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This year as well as a year or two preceding the Democracy of this town have had to contend with not only a bitter and vindictive but a treacherous and dishonest opposition. At any and all times since 1830, when united the Democratic party could beat the feder- alists with ease, but for two of the years our ancient foe with the assistance of a few treacherous friends have succeeded in defeating us. On the 11th inst. however the allied forces received a blow from which they will not soon recover,-and that day will be remembered by every true Democrat. In this election the Democratic party triumphed over Federalism, Anti-Masonry, Whigism and independent Republicanism combined. All we have to regret is that a few friends should have mistaken the name of Dr. Angier for that of Mr. Wilson the regular candidate for second representative. As it was Mr. Wilson only wanted one vote of an election.
The only new names appearing in the lists of minor offices were: high- way surveyors, Nathaniel Annis, Nathaniel Runnels, George Bixby, Walter Bailey, Drury F. Willoughby, Joseph Jones, Anson Smith; sur- veyors of lumber, Richard N. Brown; hogreeves, Charles J. Jones, George Glines, Solon Swift, Jona. S. Nichols, Ezra S. Kimball, Charles Carleton, Hubbard Russ, Alva Howard, J. N. Noyes, Samuel Ward, Drury F. Pike; these were mostly the names of new voters. Appropriations: highways, $700 in money, $1,200 in labor; schools, $700; town charges, $800. It was voted to require inventory to be given under each. The selectmen were instructed to appoint collector of taxes. On revision of constitu- tion, yes, 104, no, 36.
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1836. Annual meeting, Old South meeting house, March 8. Gov- ernor vote, Isaac Hill, Dem., 248; Ezra Bartlett, Whig, 133; William Badger, 2. Representatives to General Court, Joseph Bell, 1; Jona. Wilson, 3; Joshua Woodward, Whig, 193; Aaron Southard, Whig, 193; John Angier, Dem., 248; John McClary, Dem., 248; the two last named were declared elected. New names appearing in the list of minor officers were: Jona. Blaisdell, Charles R. Smith, Samuel E. Merrill, Luther Butler, Jabez R. Willis, Jona. Flanders, Valentine Morse, Aaron Wheeler; corders of wood, William Watson, Austin Ladd; surveyor of lumber, Percival Erwin; hogreeves, Amos H. Lund, F. T. Kimball, Samuel P. Adams, Joseph Dutton, Horatio Willoughby; firewards, Jona. Pool. Appropria- tions: highways, $1,000 in money, $1,500 in labor; schools, $700; town charges, $1,000. The appointment of collector of taxes was left with the selectmen, a custom which was thereafter followed. An article in the warrant relative to hiring the Union meeting house for town meetings was dismissed, as was also an article relative to buying a town farm.
Presidential election, November 6. Democratic electoral ticket, 183; Whig, 8. An article to vote for councillor in fifth district to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Page, who had been elected United States senator, was dismissed, and like action was taken on an article to vote for representative to the General Court to fill vacancy caused by death of John Angier. On expediency of building a state hospital for insane, yes, 8; no, 189.
1837. A special town meeting was held February 11, at the North meeting house, to see what action should be taken with Haverhill's share of the surplus revenue which had been distributed among the states by the Federal government. This was the first and, up to date, the last such distribution. Voted to receive from the state Haverhill's share of the surplus revenue in accordance with an act of the legislature providing for such disposition.
Chose Josiah F. Wilson to receive said money and also to retain and loan the money in sums of not less than $50 nor more than $300, on good security at 6 per cent, to inhabitants of this town, and report his doings to the selectmen, and then to the town annually at the meeting in March. "Voted to loan the money to individuals for their own use and not to banks nor money lenders, to take notes on demand with annual interest and to loan to applicants without distinction of party." "Voted that the agent give notice on what day he will receive applications and that he proportion the money among the applicants in sums of not less than $50 nor more than $300." The agent was required to give bonds in double the amount he received, and in case of his non-acceptance or resignation the selectmen were authorized to appoint some other person.
