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Union Five-Cents Savings Bank .- Incorporated 1868; total assets, $984,590 ; president, W. H. C. Follansby ; treasurer, Frank W. Taylor.
Exeter Co-Operative Bank .- President, Wm. Burlingame; treasurer, Lil- lian P. Brown.
Exeter Brass Works .- Incorporated 1892; capital, $15,000; president, W. A. Folsom; treasurer and manager, W. B. Folsom.
Gale Bros .- Boot and shoe manufacturers; president, John E. Yale; treasurer, J. A. Towle.
Exeter Water Works .- Incorporated 1888; capital, $120,000; president, E. G. Eastman ; superintendent, C. H. Johnson.
Exeter Gas Light Company .- Incorporated 1860; capital, $50,000; presi- dent, Adiorne Swaine: superintendent, Arthur I. Cooper.
Rockingham Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company .- Incorporated 1833; president, H. G. Burley ; secretary and treasurer, H. A. Shute.
Lawyers .- Thomas Leavitt, E. G. Eastman, E. G. Templeton, J. E. Young, C. H. Knight, A. O. Fuller, John Scammon, Perley Gardiner, W. H. Sleeper, S. E. Rowe, E. D. Mayer, H. A. and R. E. Shute. See Bench and Bar chapters for sketches of other Exeter lawyers.
Physicians .- W. H. Nute, W. Tuttle, Alice M. Chesley, W. B. Kenniston, H. C. Day, J. G. W. Knowlton; dentists, C. H. Gerrish, J. E. S. Pray, A. T. Severance, A. G. Hooper.
Societies .- East Rockingham Pomona Grange, Gilman Grange, P. of H .; Exeter Lodge, K. of P .; Sagamore Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Rebekah Lodge; Moses N. Collins Post, G. A. R .; Woman's Relief Corps; Swanscott Lodge, K. of P .; Exeter Lodge, A. O. U. W .; Wheelwright Court, F. of A. ; Exeter Commandery, U. O. G. C .; Star in the East Lodge, St. Alban Chapter, Olivet Council, A. F. & A .M .; Onent Chapter, O. E. S .; John J. Bell Lodge, I. O. G. T .; Wehanownownit Tribe, I. O. R. M .; Pekawauket Council, D. of P .; Friendship Council, R. A .; Misr. Senate, K. A. O. E .: Catholic Order of Foresters, Junior, O. V. A. M .; New England Order of Protection ; Daughters of Am. Revolution ; Exeter Club, Exeter Board of Trade ; Exeter Sportsmen's Club; Exeter Country Club; Exeter Poultry & Pigeon Stock Association ;
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Cincinnati Memorial Hall (opened by the Society of Cincinnati, June 20, 1904). Exeter Cottage Hospital erected 1905 at a cost of $50,000.
Exeter Public Library .- At the town meeting held March 14, 1853, $300 was voted for the purchase of books for a town library, and on June 20th the library was opened to the citizens over a store on the business street. From this room the library was moved to a large room in the old town hall, where it remained for nearly forty years, until the completion of the new library building in September, 1894. At that time there were 9,000 volumes in the library classified by the Dewey system. The library now contains 17.940 volumes under charge of Miss Carrie E. Byington.
CHAPTER XXXI
FREMONT
Geographical-Topographical-Early History-Incorporation-Poplin-Fre- mont-Military History-The Church-The Public Library
The town of Fremont lies near the center of the county and is bounded as follows: On the north by Epping ; on the east by Brentwood; on the south by Danville and Sandown; and on the west by Chester and Raymond. The surface is generally level and the soil fertile. The early history of this town will be found in the history of Exeter and Brentwood, of which towns it originally formed a part. At the setting off of Brentwood from Exeter, in 1742, it became a part of the latter town and remained such until June 22, 1764, when it was organized as a separate town. It was originally called Poplin, but in 1854 changed to its present name, in honor, doubtless, of Gen. John C. Fremont, the first candidate of the republican party for president. The population is 622.
The precise settlement of the town is not known. Rev. Orlo Hines was the first minister.
