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In 1784 the citizens of the northeast part, as well as those of the second division of Middleton (now Brookfield), petitioned to be set off into a new town. In 1785 the citizens of the southwest part of Wolfeborough offered a remonstrance. As it will show somewhat the condition of the town, we give some extracts. The remonstrants, after expressing their surprise at the unrea- sonableness of the petitioners, urge that their prayer should not be granted, from the following considerations : -
First, because the number of families in the town of Wolfborough does not exceed forty, and those in the town of Middleton not more than twice that number; so that to divide two such small number of inhabitants so as to make three towns would be very injurious and expensive to the inhabitants as well as to the community at large; that the people of the whole town of Wolfborough together are poorly able to support proper town government, and, by reason of their low circumstances and the difficulties of the late times, have never been able to settle a minister of the gospel, or even to hire necessary schooling for their
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children ; and now to cut off' one quarter or one third of said inhabitants would entirely oblit- erate all prospect of enjoying such blessings for a long time to come, as there are not any settlers in the towns adjoining to be united to us, and but little prospect of there being any at present, as the lands are held by the proprietors in large bodies and are not to be come at without a large price being given therefor. Secondly, that, although the inhabitants who have petitioned for a separation may not exceed the number above mentioned, yet that part of the lands they desire to have cut off is above one half of the value, as to the quality of the whole town, the middle part being exceeding poor and but little thereof suitable for settle- ment. Thirdly, that your remonstrants mostly live on one direct road in the south westerly part of the town, adjoining the Winnipiseogee lake, and the lands on said road for one mile distant from the lake being almost wholly taken up (which embraces in a measure all of the land in that quarter suitable for settlements) they cannot be benefited by but very few addi- tional settlers there, and no inhabitants being in the towns adjoining, under the distance of eight or ten miles, and then very scattering, that the prospect of any benefit by a connection with them is at present entirely chimerical.
This remonstrance appears to have prevailed, as the division of Wolfe- borough did not take place.
In March, 1786, the town voted to constitute a committee consisting of the selectmen, Colonel Henry Rust, and Colonel William Cotton, to treat with the proprietors for an exchange of the ten-acre lot granted for public purposes for a more desirable one. Also, to raise one hundred dollars for clearing a lot for a meeting-house. The exchange of lots was made, and that on which the town-house was later built secured by the town.
Buildings near Wolfeborough Village about 1800. - North of the stream were William Rogers' house and store, the Jewett tavern; the Mason house stood on the present site of Stephen Durgin's residence. (This house is now at Factory Village.) On the south side of the river were John L. Piper's store where the bank building is now, his dwelling occupying the present site of Charles F. Parker's house ; the Pickering Hotel, now the Rollins' house; the dwellings of James Lucas, Jr, and Andrew Lucas not far from Cate's block ; the Allard house, now occupied by G. B. Clark; and the Guppy house on the Berry lot. William Kent had a house on the mill road near Pickering's Corner. The first frame-house built in the southeast part of the town was the mill-house, which stood near the gristmill. The second house erected in Mill Village was where Lorenzo Horne's now stands.
In 1802 the inventory of the town was: Number of acres of wild land, 40,898; acres of orchard land, 10 3-4; acres of tillage land, 262; acres of mowing land, 756; acres of pasturage, 1,100 ; number of polls, 200; number of horses, 154; number of neat cattle, 971.
The town voted to expend $150 on the meeting-house. About the first of June the meeting-house became very much endangered by running fires, and the town voted to clear away the underbrush from the land near it. This year there were five persons licensed by the town to retail mixed liquors.
