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JOB PRINTING. - The Grafton County Journal, during twelve years, and the Grafton County Democrat, after 1880, possessed the facilities for commercial and miscellaneous printing. They gave the public a reasonable service. In the progress of years the
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growth of the town and an increasing demand for miscellaneous printing invited the establishment of an independent printing plant. In 1887, and immediately after the two papers had been merged in the Plymouth Record, William J. Randolph, a practical printer, established a general job office in Tufts Block. In this enterprise he was successful. In the meantime Edward A. Chase owned a small amount of printing material, and gave an early and an earnest expression of his love of the art. The office of the amateur was at his house.
In the autumn of 1888 Edward A. Chase and Charles C. Wright, forming a partnership under the firm name of Chase & Wright, purchased the printing establishment of William J. Ran- dolph and removed it to Kidder Block. In April, 1891, Mr. Chase sold his interest in the business to his partner, and Mr. Wright remained the sole proprietor until the purchase of the Plymouth Record, when Mr. Wright was again associated in business with his former partner. Since 1894 the Record, in Rollins Block, by a liberal purchase of new material and an enlargement of the facilities for printing, has fully met the increasing demands of the public, and during the past ten years it has been the only printing office in Plymouth. Since 1901 the business has been owned and conducted by Mr. Chase.
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XXXV. MISCELLANY.
P LYMOUTH is a central town, and many persons residing elsewhere, and not connected with the families of this town, have been married here. The marriage of several persons who lived a short time in Plymouth and who did not become permanent residents of the town are recorded here. The following list of marriages does not include the marriage of persons named in the family registers in Volume II.
Whenever the date is given in full it is a record of marriage, and if the year only is given it is the record of an intention of marriage.
MARRIAGES, 1764-1850.
March 3, 1813 Ezekiel Adams, Mary Hickok.
May 8, 1844 Otis A. Albee, Lisbon, Maria L. Gould, Lisbon.
March 21, 1850 Aaron Aldrich, Lucretia D. Evans, Lowell.
March 17, 1813 Reuben Allen, Rumney, Mary Johnson, Campton.
April 19, 1829 Jacob Ames, Mahala Adams, Campton.
Nov. 8, 1831 Joshua T. Atkinson, Newbury, Vt., Emeline Little.
March 3, 1813 Thomas Avery, Rumney, Abigail Avery, Rumney.
Jan. 1, 1850 Robert F. Barber, Bridgewater, Nancy B. Mitchell, Bridgewater.
1834 Edward W. Balcom, Rumney, Elizabeth R. Stevens.
1788 Ebenezer Bartlett, Campton, Mary Lovejoy.
1834 Blaisdell Bartlett, Catherine L. Greenleaf.
1796 Stephen Ballard, Betsey Pollard, Ashby, Mass.
1819 Daniel Bartlett, Newburyport, Achsah Foster.
March 10, 1831 Ebenezer Bartlett, Burlington, Vt., Sarah C. P. Homans.
Jan. 13, 1846 Thomas Barnard, Orange, Mrs. Bridget Rollins.
Aug. 5, 1825 Nathaniel Batchelder, Bridgewater, Miriam Mitchell.
April 10, 1814 Charles Bayley, Peacham, Vt., Sophia Wilson, Camp- ton.
Dec. 11, 1794 Person Smith Berry, Rumney, Polly Berry, Rumney.
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March 2, 1800 Person Smith Berry, Plymouth, Judith Pitts.
March 30, 1841 Jeremiah Benton, Plymouth, Caroline Dunham.
Aug. 6, 1843 Henry F. Belknap, Elizabeth E. Wise, Hebron.
Jan. 1, 1845 Salmon Bixby, Lyme, Asenath Lewis.
1836 Paine Blake, Nancy D. Robinson.
June 14, 1826 Benjamin L. Boardman, Bridgewater, Susan Philbrick, Alexandria.
May 1, 1814 John Boardman, Bridgewater, Mary Melvin, Bridge- water.
Aug. 1, 1780 David Brainerd, New Chester, Lydia Crawford, New Chester.
