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At this same meeting, they chose a committee of " Inspec- tion to inspect into any Person that doth not strictly adhere to the Severall resolves of the Continental Congress." Jo- seph Cilley, jr., Benjamin Butler, Esq., Joseph Morrill, Jo- seph Hodgdon, Vouel Lathers, were the committee. "Any three of them, previous to the knowledge of the other Two, are impowered to act."
January 9, 1775, Joseph Cilley, jr., and Benjamin But- ler, Esq., are chosen as " Deputy's to go to Exeter to chuse delegates to Represent this Province in a Continental Con- gress proposed to be held in Philadelphia in May next ; " and " the money raised to pay the Province Rate for 1774 " is appropriated to the use of the town.
January 9, 1775. Voted that the Town save harmless the Select men for their not returning the Constable's name until this town vote they Shall return it.
Voted that Lieut. Valentine Hill now constable be desired to pay the money that is raised for to pay the Province Rate for the year A. D. 1774, and is ordered as by a Warrant from under the hands of the Select men to him to be paid by him to the Province Treasury, be not paid to said Treasury, but that it be paid unto the Select men and be converted to the Town's use and the said Select men are hereby impow- ered to give said Constable a full discharge.
February 27, 1775. Voted that the Town impower the Select men to pay the sum of Five Pounds seventeen shillings Lawful money to John
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Giddings, Esq. at Exeter for to pay the present Delegates chosen to represent this Province in Continental Congress proposed to be held in Philadelphia in May next and the ballance due to former Delegates at or before the Twentieth Day of March next and to take the said Jnº Giddings Esqs, receipt for the same.
The town is thoroughly roused, and resolved to show fight if the worst must come. This is apparent from the vote of April 12, 1775, by which Josephi Cilley, jr., Dr. Henry Dearborn, and Lieut. Thomas Bartlett were ap- pointed a committee " To be ready in Case a Law Suite arise or any Person should be arested or Have any of their Goods or Chattells Taken from them on account of the Province Rate not being Paid to the Province Treasurer, and the said agents to be Impowered to take advise and Pursu the Cause to Final Judgment and Execution."
May 15, 1775, Joseph Cilley, jr., and Lieut. Thomas Bartlett are chosen deputies " to represent the town in the Provincial Congress to be held at Exeter the 17th Instant. with full power to act and adopt every thing according to a letter from the Provincial Committee, &c."
The spirit of Nottingham may be learned from the addi- tional actions of the town at this meeting.
Voted that this Town allow the several Parsons Something as wages for their good sarvice in going to Cambridge or the Concord Battle so called and Tarryed until they were Fairly Dismisd by the Capt of said Party.
Voted that the town Do not alow any wages to those that came off without a Dismission from the Capt of said Party.
Voted that this town Do give three shillings Lawful Money Per day to all those Soldiers that tarried until their Capt came off.
These votes gave great dissatisfaction to the unpaid sol- diers and their friends ; and, about a ycar after, they secured a vote by which pay was withheld from all, large numbers entering upon the records their dissent from the last action of the voters, denouncing it as " wrong, and ought to be detested by all Loyall Friends of Liberty."
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The first census of New Hampshire was taken in 1775, after she ceased to be a province and just before she became an independent state. It was taken for the purpose of establishing an adequate representation of the people.
An order of the Provincial Congress was sent to the sev- eral towns and places in the province of New Hampshire, as follows, bearing date August 25, 1775 : -
Whereas it is necessary that an exact Account of all the Inhabitants of this Colony should be taken, in order to be transmitted to the Con- gress of the United American Colonies ; Therefore Resolved, That it be recommended to the Select Men of the several Towns, Parishes and other Places in this Colony, to take an exact number of the Inhabitants of their respective Districts, including every soul in the same; indicat- ing the number of Males under 16 years of age; males from 16 years of age to 50, not in the Army; All males above 50; Persons gone in the Army; all females ; and Negroes and Slaves for Life.