Fremont is a station on the Nashua and Rochester Railroad, seventy miles from Worcester. It is twenty-four miles west of Portsmouth, ten west of Exeter and thirty southeast from Concord.
SOLDIERS OF FREMONT IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
Joseph R. West, Co. B, 4th Regiment; enlisted September 18, 1861; dis- charged April 6, 1864.
Charles W. Brown, Co. I, 5th Regiment; enlisted August 11, 1863; dis- charged July 15, 1865.
Orrin West, Co. I, 5th Regiment; enlisted March 22, 1864; absent, sick; no discharge furnished.
Michael Flynn, Co. C, 5th Regiment; enlisted September 12, 1864; dis- charged June 28, 1865.
T. Yelton, Co. B, 5th Regiment ; died February 1, 1863.
John Loane, Co. D, 5th Regiment ; enlisted September 12, 1864.
James Smith, Co. H, 5th Regiment ; enlisted September 12, 1864; absent, sick, April 6, 1865; no discharge furnished.
Jacob Vogle, Co. H, 5th Regiment ; enlisted August 11, 1863; discharged December 15, 1863.
Bruce D. Osgood, sergeant Co. C, 6th Regiment; enlisted November 27, 1861.
William B. Cadmus, Co. C, 6th Regiment ; enlisted November 27, 1861 ; discharged December 16, 1862.
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William L. Neal, Co. C, 6th Regiment ; enlisted November 27, 1861 ; killed December 13, 1862.
Julius Koening, 6th Regiment ; enlisted May 17, 1864.
George D. Foss, Co. D, 8th Regiment ; enlisted December 20, 1861 ; dis- charged July 5, 1862.
Henry Hutchinson, Co., D, 8th Regiment; enlisted December 20, 1861 ; died October 26, 1863.
Thomas G. Judd, Co. A, 9th Regiment; enlisted August 7, 1862; trans- ferred to V. R. C. October 7, 1863.
Perley R. Gordon, Co. C, 10th Regiment ; enlisted September 16, 1862; discharged March 18, 1863.
John Clarken, Co. F, 10th Regiment; enlisted September 1, 1862; died December 26, 1864.
Plummer D. Small, corporal Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; promoted to sergeant ; discharged June 4, 1865.
Sylvester McLane, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; dis- charged June 4, 1865.
George W. Morrill, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; killed December 13, 1862.
George F. Small, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted September 2, 1862; dis- charged June 4, 1865.
Joseph L. Small, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; dis- charged June 4, 1865.
Moses P. Stevenson, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; discharged April 29, 1863.
John C. Trickey, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; died March 1, 1863.
John W. Marsh, Co. B, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 28, 1862; killed December 13, 1862.
Joseph Sanborn, Jr., corporal Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 21, 1862 ; discharged June 4, 1865.
Orrin Bean, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 21, 1862; discharged June 4, 1865.
Charles O. Copp, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 21, 1862; pro- moted to corporal June 4, 1865.
John B. Clement, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 21, 1862; dis- charged June 4, 1865.
Enoch F. Osgood, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 21, 1862; killed December 13, 1862.
John A. Tilton, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 26, 1862; dis- charged January 24, 1863.
George A. Tilton, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 26, 1862; died May 12, 1864.
Josiah West, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 26, 1862 ; discharged June 4, 1865.
George D. Foss, Co. C, IIth Regiment; enlisted August 19, 1864; trans- ferred to 6th Regiment; discharged July 17, 1865.
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Charles Muller, Co. A, IIth Regiment; enlisted December 19, 1863; trans- ferred to 6th Regiment; no discharge given.
Charles Fries, IIth Regiment; enlisted December 23, 1863.
Louis Ferry, Co. H, IIth Regiment; enlisted December 19, 1863.
John Gippert, Co. K, IIth Regiment; enlisted December 19, 1863; dis- charged August 14, 1865.
James Toben, Co. K, 14th Regiment; enlisted July 29, 1864; discharged July 27, 1865.