In 1803 the town was surveyed by Isaiah Horne at a cost of $101. In
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1805 there were 206 tax-payers ; all but nine were assessed for property of some kind, and 160 paid a tax on real estate. Moses Brown, William Guppy, and Annah Fullerton were assessed for money at interest ; Richard Rust and William Kent for mills: Samuel Dimon, Samuel Mason, Ebenezer Meader, Samuel Meader, John L. Piper, Richard Rust, and Joseph Varney for stock in trade. The five residents holding the largest amount of wild land were William Rogers, Jonathan Hersey, John Young, Nathaniel Brown, " Daniel Brewster and father." The five having the greatest value of livestock were ('aptain Moses Brown, Jonathan Hersey, Nathaniel Brown, William Rogers, and " Daniel Brewster and father." In 1806 the town voted to appropriate one acre of the meeting-house lot for a burying-ground. In 1810 and 1811 the town paid ten cents bounty on crows, and in 1812 twenty cents.
Comparatively few soldiers went from Wolfeborough to the War of 1812. A few may have enlisted in the regular army. In 1812 it was voted "to pay drafted soldiers ten dollars a month while in service." The following were drafted and served from one to two months at the forts at Portsmouth harbor : Jacob Hersey, Samuel Nudd, Joseph Edmonds, Nathaniel Horne, Jonathan Gale, George W. Cotton, John Drew, Jr, John W. Horne, John Wiggin, Isaac Poor, Thomas Stevenson, Samuel Fernald, Alpheus Swett, Andrew Lueas, 3d, John Fullerton, Jr, Joseph Hoitt, John Willey, John Jenness, Isaac Martin, Jonathan Shepherd, Stephen Willey, Valentine Willey, Jona- than Cook, James Rogers. Stephen W. Edmonds went as a substitute for his brother Isaac, and died of fever. There may have been others. In 1814 the training band was divided into two companies. In 1813 the town paid a bill of $43.21 for powder and rum; and in 1815 one of $29.44 for provisions used at musters.
June 6, 1816, there was a snowstorm. In 1817 hay was worth $18 a ton, potatoes 65 cents a bushel, and rye $2 a bushel. Laborers received a peck of poor corn for a day's work. The town voted negatively in relation to a proposition to divide it. In 1818 there was no sleighing until March. Then four feet of snow fell, and only fourteen persons reached the town-house on election day. In 1819 the town voted not to allow cattle, horses, and swine to run at large in the winter season in the thickly settled neighborhoods.
The votes for governor for a few years exhibit great unanimity. In 1820 Samuel Bell had 201, William Hale 4; in 1821 Bell had 205, Hale 1; in 1822 Bell had 218; scattering 2. A change took place the following year, when Samuel Dinsmore had 115 votes, and Levi Woodbury 108. In 1824 the vote was divided between David L. Morrill and Woodbury; but in 1825 Morrill received 197 votes against 2 scattering.
At the annual town-meeting in 1822 a petition, signed by Nathaniel Rogers and others, was presented to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors about the meeting-house on election days. The town refused to grant the petition.
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At the annual election in 1823 a superintending school committee was chosen. It consisted of John P. Cleveland, Thomas J. Tibbetts, Aaron Roberts, David T. Livy, and Thomas Rust. During the year 1825 William Cotton, one of the selectmen, died, and John C. Young was chosen to fill the vacancy. At the annual meeting the town voted to expend one hundred dollars in repairing the meeting-house. It also voted to pay to the Congregationalist Society its proportion of the interest arising from the proceeds of the parsonage lot. For some years this annual interest had been appropriated for schools. The following year the parsonage money was divided among the several religious societies in town. It has been divided in. this manner to the present time. In 1827 Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy, Thomas Stevenson, Joseph Varney, and Aaron Roberts were appointed a committee to consider the feasibility of purchasing a town farm. None was purchased. In 1830 the town again voted not to allow cattle, sheep, horses, and swine to run at large in thickly settled parts of the town.