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Annual meeting, 1837, North meeting house, March 10. Governor vote, scattering 5; Isaac Hill, Democrat, 222. The same vote was cast for other state and county officers, and the Democratic vote for members of Congress was 223; the Whig vote, 1. The Haverhill Whigs this year were conspicuous by their absence from the annual meeting. The vote for representatives to the General Court was, scattering, 30; John Page, Democrat, 60; Jonathan Wilson, Democrat, 207; John McClary, Demo- crat, 266. It was emphatically a Democratic year. The new names in list of minor town offices were: highway surveyors, Alvah Haywood; constables, Daniel Batchelder; tythingmen, Aaron P. Glazier; hogreeves, Curtis C. Noyes, Robert French, John C. White, Hiram Sawyer, New- hall Pike, Nathan B. Felton, Bailey B. Martin, Jothan Howe. Appro- priations: highways, $800 in money, $1,500 in labor; schools, the amount required by law; town charges and support of paupers, $1,000. It was voted that any surplus remaining after defraying town charges be laid out on highways and bridges under the direction of the selectmen. An article relative to purchase of town farm was dismissed. It was voted that no person shall sell ardent spirits on town meeting days within half a mile of the place of holding town meetings except at public taverns.
1838. Annual meeting, Old South meeting house, March 13. The quiet non-resistance of Haverhill Whigs in 1837 was followed by a year of active campaign work, and the business distress and financial directors of the year helped them. The blame for the hard times naturally fell on the Democratic party, and the Whigs made the most of their oppor- tunity. The governor vote was: Isaac Hill, Democrat, 232; James Wilson, Whig, 250; a strict party vote. For representatives to the General Court the vote was, scattering, 2; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 228; Jacob Williams, Dem., 233; John S. Sanborn, Whig, 254; Hosea S. Baker, Whig, 255; and the two last named were elected. The new names in the list of minor offices were more numerous than usual. Whigs displaced Democrats. Highway surveyors, Shubal Bliss, Andrew Edger- ton, Samuel Newton, Walter P. Flanders, George W. Glines, Henry Sawyer; surveyors of wood, Abel K. Merrill, James Bell, Ebenezer Jeffers, Ezekiel B. Hibbard; constables, Royal S. Clark; tythingmen, Timothy K. Blaisdell; hogreeves, Thomas Snell, Michael B. Carr, Greenleaf N. Pierce, John K. Brainard, Benjamin Morse. Aaron Southard, Whig, was chosen agent for the surplus money fund in place of Josiah F. Wilson, Dem., and Joseph Bell was chosen agent to settle with Wilson. The selectmen were authorized to insure the Haverhill part of the Ammonoosuc bridge. The selectmen, with Joseph Bell, John Page, N. B. Felton, Samuel Page and Daniel Carr, were appointed to take into consideration the purchase of a farm for paupers, and resources of the town available to pay for the same, and report at an adjourned meeting, May 29.
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Special meeting, April 10. Voted to purchase farm, and to use in pay- ment $5,000 of the surplus fund. John Page, Joseph Bell and Ezra Bartlett were chosen a committee to make the purchase.
At the adjourned meeting, May 29, no business of importance was transacted.
1839. Annual meeting, North meeting house, March 12. Circum- stances favored the Democrats again. The disposition of the surplus was made an issue, and a Haverhill citizen was the Democratic candidate for governor. The Democrats were also thoroughly organized. The Whigs missed the organizing genius of John L. Rix who was spending some years in Boston. Vote for governor, Jeremiah Smith, 1; Jonathan Harvey, 7; James Wilson, Whig, 212; John Page, Dem., 260. For representatives to General Court, scattering, 3; John I. Sanborn, Whig, 230; Hosea S. Baker, Whig, 230; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 254; Jacob Williams, Dem., 256. New names in list of minor officers: highway surveyors, Orris Pattee, David Putnam; constables, Robert French, Abiel Deming; hogreeves, David Adams, Horace Herbert, Samuel Herbert; surveyors of lumber, Windsor S. Cobleigh. Appropriations, highways, $2,000; schools, $710; town charges, $2,000. "Voted to instruct the selectmen to let out by job, work on the highways to lowest bidder. The vote of the previous year to apply the surplus revenue fund to the purchase of a town farm was rescinded, and it was voted to make the fund a permanent one for the use of schools.
