History of Hudson, N.H., formerly a part of Dunstable, Mass., 1673-1733, Nottingham, Mass., 1733-1741, District of Nottingham, 1741-1746, Nottingham West, N.H., 1746-1830, Hudson, N.H., 1830-1912, Part 40

Author: Webster, Kimball, 1828-1916; Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930, ed. cn
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Manchester, N.H., Granite State Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 776


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Cross, Arden C.


Cummings, Hiram


Cummings, Willis P.


Cummings, Frank A.


Cummings, Aldon E.


Cummings, Charles E.


Curtis, Ulysses G.


Cutler, Aaron


Daniels, William T.


Daniels, Charles A.


Davis, George H.


Davis, George W.


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Davis, Henry


Dodge, Walter D.


Donahoe, Patrick


Donnelly, Charles


Donnelly, Eugene Donnelly, John


Donnelly, Edward B.


Dooley, George N.


Doty, Norman A. D.


Downs, Edwin P.


Dunklee, Charles E.


Durant, Lucius W. Durivage, George H.


Durant, Joel P.


Durivage, Frank


Eaton, Alfred


Eaton, Walter D.


Eayres, Edward F.


Eayres, Winslow P.


Emerson, Harry D.


Estes, Charles F.


Estey, Aaron P.


Ferryall, Fred


Fish, Burton K.


Fisher, Oliver A.


Ford, Charles M.


Ford, Thomas J.


Foster, Charles W.


Freeman, Andrew N.


French, Menzel S.


French, Simon


Frost, Neil W.


Fuller, Albert A.


Fuller, Willis L.


Galvin, Dennis F.


Gatz, Arno E.


Gay, Elbridge Gay, Warren O.


Gester, Albert


Gilbert, Charles B.


Gilbert, Leon A.


Girouard, Joseph


Glover, Andrew M. Goodale, Walt M. Gowing, George P.


Gowing, Edwin S.


Gowing, Edwin E.


Greeley, Daniel M.


Greeley, Samuel A.


Greeley, John P. Greenwood, Cyrus N. Griffin, Charles E. Groves, Robert


Griffin, John E.


Groves, Robert G.


Groves, William H.


Gaudette, John B.


Hanscomb, Charles H. Harvey, Charles H. Harwood, Walter J.


Harwood, Harry Haselton, William C. Hills, Franklin A.


Green, Job W. Griffin, George E.


Groves, John C.


Hammond, Harry L. Harvey, J. F. Harwood, Harold J. Harwood, Walter T. Haselton, Arthur W. Hersey, Franklin J. Hills, Orlando G.


Glover, Charles H. Gowing, Sidney P.


Gay, Leonard A.


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Hoag, David T.


Hoag, James H.


Holt, Eugene A.


Holton, Lewis M.


Hopkins, Charles H.


Hopkins, Guy A. Howe, James G.


Howe, James P.


Hutchinson, William


Joy, Arthur L.


Jennings, Wilbur S.


Jewell, Albert


Kenrick, Harry B.


Kimball, John R.


LaQuerre, Joseph


LeBoufe, Archie


LeGallee, Joseph H.


Lemoy, Philip C.


Leonard, Sidney W.


Leslie, Charles C.


Leslie, William H.


Leslie, Eugene W.


Lewis, Harvey G.


Manning, Fred J.


Marsh, Walter H.


Marshall, Frank E.


Marshall, Natt W.


Marshall, John B.


Marshall, George W.


Marshall, Dana S.


Marshall, Herbert W.


Marshall, Eugene J.


Martin, Horace A.


Martin, Ezra A.


Maxfield, Hayden S.


McAfee, Charles S.


McAfee, Carl A.


McAfee, Alfred H.


McCann, George W.


McCoy, James


McCoy, Arus


McCoy, Herman R.


McCoy, Daniel G.


McCoy, Elgin L.


McQuesten, Walter T.


Melendy, Charles F.


Melvin, Augustus J.


Melvin, Allen H.


Merrill, George A.


Merrill, James Everett


Merrill, Benjamin A.