Sept. 11, 1849 Alson L. Brown, Campton, Mary A. Currier, Holder- ness.
Feb. 25, 1839 John S. Brown, Bridgewater, Mary O. Robinson, Groton.
Nov. 27, 1845 Nicholas Brown, Holderness, Eliza Ann Page, Campton. May 9, 1822 Rev. Amos W. Burnham, Rindge, Tirzah Kimball, New Chester.
March 19, 1816 Ebenezer Burbank, Campton, Lucy Ford, Campton. Nov. 24, 1785 Jonathan Burbank, Campton, Elizabeth Clough.
1793 Abraham Burnham, Rumney, Nancy Blair, Rumney.
July 21, 1844 Benjamin Cass, Bridgewater, Sibel Mitchell, Bridge- water.
1828 Nason Cass, Polly Tilton.
Jan. 17, 1850 Joseph S. Calley, Sarah Wright, Holderness.
1815 Pelatiah Chapin, Campton, Mrs. Dorothy Johnson.
Oct. 13, 1847 Wilbur Chase, Campton, Betsey Cunningham, Campton.
1805 Ezekiel Chase, Holderness, Sally Buzzell.
Feb. 10, 1817 Amos Chase, Newbury, Mass., Lydia Drew, Woodstock. 1800 Rodolphus Chamberlain, Newbury, Vt., Abigail Going. Nov. 12, 1823 Gilman C. Cheney, Campton, Elizabeth Rogers, Campton.
June 6, 1802 John Cheney, Rumney, Betsey McAllister.
Jan. 23, 1843 David Cheney, Groton, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, Bridge- water.
March 5, 1846 Russell Sanborn, Franklin, Mahala Sanborn, Sanborn- ton.
Sept. 27, 1781 Joseph Clark, Rumney, Hannah Clough.
Dec. 28, 1794 David Clark, Hitty Dearborn.
March 4, 1812 John Clark, Jr., Campton, Sarah Cook, Campton.
Jan. 10, 1841 Jonas G. Clark, Rockingham, Vt., Martha P. Wells, Campton.
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Dec. 6, 1848 Moses H. Clement, Warren, Ruth H. Clark.
May 19, 1813 William Colby, Mary Little, Campton.
June 20, 1840 Asa Cole, Gilford, Adaline Beckford, Campton.
1848 David Colby, Mary M. Smith, Holderness.
March 7, 1842 Shoeben Corliss, Esther Smith, New Hampton.
Nov. 12, 1812 Cutting Cook, Jr., Ruth Dolbeer.
Nov. 28, 1822 William Cook, Campton, Mary Pulsifer, Campton.
Dec. 6, 1795 Daniel Craig, Pamelia Hutchins.
Sept. 24, 1797 David Craig, Anna Clark.
March 23, 1842 Roswell Crosby, Hebron, Mary Ann Ferrin, Hebron.
July 6, 1815 Abijah Cross, Bridgewater, Sally Ferrin, Hebron.
May 8, 1844 Greenleaf Cummings, Lisbon, Hannah L. Gould, Lisbon.
1844 Charles P. Currier, Melissa Heath.
April 17, 1845 Silas Davis, Orford, Mary Ann Newell.
May 8, 1812 John Davis, Elsie Ramsay.
July 16, 1812 Samuel T. Demeritt, Hannah Wallace, Thornton.
1802 Joseph Dodge, Mehitable Bump.
Aug. 10, 1817 Jonathan Dow, Harriet Sanborn.
Feb. 11, 1841 Arnold S. Drake, Waterville, Caroline C. Bryant, Waterville.
1821 Mark R. Dockham, Betsey Seavey.
1848 Edward Durfee, Nancy Flynn.
Jan. 5, 1844 Daniel Durkee, Haverhill, Sarah Haywood.
June 20,
1830 Richard Dustin, Deborah Boynton.
Jan. 12, 1850 Robert Easter, Lowell, Ann Straw.
