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He also presented a memorial to the Assembly, in which he told them that he would wait no longer, and that unless they would come to a decision he should take their silence as a refusal, intimating at the same time that, if they would not ratify the agreement, a sale would be made to other parties. After considerable delay, the House came to the resolution "that they would comply with the agreement." and chose a committee to complete the pur- chase with Mason ; but they were too late ; for on the same day, January, 30, 1746, he had by deed of sale, for fifteen hundred pounds currency, conveyed his whole interest to twelve persons, in fifteen shares.
The purchasers who are known as the MASONIAN PRO- PRIETORS, were Theodore Atkinson, three-fifteenths; Mark
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H. Wentworth, two-fifteenths ; Richard Wibird, John Went- worth (son of the governor), George Jaffrey, Nathaniel Meserve, Thomas Packer, Thomas Wallingford, Jotham Odiorne, Joshua Pierce, Samuel Moore, and John Moffatt, one-fifteenth each.
All the aforesaid gentlemen were residents of Portsmouth except Thomas Wallingford who was of Somersworth, and Thomas Packer of Greenland. These grantees immediately relinquished all claims, except to the unoccupied portions of the territory,-a course which was highly satisfactory to the people. That portion in the vicinity of the Monad- nock being still uninhabited was claimed by the Masonian Proprietors.
Previous to the granting of townships from their posses- sions, the number of shares was increased to eighteen, and nine more persons were admitted into the association. The new members were as follows: John Rindge, Joseph Blan- chard, Daniel Pierce, John Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Matthew Livermore, William Parker, Samuel Solley, and Clement March. Soon after the Masonian Proprietors had taken their deed, they began to grant townships, and con- tinned to do so to petitioners, often without fees, and always without quit rents.
They early directed their attention to the lands around Monadnock, which they laid out into eight townships, as follows : Rindge was Monadnock No. 1; Jaffrey (sometimes called Middletown) was Monadnock No. 2 (or Middle Monadnock); Dublin (or North Monadnock) was Monad- nock No. 3; Fitzwilliam (sometimes called Stoddard's town) was Monadnock No. 4; Marlborough was Monadnock No. V ; Nelson (formerly called Packersfield), Monadnock No. 6 ; Stoddard (which was known as Limerick) was Monadnock No. 7; and Washington (once Camden) was Monadnock No. 8.
These townships were granted to different parties on condition that they fulfilled certain stipulations. The laying out of these was, however, the source of a contro- versy respecting the western boundary of Mason's Patent
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which was for many years supposed to be on the west line of Marlborough.
By early measurements, however, it was discovered that only a part of Rindge and Jaffrey was included within the patent, and that Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Nelson, Stoddard, and Washington were wholly without its limits. The Masonian Proprietors had granted all these townships, but, finding they had gone beyond the limits of their charter, they laid claim to the extraneous territory, and successfully maintained the control of the townships in dispute during many years of controversy.
The original grant to Mason describes an extent of " sixty miles from the sea, on each side of the Province, and a line to cross over from the end of one line of sixty to the end of the other." The Masonians claimed that this cross line "should be a curve, because no other line would preserve the distance of sixty miles from the sea in every part of their western boundary."
They also claimed that the south-west corner of Fitz- william was the termination of sixty miles from the sea; and then, by making a curved line, they would embrace the eight Monadnock townships. Several of the more northern town- ships had been granted by the crown, and a bitter conflict of grants ensued, which did not end until after the close of the Revolution, when the Legislature took up the matter, and, after a hearing of the conflicting interests, ordered a survey to be made, by running a line of "sixty miles from the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern and southern boundaries of the State, and a straight line from the end of one, sixty miles to the end of the other." "The termination of sixty miles, or the south-west corner of Mason's grant, was found to be at lot No. 18, in Rindge, and one and one-fourth of a mile from the south-west corner of the town, and thence north thirty-nine degrees east, a distance of ninety-three and one-half miles to the end of the eastern boundary."