1840. Annual meeting, South meeting house, March 10. Governor vote, Enos Stevens, Whig, 142; John Page, Dem., 291; other Democratic candidates, 289. Representatives to General Court, Joseph Storr, Aaron Wheeler, Samuel Page, 1 each; John Gould, 64; Hosea S. Baker, 69; Caleb Morse, Whig, 110; Joseph Bell, Whig, 110; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 273; Samuel Smith, Dem., 279. There were four new names in the list of town officers. Tythingmen drop out, the town voting that their duties devolve on the selectmen, and the policy placing the appointment of tax collector and school committee in the hands of the selectmen seems to have become a settled one. New names: highway surveyors, Henry H. Page, Benjamin Webster, Jr., Rufus Stearns, James M. Bancroft, H. K. Batchelder, John Jeffers, Jona. A. Bagley, Isaac Carleton, Charles C. Chamberlain, Abijah Cutting; hogreeves, Robert T. Dick, William Richardson, J. F. C. Hayes, Franklin Kezer, Hiram Carr. Appropria- tions: highways, $1,800 in labor; schools, $710; town charges, $2,000.
Special meeting, June 16. It was voted that the selectmen be author- ized to hire money sufficient to pay the balance due for the town farm at a rate of interest not exceeding bank interest. It appears that a farm had at last been purchased. The proposition to divide Grafton County was negatived.
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At the Presidential election, November 2, in spite of the log cabin cam- paign enthusiasm which enabled the Whigs to increase their March vote by more than a hundred, the Democrats held their ranks firm and gave Van Buren electors a substantial majority. The vote was, Whig, 264; Democrats, 308. That the Democrats were able to maintain their ascendancy in this log cabin, hard cider landslide year was due largely to a perfect organization. John Page was governor and was to be a candi- date for re-election. John R. Reding was to be a candidate at the March election of 1841 for Congress, and it was held to be all important that Haverhill should continue loyal to the party. Early in September, 1840, a Vigilance Committee, a device of John R. Reding, was appointed in each school district, whose chief duty was to see that every Democratic voter possible was got to the polls. The names of this committee are of interest as indicating the names of the live Democratic workers of the day.
DIST. No. 1
DIST. No. 2
DIST. No. 3
Henry Page M. H. Sinclair
James Adams
Samuel Herbert
Joel Angier Aaron P. Glazier Willard Whitman
S. P. Adams
Willard Keith
Chandler Cass
Rufus Stearns
N. M. Swasey
Perkins Fellows
No. 4
No. 5
Windsor Cobleigh Abiel Deming Hiram King
Thos. J. Pennock
Hiram Martin
Dan Y. Jackson
No. 6 Alvah Haywood Joseph Flanders Ebenezer Tenney
No. 7 Nathaniel Rix
No. 8
Kinsley H. Batchelder
Benj. Noyes Greenleaf N. Pierce
No. 9 Simeon Haines Gad Bisbee Paine Blake
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12 Ezra Sanborn
Stephen Morse 2d Eli Pike Moody Mann
James King William Southard J. G. White
Daniel Morse
James M. Bancroft
No. 14
No. 15
No. 16
Niles Doty
Samuel Newton
Horace Battis
John L. Corliss
Charles Wetherbee
Stephen Farnsworth
Ransom Clifford
Alfred Tyler L. H. Chase
1841. Annual meeting, North Parish, March 9. With a Haverhill candidate for Congress as well as for governor, the Democrats polled a full vote, and easily maintained their ascendancy. The governor vote was, Enos Stevens, Whig, 187; John Page, Democrat, 304; John R. Red- ing also received 304 for Congress, and other candidates on the ticket, 306. For representatives, Joseph Bell, 1; Joshua Blaisdell, Whig, 114; Aaron Southard, Whig, 119; Samuel Smith, Dem., 296; Samuel Swasey, Democrat, 296. New names on the list of minor offices were: highway
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surveyors, Moses Dunkley, Thomas E. Barron, Thomas B. Perkins, Wilder P. Dix, Jarvis Sargent, Samuel Page, Jr., David Cheney; survey- ors of lumber, Ezra Niles; fence viewers, Nathaniel Rix, Jr .; hogreeves, Michael Carleton, Jr., S. E. Lester, Arthur Carleton, Nathaniel Dickin- son, Silas M. Burke, Amasa Niles, B. Frank Gale, George W. Bisbee. Voted to tax the town farm for support of schools. Voted to raise a sum of money equal to interest on surplus fund for schools; this vote was rescinded at an adjourned meeting March 17. "Voted to lay out $100 on the road from Brier Hill to Slab City." At an adjourned meeting March 17. Appropriations: highways and bridges, to pay town debts and town charges, $3,000 in money, $1,800 in labor; schools, $881.