1829 Jacob Eames, Mahala S. Adams, Campton.
Sept. 19, 1797 Ephraim Edwards, Sally Abbot.
1813 Ebenezer Edwards, Martha Watson, Dover.
March 25, 1838 Benjamin Elliot, Wheelock, Vt., Eliza Harriman.
Feb. 18, 1823 Josiah Emery, Nancy Sanborn.
1799 Abraham Emmons, Bridgewater, Betsey Robbins.
Sept. 19, 1793 Timothy Farley, Hebron, Sally Johnson, Campton.
March 9, 1820 Barachias Farnham, Bridgewater, Polly Fellows, Bridgewater.
1838 Charles Farrar, Wilton, Mary Ann Eastman.
Aug. 11, 1826 Samuel Fifield, Bridgewater, Elmira Martin, Bridge- water.
March 15, 1777 Isaac Fox, Mary McKnight. 1850 Josiah George, Lebanon, Elizabeth Coller. 1789 Stephen Giddings, Polly Pierce.
Dec. 18, 1834 Joseph W. Goodhue, Centre Harbor, Mary Ordway, Hebron.
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1799 John Goold, Sally Farrar. 1838 Daniel S. Gordon, New Hampton, Belinda Cass.
April 30, 1812 Simeon L. Gordon, Holderness, Ruth Cheney, Holder- ness.
March 12, 1844 William C. Gordon, Franklin, Louisa Batchelder, Hebron.
Sept. 20, 1842 Nathan Gove, Bridgewater, Ann G. Robinson, Groton.
Feb. 23, 1814 Moses Hale, Bridgewater, Cynthia Fowler, Bridge- water.
1811 John Hall, Jr., Rumney, Mary Dearborn.
Nov. 8, 1831 Alonzo R. Hall, Groton, Mandana Ladd.
1803 Wyman Hardy, Hebron, Sally Merrill.
Nov. 20, 1834 Rufus Hammond, Bridgewater, Deborah Fowler.
Oct. 21, 1813 Nathan Hammond, Bridgewater, Polly Noyes, Hebron.
Nov. 26, 1836 Rodney Hammond, Bridgewater, Abigail Frost, Bridge- water.
Jan. 1, 1822 Noah Harris, Bridgewater, Mary Heath.
Aug. 18, 1829 John S. Harriman, Naney Taylor, Campton.
Jan. 1, 1840 Joseph Hart, Huldah Brown, Thornton.
Sept. 18, 1825 James Haseltine, Thornton, Betsey Dearborn, Thorn- ton.
Sept. 27, 1796 George Heath, Deborah Trickey.
Feb. 19. 1811 Michael Heath, Mary Gorman.
Feb. 20, 1783 Seth Henman, Patty Davis.
1786 Daniel Hobart, Elizabeth McNeil.
Nov. 10, 1768 Benjamin Hoit, Deborah Willey.
July 15, 1816 James How, New Hampton, Rebecca Wilson, Camp- ton.
March 20, 1791 Joseph Hull, Sarah Thurber.
March 5, 1850 Andrew Hunt, Sanbornton, Relief Colman, Campton.
Dec. 21, 1830 Alden Ingraham, Rumney, Shuah Philbrick, Rumney.
Oct. 8, 1827 John Johnson, Betsey Scott, Cavendish, Vt.
March 4, 1849 Daniel W. Johnson, Claremont, Syrena Walker.
1835 Charles J. Jones, Haverhill, Hannah P. Cross.
Dec. 5, 1839 William W. Kelley, Gilmanton, Elizabeth J. Osgood, Holderness.
1840 Artemas P. Kelsey, Gainesville, Ala., Sarah P. Russell. 1823 Reuben Kendall, Windsor, Vt., Mrs. Polly Jones.
Dec. 2, 1844 Ephraim Keyes, Rumney, Ruth Keniston, London.
Oct. 8, 1834 Orrin Kimball, Conway, Elizabeth Pike, Hebron.
Jan. 16, 1823 Moses Kidder, Enosburg, Vt., Mary Kidder, Hebron.