And whereas a late Requisition of this Congress, that every Town, Parish and other Place within this Colony, return the number of the Fire Arms in their respective Districts fit for use, and the Number want- ing to compleat one for every person capable of using them, has not been complied with; therefore it is now earnestly recommended that the same be forthwith done, adding these to the Quantity of Powder in each place; and where there is a public Stock to return a separate ac- count thereof, and that the whole be returned to the Committee of Safety for this Colony.
And it is further recommended, that no Part of the aforementioned Business be delayed; for its being as speedily done as possible, will be of great Utility to the Colony; and it is further strictly enjoined upon all Selectmen and Committees to endeavor to prevent all persons from burning their Powder in shooting at Birds and other Game.
By order of congress,
MATTHEW THORNTON, President.
NOTTINGHAM CENSUS.
Males under 16 years of Age · · 268
Males from 16 years of age to 50 not in the Army 165
All males above 50 years of Age
26
Persons gone in the Army
22
All Females .
502
Negroes and Slaves for Life
16
999
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The Number of Fire arms in the Town of Nottingham is 101 the Number wanting to Compleat one for every parson fit to bear arms 68 Powder in the Inhabitants Hand of their Property 42 Lb. and 3-4 In the Inhabitants Hand of the Colony Stock 30 Lb and 3-4 in the Select- man's Hand of the Colony Stock 22 Lb and 1-2 Town Stock None.
Per THO BARTLETT Selectman.
Sepr 6th, 1775.
COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTTINGHAM Sept 11th 1775. ROCKINGHAM SS.
Then Thomas Bartlett personally appearing made Solemn Oath that he had taken the above accompt according to the above Recommend with fidelity and Impartiality sworn before me
BENJAMIN BUTLER Justice of Peace.
March 5, 1776, Major Thomas Bartlett was elected a rep- resentative to attend a congress at Exeter.
March 14, 1776, the Continental Congress resolved, " That it be recommended to the Several Assemblies, Conventions, and Councils, or Committees of Safety of the United Colo- nies, immediately to cause all Persons to be disarmed, with- in their Respective Colonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, or who have not associated, and refuse to associate, to defend by Arms, the United Colonies, against the Hostile attempts of the British Flects and ar- mies."
Agreeably to this resolution, the Committee of Safety of New Hampshire issue a Declaration of Independence, known as the " Association Test," to be signed by all males above twenty-one years of age (" Lunaticks, Idiots, and Negroes ex- cepted ") throughout the province, and a return of all such names, together with the names of all such as refused to sign it, to be made to the said Committee of Safety, the chairman of which was M. Weare. "This declaration," says John Farmer, Esq., " was the Declaration of Independ- ence by the people of New Hampshire, similar to the Na- tional Declaration of July 4, 1776. It preceded that event, and seems to have been a sanction or an encouragement to
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those who contemplated it. It was a bold and hazardous step in subjects thus to resist the authority of one of the most powerful sovereigns in the world. Had the cause in which these men pledged their lives and fortunes failed, it would have subjected every individual who signed it to the pains and penalties of treason, to a cruel and ignominious death."
Eight thousand one hundred and ninety-nine men affixed their names to this declaration, while seven hundred and seventy-three refused to sign it.
The following is the declaration, called the
ASSOCIATION TEST.
We, The Subscribers, Do Hereby Solemnly Engage, And Promise, That we Will, To The Utmost Of Our Power, At The Risque Of Our Lives And Fortunes, With Arms, Oppose The Hostile Proceedings Of The British Fleets And Armies Against The United American Colo- nies.
SIGNERS IN NOTTINGHAM.
J. Mills.
Ziphaniah Butler.
Samuel Scails ?
Benjamin Butler.
John Ford.
Abraham Knight.
Joseph Morrill.
Joseph Jackson.
John Giles.
Josiah Clark.
Quick Preast.
Aaron Hayes.
Thomas Healey ?
John Brown.
Gideon Straw.
Francis Kenston.
Volintine Hill.
Israel Randel.
Joseph Cilley.
Samuel Gray.
Willm Cloys.
Jonathan Davis.
Mason Rendel.
John McCrilles.