In 1837 the town voted to receive its share of the surplus revenue. Henry B. Rust was appointed an agent to receive it from the state treasurer; and the selectmen were authorized to loan it to individuals on well-seenred notes. It also voted to purchase a town farm, and Thomas Rust, George E. Nudd, and Gilman Folsom were authorized to make the purchase. This farm was the home for panpers for some years and then sold. In 1838 the town voted to divide the interest arising from the surplus revenue among the legal voters and widows. The division of the county of Strafford came before the citizens at this time. The proposition to make two counties of Strafford received 7 affirmative votes and 204 negative. The proposition to divide it into three counties received 37 affirmative votes and 143 negative. In 1839 the same question came up, and the town voted for a division 25; against a division 293. A proposition was also made to divide the town, which was negatived by a vote of 84 in favor of division to 215 against one. This year the interest from the surplus revenue went for schooling. In 1840, it being a time of much religious interest, the town-meeting was opened by prayer, Rev. George O. Cotton officiating. The custom continued a few years. In 1841 one hundred and fifty-six persons voted that the public good did not require the division of Strafford county. In 1843 the town meeting-house was removed and converted into a town-house. In 1844 the town voted, 214 to 124, to divide the surplus revenue among the legal voters and resident widows. Each person received about seven dollars. In 1849 John Fox, Thomas L. Whitton, and Gilman Folsom were appointed a committee on the town landing, so called. They reported that the landing-place was the property of the town. The report was adopted. This matter was brought to the notice of the town several times. Votes were passed, but little efficient action taken.
Action of Town in Civil War. - October 14, 1861, voted to raise $500 to
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aid the families of soldiers. John Wingate, Jr, Alphonzo H. Rust, and Joseph H. Bickford were appointed a disbursing committee. 1862, February 22, $500 were raised for the same purpose, and the selectmen were authorized to add fifty per cent. to that sum if needed. August 9, voted to place a sum not exceeding $3,000 in the hands of the disbursing committee, and to pay each volunteer under the call for volunteers a bounty of $200, and a bounty of $150 to each person that should volunteer to fill the draft; September 18, voted to pay each person who should enlist in the army for nine months $300. 1863, March, voted $5,000 for the benefit of soldiers' families : September 9, voted to pay each drafted man or his substitute $300; December 3, this sum was increased $50. 1864, May 12, voted to pay $300 to each person who should enlist in the army ; June 4, voted to pay $300 to each drafted man who should go into the army, or who should provide a substitute ; reënlisted soldiers were to receive a like bounty ; July 7, voted to pay each drafted man $300, or pro- vide him with a substitute, on condition that he should pay $100 to the town ; Charles F. Hill and George W. Furber were appointed recruiting agents ; August 23, voted to pay each resident who should enlist for one year $300, for two years $400, for three years $500; September 1, Woodbury P. Horne, Moses Thompson, and John L. Haines were made recruiting agents, and a bounty of $700 offered to each person who should enlist for one year ; December 1, voted to pay to any citizen enrolled in the militia $100, if he should procure a substitute for one year, $200 for one for two years, and $300 for one for three years. In 1867, voted to pay $100 to each person who had paid commutation money, furnished a substitute, or volunteered to serve in the army. March 10, 1868, voted to pay $100 to each soldier a citizen of the town when he enlisted, and who had never received any town bounty from this or any other town, and who had an honorable discharge from the service. Most of the money used during the war was obtained by loan, although con- siderable sums were raised by taxation.
Railroad .- September 20, 1869, the town voted to pay $3,500 (five per cent. of the valuation) to aid in constructing the Wolfeborough Railroad. Elisha Goodwin, Jr, Blake Folsom, and John L. Goldsmith were appointed to confer with the directors of the road in relation to the matter. One half the money to be paid when the road was granted, and the balance when completed. December 2, 1871, the matter was again brought before the town, and the pre- ceding vote confirmed - 252 in the affirmative, and 70 in the negative.
LATER CHRONICLES. - In 1869 the Lake Bank was broken into and robbed of $10,000. May 3, 1873, it was voted "to instruct the selectmen to loan money of the inhabitants of the town for the use of the town at a rate per cent. not exceeding six, and instruct our representatives to General Court to procure the passage of an act authorizing the selectmen to exempt the same from a tax." In 1878 the town-meeting held three days, and only one repre-
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sentative was chosen. This is the only instance when the town has failed to elect its full complement of officers. July 26, 1879, the town voted to bond its debt ($90,000) at a rate not exceeding four per cent., the whole amount to be redeemed within thirty years. The bonds were not to be sold at less than par value. It was also voted to pay only four per cent. for money loaned, the same to be exempt from taxation by the town. Everett C. Banfield, Blake Folsom, and John G. Cate were chosen a committee to act with the selectmen in disposing of said bonds. Charles F. Parker was subsequently chosen to take the place of Blake Folsom, who declined serving.