Oct. 9, 1798 Samuel King, Hannah Gorman.
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May 3, 1826 Dr. Aaron Kittredge, Limerick, Me., Martha Goodhue, Hebron.
Nov. 19, 1841. Frederick Lake, Mary P. Russell.
Jan. 1, 1807 Obed Lane, Chelmsford, Me., Hannah Tucker.
Sept. 23, 1827 James S. Libbey, Sandwich, Lydia B. Edmonds.
March 16, 1815 James Little, Campton, Polly Cook, Campton.
1835 John Little, Sally Little, Newbury, Mass.
1848 Reuben B. Locke, Alexandria, Sarah H. Cass.
March 29, 1849 David Lockling, Charleston, Vt., Marissa Lewis, Lowell.
Dec. 19, 1843 Abner H. Lougee, Concord, Mary C. Blake, Thornton.
Dec. 22, 1796 Samuel Lucas, Sybel Willoughby.
1844 John H. Lynde, Coxsacksie, N. Y., Mehitable Under- wood.
Sept. 7, 1847 Lewis Marden Thornton, Mary Jane Cilley, Bridge- water.
Aug. 11, 1826 Jeremiah Marston, Bridgewater, Ruth Fifield.
Feb. 16, 1832 Israel Marston, Sarah Pratt.
Nov. 27, 1796 Aaron Mann, Orford, Sarah Melvin.
May 15, 1841 Charles Mann, Holderness, Elizabeth Willoughby.
1794 Benjamin McAllister, Elizabeth Fellows.
1833 Joseph McAllister, Mary Muchmore, Orford.
Dec. 25, 1817 Archibald McDermid, Thornton, Dolly McChillon.
Dec. 7, 1789 Hugh McIntire, Tabitha Chander.
1837 William W. Mead, Meredith, Rhoda Fletcher, Bridge- water.
April 16, 1840 Richard Merrill, Lovina Kelley.
May 28, 1840 Stephen Merrill, Mary Jane Spalding.
1815 Caleb Merrill, Warren, Judith Eastman, Salisbury.
Oct. 12, 1835 Jonas Minot, Lockport, N. Y., Ann Bartlett, Bristol.
Sept. 13, 1821 D. M. Mitchell, Bridgewater, Susannah Batchelder.
Jan. 25,
1815 Nathan Moore, Canterbury, Sally Crosby, Hebron.
May 19, 1814 Daniel Morse, Bridgewater, Mehitable Clark, Campton.
Dec. 28, 1819 Stephen N. Morse, Holderness, Elizabeth G. Gordon.
Feb. 14, 1846 Abiel Morrison, Rumney, Mary Flanders, Groton. 1848 James Morrison, Betsey Brown, Orford.
April 18, 1823 John Moses, Campton, Nancy Adams, Campton.
Dec. 2, 1819 Jonathan Moulton, Ellsworth, Lydia Johnson, Camp- ton.
Nov. 6, 1838 Gideon H. Moulton, Ellsworth, Lois E. Mitchell.
Sept. 3, 1848 Daniel J. Mudgett, Holderness, Harriet W. Lowd.
April 15, 1838 William H. Nudd, Rumney, Abigail Chamberlain.
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1825 Brackett Page, Concord, Eliza Bradley.
June 5, 1821 Rev. David Page, Rushville, N. Y., Hannah Boardman, Bridgewater.
June 2, 1822 Enoch Paige, Wentworth, Betsey W. Glines, Campton.
Sept. 23, 1849 John C. Philbrick, Mrs. Melissa Greenleaf.
Nov. 25, 1847 Fernando A. Pierce, Newburyport, Betsey A. Hoyt. 1814 Isaiah Pike, Charlotte Hiekok.
Nov. 10, 1814 Moses Pillsbury, Sally Cass, Bridgewater.
April 20, 1801 Nathan Pillsbury, Bridgewater, Sally Robbins.
Dec. 27, 1807 Benjamin M. Plaisted, New Hampton, Phebe Eaton, Bridgewater.