Benjamin Shaw.
Daniel Demis.
Rob. Evens.
Ephraim Durgin.
Jacob Burnam.
Asa Guile.
Thomas Bartlet.
John Bickford.
Nathaniel Randel.
Alexander Lucy.
William Welch.
Samuel Brasa.
Henry Butler.
Thomas Bickford.
Charles McCoy.
Vowel Leathers. Abner Clough.
Robert Davis. John Wille.
Hezekiah Randel.
Cutten Cilley. William Gill.
James Glass.
Thomas Whitehorn.
Samuel Daniels.
John Whitehorn.
John Harvey. Rice Rowell. John Wells.
Nathaniel Hale.
Paul Gerrish.
Jonathan Willey.
Frances Trickey.
Samuel Burnam.
Edward Foote.
John Shaw, Jr.
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Thomas George.
John Nealley.
Nicholas Leathers.
Andw Simpsone.
Jonathan Gove.
Jonathan Langley.
Benjamin Stokes.
Abednego Leathers.
Abel Leathers.
Charles Furnil.
Benjamin Winslow.
Thomas MeConnelly.
Ham. Libbey.
Ichabod Row.
Benjamin Jackson.
Joseph Robinson. Moses Davis.
John Hutcherson. John Gile.
Abner Davis.
Daniel Young.
John Chesle.
Nicholes Brown.
Joshua Trickey.
John Nelley, Jr.
Sawyer Chesle.
Joseph Whittier.
Joshua Stearns.
John Kesear.
Joseph Hodgdon.
William Nelley.
John Collet.
Simeol Ladd. Thomas Odel.
Jonathan Foss.
Robert Morrison.
John Hany.
Enoch Page.
James Kelsey.
Winthrop Colbath.
Joseph Garman.
John Shaw. 104
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Pursuant to the within Precept, we have Present this Covenant to the Inhabitants of the Town of Nottingham, and the Parsons that Re- fuse to sign it are on a Seperate Paper.
VOWEL LEATHERS, ) Select THO® BARTLET, 5 Men.
August 16th, 1776.
A list of the men in the town of Nottingham that refuse to sign the covenant sent to the selectmen by the committee of safety in April last, viz. :-
* Abraham Scails. Thomas Foss.
Philip Bartlet. Frances Harvey.
*Nathaniel Goodhu. Frances Harvey, Jr.
Noah Barker.
John Shepard.
*Eldad Langley. Moses Davis. Daniel Rogers, Esq.
*John Banfill.
Edmund Hodgdon.
James Bean.
*Joseph Nealley.
Samuel Gove.
*John Bartlet. *John Watson.
*Thomas Hines. *James Watson.
Nathan Watson. Josiah Watson.
*Benja Watson. Benja Whitcher.
James Thurston. 25
VOWEL LEATHERS, ) Select THOR BARTLET, 5 Men.
NOTTINGHAM, August 16th, 1776.
N. B. Them with this marke * Have advanced money for to Hire Men to go to Crown Point.
Solmon Davis.
Jonathan Rollings.
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CENSUS OF SEPT. 1775.
Males under 16 years of Age · 165
268
Males from 16 years of age to 50 not in the Army
All males above 50 years of age .
26
Persons gone in the Army
22
All Females .
502
Negroes and Slaves for Life
16
999
The Number of fire arms in the Town of Nottingham is 101 the Number wanting to Complete one for every parson fit to bear arms 68 Powder in the Inhabitants Hand of theire Property 42 1b & 3-4 In the Inhabitants Hand of the Colony Stock 30 Lb & 3-4 in the Select- man's Hand of the Colony Stock, 22 Lb & 1-2 Town Stock None.
Per THO BARTLET Selectman.
Sept 6th 1775.
NOTTINGHAM Sept 11th 1775.
COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ROCKINGHAM SS.
Then Thomas Bartlet personally appearing made Solemn Oath that he had taken the above accompt according to the above Recommend with Fidelity and Impartiality sworn before me,
BENJAMIN BUTLER Justice of Peace.
