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Credit.
By the town treasurer's order on Jacob Longfellow, one of the Collectors, 5. 0. 0.
By ditto order on Stephen nunson, not paid, 5. 0. 0.
19. 4. 0.
Debtor : Town of Machias to Stephen Jones. 1792.
March 30. For their Committee's certificate of this date, 30. 13. 2.
1794.
March 30. Two years interest on ditto, 3. 12. 3.
£34. 5.
5.
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April 4. By order on Treasurer in part for interest to that period, Remains at this time,
€3. S. 12.
30. 17. 3.
1797. April 30. To three years and one month's interest, 5. 14. 21.
40. 00
72.
To your Committee's Certificate to John Prince, Esq., dated March 30, 1792, 62. Two years interest on above, 7. 9. 1.
2. 3.
69. 11. 4.
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1794. Mar. 30. Credited by two years interest paid, By order on town treasurer April 4, 1794, 7. 9.
62.
2.
3.
Dec. 30. To interest up to that time, nine months, 2.
15. 10₴
64. 18.
14.
The following shows amounts drawn by the several Districts, in 1795, for the support of schools.
West School District,
13. 10. 2.
Middle
32. 9. 4.
Lower
Paid to Mr. Haskell, (teacher, )
4.
0.
0.
" Richardson,
2.
5. 0.
.. " Smith.
3.
0. 0.
$ 6 Emerson,
3.
15. 0.
13.
00.
0.
East River District, 9. 19. 6.
Upper School District,
10. 10. ().
20. 9. 6.
1.
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Machias, May 11, 1792.
George Stillman, Esq. - Please pay Capt. Peter Talbot, the amount of the within certificate with interest to the time of payment.
STEPHEN JONES, JOHN COOPER, Selectmen of Machias.
Machias, March 30, 1792.
This may certify that there is due from the town of Machias to Woodin Foster on balance of account this day settled fifty-six pounds four shillings to be on interest 'till paid.
STEPHEN JONES, JAMES AVERY, JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. Committee for settling the town accounts.
ABOUT A SCHOOL.
Know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned, do nominate and appoint Ebenezer Gooch and Ezekiel Richardson, as a Committee for the purpose of regulating and establishing a school in District, No. 5 in the town of Machias, and for receiving such sums of money as is set apart by vote of the town for said District :- that the said Committee are to employ a Teacher, and such sums as may be due to any Teacher is to be paid by said Committee who are empowered to draw and receive the fore mentioned proportion for district No. 5 from the town aforesaid and are to pay said Teacher what wages are agreed on between the parties for the time he has or may serve.
Moses Fenlason, Nathan Hanscom, Silvanus Hanscom,
Israel Andrews,
Aaron Hanscom, Jr.
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In the April annual meeting of 1797, a special Committee made the following report :
"Your Committee find on a settlement with the Town Treasurer, that there remained in the hands of the different Collectors, over and above the amount of orders drawn on them by the Treasurer, according to the bills delivered to them to collect £70. 12. 82 :- Out of which the Committee thought the following abatements ought to be made :
On Ephraim Chase bills for 1785 and 1786. £13. 12. 1.
On Daniel Meserve's, 4. 6. 4,
On Stephen Monson's bills 1793, '94, '95, 18 12. 8.
On Jacob Longfellow's, 1796.
5. 13. 3.
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42 4. 4.
Remaining in old Collector's hands after subtracting abatements, £28. 8. 73. Reduced to dollars is $94.77."
And your Committee find there is due to the following the sums set against their names :
Capt. Peter Talbot,
Nathaniel Phinney.
$39.44 5.00
James Avery's orders.
47.11
Two months salary to Rev. C. Brown.
55.56
Commissions on S. Munson's bill for 1795,
44.08
Jacob Longfellow Com's on his bills, 1795, '96, 112.81
Benj. Hitchorn, Esq., due him onnote and interest, 136.82
Stephen Jones, balance due him on his and John Prince's obligations against the town, 180.57
Machias, Sept. 19, 1797.
Received of the Selectmen of the town of Machias, an order on Geo. Stillman. Esq., Town Treasurer for forty- eight dollars and ninety-four cents which when paid will be in full for the balance due me on a Certificate dated March 30th 1792 signed by Stephen Jones and James Avery Com- mittee for settling town accounts.
JEREMIAH O'BRIEN.
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The Town of Machias To
Paul Foster, Dr.
1797.
April. To warning town officers, $1.00
To warning transient persons out of the town, .66
To notifying town meeting, 1.00
1798.