David Sanborn, Co. K, 15th Regiment; enlisted October 16, 1862; dis- charged August 13, 1863.
Joseph W. Bishop, Co. B, 18th Regiment; enlisted September 14, 1864; discharged June 10, 1865.
Daniel A. Webster, Co. B, 18th Regiment; enlisted September 13, 1864; died March 27, 1865.
Warren D. Lovering, Co. E, H. Artillery; enlisted September 5, 1864; discharged June 15, 1865.
Orrin West, Co. F, 2d Regiment, U. S. S. S .; transferred to 6th Regiment March 22, 1864; absent, sick; no discharge furnished.
Hiram P. Beebe, Co. E, 2d Regiment U. S. S. S .; enlisted September 9, 1861 ; re-enlisted January 4, 1864; transferred to 5th Regiment January 30, 1865; absent, June 28, 1865 ; no discharge furnished.
Joseph Toland, U. S. C. T .; enlisted April 6, 1865 ; date discharge un- known.
John H. Carr, Jr., date discharge unknown.
James Mager, date discharge unknown.
James Carroll, date discharge unknown.
Robert Baker, date discharge unknown.
George Merrill, date discharge unknown.
Samuel Wilson, date discharge unknown.
Thomas Fowler, enlisted August 26, 1864; date discharge unknown.
George W. Wiggin, enlisted August 26, 1864; date discharge unknown.
The physician is Ernest W. Lowe. The Grange is the Fremont. The United Congregational Church was organized in 1908 and the Rev. J. H. Hewitt preached in 1910 and 1911. The church building was erected in 1865 as a Union Church and has ever since been so called. The Universalists have a small fund which gives them one month each year and they engage a minister for the month of August, when the other ministers take a vacation. Rev. Walter W. Strite, a Methodist student from the Boston University, is supplying as pastor at present.
Fremont Public Library .- In the center of the town is the Library building, built by the town in 1894, on the site given by Warren True. The library was opened with 741 volumes owned by the Fremont Library Association, formed in 1866.
The library contains 1,000 books under the care of Mrs. Cora B. Frost, who has had long service as librarian.
Fremont is making arrangements to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its organization this summer.
CHAPTER XXXII
GREENLAND
Petition for Privileges-Petition for a Township-Documentary History- Petition of Inhabitants of "Breakfast Hill"-Other Petitions-Taverns- War of the Revolution-Action of the Towns-Town Stock of Ammuni- tion-Hiring Soldiers-Annexation to Massachusetts-Civil History- Incorporation of the Town-The First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected -- Ecclesiastical-Congregational Church-Methodist Episcopal Church -. Brackett Academy-Military Record-Weeks' Library-The Oldest House.
The Town of Greenland lies in the eastern part of the county, and is bounded on the north by Great Bay and the Town of Newington; on the east by Portsmouth and Rye; on the south by North Hampton and Stratham; and on the west by Stratham. The surface of the town is rolling and its soil fertile.
Documentary History .- The Parish of Greenland was incorporated in 1703, and two years later, 1705, the inhabitants petitioned for liberty to have "a minister and school-master among themselves." The following is a copy of the petition :
To "His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq., Govern'r and Comander in chiefe in and over his Majesties province of New Hampshire, and Vice Ad- miral of the same. The humble Petition of John Johnson Abraham Lewis and Samuel Weeks on behalfe of themselves and the inhabitants of Green- land, belonging to the town of Portsmouth, Humbly sheweth
"That there are about three hundred & twenty persons: men women and children in Greenland who are Obliged to come to the Bank to meeting, and the distance being five or six miles and the season of the yeare occasioning bad travelling as also the danger of the Enemy makes it very difficult and Tedious to gett to the said meeting, or to send their children every day to school being not able to Table them abroad : soe that your poor petitioners are almost deprived of publickly hearing the word of God or getting their children Edu- cated with Reading and writing And your petitioners have desired at a publick Towne meeting to have the Liberty of a Minister and schoolmaster among themselves. They paying their sallary and to be Exempted from pay- ing to the minister and Schoolmaster at the Bank but there is no care taken about itt by the Town who continues silent in the matter. May it therefore please yr Excellency to consider premise and to order as you in your prudent Judgment shall see meet-relating to the same whereby yo'r petitioners may
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obtain the priviledge of a Minister and schoolmaster among themselves as aforesaid. And they as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
JOHN JOHNSON ARRAHAM LEWIS
SAMUEL WEEKS
"This petition is referred to the Selectmen of Portsmouth to make answer and objections if they have any to myselfe in a months time.