Oct. 14, 1776. Upon a Motion that Doctor Samuel Shepard went about the Country Preaching and Holding forth Doctrines that are Enimical to the Cause of Liberty for which we are Now Contending (Viz.), that it is contrary to the Gospel to Take up arms in the cause for which we are Now Contending with Great Brittan therefore, Voted that the Said Shepard be Not alowed to Preach or Instruct or other ways Teach in this Town his said Doctrine but be Deamed a common Nusance in said Town,
April 4, 1777. Voted that there be a Committee Chosen to agree with a Sufficient Number of Men to Make up the Propotion for the Town for the three Battalions Now Raising in this State for the Con_ tinental Sarvice for three years or During the War on the Best and Most Reasonable Terms that they Can and said Committee to be Im- powered to make out an Exact List of what Each Man Has Done towards Carrying on the War with Great Brittan and to Estamate what Shall be Esteamed a Turn in the war and Deliver the said List unto the Select Men and the Select Men are Hereby ordered to Make an ases- ment on the Pools and Estates agreeable to said Estamation so that
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Every Pool and Estate May Pay there Equil Propotion of what is Past and Present Cost of Raising Men in this Town for the Present war and that the said Committee be and are Hereby Impowered to Hire Money on the Credit of this Town for the above Said Purpose Raising the above Said Men.
Voted that Major Henry Dearborn, Colo Joseph Cilley, Capt. Vowel Leathers, Colo Thomas Bartlet, Lt. Israel Randel, Capt. Cutting Cilley and Benjamin Butler, Esq., be a Committee for the above said Purpose.
June 19, 1778, the action of the town is decisive and courageous, when it is voted that the " Town will Take up the Matter of Raising the men for the Rhoad Island Sar- vice sent to this Town for to sarve in Colº Peabodyes Regi- ment under the command of Major General Sullivan."
Voted that Capt. Henry Butler, Capt Vowel Leathers, Lt. John Gile, Benjamin Butler, Esq., and L' Israel Randel be a Committee for to Hire the above Proportion of Men for said Sarvice on the best Tearms in their Power and as soon as Possible, with power to Hire Money on the Credit of the Town.
March 30, 1779. Voted that Lt John Gile and Capt. Vowel Leathers be a committee to supply the Soldiers Familyes according to a Lait Resolve of the general assembly.
Feb. 20, 1781. Voted that Capt. Henry Butler, Lt John Gile and L' Israel Randel be a committee for to Purchase the Beef sent to this Town for the supply of the Continental army for the year 1781 with Power for to Purchase Said Beef on the Best and Cheapest Terms they Can and for to Borrow or hire Money on the Credit of the Town for to Pay for said Beef or Beef Cattel, giving Securyty for to make the Money as good when Paid as it is when the Security is given or to Give Security for hard Money or other Money Equivilent either to the Lend- ers of Money for to Purchase Said Beef or the Parsons who shall Give Credit to the Town for said Beef or beef-Cattel or any Part thereof.
Similar votes had been before passed to meet previous demands for beef and corn, which towns were allowed to furnish instead of money for the support of the army at established prices. It was no easy task for the farmers at this period to raise money, yet, to the extent of their ability, they did raise it; and, when they could raise no more, they freely took from their small store of grain and their smaller
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herds of cattle, and, with great labor, but with cheerful spirits, transported them to Exeter, where officers of the government were ready to receive them.
No town could surpass Nottingham in cheerful sacrifice for her country.
Like other towns, they found it necessary to regulate domestic trade, and so chose, May 8, 1777, " Capt. Cutting Cilley, L' Alexander Lucy, Thomas Bartlet, L' John Mc- Crellis, M' Edward Foax, Capt. Vowel Leathers, and Lieut. Jonathan Gove " a committee "to Regulate the Price of Labour and other Necessaryes and Conveniences of Life agreeable to a Laite Law of this State." Care was taken of the families of those in actual service, since they chose a committee, January 19, 1778, "to supply the Families of the Non Commissioned officers and Soldiers in the Con- tinental Sarvice for three years or During the war," and John Gile was chosen that committee.