Merrill, Warren E. S.


Miller, Charles L.


Montgomery, Francis


Montgomery, William J.


Montgomery, Frank


Morey, Henry


Morey, Dell E.


Morrill, Edwin H.


Morris, William


Morris, Arthur E.


Morrison, Augustus R.


Norris, Herbert L.


Norton, Charles L.


Ober, Andrew M.


Olney, Edwin


Orne, Thomas J.


Osgood, Anson A.


Osgood, Edward C.


Payne, Faybian


Payne, Victor W.


Hunter, Frank H. Jacques, Napoleon


Jacques, Frank A.


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Paine, Clinton E.


Parker, George H.


Parker, Charles C.


Parker, James E.


Parker, Gerry F.


Parker, F. Laton


Parker, Phineas A.


Pease, Nelson H.


Perham, George A.


Perkins, Sumner N.


Perkins, Basil N.


Peterson, Gustave


Phalen, Frank


Phillips, James A.


Pollard, Raymond J.


Pudvah, Charles J.


Questrom, Samuel


Rancour, Henry


Ratte, Peter T.


Ratte, Cyril


Reed, Elijah R.


Reed, George D.


Rich, Forrest A.


Rich, Walter G.


Rivers, Eugene


Robarge, Joseph E.


Robinson, Alphonzo


Robinson, Henry C.


Robinson, Frank P.


Robinson, John A.


Robinson, George W.


Robinson, Lester W.


Rogers, Frank P. Roleau, John


Rogers, Harry E. Rolland, Fred


Rounsevelle, John


Sanborn, Edwin H.


Sanders, Abram


Sargent, Frank W.


Sargent, Nathaniel


Senter, Eliphalet


Shattuck, John


Shaw, Frank


Sheldon, David P. Shores, Fred F.


Shepard, Charles A.


Simpson, Alfred L.


Simpson, Edward G.


Smith, Osman W.


Sinclair, Henry Smith, Henry F.


Smith, Isaac N.


Smith, Charles S.


Smith, Hiland


Smith, Nelson


Smith, Irvin A.


Smith, Herbert N.


Smith, Henry O.


Smith, James Smith, Marcell H.


Smith, Fred E. Smith, Arthur


Smith, Arthur W.


Smith, Sherman W.


Smith, Perley B.


Smith, Elmer F.


Smith, George L.


Snow, Royal G.


Spalding, Charles W.


Spalding, Edward A.


Spalding, Charles L.


Shores, William F.


Simpson, Fred S.


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Stearns, William W.


Steele, Charles A.


Steele, Silas T.


Steele, George S.


Steele, Frederick


Steele, Fred G.


Stevens, George A.


Stewart, Albert A.


Tardy, John


Taylor, William H.


Thomas, Pearl T.


Thompson, Fred W.


Thompson, George F.


Thorne, Charles


Thorne, Albert


Thorne, Arthur


Tolles, Lucien M.


Trow, Arthur A.


Trow, Wallace G.


Trufant, Albert


Trufant, John M.


Trull, Christopher B.


Twiss, Daniel L.


Twiss, Walter


Twiss, George W.


Twiss, Howard


Tyler, Francis O.


Upton, Charles R.


Vantine, Charles


Vaughn, Henry E.


Vose, George H.


Walch, Clarence E.


Walch, Chester M.


Walker, Gerry


Walker, James G.


Walker, Laurentio E.


Walker, Henry E.


Watts, William H.


Webber, George K.


Webster, Kimball


Welch, Henry N.


Wentworth, Nathaniel


Wentworth, John


Weston, Jesse S.


Wheeler, Josiah K.


White, Charles


Wildes, Frank H.


Willoughby, Benjamin F.


Willoughby, Harvey M.


Wells, Edward J.


Wilshire, Frank


Wilson, Hiram


Wilson, James F.


Winn, Elmer C.


Winn, Frank M.


Winn, Rufus E.


Winn, William F.


Winn, Frank A.


Winn, Leon E.


Wood, George H.


Woodbury, Fred E.


