please to pay the balance due on the within obligation.
Selectmen for 1795.
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Machias, March 30, 1792.
This may certify that there is due from the town of Machias, to JJohn Prince, Esq., sixty-two pounds, two shillings three pence on balance of acconut this day settled, to be on interest 'till paid.
Committee on Accounts.
April 1st, 1794.
Received an order on town treasurer for seven pounds, nine shillings and one penny for two years interest on the with- in obligation.
STEPHEN JONES. December 30, 1794.
By order on Messrs J. and A. Crocker for forty pounds. Received the within balance in full.
STEPHEN JONES.
May 30, 1793.
James Avery. Esq., was appointed highway Surveyor by Benjamin Foster, James Avery, two of the Selectmen. The Warrant informs him that his "District is from the Rhim to East River Bridge, from a so called Darby Brook 'till it comes in to the Rhim road and the road between that and the river partly cleared out the last year." Mr. Avery's list contained forty names, among them some new tax payers-viz: Wm. Cooper, Barney Lyons, Moses Dowdell, William Webb, Andrew Brown, Wm. Davis, Ebenezer Turner, Win. Fryer, Samuel Goodale, Thomas Mitchell, Isaac Taylor.
Wm. Ellis Smith July, 1794, was chosen one of the road Surveyors - his Warrant defined limits to be "From the center of the bridge across the main river at Western Falls including all the roads on the North side to the deep gulley on the middle river road" Benjamin Foster and James Avery Selectmen. Forty-one rate payers were in his Warrant in- cluding leading residents. John Cooper, Phineas Bruce. Dr. Wm. Chaloner, Job Burnham. Parker Clark ; also Elisha White, John Edmunds, Abel Douglass, Cyrus Swan, London Atus, Samuel Ellis.
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Jonathan and David Longfellow Estates tax, £0. 18. 5., Henry White, £3. 8. 1 .; also White's Point" 3s. 6p. total tax, of H. White £3. 11. 7. The highest tax was Stephen Jones, £5. 14 3.
In December Mr. Smith returned his Warrant to the Selectmen stating .- This may certify that each and every person has worked or paid the within taxes and that I have applied the whole within sum to the use of the Highways. WM. ELLIS SMITH, Surveyor.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Washington, ss :
To Nathaniel Phinney, Jr., one of the Surveyors of high- ways, for the town of Machias in the County aforesaid, Greeting :-
Your district as Surveyor is on the road commencing on the south side of Enoch Sanborne's to the West line of Daniel Meserve's lot.
You are to amend the highways and public roads and repair all bridges in your district, as far as the money in your list will extend, by calling upon and warning all persons therein named, to appear at such a time and place as you may appoint in your district, to work out the full sum they are so taxed, allowing each person for a full day's work, he finding implements for working as you find necessary and direct, six shillings and for each yoke of oxen with yoke and chain, as you find necessary, four shillings per day. You are to give four days personal, previous notice of the time and place each person is to appear, to work out his tax, or leave the sum at his dwelling in writing and have personally sworn to give a minute of the same in writing if required. If any person warned to work out his tax prefers paying the money for the amount for their tax, you are to receive it and have good men in their stead, not to exceed the wages afore mentioned. You are to make return of this Warrant with an accurate return of all persons that worked out their tax. those who paid money and how
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laid out and those who refused to or neglected to work, on or before the first day of December next.
Each neglect of years subjects you to pay the sum of three pounds fine which will be rigorously prosecuted.
Given under our hands and seals the thirtieth day of May, anno domini, 1793.
STEPHEN JONES,
Selectmen. WM. CHALONER, JAMES AVERY, GEORGE STILLMAN, S Assessors.
List of Work.
Enoch Sanborne.
£2.
5. 8.
John Sanborne,
0.
18. 0.
John Day,
0.
14. 8.
Benjamin Berry,
0.
15. 6.
Nath'l Phinney,
1.
9.
8.
Nath'l Phinney, Jr.,
0.
16.
S.
Josiah Phinney,
0.
17.
10.
Samuel Cates,
1.
0.
8.
Jacob Palmer,
2.
4.
5.
John Palmer,
0.
12. 0.
Joseph Libby.
2.
9.
6.
Solomon Meserve,
0.
18. 0.
Daniel Meserve.
2.
13.
8.
Daniel Meserve, Jr., S
Machias, December, 1793.