April. To warning town officers, 2.00
To notifying town meeting, .50
To two days warning petty Jury, 3.00
Machias, March 27, 1799. The Selectmen have examined the above account and allowed the sum of three dollars and sixteen cents.
GIDEON O'BRIEN, PETER TALBOT, Selectmen.
Town of Machias To
Gideon O'Brien, Dr.
1797.
April. To paid for making coffin for Nancy's child, $2.00
To Sundries delivered to Elisha Allen, viz: 4 lbs. coffee, $1.66; 2łyds. broadcloth, $5.40, 7.10
4 yards Baize for lining, 2.00
yard Tow cloth 17c; making jacket, 2.00, 2.17
To Mowhair and thread, 34c; but- tons 33c, .67
$13.09
Received payment in full by order on Treasurer.
GIDEON O'BRIEN.
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Town of Machias, To
Win. Chaloner, Jr., Dr. 1797.
Making coffin for Patrick Conners, $3.00
Paid by order on the Treasurer. WM. CHALONER.
Town of Machias To
James Avery, Dr.
1797.
August 23. To two and a half day's taking the valuation, $2.50
To three day's making taxes at Ellises, 3.00
To three days at my house on taxes, 3.00
To one day at Parker's
1.00
To two quires paper used,
.66
To one day making and reeling Books, 1.00
To ore half day at East River and one half day at West Falls on abatements, etc .. 1.00
$12.16
Machias, Nov. 23, 1797.
Received of the Selectmen an order on the Town Treasurer for seventy dollars and sixty-eight cents, bearing even date with this receipt, which order when paid is in full for a Certificate, which I hold against the town, dated March 30, 172, signed by Stephen Jones, Jeremiah O'Brien, James Avery and is lost or mislaid.
JAMES FLINN.
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Town of Machias To
Stephen Parker, Dr.
1797.
April, 7 -- 8. Two days taking valuation of valuable property, finding paper and diet.
18. One day at the Falls on account of assessments; Mr. Cooper could not attend, nothing done,
May 17. Three days on Rates,
June 10. Two days on Rates,
17. Wrote 9 Warrants on 43 sheets of paper to Surveyors of Highways and found paper,
June 19. Finished two quarto books for Collectors. June 22. One day on Rates,
June 26.
One half day with Mr. Avery at John Foster's to receive complaints and rectify any who are overated,
June 27. One half day with Mr. Avery at Ellises on same business,
N. B. Self supported one day each time and expense.
Town of Machias To
Ralph H. Bowles, Dr.
1798.
March. To my services as Town Clerk, for one year commencing the first Monday in April, 1797, $17.25
To one and one half quire of paper for the Town's use, .40
To recording thirty one births and deaths. 8 cents each, 2.48
$20.40
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Dr. Town of Machias in account with John Cooper, Cr. 1798.
March 30. To cash paid St. Treasurer, $250.60
To am't of Executions, 293.32
To my fees on ditto. 20.46
$564.38
Balance due town,
25.69
$590.07
1798.
March 30. By cash of Solomon Sevey, 63.33
, Getchell, Jr ..
59.42
St. Treasurer, 70.00
" P. Bruce. Esq ..
104.00
Selectmen's orders. 23.32
$320.07
Town of Machias to Assessors for 1797, Dr. To their services in taking a valuation and assessing the town and State taxes, and delivering the bills to the Collectors. and a copy to the Clerk, as the law directs, fourteen dollars cach, $42.00 JOHN COOPER, Chairman.
Machias, March 26, 1898.
Town of Machias to Phineas Bruce, Dr.
1797.
Sept. To paid London Atus for digging a grave for black Nancy's child, $1.50
To 3 pecks corn delivered to Mr. Allen, 1.50
To one quarter of beef. weight 86 pounds; 28 pounds, of rice delivered by Stephen Jones, Esq .. to Mr. Allen, 8.66
To paid postage of letters for the town. .66
$12.32
Received payment of Capt. Gideon O'Brien.
PHINEAS BRUCE.
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Boston, April 28th, 1798.
Please pay to the order of Mr. John Peck the amount of my demand against the town of Machias for services rendered them by contract.
Your Humble Servant, BENJ. HITCHBORN.
To the Treasurer or the Selectmen of the town of Machias:
Endorsed :- "Pay the within to the order of Phineas Bruce, Esq., for account of John Peck.
Machias, April 2, 1802.