Woodward, Charles M.


Wyman, Fred D.


CHAPTER XL


OFFICIAL ROSTER


The following is a list of moderators of annual town meetings, town clerks and selectmen of the town of Not- tingham, from 1733 to 1741.


MODERATORS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS


Captain Robert Fletcher, 1733.


Henry Baldwin, 1734, '37, '38.


John Butler, 1735, '41.


Joseph Snow, 1736, '39.


Thomas Colburn, 1740.


SELECTMEN


1733, Henry Baldwin, Captain Robert Fletcher, John Taylor, Joseph Snow, John Butler.


1734, Henry Baldwin, Robert Fletcher, Zaccheus Lovewell, John Butler, Eleazer Cummings.


1735, John Butler, Robert Fletcher, Thomas Colburn.


1736, Daniel Fletcher, William Cummings, John Butler.


1737, Henry Baldwin, Joseph Hamblet, John Butler.


1738, Henry Baldwin, John Butler, Joseph Hamblet, Joseph Winn, John Baldwin.


1739, Eleazer Cummings, Zaccheus Lovewell, Jonathan Snow.


1740, Thomas Colburn, Zaccheus Lovewell, John Snow.


1741, Henry Baldwin, Joseph Hamblet, Thomas Gage.


TOWN CLERKS


Henry Baldwin, 1733, '34, '37, '38, '41. John Butler, 1735, '36.


Jonathan Snow, 1739, '40.


Until 1741, the town of Nottingham was supposed to be wholly in Massachusetts, and was under the laws and jurisdiction of that commonwealth; but upon the settle- ment of the province line in that year, the town was divid- ed, and the greater part fell within the limits of New Hampshire. Nottingham in this state became a district,


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and remained as such until 1746. There is no record of any town or district meeting from November 22, 1741, to August 9, 1743, at which last meeting the first district of- ficers were elected.


Moderators of Annual Meetings. Selectmen and Town Clerks of the District of Nottingham.


MODERATORS


Henry Baldwin, 1743, '44. Thomas Colburn, 1745. Thomas Gage, 1746.


SELECTMEN


1743, Zaccheus Lovewell, Ezekiel Chase, Samuel Greeley.


1744, Ezekiel Chase, Joseph Hamblet, John Marshall.


1745, Zaccheus Lovewell, Samuel Greeley, Samuel Butler.


Samuel Greeley was elected district clerk at the first district meeting that is found recorded, and was re-elected each year afterwards as long as Nottingham remained a district.


The charter of Nottingham West as a town, as has been already stated, was dated July 5, 1746, and the first meeting for the election of officers was held July 17 of the same year.


The following lists present the names of the persons who have held the several offices of moderator of annual town meetings, town clerks and selectmen from the year 1746 to 1913, with the years in which they were respec- tively chosen :


MODERATORS


Zaccheus Lovewell, 1746. Thomas Colburn, 1747, '48, '49, '50, '51, '53, '58. Ezekiel Chase, 1752, '54, '55, '56, '57, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, "76.


Abraham Page, 1759, '60, '71, '72, '73, '74, "75, '77, '78.


Daniel Merrill, 1761. Ephraim Cummings, 1762, '63.


Henry Hale, 1769. George Burns, 1770.


From Photo by C. E. PAINE


LOOKING UP MERRIMACK RIVER FROM BRIDGE


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A sa Davis, 1779, '80, '83, '84, '85, '98, '99, 1800, '01. William Burns, 1781, '82, '95. Timothy Smith, 1786, '88, '89, '90. Samuel Marsh, 1787.


Phineas Underwood, 1791, '92, '93, '94.


Moses Johnson, 1796, '97. Jesse Davidson, 1802, '03. Isaac Merrill, 1804, '05, '06, '07, '08, '10, '11, '12.


Robert Patterson, 1809.


Caleb S. Ford, 1813, '14, '15, '16, '17, '19, '21, '22, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '32.


Noah Robinson, 1818.


Joseph Greeley, 1820, '23.


Thomas B. Wason, 1830, '31, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39.