Received of the several persons within this list for their highway tax and laid out for purposes afore mentioned, received and worked out on the roads in this Warrant. District before mentioned.
Due from Solomon Meserve. £0. 6. 1. Due from Jacob Palmer, 0. 2. 8.
All persons have been legally warned by me. NATHANIEL PHINNEY. Surveyor.
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Marshall Thaxter, was one of the Road Surveyors in 1793. The amount allotted to him for collection was £50. 19. 8. In these early times they had several ways of working out road taxes as will be seen by the following accounts.
Job Burnham,
€1. 16. 0.
Daniel Libby,
1.
12. 3.
Stephen Smith,
1.
8.
11
Marshall Thaxter,
1.
7.
2.
John Kelly,
0.
18.
4.
Reno Belfounten,
0.
14. 0.
Arthur Gilmore,
0.
12. 6.
Jona'n Longfellow, Jr.,
2.
3.
4.
Mathias Tobey,
0.
13.
10.
Daniel Libbee,
0.
19
8.
James Avery,
1.
4. 0.
Parker Clark,
0.
18.
9.
Amos Boynton,
2.
2.
10.
Noah Mitchell,
0.
12.
0.
Samuel Burnard,
0.
12.
9.
Win. Ellis Smith,
0.
15.
8.
Henry Watts,
0.
16.
4.
William Bryant.
0.
12. 0.
Consider Drew,
2.
6.
4.
Benj'n Berry,
0.
15.
6.
Seth Harvey, Isaac Hanscom,
0.
12.
3.
0.
17.
10.
Several other names are on the list but time's effacing fingers have left stronger marks than paper and ink can show. More than one hundred and ten years have passed since Surveyor Thaxter received from and returned to the Selectmen account of the work assigned to him to do. The following credits are plainly written on the fly leaf of the sheet of paper which contained the Surveyor's limits, his instructions and the law of road making and repairing as known in the then progressive State of Massachusetts.
June 24, 1793, rate payers were credited, viz: Abijah Foster, 3 days work men; two days of oxen-five days.
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Samuel Scott, three days man; two days oxen-five days. P. Conners worked three days for Josiah Harris. "Pepper" for Dunn three shillings. Robert Munson six days man ; one half day oxen. James Avery six shillings. June 25,
Theodore Scott boy one day one yoak oxen.
Scott, one day ten shillings. Samuel Rich, and two boys one day twelve shillings. William Cooper, one day six shill- ings. Isaac Hanscom, six shillings. Peter Talbot, one gallon rum, three shillings. Now "Pepper" appears again on June 28, for Hillman, six shillings. Probably Pepper was a laborer who sought jobs of work from different residents but no evidence appears to show that he was black or red. Aaron and Nath'l Hanscom, Daniel Hoit and John Darby, appear with credits as having worked out their taxes like, good citizens.
The first piece of turnpike built in Machias and no doubt the first in Washington County if not the first piece East of the Penobscot River in Maine was commenced at or near the East end of the present long, dyke bridge, extending one hundred rods toward East river, by Daniel Hoit's. Nath'l Sawyer then about eighteen, made the contract with the town at one dollar per rod. He had no ox help. no plow only with axe, pick and shovel; a resolute will and good muscle; but he often declared. "that was one hundred days well put in and one hundred dollars earned by the sweat of the brow." The toll bridge where Sawyer made the turn- pike in 1794, had not been built. but a kind of ferry was employed ard this only when half or full tide prevailed. Mr. Sawyer kept a tavern in the town of Cooper in later years.
Samuel Holmes as road Surveyor made return of doings July 18, 1793, evidently not entirely satisfied with his list of names. as he wrote on a fly leaf. "I have worked twenty days of of the within bill myself."
The aggregate of his bill was £10. 3. 7. Mr. Holmes own tax being £1. 12. 5 .. being exceeded by Enoch Sanborne by four pence. His district limits was from "Mr. San- borne's, to the Falls, (West) as the road shall hereafter be laid out."
J.
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There were thirteen free holders taxed in this list, among them Isaac Farnsworth, one pound, one shilling, eight pence. John Underwood, E. Woodbury, John Wattson Est. of A. Sprague appeared in the list.