This ended the contest. The Masonians seeing they could not substantiate their claim, now came forward and purchased of the State all the land included between the
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straight and curved lines for the sum of forty thousand dollars in public securities and eight hundred dollars in specie.
These Proprietors, at a meeting held in Portsmouth, December, 6, 1751, gave their agent, Joseph Blanchard, Esq., of Dunstable, authority to grant a tract of land by estimation, twenty thousand acres to James Morrison and thirty-three others. This tract, or township, was called Monadnock No. V. Keen-sighted gazetteers and historians who give town statistics tell us that Marlborough was first granted by charter, April, 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and sixty-one others. This is a great error. By referring to Charter Records, Vol. I., p. 71, we find that this does not relate to Marlborough, N.H., but to Marlborough, Vt., which was chartered to Timothy Dwight and his associates by Governor Wentworth, before the separation of the two States, and is consequently entered on our State Records. The following is a copy of the Masonian charter.
THE CHARTER OF MONADNOCK NO. V.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Pursuant to the Power and Authority Granted and Vested In me the Subscriber by the Proprietors of Land, Purchased of John Tufton Mason Esqr in the Province of New Hampe by their Vote Pass'd at their Meeting held at Portsmouth in Said Province the 6th Day of December 1751.
I Do By these Presents on the Terms and Limitation, hereafter Express'd Give and Grant all the right Possession and Property of the Propr aforesaid unto James Morrison Jun', Archibald Dunlap, Robert Clark, James Lyons, Robert Allen, Andrew Armer, Halbert Morrison, David Morrison, Samuel Morrison, John Morrison, Thomas Morrison, Willim Gilmer, John Gilmer, Samuel Allison, Samuel Allison Jun", James Willson Jun", John Willson, Robert Willson, Thomas Willson, Samuel Willson, Samuel Steel, James Moore, John Warson, John Coch- ran, Isaac Cochran, Thomas Cochran, Samuel Cochran, Hugh Mont- gomery, Henry Neal, John Moore, Robert Moore, Samuel Mitchel, Thomas MeClary, three Shares Each and To James Willson Sen one Share, -of In and To that Tract Of Land or Township Call'd Monad- nock Number five-Situate in the Province of New Hampe Contain-
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ing By Estimation twenty thousand Acres Bounded as followeth, - Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Township Call'd North Monadnock No. three and Runs from thence-North Eighty Degrees West three Miles and an half To a Beach Tree on the West Line of Masons Patent and from thence Southerly in that Line Seven Miles three Quarters & forty Rods To the North West Corner of the Township Called Monadnock Nº. four from thence-South Eighty Degrees East about four Miles by the North Line of Said No. four till it Come to the West Line of Monadnock No. two and from thence North by the Needle by Monadnock No. two and No. three To the first Bounds men- tioned, To HAVE AND TO HOLD To them their heirs & assigns on the following Terms Conditions and Limitations that is To Say that within Nine Months from this Date there be One hundred & Twenty three fifty Acre Lotts Lay'd out as Near the Middle the Township In the Best of the Upland as Convenieney Will Admit & Drawn for and that the Remainder of the Township be Divided Into One hundred & Twenty three Shares not Exceeding two Lotts to a share In Such Quantity as the Grantees Agree upon Each Lott & Drawn for within two Years from this Date,
THAT three of the aforesaid Shares be Granted and appropriated free of all Charge One for the first Settled minister One for the Ministry & One for the School those forever One Lott for Each Said Share to be Laid Out Near the Middle of the Town & Lotts Coupled to them So as to Make them Equal with the Rest,
THAT Twenty more of Said Shares be Reserved for the Grantors their heirs and Assigns forever and Acquitted from all Duty & Charge untill Improved by the Owner or Owners or some holding under them Respectively,
THAT the Owners of the Other Rights make Settlement at their Own Expense in the following manner Viz. all the Lotts to be Lay'd out at the Grantees Expense,
THAT all the Lotts in Said Town be Subject to have all Necessary Roads Lay'd out thro' them as there shall be Occasion free from Charge for the Land,