Jabez P. F. Cross, 1840, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '47, '48.


Jeremiah Smith, 1846.


Ethan Willoughby, 1850, '51.


James Emery, 1853, '54, '59, '60, '66.


James T. Palmer, 1855, '56, '57.


Benjamin F. Chase, 1858.


Timothy S. Ford, 1861. William H. Chase, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '67, '68, '69, "70, '71.


Caleb Richardson, 1872. Jacob F. Spalding, 1873.


Dana Sargent, 1874, "75, '77.


Benjamin A. Merrill, 1876.


Josiah K. Wheeler, 1878, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90. Stephen D. Greeley, 1879, '80.


Kimball Webster, 1891, '92, '93, '94.


Nathaniel Wentworth, 1895, '96, '97, '98.


George W. Clyde, 1899, 1900, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09.


Henry C. Brown, 1901, '02, '10, '11, '12, '13.


For the years 1849 and 1852 the election of moderator is not recorded.


TOWN CLERKS FROM 1746 TO 1913


Samuel Greeley, 1746. Samuel Greeley, Jr., 1747. Doctor Ezekiel Chase, 1748. Samuel Greeley, Jr., 1749 to 1776. Samuel Greeley, Jr., 1777 to 1781. Son of the last Samuel. Timothy Smith, 1782 to 1784.


Asa Davis, 1785 to 1795 and 1801 to 1807.


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Joseph Greeley, 1796 to 1800.


James Gibson, 1808 to 1811.


Joseph Greeley, Jr., 1812 to 1815.


Joseph Pollard, 1816, '17. Asa Blodgett, 1818 to 1825.


Foster Towns, 1826.


Reuben Greeley, 1827 to 1837.


James Pierce, 1838 and 1839.


Henry M. Hooke, 1840.


Daniel McCoy, 1841.


Dustin B. Farnum, 1842 and 1843.


Paul Colburn, 1844 to 1856.


William H. Chase, 1857 and 1858.


John C. Webster, 1859.


Eli Hamblet, 1860 to 1868.


Josiah K. Wheeler, 1869 and 1870.


Waldo P. Walton, 1871, "72, "74.


James Emery, 1875 and 1877 to 1879.


James G. Walker, 1876.


James B. Merrill, 1873 and 1880 to 1890.


John J. Baker, 1891 to 1883 and 1902 to 1909 and 1911 to 1913.


George G. Andrews, 1894 to 1898.


George E. Merrill, 1899 to 1901.


George W. Clyde, 1910.


SELECTMEN FROM 1746 TO 1913


1746, Samuel Greeley, Zaccheus Lovewell, Eleazer Cummings.


1747, Ezekiel Chase, John Marsh, John Marshall, Samuel Greeley, Jr., James Wason.


1748, Thomas Colburn, Samuel Greeley, Ezekiel Chase, William Cummings, James Hills.


1749, John Marshall, Stephen Chase, Joseph Winn, Henry Hills, Samuel Greeley, Jr.


1750, John Marsh, Samuel Greeley, Jr., George Burns.


1751, Samuel Merrill, Eleazer Cummings, Samuel Greeley, Jr.


1752, George Burns, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Josiah Cummings. 1753, Samuel Marsh, Abraham Page, Samuel Greeley, Jr. 1754, Thomas Colburn, Samuel Greeley, Jr., James Hills. 1755, Ezekiel Chase, Roger Chase, Samuel Greeley, Jr. 1756-'57, Ezekiel Chase, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Ephraim Cummings. 1758, Abraham Page, George Burns, James Hills.


1759, Abraham Page, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Roger Chase.


1760, Daniel Merrill, Ezekiel Hills, Henry Snow.


1761, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Eleazer Cummings, Daniel Merrill.


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1762-'63, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Ephraim Cummings, Samuel Marsh. 1764, Ezekiel Chase, George Burns, Asa Davis. 1765, Henry Hale, Abraham Page, Ezekiel Hills.


1766, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Ezekiel Chase, Ephraim Cummings. 1767, Abraham Page, Nathaniel Davis, Asa Davis.