Feb. 25, 1830 Amos Potter, Thornton, Eliza Taylor, Campton.
Jan. 4, 1813 John Potter, Lucinda Goodhue, Holderness.
Marclı 7, 1816 Silas W. Potter, Thornton, Polly Fox, Woodstock.
Feb. 26, 1806 Thomas Ramsay, Rumney, Dorothy Page.
June 28, 1835 Asa Randlett, Bridgewater, Mrs. Betsey Brown, Bridge- water.
1835 Thomas Randall, Mabala French.
Dec. 7, 1837 William Rankin, Eliza Veasey.
Nov. 16, 1809 John Robbins, Abigail Clater.
1836 Rev. Daniel J. Robinson, Emeline Dearborn, Hanover.
Nov. 17, 1840 John S. Robinson, New Hampton, Relief Crawford. 1816 David Rollins, Salome Seavey.
March 25, 1822 William Sanborn, Bristol, Mrs. Hannah Ladd.
Sept. 22, 1839 Heman Sanborn, Concord, Clarrina Batchelder.
July 14, 1842 Gustavus Sanborn, Hill, Sophronia M. Smith, Bridge- water.
June 8, 1843 Simon Sanborn, Hannah Brainerd, Bridgewater.
Oct. 14, 1825 Enoch Sargent, Sally Worthen, Bridgewater.
March 8, 1838 Thomas Sargent, Bridgewater, Louisa J. Brainerd, Bridgewater.
1806 Thomas Sarles, Polly Cheney, Meredith.
1837 Hiram W. Savery, Belinda Ryan, Pittsfield.
1838 Freeman C. Sewall, Susanna T. Pierce.
1843 Josiah Shaw, Thornton, Betsey Calley.
Oct. 8, 1812 Moses Shaw, Holderness, Lydia Shaw.
Dec. 31, 1818 Moses Sleeper, Mary Ann Harriman.
Dec. 18,
1806 Benjamin Sleeper, Anna Stanton.
Feb. 4, 1814 Stephen Smith, Thornton, Hannah Foss.
Dec. 26, 1816 'Levi Smith, Holderness, Phebe Sanborn.
Oct. 4, 1849 David Smith, Betsey Percival, Moultonboro.
1812 Caleb Smith, Lucinda Marshall.
HIGHLAND AVENUE
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1829 John P. Southworth, Nancy Cass.
May 8, 1795 Hobart Spencer, Betsey Hazen Dearborn.
Nov. 23, 1843 John C. Stanton, Meredith, Catherine Young, Canterbury.
Nov. 30, 1794 William Stevens, Nabby Craig, Rumney.
Jan. 26, 1824 Arnold Stevens, Abigail Jennings.
Jan. 22, 1850 H. B. Stevens, Loudon, Elizabeth B. Kimball, Holderness. 1794 Alexander Stewart, Mrs. Lois Worcester, Wentworth.
1838 Joel B. Stow, Lucretia Brown.
1841 Rodney Strong, Dublin, Sarah Ann Bagley.
Nov. 24, 1790 Enoch Thomas, Susannah Shepard.
Aug. 20, 1823 Trueworthy G. Thurston, Groton, Saphila Bartlett.
July 9, 1795 Daniel Tilton, Bridgewater, Anna Gorman.
Nov. 17, 1844 Horace M. Tobine, Mrs. Susan Spiller, Holderness.
Feb. 22, 1818 Enoch Tolman, Greensboro, Vt., Abigail Cook, Campton. July 17, 1817 James Varnum, Bridgewater, Elmira Melvin, Bridge- water.
Dec. 25, 1815 John Vincent, Woodstock, Rebecca Wallace, Thornton.
July 24, 1827 Peter Walker, Mary Edmonds.
Jan. 23, 1817 Nathaniel Walker, Hampstead, Lucy Doe, Rumney.
Sept. 21, 1840 Andrew D. Wallis, Sandwich, Mehitable Marsh, Thornton.
May 4, 1799 Edinund Webber, Betsey Hodgskins.