1880, March, voted to instruct the selectmen to enforce the law against the illegal sale of spirituous liquors. 1881, March, voted to exempt from taxation for ten years capital used in manufacturing, provided that the capital invested should not be less than $10,000. In November, 1882, voted to exempt the capital stock employed to put in operation the tannery owned by Moses Varney & Co. 1885, March, voted to instruet the selectmen not to assess a tax on the bonds issued by the Steam Power Company for a limited time, and to abate all taxes paid by any citizen on such bonds in 1884. March, 1886, voted to raise $600 more than the sum required by law for the support of schools. April 6, 1886, John L. Peavey was appointed an agent to represent the town " in rela- tion to certain matters connected with the will of the late John Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass."
In March, 1887, the following resolutions were passed : -
Resolved, That the munificent bequest of John L. Brewster, Esq., late of Cambridge, Mass., to the town of Wolfeborough, merits the gratitude of its citizens, and imposes on them an obligation to cooperate with the trustees of the estate of the liberal donor in such action as may seem to have been purposed by him as expressed in his last will, and as may also be most conducive to the general weal.
Resolved, That it was the obvious intent of Mr Brewster to promote morality in the town as well as to bestow great educational advantages and supply physical wants, in that he required of those who might wish to profit by the benefit of the Brewster School "a good moral character," and that those whose necessities were to be supplied from the avails of his estate should be " deserving."
Whereas the open and unrestrained sale of intoxicants as now practised in this town antagonizes the Brewster legacy, in that it degenerates the youth and thereby unfits them for availing themselves of the benefits of the Brewster School, and also increases poverty in such a manner as shall not allow those persons who may suffer therefrom to become the recipients of the ample provisions made for the deserving poor; and, whereas the sale of intoxicating liquors is a fruitful source of many immoralities, thereby damaging the reputation of the town, preventing the removal of worthy families within its borders, deterring parents and guardians from sending their children to its schools, and lessening the value of its real estate, - therefore,
Resolved, That the selectmen are hereby instructed to endeavor to ascertain if intoxicating liquors are sold within the limits of the town contrary to the laws, and also to prosecute to final judgment all persons who shall be found thus selling.
March, 1888, the roads were so blocked with snow that only about thirty persons reached the town-house. At an adjourned meeting it was voted to
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raise $2,000 to aid in providing drainage for the village. March, 1889, votes on the several amendments were: first, 333 for, 21 against ; second, 334 for, 17 against ; third, 333 for, 17 against : fourth, 339 for, 17 against ; fifth, 256 for, 113 against : sixth, 300 for, 43 against ; seventh, 258 for, 18 against.