1768, George Burns, Nathaniel Davis, Ezekiel Hills. 1769, Abraham Page, Henry Hale, Asa Davis.


1770, George Burns, Samuel Moor, Nathaniel Davis.


1771, Abraham Page, Nathaniel Davis, Nehemiah Hadley.


1772-'74, Abraham Page, Nathaniel Davis, John Haseltine, Jr.


1775, John Haseltine, Jr., Asa Davis, William Burns. 1776, Samuel Marsh, John Caldwell, William Burns.


1777, Samuel Marsh, Timothy Smith, George Burns, Jr. 1778, John Haseltine, John Caldwell, Andrew Seavey.


1779, Samuel Marsh, David Lawrence, Moses Johnson, Samuel Wa- son, Samuel Greeley.


1780, Asa Davis, James Ford, David Lawrence. 1781, Samuel Marsh, John Hale, Isaac Merrill.


1782 and 1784, Timothy Smith, John Haseltine, Jr., Samuel Bur- bank, Jr.


1783, Timothy Smith, Nathaniel Davis, Samuel Burbank, Jr. 1785-'88, Asa Davis, John Haseltine, Jr., Isaac Merrill. 1789, Asa Davis, John Haseltine, Jr., Phineas Underwood. 1790-'92, Asa Davis, Phineas Underwood, Thomas Hills. 1793-'94, Asa Davis, Samuel Marsh, Phineas Underwood. 1795-'96, Samuel Marsh, Page Smith, Isaac Colburn. 1797, Samuel Marsh, David Lawrence, Isaac Merrill. 1798, Asa Davis, Thomas Senter, Jonathan Burbank. 1799, Jonathan Burbank, Isaac Merrill, Thomas Hills. 1800 and 1804, Asa Davis, Isaac Merrill, Page Smith. 1801, Asa Davis, Page Smith, Eleazer Cummings. 1802-'03, Asa Davis, Page Smith, Jesse Davidson. 1805-'06, Asa Davis, Isaac Merrill, Caleb S. Ford. 1807, Asa Davis, Caleb S. Ford, James Gibson. 1808, Caleb S. Ford, James Gibson, Jeremiah Smith. 1809-'10, Caleb S. Ford, James Gibson, Noah Robinson. 1811, James Gibson, Jonathan Burbank, Moses Greeley. 1812, Jonathan Burbank, Moses Greeley, Reuben Sargent. 1813-'14, Moses Greeley, Joseph Greeley, Jr., Jeremiah Smith. 1815.'16, Moses Greeley, Benjamin Merrill, William Hills. 1817-'19, Caleb S. Ford, Thomas B. Wason, Jacob Chase. 1820, Caleb S. Ford, Reuben Sargent, David Burns. 1821, David Burns, William Hills, Noyes Tenney. 1822, David Burns, Jacob Chase, Noyes Tenney.


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1823, Noyes Tenney, William Hills, Oliver Pollard.


1824, Oliver Pollard, Noah Robinson, Reuben Greeley. 1825, Oliver Pollard, Noah Robinson, Ebenezer Ford. 1826, Reuben Greeley, James Pierce, William Hills. 1827-'28, Reuben Greeley, James Pierce, Jacob Chase, 1829, Caleb S. Ford, James Pierce, John Burnham. 1830, James Pierce, William Hadley, Joseph Blodgett, Jr. 1831, James Pierce, William Hadley, Thomas B. Wason. 1832, Caleb S. Ford, Jeremiah Smith, Noah Robinson. 1833, Noah Robinson, Timothy Ford, Jabez P. F. Cross. 1834, Noah Robinson, Jabez P. F. Cross, James Wilson. 1835, Reuben Greeley, Noah Robinson, Jabez P. F. Cross. 1836, Reuben Greeley, Thomas B. Wason, David Robinson. 1837, Thomas B. Wason, Reuben Greeley, Paul Hardy. 1838, Thomas B. Wason, Paul Hardy, Dustin B. Farnum. 1839, Paul Hardy, Dustin B. Farnum, Jabez P. F. Cross. 1840-'41, James Pierce, William Hadley, Warren Pollard. 1842, Thomas Marsh, Greenleaf B. Farnum, Gilman Andrews. 1843, Thomas B. Wason, Amos Hills, Paul Colburn.