1842. Annual meeting, old meeting house, South Parish, March 8. The Democrats retained control of affairs in spite of a division from the regular ranks by so called Independent Democrats, who were opposing giving charters to railroads permitting them to take land for roadway by right of eminent domain. This remained an issue for three or four years, and the Independents were led by some of the ablest leaders of the party. Governor vote, John H. White, Ind. Dem., 30; Enos Stevens, Whig, 167; Henry Hubbard, 258. Representative vote, William South- ard, 1; Daniel Batchelder, 4; Jona. Wilson, 4; Jona. B. Rowell, 4; Samuel Page, Whig and Free Soil, 218; Roswell Elliott, Whig and Free Soil, 223; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 250; Nathan B. Felton, 259. The Free Soil as well as the railroad issue entered into the choice of selectmen. On the first ballot Samuel Swasey and Nathaniel Rix 2d were chosen, no check list being used, and on the second John Page was elected, the check list being demanded. The new names appearing in the list of minor offices were: Highway surveyors, Isaac F. Allen, Samuel B. Morse, Abram Thomas, Joseph Willis, Jesse Rollins, Ransom Clifford, Franklin Crouch, Clark Bacon, David Merrill, John Cummings; auditors, D. H. Collins, Abiel Deming; surveyor of wood, Gardner Elliott; hogreeves, Samuel T. Wood, Horace Jones, Orson Morse, Jona. Poole, Jr., Hiram George, D. H. Hall, Norman Baker. John A. Page was chosen agent to take charge of the literary fund. Appropriations: highways and town expenses, $2,000 in money, $1,800 in labor; schools, $1,181, of which $300 was to be divided equally among the school districts.
1843. Annual meeting, Old meeting house North Parish, March 14. Governor vote, John M. White, Ind. Dem., 72; Anthony Colby, Whig, 161; Henry Hubbard, Dem., 301. Representatives to General Court, Nathaniel Kimball, Ind. Dem., 46; Samuel Page, Ind. Dem., 50; Russell King, Whig, 148; Gardner Elliott, Whig, 149; Eben Eastman, Dem., 299; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 301. Swasey for the first time polled the full party vote. He had been elected speaker of the House in 1842, and his town appreciated the honor conferred. He was speaker again in
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1843. New names in the list of town offices were: highway surveyors, Eleazer Smith, Jona. A. Russell, Dan Y. Jackson, William Leonard, Lor- enzo H. Chase, Charles Wetherbee, Timothy R. Bacon, Russell Wright; surveyors of lumber, John C. Deming; hogreeves, Joseph Mack, Henry Merrill, John N. Morse, William Brown, Voranus Keeth, Samuel M. Hubert, Simeon Hurlburt, Ira Sanborn, Chester Farnham, Ephraim Crouch. Appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor; town charges, etc., $1,600; schools, $1,180, of which $300 was to be divided equally among the districts. The overseer of poor, Daniel Batchelder, was authorized to let out the town farm, and make provision for support of paupers for one year, and it was voted that the selectmen and overseer erect addi- tional buildings on the town farm.
1844. Annual meeting, Ladd Street meeting house, March 12. Governor vote, David Hoit, Free Soil, 22; John H. White, Ind. Dem., 22; Anthony Colby, Whig, 135; John H. Steele, Dem., 175. The contest at this election and it was an exciting one was over the election of repre- sentatives to the General Court. Eben Eastman and Daniel Batchelder were the Democratic candidates. Batchelder was a comparatively new- comer in town-coming from Coventry-and secured his nomination in the caucus by a close vote. Daniel Morse, 2d, and Hosea S. Baker were the Whig candidates. The Independent Democrats had been for three or four years a disorganizing factor, and the Free Soilers had become a force to be reckoned with and party lines, especially on the part of the Democrats had become loosely drawn. Only 354 votes had been cast for governor and the remainder of the state and county ticket, but the smallest representative vote on the four ballots taken was 454.