CIVIL LIST. - Clerks. - 1770, Jotham Rindge. 1771-72, John Flagg. 1773, John Sinclair. 1774-80, Matthew S. Parker, 1781-84, Richard Rust. 1785-86, James Lucas, Jr. 1787-88, Matthew S. Parker, died in office. 1789, James Lucas, Jr. 1790-9], Henry Rust, Jr. 1792, Jolm Bassett. 1793-95, Henry Rust, Jr. 1796-1800, Isaiah Horne. 1801-03, Mark Wiggin. 1804, Samuel Meder. 1805-07, Samuel Dimon, 1808, Samuel Meder. 1809, Mark Wiggin. 1810-11, Samuel Piper. 1812, Mark Wiggin. 1813-14, Samuel Piper. 1815-16, Thomas Stevenson. 1817- 18, Samuel Burley. 1819-21, Samuel Avery. 1822-24, Thomas Stevenson. 1825-26, Thomas Rust. 1827-30, Joseph Banfield. 1831, Samuel Avery. 1832-35, Samuel Nudd, Jr. 1836, Alvah Chamberlain. 1837, Nathaniel Willey. 1838-10, Loammi Ilardy. 1841, A. D. Avery. 1842, Loammi Hardy. 1843, A. D. Avery, 1844, John Ilaines. 1845-46, Samuel S. Parker. 1547-48, John Ilaines. 1849, Joseph L. Avery. 1850-51, Matthias M. Haines. 1852- 53, Eleazer D. Barker. 1854-55, Andrew J. Tibbetts. 1856, George Nowell. 1857-58, Gilman Cooper. 1859-61, Jonas W. Piper. 1862-64, John W. Avery. 1865-66, Jonas W. Piper. 1867-68, John W. Avery. 1869-71, Jonas W. Piper. 1872, Daniel F. Whiton. 1873, Jonas W. Piper. 1874-75, Charles II. Hodgdon. 1876-78, Oliver Dowlin. 1879, Charles F. Piper. 1880-81, George F. Horn. 1882-83, Dudley C. Frost. 1884-85, Forest W. Peavey. 1-86-87, William J. Mattison, Sewall W. Abbott. 1888, Curtis JJ. Frost. 1889, Sylvester A. Edgerly.
Selectmen. - 1770-71, Thomas Lucas, John Sinclair, Jacob Seeggell. 1772, John Flagg, Benjamin Folsom, Ithiel Clifford. 1773, Benjamin Folsom, Thomas Taylor, James Connor. 1771, Henry Rust, James Connor, Thomas Lucas. 1775-77, Henry Rust, Robert Calder, Moses Ham. 1778-79, Henry Rust, Ebenezer Meder, Matthew S. Parker. 1780, Henry Rust, Jonathan Lary, Matthew S. Parker. 1781, Henry Rust, James Connor, Ebenezer Meder. 1782, Reuben Libbey, William Rogers, William Lucas. 1783, Richard Rust, William Rogers, Isaiah Ilorne. 1784, JJohn Martin, Richard Rust, Isaiah Horne, William Lucas, Andrew Lueas. 1785, Reuben Libbey, Ebenezer Meder, James Lucas, Jr. 1786-88, Matthew S. Parker, died in office, James Lucas, Jr, Eben- ezer Meder. 1789, James Lucas, Jr, Isaiah Horne, Richard Rust. 1790, Richard Rust, Jacob Haines, William Cotton. 1791, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr, Isaiah Horne. 1782, Moses Varney, Samuel Tibbetts, Stephen II. JIorne. 1793-94, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr, Jacob Haines. 1795, Richard Rust, Nathaniel Brown, Samuel Tibbetts, Jr. 1796, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr, Jacob Haines. 1797, Mark Wiggin, Nathaniel Brown, Eben- ezer Meder. 1793, Mark Wiggin, Nathaniel Brown, Samuel Estes. 1799-1803, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy. 1804, Jolm Young, Samuel Fox, Henry R. Parker. 1805, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy. 1806, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake, John L. Piper. 1807, John L. Piper, Samuel Dimon, Jonathan Blake. 1808, John L. Piper, Jonathan Blake, Samuel Nowell. 1809-11, Dudley Hardy, Jonathan Blake, Thomas Stevenson. 1812, Thomas stevenson, Isaiah G. Orne, Jonathan Bickford, Jr. 1813, Thomas Stevenson, Jonathan Blake, Jonathan Bickford, Jr. 1814-15, Thomas Stevenson, Zachariah Young, Jonathan Blake. 1816, Thomas Stevenson, Jonathan Blake, James Sceggell. 1817, Samuel Fox, William Cotton, Jr, Henry R. Parker. 1818, Thomas Stevenson, Henry R. Parker, William Cotton, Jr. 1819, Thomas Stevenson, Dudley Hardy, Henry R. Parker. 