For several years in succession, Thomas Bartlet was chosen to represent the town in various conventions and congresses. But, May 21, 1781, Col. Joseph Cilley was sent to Concord " to Joyn in Convention with other inen chosen by the other Towns in this state in Laying a Plan or Sys- tem of Government for the futer Happiness and Well being of this State."
No town rendered more cordial and efficient aid for the Revolutionary contest than Nottingham. If men were wanting either to command or serve, shie furnished them without liesitation; if beef or corn were required for the army, she produced them without a murmur ; if money was needed, she laid it ungrudgingly on the altar of her coun- try. No town was more tenacious of her rights or eager to put on the full manhood of an American citizen, as may be seen from the following petition for leave to send a representative to the general assembly.
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PROVINCE OF To His Excellency JOHN WENTWORTH, ESQ.,
NEW HAMPSHIRE Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's
ROCKINGHAM SS. Said Province of New Hampshire.
The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Nottingham in said County of Rockingham Shews that Said Nottingham is an ancient Settled Town and Does at Present Consist of above three Hundred and Fifty Families.
For a long Time Past the Inhabitants thereof have Been Constantly Taxed towards the Support and Maintenance of the Government of this His Majestys Province, and have always fully and Cheerfully Paid the same tho they have Never Enjoyed the Inestimable Darling Privilege and Liberty of Being Represented in the House of Commons here, which other Towns and Parishes Less opulent and Not so Numerous or Ancient have been Indulged with, the Liberty of sending Representatives. Your Petitioners would humbly Submit their Case to Your Excellencys Wise Mature Consideration Whether they Are Not Intitled to the Privileges and Immunitys of the British Constitution with Every Other Subject thereof Whether the Lives, Liberties, and Propertys of Your Peti- tioners under their Present Circumstances may Not Be taken from them without their Consent to the Law by which they may be Judged.
Wherefore your Petitioners Pray Your Excellency Would authorize and Impower them for the future to send a Representative to the Gen- eral assembly of said Province, That Your Petitioners May No Longer Be Virtually But Really Represented By a Person of their Own Elect- ing. And Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray.
NOTTINGHAM April 18, 1774.
The prayer was readily granted, and Nottingham sent able men to the assembly whose influence was great upon general legislation, and highly valuable in inaugurating a new form of state government, always counseled by an intelligent and patriotic constituency. The men of Not- tingham were a power in the state and nation during the Revolutionary struggle, and the trying period that followed it.
November 19, 1781, " voted that Col. Thomas Bartlett be representative for to represent this town in the General Assembly to be holden at Exeter on the third Wednesday of December next, and he is empowered, for the term of one year from their first meeting, to transact such business
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and pursue such measures as they may judge necessary for the public good." " Votes were then brought in for Coun- cilors."
When a plan for a government for the state was sent to the several towns for acceptance or rejection, by the general assembly, Nottingham rejected it by a vote of fifty, there being no vote in favor of it. But Thomas Bartlet, Capt. Moses Dame, Col. Joseph Cilley, Benjamin Butler, Esq., Lieut. Samuel Gray, Lieut. John Gile, Capt. Vowel Leathers, Mr. Moses Davis, and Mr. Stoten Tuttle were appointed a committee to consider the plan and suggest alterations ; and with these amendments it was unanimously accepted.
October 21, 1782, Thomas Bartlet was chosen a repre- sentative of the town in the general assembly at Ports- mouth, to be holden on the third Wednesday in December next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. "Rice Rowell chosen as Grand Jury Man."
The " plan " for a government was again submitted to the towns by the general assembly, which Nottingham, De- cember 23, 1782, rejected by a vote of thirty, to three in favor of it. But a committee, consisting of Thomas Bart- let, Lieut. Israel Randell, Moses Davis, Capt. Vowel Leath- ers, Messrs. Nathaniel Goodhue, Stoten Tuttle, and John Ford, took the plan under consideration and reported amend- ments ; and with those it was adopted December 28, by a vote of ten in favor, and nine against it.