First ballot-whole number votes, 481; necessary for choice, 241; scattering, 6; W. S. Cobleigh, 3; Eleazor Smith, 4; Hiram Morgan, 11; Nathaniel Kimball, 11; Samuel Page, 14; John McClary, 33; Hosea S. Baker, 185; Daniel Morse, 2d, 190; Daniel Batchelder, 232; Eben East- man, 272, and the latter was declared elected.
Second ballot-whole number votes, 478; necessary for choice, 240; scattering, 5; John McClary, 6; Samuel Page, 7; Hiram Morgan, 9; Daniel Morse, 2d, 223; Daniel Batchelder, 228.
Third ballot-whole number votes, 485; necessary for choice, 243; scattering, 9; John McClary, 3; Hiram Morgan, 4; Daniel Morse, 2d 233; Daniel Batchelder, 236.
Fourth ballot-whole number of votes, 454; necessary for choice, 228; scattering, 5; John McClary, 4; Daniel Batchelder, 214; Daniel Morse, 2d, 233, and the latter was declared elected. His supporters had the better staying qualities. The Democrats evidently wanted more time for election of selectmen, &c., and the meeting was adjourned without delay. A special meeting was warned for March 29, at the Horse Meadow Meet-
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ing House when appropriations were made, and town officers were elected. Alvah E. Haywood and Samuel Swasey, Dems., were elected selectmen on the first ballot and Isaac Morse, Whig, on second ballot. New names on the list of other offices were: highway surveyors, Isaac F. Allen, Jefferson Pennock, Samuel Newton, Lyman M. Southard, James Blake, Aaron Knight; constables, Cephas Cummings, James A. Cutting, Luther Colby; tythingman, James Blake, Jr. When it came to the elec- tion of hogreeves, the town simply outdid itself. No less than 29 more or less distinguished citizens were elevated to that important office. The list is certainly an interesting one. Rev. David Burroughs, Orrin Sart- well, Charles Noyes, Joseph Locke, Marquis D. Stearns, James Gould, Ira Gould, Winthrop Elliott, Alexander Moore, Sylvester Jeffers, Benj. Webster, Jr., Osgood M. Morse, Cyrus George, Phineas Spalding, M. D., Isaac Morse, Joel Davis, David Page, Samuel T. Ward, Simeon Haines, David Dunckley, S. F. Hook, Samuel Poole, C. S. Cox, William H. Cummings, Daniel Carr, Jr., John Page, Samuel Carr, John L. Rix, Samuel Swasey. Hogs were never so well provided for either before or since. School committee was once more elected, instead of authorizing selectmen to appoint: Rev. Samuel Delano, Rev. Elisha Adams, Joseph Niles, Eben Eastman, Nathan B. Felton. Appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor; schools, $1,181, to be divided as in previous years; town expenses, $1,000. Abiel Deming was appointed agent to settle with the tax collectors for 1840, 41 and 42, and to report at the November meeting or be fined. There is no record of either settlement or fine at the November meeting. It was voted not to license the sale of intoxicating liquors. At the November presidential election, the fate for electors was, Free Soil, 16; Whig, 213; Dem., 289. For revision of Constitution, yes, 275; no, 53; abolition of capital punishment, yes, 110; no, 201.
1845. Annual meeting, Horse Meadow meeting house, March 11. Governor vote, David Hoit, Free Soil, 47; Anthony Colby, Whig, 158; John H. Steele, Dem., 249. There was again an exciting contest for election of representative to General Court. Nathan B. Felton and Jonathan Wilson were the regular Democratic candidates, Daniel Morse, 2d, was the Whig candidate and Daniel Batchelder, who had been defeated in 1844 as the regular Democratic candidate, was running inde- pendently. The result indicated that there had been a deal, Whigs were found supporting the life-long Democrat "Dan" Batchelder. The deal was successful. It was charged that John L. Rix engineered it. This at least is certain, John L. Rix had returned to town and was active in local politics. In fact, he was never anything but active. There were three ballots.