1844, Thomas B. Wason, Amos Hills, Gilman Andrews. 1845, Jabez P. F. Cross, Gilman Andrews, Alvan Smith. 1846, Gilman Andrews, Alvan Smith, Samuel Morrison. 1847, Paul Hardy, Jabez P. F. Cross, Stephen D. Greeley. 1848, Paul Hardy, Jeremiah Smith, Stephen D. Greeley. 1849, Jaines Pierce, Alvan Smith, Benjamin F. Chase. 1850, Paul Hardy, Calvin Pollard, Stephen D. Greeley. 1851, Alvan Smith, Calvin Pollard, Stephen D. Greeley. 1852, Calvin Pollard, Stephen D. Greeley, George W. Burns. 1853, James Pierce, George W. Burns, George W. Hills. 1854, Stephen D. Greeley, Hiram Marsh, Benjamin F. Chase. 1855, Benjamin F. Chase, Luther Pollard, John Cross. 1856, David Clement, John Cross, James T. Palmer. 1857, James T. Palmer, Eli Hamblet, Granville Hill. 1858, Eli Hamblet, Granville Hill, Samuel Gowing.


1859, Alvan Smith, John P. Pierce, Noah O. Robinson.


1860, Hiram Marsh, Samuel Gowing, Silas Hills.


1861, Eli Hamblet, Samuel Gowing, Daniel T. Gage. 1862, Daniel T. Gage, Samuel Gowing, Caleb Richardson. 1863, Daniel T. Gage, John Chase, Alden Hills.


1864, Eli Hamblet, Alden Hills, Benjamin A. Merrill.


1865-'66, Stephen D. Greeley, Benjamin F. Chase, Josiah K. Wheeler.


1867-'68, Stephen D. Greeley, Benjamin F. Chase, Benjamin A. Merrill.


1869, Eli Hamblet, Joseph Fuller, John M. Thompson.


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1870, Eli Hamblet, John M. Thompson, James B. Merrill. 1871, John M. Thompson, James B. Merrill, Augustus F. Blodgett. 1872, James B. Merrill, Kimball Webster, Otis R. Marsh. 1873, Kimball Webster, Otis R. Marsh, Charles W. Spalding. 1874, Kimball Webster, Reuben Spalding, John Lenahan. 1875, Kimball Webster, Reuben Spalding, Charles Steele. 1876, Josiah K. Wheeler, John M. Thompson, George W. Trow. 1877, John M. Thompson, Charles Steele, George W. Trow. 1878, John M. Thompson, Lucien M. Tolles, William F. Winn. 1879, Lucien M. Tolles, William F. Winn, Charles W. Spalding. 1880, Lucien M. Tolles, Charles W. Spalding, William S. Weston, 1881, Charles W. Spalding, Mark Batchelder, Arthur S. Andrews. 1882, Josiah K. Wheeler, William F. Winn, Clifton E. Buttrick. 1883, Josiah K. Wheeler, William F. Winn, Robert A. Andrews. 1884, William F. Winn, James F. Wilson, Daniel A. Colburn. 1885, James F. Wilson, Daniel A. Colburn, George G. Andrews. 1886, Daniel A. Colburn, George G. Andrews, James G. Walker. 1887, George G. Andrews, Edwin S. Gowing, Henry C. Brown. 1888, Edwin S. Gowing, James F. Wilson, Daniel Gage. 1889, James F. Wilson, Daniel Gage, David Clement. 1890, Daniel Gage, David Clement, John M. Thompson. 1891-'92, Philip J. Connell, James P. Howe, Charles A. Steele. 1893, James P. Howe, Charles A. Steele, Justin M. Sleeper.