Dec. 5, 1843 Elliot Webber, Rumney, Sarah G. Barnard, Hebron. 1824 Moses S. Webber, Clarissa Gale, Alexandria.
1829 Ira Webster, New Hampton, Mary Bennett.
Jan. 29, 1843 Ruel L. Weston, Ann K. Beckford, Lancaster.
Feb. 9, 1813 Deodet Willey, Campton, Mary Butler, Campton.
Dec. 27, 1835 Joshua Willard, Hebron, Betsey Powell, Hebron.
Oct. 12, 1778 Ebenezer Wise, Mary Haseltine.
Dec. 28, 1813 David Wise, Hebron, Eliza Hoit, Bridgewater.
Jan. 10, 1817 Silas Whitney, Thornton, Sally Lovejoy, Campton.
Nov. 9, 1843 William C. Wheeler, Orpah Whitcher, Newbury, Vt.
Dec. 16, 1816 Sewall Walcott, Holderness, Eliza Ennis.
Oct. 31, 1811 Deacon David Wooster, Campton, Lydia Foster.
Dec. 27, 1838 Benjamin B. Worthen, Holderness, Nancy J. Mudgett.
THE LAW-MAKERS OF PLYMOUTH.
The fifth provincial congress, which assembled at Exeter, Thurs- day, Dec. 21, 1775, assumed the prerogatives of a legislature and adopted a temporary constitution. The delegates of the congress VOL. I .- 36
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became a house of representatives, and the house elected the first council, which in later times has been styled a senate. Under the temporary constitution from 1776 to 1783 inclusive, both branches of the legislature were elected for the term of one year, and con- vened on the third Wednesday of December. Under the State constitution, which became operative in June, 1784, the legislature was elected on the second Tuesday of March, for the term of one year, and convened on the first Wednesday of June following, until and including the session of 1878. Beginning with the session of 1879, the legislature was elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, for the term of two years, and convened biennially on the first Wednesday in June following, until and including the session of 1889. Since, and including the session of 1891, the legislature has convened biennially on the first Wednesday in January. While the temporary constitution re- mained in force, Grafton County, then including Coos County, constituted a district and was privileged to elect one of the twelve councillors or senators. Under this arrangement the members from Grafton County were : -
John Hurd of Haverhill, elected Jan. 6, 1776, by the house of representatives.
1776-77 No election in the county.
1777-78 No election in the county.
1778-79 Charles Johnston of Haverhill.
1779-80 Francis Worcester of Plymouth.
1780-81 Charles Johnston of Haverhill.
1781-82 Francis Worcester of Plymouth.
1782-83 Francis Worcester of Plymouth. 1783-84 Moses Dow of Haverhill.
Under the permanent State constitution the county of Grafton continued to constitute a senatorial district, and was numbered the twelfth. From time to time towns were severed from this and joined to other districts, but Plymouth remained a constituent part of the twelfth district until 1841, when the town was joined to the eleventh district. By this change the political relations in senatorial affairs, long standing and friendly with Haverhill and
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other northern towns, were dissolved, and Plymouth became asso- ciated with Hebron, Bridgewater, and other towns south and west. Plymouth remained a part of the eleventh senatorial district until 1879, when the number of senators was increased to twenty-four. Since then Plymouth has constituted a part of the fourth senatorial district.
In the following lists of those who have served in the senate or in the house of representatives, the date prefixed to each name is the year in which the legislature convened. Since the inaugura- tion of biennial sessions the election has occurred in the year preceding.
Six citizens of Plymouth have received fifteen elections to the senate : -
1785 Francis Worcester 1835 Walter Blair
1788 Francis Worcester 1836 Walter Blair
1801 Moor Russell 1867 Henry W. Blair
1802 Moor Russell 1868 Henry W. Blair
1803 Moor Russell
1885 Manson S. Brown
1810 Moor Russell
1899 George H. Adams
1811 Moor Russell
1905 George H. Adams
1812 Moor Russell
George H. Adams was president of the senate, 1905.