Received of the Selectmen of the town of Machias, two hundred dollars in full for the within order.
PHINEAS BRUCE.
Town of Machias To
Peter Talbot, Dr.
1798. Dec. To 3 days board and attendance upon John
Hodson, a poor foreigner unable to care for himself, $2.00
To paid Capt. Paul Reed for carrying said Hodson to Boston, 10.00
To allowed for advancing said sum in cash, 2.00
$14.00
Paid by Town Order, PETER TALBOT.
Machias, December 5, 1798.
This may certify that I, Paul Reed of Townsend Com- mander of the Schooner Betsey, now lying at Machias, bound for Boston have taken on board a transient person
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by the name of John Hodson, who appears to be in dis- tressed circumstances, and I promise to convey him on my schooner to Boston and have received of Levi Fairbanks ten dollars in full for his board and passage to Boston, or some other Harbor where I dispose of my cargo.
PAUL REED.
Town of Machias To W'in. Albee, Dr. To boarding Elisha Allen, a Town's poor, from first of April, 1797, to 1st of April, 1793, $52.00
Received payment in full of the above account.
WM. ALBEE.
Town of Machias To
The Assessors, Dr. 1798.
To the services of James Avery and Marshall Thaxter, 12 days each, in making town road, county and State taxes, and making out highway bills. $24.00
To 4 quires paper used, this year. 1.66
$25.66
Town of Machias To
Peter Talbot, Dr.
1798. Dec. To clearing out the road from Aaron Hanscom's Jr. to the township line. Eastward as by the agreement of the Selectmen, tive miles and one quarter at twelve dollars per mile is. $63.00
To spotting and measuring the above town road. 11.00
74.00
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Cr. By an order on the Town Treasurer dated July 16, 1798, 24.00
$50.00
Dec. 25, By order on the Treasurer for
$74.00
Settled.
PETER TALBOT.
Due the town of Machias.
1798.
From Jonathan Longfellow's Est.,
dividend,
$138.53
David Longfellow's Dividend,
2.07
David Longfellow's nine years' tax 25.68
For Rev. Mr. Lyon's salary, . $166.28
Add to David Longfellow's
dividend as per second ap- portionment,
$20.92
Above is "Extract from Records of Probate."
Town of Machias to
Ralph H. Bowles, Dr.
April 10, 1799 including 1798.
To my services as Town Clerk for one year as by vote of the town, To postage of letters delivered to Selectmen from the Post Office, .51
$20.00
To recording births and deaths that came to my knowledge at eight cents each, 1.44
Errors excepted. $21.95
Received payment by an order on the Town Treasurer.
R. H. B.
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MUNICIPAL LIFF.
A Town meeting held April 6, 1801, at the Court House, at Western Falls, Selectmen presiding. votes were taken in.
For Governor
Caleb Strong had, 58
Elbridge Gerry, 25
E. H. Robbins, 49
W'm. Heath, 24
Alexander Campbell, 78
David Cobb, 45
Nath'l Dummer, 32
Henry Knox, 02
Stephen Jones was chosen Moderator; R. H. Bowles, Town Clerk. Gideon O'Brien, Jacob Longfellow, Win. Emerson, Selectmen : Samuel Ellis, Elias Foster, Constables. George Sevey was chosen Collector of taxes, for the town at a commission of eight per cent. Stephen Parker, Phineas Bruce, Gideon O'Brien, Josiah Harris, John Foster, School Committee. Other officers as in years past.
"Votes were given in for Register of Deeds for Washing- ton County as follows: For George Stillman, 36; JJosiah Harris, 30. Also for County Treasurer, George Stillman, 62: Josiah Harris. 8.
Samuel Ellis and Capt. Peter Talbot, were chosen, "measurers of grain."
Voted that the Selectmen be a Committee to settle with the former town treasurer, Geo. Stillman.
Voted: For the support of the ministry the ensuing year, $333.33
For the support of the Poor. 210.00
Town Officers, 185.00
" Contingencies 70; roads, etc., 1,000, 1,070.00
Voted to allow $1.50 per day for men : $1.00 for ox work.
Voted to discontinue the road leading from East River to Daniel Hoits brook for the present or until it be more wanted than now.
Voted: That Col. O'Brien have permission to keep up bars and gates across the roads through his fields the ensuing year.
For Lient. Governor,
..
For Senators,
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Voted : That Capt. Peter Talbot have the thanks of the town for his services as one of the Selectmen for several years.