1:20, Henry R. Parker, William Cotton, Jr, Wilmot Bickford. 1821, Thomas Stevenson, William Cotton, Jr, James llaines. 1822, Thomas Stevenson, Samuel Nowell, William Cotton. 1823, Jonathan Blake, William Cotton, Henry R. Parker. 1824, Thomas Stevenson, William Cotton (died in office), Henry R. Parker. 1825, John C. Young, Samuel Avery, Thomas Stevenson. 1826, Jonathan Blake, John C. Young, Thomas Rust. 1827, John C. Young, Thomas Rust, John Cate. 1828-29, John Cate, Thomas JJ. Tibbetts, William Thompson. 1830, Samuel Avery, James Sceggell, James Rogers. 1831, JJohn Cate, Matthias Haines, James Rogers. 1832, John Cate, Geo. E. Nudd, Charles B. Orne. 1833, Samuel Fox, John C. Young, Richard Nudd. 1834, Richard Nudd, Benjamin F. Thompson, Thomas Rust. 1835, Samuel Avery, Matthias Haines, Benjamin F. Thompson. 1836, Benjamin F. Thompson, Samuel Nudd, James Thurston. 1837, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Thurston, Levi Towle. 1838, Levi Towle, Thomas 1 .. Whitton, Samuel Nudd. 1839, Thomas L. Whitton, Nathaniel Banfield, James Thurston. 1810, James Thurston, Samuel Fox, Robert Wiggin. 1811, John Cate, Samuel Nudd, Jr, Thomas L. Whitton. 1842, John Cate, James Thurston, Thomas L. Whitton. 1843-44, Thomas L. Whitton, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Bickford. 1815, James Bickford, JJohn P. Cotton, John Fox. 1846, Thomas L. Whitton, Levi T. Hersey, John Fox. 1847-48, Levi T. Hersey, John P. Cotton, Samuel S. Parker (died in office). 1849, Thomas L. Whitton, Levi T. Hersey, James Seeggell. 1850, Thomas L. Whitton, Henry B. Rust, James Sceggell. 1851, James Seegrell, John J. Furber, Matthias M. Haines. 1852, James Seeggell, Levi T. Hersey, John P. Cotton. 1853, John P. Cotton, Benjamin F. Thompson, George W. Furber. 1854, Benjamin F. Thompson, Elliot Cotton, George W. Furber, 1855, Elliot Cotton, Benjamin F. Parker, Richard R. Davis. 1856, Woodbury P. Horne, David Blake, James Bickford. 1857, Benjamin F. Parker, Richard R. Davis, Charles O. Rendall. 1858, Charles O. Rendall, George Rust, George W. Hersey. 1859, George Rust, George W. Hersey, Daniel Martin. 1860-61, Daniel Martin, Gilman Cooper, John L. Furber. 1962-63, David C. Rogers, Hezekiah Willand, Thomas J. Blaisdell. 1861, Woodbury P. Horne, George W. Furber, Joseph W. Goodwin. 1865-66, Woodbury P. Horne, Moses Thompson, Charles II. Nudd. 1867-68, David C. Rogers, John J. Chamberlin, Charles G. Cate. 1869, Charles G. Cate, Daniel Martin, Alonzo I. Orne. 1870, John HI. Rust, Nathaniel Wiggin, Daniel Martin. 1871,
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John Tibbetts, Nathaniel Wiggin, John HI. Rust. 1872, John II. Rust, Samuel J. Stevenson, William A. Smith. 1873, Daniel Martin, John G. Cate, Henry G. Horne. 1874-75, Alfred Brown, Hezekiah Willand, Charles F. Blake. 1876-77, Alfred Brown, Hezekiah Willand, Nathaniel Hicks. 1878, Hezekiah Willand, Henry W. Furber, Augus- tine A. Fullerton. 1879, Jonas W. Piper, James HI. Martin, Augustine A. Fullerton. 1880-81, Jonas W. Piper, James Il. Martin, Charles F. Chase. 1882, Jonas W. Piper, James 1I. Martin, John L. Goldsmith. 1883, Jonas W. Piper, Joseph II. Bickford, Thomas J. Bickford. ISSI, Jonas W. Piper, William B. Hodge, John L. Gold- smith. 1885, Jonas W. Piper, Walter A. Sherburne, Charles G. Cate. 1886-87, JJonas W. Piper, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Stephen W. Clow. 1888, Stephen W. Clow, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Henry W. Furber. 1889, Stephen W. Clow, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Charles S. Paris.