Dr. Robert Burns, who removed from Hebron to Plymouth, 1835, was the senator of the eleventh district, 1831 and 1832.
Nathaniel P. Melvin, who removed from Bridgewater to Ply- mouth, 1838, was the senator of the eleventh district, 1837 and 1838.
Until the year 1800 Plymouth was classed with other towns in the choice of a representative to the State legislature. From 1776 until the election of 1781 inclusive, Plymouth, New Chester, Cockermouth, and Alexandria were joined in one class and privi- leged to send a representative. New London was severed from Alexandria in 1779, and participated in the election of a repre- sentative in 1780 and 1781, but the territory of the class remained unchanged.
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From 1782 until 1799 inclusive Plymouth and Rumney were in a representative class, to which Wentworth was joined during the years and including the elections of 1784 to 1787. During the years in which this town was classed with other towns the election of the representative was always held in Plymouth.
In the enjoyment of the right of representation in the house of representatives prescribed in the constitution, Plymouth has been privileged to send a representative since and beginning with the election of 1800, and a considerable part of the time since 1872 the town has possessed the constitutional requirements of electing two representatives, as shown in the following table.
Among the representatives elected previous to 1800, and while Plymouth was classed with other towns, appear the names of Enoch Noyes of Cockermouth, Absalom Peters of Wentworth, and Abraham Burnham, Edward Everett, Alexander Craig, and William Presson of Rumney : -
1775 Samuel Emerson 1797 Josiah Brown
1776 Francis Worcester
1798 Josiah Brown
1777 Francis Worcester 1799 Josiah Brown
1778 Francis Worcester 1800 Josiah Brown
1779 Joseph Senter 1801 Josiah Brown
1780 Enoch Noyes
1802 Joshua Thornton
1781 Joseph Senter
1803 Joshua Thornton
1782 Edward Everett
1804 Joshua Thornton
1784 Joseph Senter
1785 Abraham Burnham
1805 William Webster; he was the representative 17 consecutive years
1786 Absalom Peters
1822 Samuel C. Webster
1787 Francis Worcester
1823 Moor Russell
1788 Abraham Burnham
1824 Moor Russell
1789 Benjamin Goold
1825 Joseph Weld
1790 Abraham Burnham
1826 Samuel C. Webster
1791 Benjamin Goold
1827 Samuel C. Webster
1792 Alexander Craig
1828 Samuel C. Webster
1793 Benjamin Goold
1829 Stevens Merrill
1794 Abraham Burnham
1830 Samuel C. Webster
1795 Josiah Brown
1831 Jonathan Dearborn
1796 William Presson
1832 Samuel C. Webster
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1783 Francis Worcester
MISCELLANY.
1833 Samuel C. Webster
1834 Isaac Ward
1835 Voted not to send
1836 Rev. William Nelson
1837 Rev. William Nelson
1838 Humphrey Webster
1874 Joseph Burrows William G. Hull
1839 Arthur L. Webster
1840 Arthur L. Webster
1875 Charles A. Jewell Charles H. Bowles
1842 Did not elect
1876 Charles A. Jewell
1843 Joseph Fifield
1844 Joseph Fifield
1845 Seth Doton
: Charles H. Bowles 1877 Hazen D. Smith John T. Cutter 1878 Hazen D. Smith John T. Cutter
1846 Joseph Fifield
1847 Joseph Fifield
1848 John H. Gill
1879 Nathan H. Weeks
1849 James Cochran
1881 John Mason
1850 James Cochran
1883 George H. Adams
1851 Seth Doton
1885 John H. Mudgett
1852 Seth Doton
1887 Alvin Burleigh
1853 Stephen York
1889 James Robie
1854 Washington George
1855 Washington George
1856 Denison R. Burnham
1857 Denison R. Burnham
1858 Denison R. Burnham
1859 Hiram Harriman
1860 Charles J. F. Stone
1861 Caleb D. Penniman
1862 Caleb D. Penniman
1863 Thomas Shute
1899 James A. Penniman Enos Huckins
1864 Thomas Shnte
1865 Voted not to send
1866 Henry W. Blair
1903 Charles J. Gould Moses A. Ferrin
1867 John A. Drake
1868 Joseph A. Dodge
1869 Joseph A. Dodge
1870 .Joseph A. Dodge
1905 Charles J. Ayer Benjamin F. St. Clair
In 1840 there were two sessions of the legislature. Arthur L. Webster having resigned after the close of the first session, Jona- than Dearborn was elected to the second session.