J. DUDLEY"
In 1716 Ebenezer Johnson and others petitioned to be joined to the Parish of Greenland as follows :
17th Jan. 1716.
To the Honourable George Vaughan Esq. Lt. Governor of his Majesties Province of New Hampshire an the Honourable his Majesties Counsel-
The Humble petition of the inhabitants That live on the Pattin adjacent to Greenland who are on this side of the line, which was formerly run be- tween Portsmouth and Exeter beginning att Walls Crick and running to Hampton bounds-Humbly Sheweth That we the subscribers would humbly pray that we may be joined to Greenland Parrish because we there commonly attend the worship of God, which is abundantly more convenient for us than other place of publick worship and have diverse of us been help full in build- ing an house to worship God In ther att sd Parrish. We likewise the In- habitants of Greenland being a poor & small Parrish Humbly pray your honours to Grant that all the Inhabitants which are within the afore sd line from Walls crick to Hampton bounds may be added to us- We therefore humbly crave your Honours Grant of these our request & your petitioners as In Duty bound shall pray&c.
Ebenezer Johnson, John Cate, James Berry, Assessors; Nathaniel Wright, Richard White, Fred Allen, Samuell Folsom, Mikel Hicks, Walter Philbrick, John Emery, Isaac Foss, Jonathan Weeks, Tho Letherbe.
Petition for Certain Privileges .- In 1720 Greenland had so increased in population and importance that the inhabitants petitioned the Governor and Council for privilege to choose a constable, and one of three members to repre- sent them in the General Assembly. This petition is dated March 18, 1720- 21, and is as follows :
Petition to be Freed.
Province of To ye Honble John Wentworth Esq Ltt, Governr and Com- New Hampr mandr-in Chief for ye time being, & to ye Honble ye Council of his Majestys Province aforesd.
The petition Jams Johnson, Saml Weeks & Josh Weeks of Greenland in behalfe of sd Parrish-Humby Sheweth-
That on ye 15th Instant att a Parrish meeting Lawfully conven'd we your Petitioners were electd a comitte to address your Honrs & this Honble Board in behalfe of our sd Parrish for some further libertys & Privilede to be granted in & amongst ourselves for yt yr Petitionrs have now only ye liberty of Raising money on ye Inhabitants there for ye support of ye ministry schoole & poor wthin yr District; & ye Province Tax being Raised by the Selectmen &
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assessors of Portsmo who living Remote canot posibly be apprized of ye per- ticular Capacity of ye several Inhabitants there- Whereby ye Tax is many times very unequal- Wherefore your Petitionrs Humy Pray, yt your Honours in your Great Wisdom wil see cause to order yt we may be dismissed from ye Bank from having any tax laid on us there; & yt we may be freed from ye charge and Trouble of attending ye Publick Town meetings there & yt a Committee be By your Honrs chosen to Proportion Greenland in ye Province Rates & yt ye same may be Raisd in Equal Proportion by our own assessors & yt Mr Treasurer be Directd to issue forth his Precept to our Parrish for yt End & yt we may choose a constabl amongst ourselves to collect ye assessments yt are from time to time made & yt we may be allowd ye Privilidge of choosing one assembly man in our Parrish to Represent us in Genll Assemly we paying him out of the Parrish stock which Grantd yr Petitionrs shal as in Duty bound ever pray &c.