Representatives. - 1775, Moses Ham. (To Colonial Convention.) 1779, Matthew S. Parker. (For New Durham, the Gore, and Wolfeborough.) 1785, Reuben Libbey. (For Moultonborough, Wolfeborough, and Ossipee Gore.) 1793, Reuben Libbey. (For Moultonborough, Ossipee, Tuftonborough, and Wolfeborough.) 1795, Henry Rust, JJr. (For Brookfield and Wolfeborough.) 1798-1800, Henry Rust, Jr. 1801-05, Isaiah Horne. 1806, Nathaniel Brown. 1807, Isaiah Horne. 1808-09, Jacob Haines. 1810-12, Jonathan Blake. 1813, JJacob Haines. 1814-15, Jonathan Blake. 1817-18, Samuel Meder. 1819, Jonathan Blake. 1820, Samuel Fox. 1821, Thomas Nute. 1822-23, Samuel Fox. 1824-25, JJohn C. Young. 1826, Samuel Fox. 1827, John C. Young. 1828-29, Henry B. Rust. 1830-33, Thomas JJ. Tebbetts. 1831-35, Nathaniel Rogers. 1836-37, Samuel Nudd, Jr. 1838, Henry B. Rust. 1839, Henry B. Rust, Thomas L. Whitton. 1840, Thomas L. Whitton, Benjamin F. Thompson. 1841, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Thurston. 1812, James Thurston, John Cate. 1843-44, George W. G. Whitton, Augustine D. Avery. 1845, John Cate, Thomas Cotton. 1846, Henry B. Rust, Thomas Cotton. 1847, Henry B. Rust, Lewis L. Whitehouse. IS48, Lewis L. Whitehouse, John L. Meder. 1849, John L. Meder, John P. Cotton. 1850, John P. Cotton, Levi T. Ilersey. 1851, Levi T. Hersey, James Bickford. 1852, James Bickford, Henry B. Rust. 1853, Thomas L. Whitton, Augustine D). Avery. 1851, E. D. Barker, Matthias llaines. 1855, John M. Brackett, Thomas L. Whitton. 1856, George W. Furber, Thomas Nute. 1857, John M. Brackett, Elliot Cotton. 1858, Charles II. Parker, Elliot Cotton. 1859, Charles 11. Parker, Aaron Roberts. 1860-61, Moses Thompson, J. C. Young. 1862, Alphouzo H. Rust, Thomas Nute. 1863, Alphonzo H. Rust, John L. Goldsmith. 1864, David C. Rogers, John L. Gollsmith. 1865, Joseph R. Haines, David C. Rogers. 1866, Joseph R. Haines, William B. Hodge. 1867-68, Joseph W. Goodwin, John Tebbetts, Jr. 1869-70, Elisha Goodwin, Blake Folsom. 1871, Thomas Nute, Daniel Martin. 1872, Daniel Martin, Alvah S. Libbey. 1873, Alvah S. Libbey, William A. Smith. 1874, Alonzo Thompson, Andrew J. Drew. 1875, Alonzo Thompson, Israel B. Manning. 1876, Andrew JJ. Drew, Ira Banfield. 1877, Ira Banfield, Joseph R. Haines. 1878, Joseph R. Haines, James J. Rendall. 1878 (Fall election), William A. Smith. 1880, JJohn W. Peavey, Charles W. Young. 1882, Samuel Wyatt, A. J. Varney. 1884, George F. Horn, James I1. Martin. 1886, Charles F. Piper, Charles A. Whitton. 1888, Israel B. Manning, Gideon Gilman.
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