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1891 Cyrus Sargeant George H. Colby
1893 Cyrus Sargeant George H. Colby
1895 Warren G. Chase Erastus B. Dearborn
1897 Henry C. Currier Walter W. Mason
1901 Charles J. Gould Moses A. Ferrin
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1871 Joseph Burrows 1872 Joseph Burrows James F. Langdon
1873 Joseph Burrows James F. Langdon
1841 Jonathan Dearborn
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Samuel C. Webster was speaker of the house, 1831, and Alvin Burleigh, 1887.
THE SELECTMEN.
1766 Stephen Webster, Winthrop Wells, John Willoughby.
1767 Ephraim Lund, John Willoughby, David Hobart.
1768 David Hobart, Henry Snow, Winthrop Wells.
1769 Francis Worcester, Henry Snow, John Willoughby.
1770 Benjamin Goold, Elisha Bean, William Nevins.
1771 Benjamin Goold, William Nevins, David Webster.
1772 Benjamin Goold, John Willoughby, Samuel Dearborn.
1773 Benjamin Goold, John Willoughby, Samuel Dearborn.
1774 Samuel Emerson, James Harvel, Thomas Lucas. 1775 Samuel Emerson, James Harvel, Thomas Lucas.
1776 Ebenezer Blodgett, Samuel Emerson, James Harvel.
1777 Samuel Emerson, Benjamin Goold, Ebenezer Blodgett.
1778
Stephen Webster, Jacob Merrill, Elisha Bean.
1779 Samuel Emerson, Benjamin Goold, John Willoughby.
1780 Samuel Emerson, James Hobart, Jotham Cummings.
1781 Samuel Emerson, Jonas Keyes, Richard Bayley.
1782
Samuel Emerson, Samuel Marsh, Enoch Ward.
1783 Samuel Emerson, William George, Joseph Reed. 1784 Samuel Emerson, Joseph Senter, James Blodgett.
1785 Samuel Emerson, Joshua Fletcher, Isaac Ward.
1786 Samuel Emerson, William George, Benjamin Goold.
1787 Samuel Emerson, John Rogers, Stephen Wells.
1788 John Rogers, Jotham Cummings, David Webster.
1789 Samuel Emerson, William George, Benjamin Goold.
1790 Samuel Emerson, Josiah Brown, Joshua Thornton.
1791 Samuel Emerson, Thomas Harriman, Jotham Cummings, Jr.
1792 Samuel Emerson, Peter Dearborn, Edward Senter.
1793 Samuel Emerson, Stephen Bartlett, Richard Bayley, Joshua Fletcher, Jacob Smith.
1794 Samuel Emerson, William George, William Webster.
1795 Samuel Emerson, Josiah Brown, Peter McQuesten.
1796 Samuel Emerson, John Farmer, Nehemiah Snow.
1797 Samuel Emerson, William Webster, Joshua Thornton.
1798 Samuel Emerson, Josiah Brown, Joshua Thornton.
1799 Samuel Emerson, Amos Blood, Samuel Wells.
1800 Samuel Emerson, Josiah Brown, Joshua Thornton.
1801 Samuel Emerson, Joshua Thornton, Jotham Cummings, Jr.
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1802 Samuel Emerson, Jotham Cummings, Jr., Samuel Wells.
1803 Samuel Wells, Jotham Cummings, Jr., Joshua Thornton. 1804 Samuel Wells, Jotham Cummings, Jr., Joshua Thornton. 1805 Moor Russell, Solomon Bayley, Jotham Cummings, Jr.
1806 Samuel Wells, Jotham Cummings, Jr., Solomon Bayley.
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