1894, Lucien M. Tolles, Henry C. Brown, Jesse S. Weston. 1895, Lucien M. Tolles, Jesse S. Weston, George P. Woodward. 1896, James F. Wilson, Fred A. Coburn, Edward A. Spalding. 1897-'98, James F. Wilson, John A. Robinson, Joseph H. LeGallee. 1899, James F. Wilson, John A. Robinson, George S. Steele. 1900, James F. Wilson, John A. Robinson, Fred H. Daniels. 1901, Arthur S. Andrews, Joseph H. LeGallee, John Wentworth. 1902, George A. Merrill, William F. Winn, Elmer D. Clement. 1903-'09, James P. Howe, Philip J. Connell, George F. Blood. 1910, Jesse S. Weston, George N. Dooley, Guy A. Hopkins. 1911-'12, Jesse S. Weston, George N. Dooley, George W. McCann. 1913, Henry C. Brown, Frank A. Connell, John A. Robinson.


DELEGATES TO GENERAL COURT, ETC., FROM 1733 TO 1913


1733. Captain Robert Fletcher and Zaccheus Love- well, delegates to the Massachusetts General Court to get the non-resident lands taxed for the support of the minis- try, and to get a proportion of the lands for the town, given to Dunstable by the proprietors or others.


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1734, March. Zaccheus Lovewell, delegate to the Massachusetts General Court to procure the passage of an Act allowing the town to assess a tax of ten shillings each, upon all the cattle driven into the town to pasture, in addi- tion to the usual rates.


1734, June. Captain Robert Fletcher, Henry Bald- win, Joseph Snow and Joseph Hamblet, delegates to the Massachusetts General Court, to answer for the town in all matters relating to the petition of the people of "Natti- cook" to be incorporated as a separate township.


1734, November. Captain Robert Fletcher, delegate to the Massachusetts General Court, to procure a grant of province lands to aid the town to maintain a public school.


1741. Captain Thomas Colburn, delegate to the Mas- sachusetts General Court, to procure the abatement of the county tax, in consequence of the town being divided by the new province line.


1747. John Marsh, delegate to the New Hampshire General Court, upon the petition of the town, for the pas- sage of an Act for the taxing of lands of non-residents.


1748. Deacon Samuel Greeley and John Marsh, dele- gates to the New Hampshire General Court, to answer to a citation in relation to a petition of Josiah Cummings and other inhabitants of the town, to be released from paying taxes for the support of Rev. Mr. Merrill.


1760, March 17. Ephraim Cummings chosen delegate to the New Hampshire General Court, to make application to have the lands of non-residents laid under tax.


1762, January 15. Captain Samuel Greeley chosen Representative for Nottingham West and Litchfield, to represent said towns in the General Assembly.


Captain Samuel Greeley was re-elected March 4, 1762.


Captain James Ford, delegate to the Provincial Con- vention at Exeter, January 25, 1775.


Captain Abraham Page, delegate to the Provincial Convention at Exeter, May 17, 1775, and to act for the town for six months.


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Captain Abraham Page, delegate to the Provincial Convention at Exeter, April, 1775.


John Haseltine, Jr., delegate to the County Congress at Amherst, 1775.


1778, May 30. William Burns chosen delegate to the convention to meet at Concord, June 10, to form a new plan of government.


1781. Timothy Smith chosen to represent the town at a convention to be held at Concord on the first Tuesday of June, to form a new plan of government.


1786, October 30. Reuben Spalding chosen delegate to the convention "to make a general plan for Paper money."


1788, January 28. Ebenezer Cummings chosen dele- gate "to sit in the convention at Exeter on the second Wednesday of February next, in order to consult and ex- amine the Federal Constitution."


1850. Ethan Willoughby, delegate to the convention to revise the constitution.


1877. Dana Sargent, delegate to the convention to revise the constitution.


1889. David O. Smith, delegate to the convention to revise the constitution.


1903. George W. Clyde, delegate to the convention to revise the constitution.


1912. Henry C. Brown, delegate to the convention to revise the constitution.


REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT FROM 1775 TO 1913


Prior to October, 1780, this town was classed with Litchfield for the election of Representatives.