First ballot-whole number of votes, 490; necessary for a choice, 246;
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scattering, 14; Daniel Batchelder, Ind., 221; N. B. Felton, Dem., 238; Jona. Wilson, 236; Daniel Morse, 2d, 247, and David Morse, 2d, was declared elected.
Second ballot-whole number of votes, 484; necessary for a choice, 243; scattering, 12; Daniel Batchelder, 235; N. B. Felton, 237.
Third ballot-whole number of votes, 471; necessary for a choice, 236; scattering, 4; N. B. Felton, 227; Daniel Batchelder, 240. At least ten Democrats failed to remain till the voting was over, and Daniel Batchel- der was elected. Before another election, there was a getting together of Democrats, and Daniel Batchelder dropped out of Haverhill political life, reappearing only after a lapse of more than twenty years when he was twice elected moderator. The Whigs elected two of the selectmen, Dudley C. Kimball and Isaac Morse, Alvah E. Haywood, Democrat, being elected to third place on the second ballot. New names on the lists of other town officers were: highway surveyors, G. W. George, Alba Hale, Chas. Champlin, Hiram Keyes, Hiram Ladd, Thos. B. Perkins, Abijah Cutting, Anson A. Smith, Joseph Sanborn, David Morse; constables, James Bancroft, Walter P. Flanders; surveyors of wood, Charles G. Smith; superintending school committee, Clark Haywood; appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor, $2,500 in money; schools, $300, in addition to the sum required by law. Chose Dudley C. Kimball "to ferret out and find if possible certain notes reported by auditors as lost or misplaced and if found to collect them forthwith," "also the literary fund notes and apply the same on town debt."
A special meeting was held September 23 for election of member of Congress. It was voted to dismiss an article in the warrant relative to building town hall.
1846. Annual meeting, Ladd Street, March 10. Governor vote, J. H. White, 1; N. S. Berry, F. S., 90; Anthony Colby, 168; Jared W. Williams,. 256 It is to be noted that the Free Soil vote drawn from both Whig and Democratic parties had become an important factor. There was a larger vote for representatives than for governor. Had the entire Free Soil vote been given to the Whig candidates, they would have been elected, but it had not yet been sufficiently welded together to make the most of itself.
First ballot-whole number of votes, 525; necessary for a choice, 263; Nathaniel Kimball, Whig, 255; Daniel Morse, 2d, Whig, 249; Nathl. Rix, Dem., 262; Samuel Swasey, Dem., 270: Second ballot-whole number of votes, 502; necessary for a choice, 252; scattering, 6; Nathl. Kimball, Whig, 232; Nathl. Rix, Dem., 264. Two ballots were necessary to elect selectmen. John McClary, Dem. and Isaac F. Allen, Whig, were elected on first ballot, and Josiah Jeffers, F. S. on second.
New names on list of minor offices: highway surveyors, Horatio N.
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Ladd, Daniel French, David Putnam, Gad Bisbee, George Walcott, Ros- well Wilmot, Abram H. Chandler; surveyor of lumber, David Page; surveyor of wood, Nathaniel M. Swasey; hogrecve, Samuel Pike, tything- men, Abel K. Merrill, Niles Doty; superintendent school committec, Herman Rood. Appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor; schools, $1,250; town expenses, $1,500. The selectmen were instructed to report a plan of town house at the next annual meeting.
1847. Annual meeting, Horse Meadow meeting house, March 9. Governor vote, Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 54; Anthony Colby, Whig, 229; Jared W. Williams, Dem., 260. For representatives and selectmen, most of the Free Soilers voted with the Whigs, the result being the elec- tion of the Whig candidates on first ballot. New names in list of offices, highway surveyors, Stephen Metcalf, Joshua Carr, Ward Mason, Tris- tram Cross, Peter Whitaker, Amos C. Foster, N. M. Chase; constable, George Wetherell; hogreeves, James Glazier, Eli L. Evans, George W. McConnell, Hubert Eastman; superintendent school committee, Charles R. Morrison, Geo. S. Towle. Appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor; schools, $1,310; town expenses, $1,700. On revision of Consti- tution, Yes, 201; No, 42. At a special meeting August 6, "to see if town will vote to sell town farm and purchase one of less value," voted to refer to next annual meeting; "to see if the town will pay John Nason for horse killed on highway," voted to dismiss the article.
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