JAMS JOHNSON SAMLL WEEKS JOSH. WEEKS
18, Mar. 1720-1
March 2Ist at a Council-
Psent ye Lt Govr Wentworth, Saml Penhallow Esq. Richd Wibird, Collo Walton Esq. Thos Wastbrook, Esq. George Jaffrey-
The above Petition Read, and Granted and Ordered that a com'ttee upon Oath take an account of ye Rateable Estate of ye District of Greenlnd by wch ye Proportion of the Prov. Tax, is to be Settled who are to make Return to this board, that the Treasurers warrant be made out accordingly.
Petition of Greenland for a Township
To His Excellency Samuel Shute Esqr Capt Genll & Com'andr in Cheif & Over His Majtys Prov. of New Hampsr and to the Honble the Council of sd Province-
The Humble Petition of Saml Weeks James Johnston & Mathias Haines of Greenland Parish in the Town of Portsmo in ye Prov. of New Hampsr aforesd for themselves & in behalf of sd Parish, Humbly Sheweth.
That yor Petitioners are a district of Portsmo and always have been accounted Part of sd Portsmouth, and have paid Rates in sd Town accordingly, and but very Lately have been made a Separate Parrish, and the Town of Portsmo aforesd having obtained a grant of yor Excellency & Honrs for a Township.
Yor Petitioners Humbly pray that yor Excellency & Honrs would be pleased to Ordr that yor Petitioners, as they all along have paid their part of the charges & help to support the warrs against the enemy as inhabitants of Portsmo aforesd That they may now Reap the benefit of the aforesaid Grant of Land in proportion wth their neighbours-the other inhabitants of sd Portsmouth or that yor Petitioners may have an Equivalent of Land adjoyning to the aforesd Grant, Granted unto us.
And yor Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever Pray :
SAMLL WEEKS, JAMES JOHNSTON, MATTHIAS HAINES.
Portsmo May 10th 1722.
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Petition of inhabitants of Breakfast Hill '
* So called from the circumstance that a party of Indians in 1696, after an early attack on inhabitants of Portsmouth, and the slaughter of fourteen persons, hastily retreated, and stopped on the declivity of a hill (now in Greenland) and took break- fast. Ever since it has retained the name of Breakfast Hill.
To the honble John Wentworth Esq. Liut Governr & Commander in Chief in and over his Majties Province of Newhampshire to ye honble the Council & house of representatives Conven'd in Genll Assembly.
The humble Request of us the Subscribers inhabitants about Breakfast hill & owners of Land neare Greenland meeting house, humbly Desires, That whereas we are soe neare said meeting house & have paid our part towards the maintenance of ye Ministry there Evr since it hath been built, Yt for the future wee may be by act of Government set of towards payment of the ministry to yt place It being most convenient for us by many miles-& your Petitioners shall ever pray &c.
May 25th 1725
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James fooler desires to pay to Greenland & Sande-bech be a parish of themselves.
James Whidden
James Johnson R. Wibird John Wheden
Petition for extension of boundary lines
Province of New Hampr
To the honble John Wentworth Esq. Liut Govonr & Comander in Chief in and over his Majties Province of New Hampshire and to the honble the Council & house of Representatives Con- ven'd in Genll Assembly for sd Province.
The humble Petition of Capt Samuell Weeks, Capt Joshua Weeks & Mr John Cate.
In the behalfe of the Poore parrish of Greenland as they are Impowered by said parrish to represent the same with the select men of Greenland.
humbly Sheweth.