Voted : That the Selectmen give an order on the Treas- urer for the sum of $11.27 in favor of John Roberts, for the support of Mary Doyle the last year.
A town meeting was held at Eastern River the 12th of May, 1801, by ' 'the Freeholders and other Inhabitants."
The Town voted that it is not necessary to send a Repre- sentative this year. At this meeting Phineas Bruce presided ; John D. Folsom was chosen Constable in lien of Levi Foster, who declined serving.
Ministerial lot sold to John Cooper for, -- $12.00
School lot sold to Wm. Chaloner, Jr.,
subject to making a fence, $6.00
Ministerial Thatch lot sold to Jirah
Phinney for $1.00
Voted: That the sum of thirty dollars be raised for purchasing standard weights and measures.
Voted: That Nathaniel Phinney be discharged from paying two dollars for the ministerial thatch lot for last year. Voted : That the Selectmen post up notifications and request all persons, who have demands against the town to present them on or before the 23d day of June.
Among accounts submitted was the following by John Roberts : "An account of what Mary Doyle brought to my house since last Fall."
By three tripes, $1.50
one peck of meal, .38
" three quarts of molasses, .60
" Two bowles of Tea, 1.65
" two and § bushels of turnips and potatoes, 1.60
" smoked fish, 1.00
$6.73
Debtor.
To one child boarded at my house nine weeks at two dollars a week-$18.00, which leaves a balance due me of $11.27, which I ought to be payed.
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The following report made by the Town Treasurer, Josiah Harris, shows in part the financial standing of the town for 1801.
Town of Machias Dr.
For monies received by the Treasurer for 1801.
Aug. 24. To Selectmen's orders paid Gideon ()'Brien for ammunition for 1801. $118. 75 To Selectmen's orders paid Sam'l Smith, services as assessor for 1801, 7.50
Aug. 29. To Ministerial Committee's order paid Rev. John Fisher being for expense printing Mr. Steele's ordination sermon, 40.00
1802.
Jan. 8. Selectmen's order paid William Chaloner, 1.33
Mar. 22. .€
Josiah Harris,
Assessors' services for 1801, 41.07
Mar. 26. Selectmens' order paid John Cooper same, 22.50
.. .. Selectmens' order paid Wm. Albee, support of Poor, 18.28
Selectmens' order paid Robert Munson, ditto. 10.00
Selectmens' order paid Ralph H. Bowles, 4.36
David Pinco, support of Poor. 4.14
29.50
Selectmens' order paid Ellis Drew, ditto, " Peter Talbot, ditto, 10.67
To paid Rev. Marshfield Steele on account of salary for 1801, 50.00
$358.10
Balance in the Treasurer's hands,
49.75
$407.85
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1801.
Cr.
By cash of Geo. Sevey, Collector, $30.00
By cash of Geo. Seavy, Collector, 170,10
1802 .- By payment of Wm. Chaloner's note, 1.33
Mar. 26, By money of Geo.
Sevey, Collector, 194.42
66 By money in payment
of John Cooper's note, 12.00
407.85
Thirty dollars of this balance is reserved for the purchase of the Town Standard of weights and measures, which leaves a real balance against the Treasurer of nineteen dollars, seventy-five cents.
JOSIAH HARRIS, Treasurer.
The following list of names was accepted and approved in open town meeting, April 6, 1801, to be put in the box, liable to do service as Petit Jurors.
Jonathan Longfellow, Jr.,
Ebenezer Gardner, Jr.,
Paul Foster,
Stephen Smith, Jr.,
Wm. Chaloner Jr.,
Gamaliel Demmons,
Samuel Phinney,
Joseph Steward,
Daniel Palmer,
Isaac Longfellow,
John Holmes.
George Thompson,
George Sevey, Jr.,
Joel Foster,
Wm. Ellis Smith,
Joseph Foss,
Abial Holmes,
Jacob Palmer, Jr.,
David Pineo,
Theodore Scott,
Wallace Fenlason,
John Palmer,
. Samuel Scott, David Libbee,
Nathaniel Phinney, Jr.,
Daniel Meserve, Jr.,
Isaac Hanscom,
Robert Munson,
John Berry, Jr.,
Benjamin Gooch,
Aaron Hanscom, Jr.,
Stephen Munson,
Josiah Phinney,
Mathias Toby. Jr.,
John Dearborn Folsom,
William Flinn,
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Ebenezer Gooch,
Josiah Hitchings.
Joseph Libby Meserve,
Enoch Longfellow.
Samuel Foster,
Jonathan Longfellow, Joseph Munson, Jr ..