John Sevey, Road Agent, in July, 1794, was assigned- "Your district is all the Roads from West Lake to the North side of James Avery's district." The town voted to allow. each man six shillings per day and four shillings per yoke of oxen. In Mr. Sevey's list a few new names, settlers who had come from Massachusetts or Western Maine; Stephen Hall, Eben Smith, Daniel Scott, were called to provide in cash or labor a few shillings each in the work for better roads. Wm. Fenlason was largest payer, £1. 17. 7; Eph'm Chase, £1. 16 9. : Isaac Andrews, £1. 16. 7. ; Daniel Emer- son had the smallest assessment, only one shilling. There were but eighteen names and six of these were abated the entire tax. Eben Smith married a Miss Farnsworth sister of late Ichabod Farnsworth of Jonesboro. He moved from Machias to Jonesboro, later to Columbia, the district known as "Saco" where he had a farm, was interested in lumbering, at one time part owner of the mill machinery on Saco Falls probably in 1835 and later. The late Maj. Harrison Smith, Russell Smith, Eri Smith the last now living and others were sons of Eben and the numerous Smith families of Columbia, Columbia Falls and Addison are his decendents.
The following is copied from the original Muster Roll of Capt. Gideon O'Brien's Company of organized Militia May 6, 1794.
Gideon O'Brien, Jonathan Pinèo,
. Joseph Getchell. John Kelly.
Captain. Lieutenant. Ensign. Clerk.
Benjamin Harmon,
Josiah Phinney,
Sergeants.
Jacob Longfellow, Daniel Meservey,
Isaac Longfellow,
Drummer.
Fifer.
Wm. Chaloner, Jr.,
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Privates. Henry Watts, Eliakem West, Jonathan Longfellow, Stephen Smith, Jr., Ellis Smith, John Day, John Belighter, Ellis Drew, Benj'n Foss, Jr.,
Joseph Foss, Jonathan Pineo, Jr .. James Lyon, Jr., Simeon Crocker,
Samuel Cates,
James Miller,
Nath'l Phinney, Jr ,
George Seavey, Jr.,
Michael Dowdel,
John Drew,
Benj'n. Waistcoatt,
Andrew Hovey,
Elish Tobey,
Matthew Tobey, Jr.,
Samuel Clark.
Enoch Longfellow,
John Sanborne,
David Pineo.
Jonathan Longfellow, Jr.,
Elisha White,
George Flynn.
Joseph Dearing.
Elias Waterhouse,
Enoch Waterhouse, JJr.,
Israel Foss.
John Holmes,
Jacob Penniman, John Edmonds, Cyrus Swan, Michael Swan,
Simon Elliot. Thomas Miller,
Privates. John Berry, Jr., Benj'n Berry, Otis Pineo, J. Wheeler Crocker, Samuel Hill, Phillips Clark, Jonathan Berry, William Flynn, Thomas Thorp, Noah Mitchell, Lemuel Berry, John Palmer, Daniel Palmer,
Jirah Phinney, . Edward Clark,
Daniel Hoit, Joseph Meservey, Jacob Palmer, Daniel Libbee, Jr.,
Wm. Sanborne,
Josiah Fitzhenry, William Scott,
George Pineo,
Thomas Doyle,
John Darby,
Samuel Phinney, Samuel Bryant,
John Clark, Joseph Dorr, Win. Batsford, Francis Matthews.
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Enoch Waterhouse May 26, 1795, was furnished with a list of road tax payers, his limits being from "The center of Middle River Bidge to Bonney's Brook, so called."
There were eighteen rate payers in the list, Mr. Water- house the largest at £1. 18. 2. He was called on to pay for three Polls. Benjamin Foss, 3d, was the only single poll tax, being nine shillings.
James Avery and Stephen Parker, Assessors, June 21, 1797, placed a Warrant in Wm. Ellis Smith's hands, one of the Road Agents, calling for $168.40 from forty-five rate payers. In this list were some of the earliest settlers of the town, -Wm. Albee, John Cooper, Silas Turner, Stephen Smith, Job Burnham, Henry White, Jonathan Longfellow, M. Thaxter, Phineas Bruce, Consider Drew. Mr. Smith's Limits were all the roads from the Meeting House in West Falls to the Middle River bridge, half of that bridge, half of west Falls bridge and all other roads laid out in these limits.
Town of Machias To Stephen Jones, Dr.
1795. July. To eight weeks board of Mr. Clark Brown at 8 shlilings per week, £7. 4. 0. To cash paid Mr. Brown for eight Sundays, preaching as a candidate, 12 0. 0.
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