The address of the convention adopted on the first Tuesday of June, 1783, was in like manner discussed, and, after amendments proposed to the confederation and per- petual union, as suggested by an able committee, was almost unanimously adopted.
March 30, 1784, a vote was taken for president of the state under the new form of government just adopted, and stood 24 votes for Meshech Weare, 48 for Gen. John Sulli- van, and 1 for Col. John Langdon. At the same time, the
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votes for five senators resulted in 44 for Col. John McClary, 44 for John Dudley, Esq., 31 for Josiah Bartlet, Esq., 31 for Gen. Nathaniel Folsom, 41 for Col. John Langdon, 7 for Col. Joseph Cilley, 9 for John Calf, Esq., 6 for Col. Joshua Wentworth, 1 for George Gaines, 7 for Col. Thomas Bartlet, 1 for Woodbury Langdon, Esq.
Votes were also cast for county treasurer and recorder of deeds without recording the state of the votes.
In 1785, the vote for president stood : Gen. John Sulli- van, 68; Col. John Langdon, 36; George Atkinson, Esq., 15. The vote for senators stood : Col. John Langdon, 84; Col. Joshua Wintworth, 84 ; Joseph Gilman, Esq., 85; Col. George Read, 80; Col. Thomas Bartlet, 84; George Atkinson, Esq., 2; Col. Nathaniel Peabody, 4; John Mc- Clary, Esq., 2.
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CHAPTER VI.
Indian Troubles. - Tribe on North River. - Murder of Mrs. Simpson and Others. -Petition for Aid. - Miscellaneous Votes and Incidents. - Chichester. - Ep- som. - Mark How. - Premium for Wolves. - James Harvey. - Early Mar- riages. - Appointment of Justice. - Call to Mr. Osborn. - Inoculation forbid- den. - Bounty for Wild Cats and Crows. - Burial Cloths. - Turnpike District. - School Districts. - Inventory of 1806. - Town Officers. - Votes. - Insane Man's Prayer. - The thirsty Disciple.
D URING the French war, the Indians greatly troubled the settlements in New Hampshire. Nottingham did not escape. Small parties of the enemy concealed them- selves on or near her borders, and made great havoc among the cattle, horses, sheep, and other domestic animals. There lived a small tribe of Indians near the north part of what is now called North River Pond, near the line which now divides Nottingham from Northwood, and with- in the present limits of the latter. At the head of this tribe was a chief by the name of Swausen. He was gen- erally disposed to be friendly to the settlers, yet sometimes did not restrain his own tribe, nor roving parties from other tribes, from doing mischief. Says Belknap (Vol. II., p. 252), under date July 28, 1747 : " At Penacook, a party of the enemy discovered themselves by firing at some cattle. They were pursued by fifty men, and retreated with such precipitation as to leave their packs and blankets with other things behind. One man had his arm broken in this conflict. About the same time, a man was killed there who had just returned from Cape Breton after an absence of two years. Another was killed at Suncook ; and, at Not- tingham, Robert Beard, John Folsom, and Elizabeth Simp- son suffered the same fate."
This Elizabeth Simpson was the wife of Andrew Simp- son. They with others had been living in the garrison,
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but went to their homes, which were but short distances from the garrison, to perform some work and to care for their dwellings, and were surprised by the subtle enemy. Prior to this, great anxiety had prevailed at Nottingham, and large numbers of the settlers removed from the town in search of safety among friends, so that the cultivation of the land and clearing of the forests were almost aban- doned, and a spirit of discouragement generally prevailed. The government of the state had at different times aided them by stationing armed men for their defense. Still tlie danger existed, and they make a new and earnest appeal for succor, as may be seen from the following documents : -
At a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Nottingham Dec. 8, 1747, Voted that the Select Men Draw up a Petition to be Pre- fered to the General Court to Pray that there may be Suitable Pro- vision made for our Relief under the Difficulties of the war and that Joshua Pirce, Esq', be Inpowered and he is hereby Desired to Carry in Sd Petition and Do what may be needful to obtain Said Relief.
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