Henry Watts,
Benjamin Harmon.
Elisha Tobey.
Daniel Libbee.
Daniel Foster,
Simeon Crocker,
Benjamin Berry.
Samuel Cates.
Geo. Stillman Foster,
Wm. Sanborne.
John Sevey. William Noyes,
Ephraim Holmes, Appollo Chase,
Israel Hovey. Simeon Foster,
Enoch Waterhouse. Jr ..
James Wheeler Crocker,'
James Foster.
Samuel Phillips Clark,
Silvanus Hanscom,
John Day. Daniel Hoit. Jr.
Jiralı Phinney, Arthur Albee.
Nathan Hanscom. Joseph Simpson, Jeremiah O'Brien. Jr.,
Daniel Berry,
David Hodgkins,
David Prescott.
At the same meeting the following were accepted and approved by the town as Grand Jurors : Gideon O'Brien, . Ephraim Hadley, Levi Bowker. Daniel Hoit,
Nathaniel Phinney,
Eleazer Hatheway,
Jacob Penniman.
James Flynn, Ebenezer Gardner,
Joseph Averill.
Wm. Emerson.
Marshall Thaxter,
Solomon Meserve.
Ephraim Chase,
Aaron Hanscom,
Samuel Ellis,
Jacob Longfellow, John Foster,
George Sevey.
Daniel Meserve. Josiah Harris, Consider Drew.
Enoch Waterhouse.
Joseph Libbee. Ebenezer Inglee.
Peter Talbot.
Lemuel Berry,
James Holmes, John White Drew. Jonathan Woodruff,
Joseph Hanscom,
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Moses Foster,
Amos Boynton,
John W. Foster,
Abijah Foster,
Samuel Smith,
Ezekiel Richardson.
Joseph Getchell, Jr ..
Elias Foster,
Jonathan Berry,
Levi Foster,
John Kelley,
James Gooch,
William Chase,
Jesse Scott.
The inhabitants assembled June 18, 1801 to draw from the box one man to serve as Petit Juror to the Supreme Court to be holden at Castine; and for drawing from the Jury boxes the Grand and Petit Jurors for said town, who are to serve at the next Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the County of Washington in the August term, 1801.
Petit Juror for S. J. Court, Joseph Libbee, Grand Jurors for County Court, Ezekiel Richardson, Wm. Chase, Samuel Smith, John Berry, John Kelley, Enoch Water- house, Daniel Meserve.
Petit Jurors for County Court, Jirab Phinney, David Hodgkins, Samuel Berry, Arthur Albee, Samuel P. Clark, Jeremiah O'Brien Jr. Geo. S. Foster.
Machias, May 13. 1801.
To the Moderator of the present Town Meeting.
Sir: The Law makes it my Duty to provide at the ex- pense of the town a complete set of beams, weights, and measures according to the State standard, which are to be proved and sealed by the State or County Treasurer. For every neglect herein I am liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by any individual, who may see fit to sue for the same. When it is considered how frequently the inhabitants of this town are obliged to buy the necessaries and conveniences of life, by unknown weights and measures, unsealed and at strange hands, the expediency of complying with this Law must appear obvious and I should presume would induce the town to
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appropriate a sufficient sum for the purchase of proper standards, even if no penalty was annexed to the neglect of it. But as I am personally bound to the Duty and liable to the Penalty, and as there is not in the treasury any money but what is otherwise appropriated, I must in this formal manner request the Town to Vote a sum of money for this purpose. I am with Respect yours and the Town's obedient servant.
JOSIAH HARRIS, Town Treasurer.
To the Selectmen of Machias.
Gentlemen: The subscribers are subjected to very great inconveniences for the want of a road from Eastern River to George Stillmans' and from thence into the County road near Middle river; they request you therefore Gentlemen to view said road, and to lay out one in such way and manner as you may think necessary and proper for the accommodation of the town and particularly the subscribers.
GEO. STILLMAN, GEO. SEVEY, GEO. SEVEY, Jr., SAMUEL SMITH. The above road was from the Hoit district to East Machias and for many years was the only "County road" between the two towns.
Machias, June 13, 1801.
Gentlemen : We, the subscribers request that you agreeably to Law, set off the town of Machias, into School districts, that each District may provide themselves with a school house and school master; that the town of Machias may not be subjected to pay a fine that the Law inflicts in case the same is not done.
WM. CHALONER, MARSHALL THAXTER, JACOB PENNIMAN, WILLIAM ALBEE. JOSEPH STUART.