That whereas by a vote formerly of the Town of Portsmouth (of which the said Greenland is a part) It was voted that Greenland Bounds should be on the South side of Packers farm (which supose is now Doctor Marches) and Whereas by a Vote of the Genll Assembly 28th July 1714, Its said that Greenland bounds to Packers Bridge and thence to Joshua Haineses Mr Cates & Edwd Ayerses farm, The Same is verry Ambiguous Whether these are included or excluded and alsoe Mr. Edward Ayers at that time had two farms Southwest of sd Packers or Marches farm-& it is not mention'd which-And Whereas Capt Langdon & the comittee that made the last return :
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run the line from said Marches farm to Edward Ayres Southwesterly farm, Exclusive of said Farm; which line comes to Northward of Berry Brook in the Rhoad to Sandy Beech, which is not above a mile from Greenland Meeting house, and Excludes fifteen families that live about Breakfast hill from ye sd Parrish of Greenland that used to pay there towards maintenance of the ministry & lyes most convenient for them to come there, The loss of so many families is verry Great & Grievious to your verry poore petitioners :
Therefore your humble Petitioners Humbly prayes (That considering your said parrish of Greenland consists chiefly in verry poore Inhabitants ) and Containes a verry small Quantity of Ground; Great Part of said Parrish being not three Quarters of a mile Deep & In the Deepest or Widest place verry little above a mile-That they containe a small Compass of Grond & no probability of Increasing themselves-humbly prayes your consideration & order that theire line betwixt them and Portsmouth may Extend Due south from Marches farm to ye farm Mr Edward Ayers Bought of the Admr of Richard Jose Esq Deceas'd and thence South East to New Castle line which line will take in the fifteen families afore sd and suppose the line formerly Intended-But if it should seem meet to your honrs to take these fifteene families from said Parrish it would occasion theire Breaking up not being able of themselves that remaine to support the charges of the Ministry with the other contingents on them.
All the Comittees that Ever made any returne relating to a Divissionale line being all of Portsmouth they made it as much in theire favor as possible by all Strain'd construction-Therefore if your honrs se not meet to Grant us the line Desier'd, That then yr honrs will appoint a Comittee of som other Towns (wholly Indifferent) to make and settle a line as they shall see con- venient, accordin to Portsmouth Town Voate, in 1705 and in Greater Cer- tainty than hath as yet been Don. And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray &c.
May 19th 1725.
JOHN CATE JOSHUA WEEKS EBENEZER JOHNSON MATHIAS HAINES SAMLL WEEKS
May ye 26th 1725.
In the House of Representatives
read, and ordered that the Select men of Portsmo be serv'd with a copy of the petition and they to notifie the town of Portsmouth, To Appeare the second day of the setting of the next Genll Assembly to show cause (if any they can) why the Prayer of the Petition may not be granted.
James Jeffry, Cir. Assm
In counl Eodm die. Read and concurred Richd Waldron
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Petition relating to tax warrant.
Province of New Hampr
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Honble his Majesties Coun- cill and House of Representatives in General Assembly Con- vened-Jan. 12th 1763.
Humbly Shews-James Bracket & Simon Dearborn both of Greenland in said Province yeomen and two of the selectmen of said Greenland for the year 1762 the Maj. part for themselves & in behalf of the Inhabitants of said Greenland that the selectmen of said Greenland for said year Raised a Tax on the said inhabitants and gave a list thereof to Joseph Pickerin Constable of said Greenland for said year with a warrant, and the hands of the Majour part of the said selectmen, in consequence thereof the said constable hath made distress on sundry of the said Inhabitants of said Greenland who refused to pay their Respective Taxes and for which sundry actions are brot against him to the Inferior court to be held in March next, and on examining the warrant aforesaid, it appears that the Selectmen have neglected to seal the same, which is thought necessary by Law, and if so will greatly hurt said Inhabitants, for altho most of them may not dispute it, yet there are many that do & so pay no Tax this year, Besides bringing a great charge on the said Inhabitants for the suits already commenced & others that may be, wherefore the Petitioners as aforesaid Humbly pray the advisement of this Honble Court on the Premises-and that you will be pleased to pass such Order thereon as to make the said Warrant good & Valid The want of seals notwithstanding or grant such other Relief thereon as to you shall seem meet. And your petitioners as aforesaid shall as in duty bound ever pray.
JAMES BRACKETT SIMEON DEARBORN Selectmen of Greenland
Province of ) In the house of Representatives Jany 19, 1763. This petition New Hampsr \ being Read
Voted That they be heard thereon on fryday next, & that they Cause the sundry persons who prosecuted the constable for Illegally making Distraint to be notified thereof that they may be present if they see cause.
A. Clarkson, clerk.
In council Eodm Die. Read & concurr'd,
T. Atkinson Jr Secry.
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