The names of those elected from this town are given in the following list :


Captain Abraham Page, 1775, '76.


Asa Davis, 1777, '79, '92, '93, '94, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08.


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Captain Samuel Marsh, 1784, '85, '86.


Ebenezer Cummings, 1788.


Colonel Joseph Greeley, 1795, '96, '97, '98, 1811, '1


Robert Patterson, 1809, '10.


Isaac Colburn, 1812.


Isaac Merrill, 1813, '14, '16, '17.


Noah Robinson, 1818, '20, '21.


Thomas B. Wason, 1819, '28, '30, '31, '33, '35, '36.


Caleb S. Ford, 1822, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27.


Reuben Greeley, 1829.


Joseph Greeley, Jr., 1837.


David Burns, 1838, '39, '47.


Jabez P. F. Cross, 1840, '41, '42.


William Hadley, 1843, '44, '46.


James Carnes, 1848.


James Pierce, 1850.


Joseph Storer, 1851.


William Warren, 1852, '53.


James Emery, 1854.


Hiram Marsh, 1855.


Benjamin F. Chase, 1856.


Paul Colburn, 1857.


Luther Pollard, 1858.


Granville Hill, 1859.


Samuel Morrison, 1860.


William H. Chase, 1861.


Addison Heald, 1862.


Samuel Gowing, 1863.


Stephen D. Greeley, 1864.


Eli Hamblet, 1865.


Isaac Colburn, 1866.


Benjamin Kidder, 1867.


Thomas Gowing, 1868.


Daniel M. Greeley, 1869.


Daniel T. Gage, 1870.


Josiah K. Wheeler, 1871.


Samuel Greeley, 1872.


Dana Sargent, 1874, "75.


James B. Merrill, 1876.


Lucien M. Tolles, 1877.


Waldo P. Walton, 1878.


A constitutional convention assembled at Concord, De- cember 6, 1876. This convention proposed amendments


HENRY C. BROWN


561


OFFICIAL ROSTER


changing the constitution in thirteen particulars, all of which except two were adopted by the people.


These adopted amendments provided for a change in the time of the election of all state and county officers, senators and representatives to the Legislature, from the second Tuesday of March, annually, to the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, biennially.


The tenure of office of all the officers mentioned was changed from one, to two years.


Under the revised constitution the following men have been elected representatives, each for the term of two years :


John M. Thompson, elected November, 1878.


Justin E. Hill, elected November, 1880.


Nathan P. Webster, elected November, 1882.


William F. Winn, elected November, 1884.


Nathaniel Wentworth, elected November, 1886.


Charles W. Spalding, elected November, 1888.


The constitution was amended in 1889, providing that the Legislature should convene on the first Wednesday of January, biennially, instead of the first Wednesday of June.


William W. Baker, elected in November, 1890.


George W. Haselton, elected November, 189


George G. Andrews, elected November, 1894.


Edwin S. Gowing, elected November, 1896.


John J. Baker, elected November, 1898. Kimball Webster, elected November, 1900.


Philip J. Connell, elected November, 1902.


John A. Robinson, elected November, 1904.


George H. Abbott, elected November, 1906. George W. Clyde, elected November, 1908.


Jesse S. Weston, elected November, 1910.


Edward A. Spalding, elected November, 1912.


No Representatives were elected for 1787, '89, '90, '91, 1832, '34, '45, '49 and '73.


VOTES FOR STATE PRESIDENT FROM 1784 TO 1792, INCLUSIVE


1784, Meschech Weare, 45; all cast.


1785, George Atkinson, 42; John Langdon, 5.


562


HISTORY OF HUDSON


1786, John Langdon, 66; all cast.


1787, John Langdon, 86; John Sullivan, 7. 1788, John Langdon, 33; John Sullivan, 9. 1789, John Pickering, 78; John Sullivan. 2. 1790, John Pickering, 88; all cast. 1791, Josiah Bartlett, 80; all cast. 1792, Josiah Bartlett, 72; all cast.




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