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To the Gentlemen, Selectmen of the town of Machias.
The Freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Machias are hereby notified and warned to assemble at the Court House at the Western Falls in Machias on Mon- day, the 17th day of August, at four o'clock in the afternoon for the following purposes, viz: 1st. to choose a Moderator, 2nd. to choose some suitable person to act in behalf of the town, at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be held at Machias, within and for the County of Washington, on the 3d Tuesday of August Inst. In consequence of a presentment of the Grand Jurors for said County against the town of Machias, for not having their roads and bridges in such repairs as the Law directs.
Machias August 8th, 1801.
JACOB LONGFELLOW, GIDEON O'BRIEN, Selectmen of Machias.
In the meeting which followed Stephen Jones was chosen Moderator.
Voted: That the Selectmen be the "suitable person" to act in behalf of the town, which respects the Presentment of the Grand Jurors against the town.
Machias, Aug. 17, 1801. Meeting adjourned, without day.
Attest : RALPH H. BOWLES, Town Clerk.
On the 21st. day of September, 1801 votes were cast for Federal Representative.
Hon. N. Dummer had 10
Phineas Bruce, Esq., 10
General apathy seemed to cover the town 1799-1800. Times were hard; outlook not encouraging. Only twenty votes were cast for a member of Congress, when on like occasions years before one hundred or more votes had been cast.
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April 17, 1801. Money was voted to be raised to meet expenses the ensuing year :
For support of the Ministry,
$333.33
For support of town poor,
156.00
For to pay town officers,
86.00
For Casualties, 50.00
At this meeting the record shows no evidence of an appropriation for roads.
The following appears as a record of orders drawn on the Treasurer by the Selectmen, for 1799.
Order in favor of Moses Foster, as Assessor,
$9.00
" Robert Munson, for Poor.
30.00
" Josiah Harris, as Assessor, 20.25
" Samuel Smith, "
7.50
" Jeremiah O'Brien, as Assessor, 6.88
" Aaron Hanscom. Jr., for Bridge, 60.00
" Wm. Noyes, for locks for boxes, .75
" Stephen Smith, Sup't of poor,
1.50
" Benj. Waistcoat,
34.16
" Jacob Longfellow,"
38.50
" Wm. Albee,
104.00
" R. H. Bowles, for town Clerk and for recording births and deaths,
24.17
Paill Mr. Steele order not given, $333.33
Order to Win. Emerson as Assessor,
8.00
678.04
Commissions for Collectors,
100.00
Expense of ordination of Rov. Mr. Steele.
26.96
$805.00
Monday, the seventh day of Dec. 1801 at a meeting in the Court House at Machias, votes were received for a Congress- man in place of Silas Lee resigned ; Phineas Bruce, Esq .. received H being a unanimous vote.
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A town meeting was held on Wednesday, March 31st, 1802, to choose seven men to serve as Grand Jurors at next Court of General Sessions of the Peace. The following were elected: Ephraim Hadley, James Gooch. Daniel Hoit, Levi Bowker, Wm. Emerson, Elias Foster, John W. Foster.
Town of Machias To Jacob Longfellow, Dr ;.
To paying Capt. Dan Elliot for freight and truckage of powder, $1.50
To paid John Roberts, 11.70
To laying out the roads 23 days, 1.50 per day,
3.75
To my time and attendance settling the account with the Town Treasurer and binding out poor children, 3.50
$20.45
Machias, March 31 1802. Received payment by an order on the Town Treasurer.
JACOB LONGFELLOW.
The annual Town Meeting was held the 22nd day of March, 1802. The following sums were voted :
For minister's salary for one year,
$333.33
" town officers salaries,
200.00
" the support of the poor,
250.00
" the fine for the town not having highways in repair.
50.00
" Contingencies,
100.00
" one half of Rev. Mr. Steel's Settlement,
166.66
" to build two pounds,
100.00
" Not to raise any money for schools.
" the Highways, 1,000.00
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MUNICIPAL LIFE.
Voted: That the Selectmen and School Committee be a committee to make such alterations in the School Districts as they shall think beneficial for the town.
Voted: That the Assessors for the present year make such abatement on Mr. Levi Foster's bill that he shall lay before them respecting the bills given him as town Collector of taxes for the year 1796.
Voted: That the collector of taxes (Geo. Sevey) for the ensuing year pay one half of his bill in six months from date of his bill, and the remainder on or before the next annual meeting.
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