THAT at or Before the Last Day of December 1754 there be three Acres Clered Enclosed and fitted for mowing or Tillage on thirty of the aforementioned Grantees Shares Viz on one Share of Each of the aforenamed Grantees excepting Ilugh Montgomery, James Moor & Samuel Steel and from thence annually one Aere more in Like Manner for five years and that Each of the Grantees have a house Built on Some One Lott in Said Township of a Room Sixteen feet Square at the Least Besides the Chimney Way with a Chimney & Cellar fit for Comfortable Dwelling therein In Six Years from the Date hereof and Some Person Inhabiting and Resident. In Each house and To Continue Inhabitaney there for four Years then Next Coming and that Within the Term of
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twelve Years from this Date there be Seventeen Lotts more Viz one of the Rights of James Morrison, Robert Clark, James Lyons, Robert Allen, Andrew Armer, Halbert Morrison, David Morrison, Samuel Morrison, John Morrison, Thomas Morrison, William Gilmore, John Gilmore, Samuel Allison, James Willson, John Willson, Robert Willson, James Willson Jun', have In Like manner five Acres of Land Cler'd Enclosed & fitted as aforesaid Over & above What they are to Do as aforesaid & Each a house in manner aforesaid & Some Person Inhabiting therein and Continuing Inhabitancy for three Years afterwards there,
THAT a Convenient Meeting house be Built In Said Township within ten Years from this Date and finished as Near the Center of the Township as Conveniency will Admit of to be Determined by a Major Vote of Grantors and Grantees & Ten Acres of Land Reserved there for Public Use, -
THAT the aforesaid Grantees or their Assigns Grant & Assess any Sum or Sums of Money as they shall think Necessary for Carrying forward & Compleating the Settlemt aforesaid & any of the Grantees Exclusive of the three Public Lotts aforesaid Who Shall Neglect for the Space of three Months Next After Such Assessment Shall be Granted & made to pay the Same So much of Such Delinquents Rights Respectively Shall & may be Sold as Will Pay the Tax & all Charges arising thereon by a Committee of the Grantees appointed for that Purpose,
THAT all White pine Trees fit for Masting his Majestys Royal Navy be & hereby are Granted to his Majesty his heirs & Successors forever. And in case any of the Grantees Shall Neglect & Refuse to Perform any of the Articles aforementioned by him Respectively to be Done he Shall forfeit his Share & Right In Said Township, & Every part & parcel thereof to those of the Grantees Who are not Delinquent in the Condi- tions on their part Respectively to be Done and it Shall & may be Lawful for them or any Person by their Authority to Enter Into & upon Such Delinquents Right, & him or them Utterly to Amove Oust & Expell for the Use of them their heirs & assigns Provided they Settle or Cause to be Settled Such Delinquents Right within the Term of one Year at the farthest from the Period that is by this Grant Stipulated as the Conditions thereof and fully Comply with the Conditions Such Delinqts Ought to have Done within one Year from the Time after the Respective Periods thereof and in Case the said Grantees fulfilling their parts as aforesaid Shall Neglect fulfilling as aforesaid of any Delinquent Owner nor he himself Perform it, that then Such Share or Shares be forfeit Revert & Belong to the Grantors their heirs & Assigns & to be Wholly at their Disposal always Provided there be no Indian Warr in any of the Terms Limited as aforesaid for doing the Duty Conditioned in this Grant to be Done & In Case that Should happen the same time to be allowed after such Impedement shall be Removed.
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LASTLY the Grantors Do hereby Promise To the Said Grantees their heirs & Assigns to Defend thro' the Law to King & Council if Need be one Action that Shall & may be Bro't against them or any Number of them by any Person or Persons Whatsoever Claiming the Said Land or Any Part thereof by any Other Title than that of the said Grantors or that by Which they hold & Derive theirs from Provided the Said Grantors are avouched In to Defend the Same and in Case on final Tryal the Same Shall be Recovered over Against the Grantors the Said Grantees Shall Recover Nothing over against the Grantors for the Said Lands Improvements or Expences in Bringing forward the Settlement.
To all Which Premises I Joseph Blanchard Agent for & in Behalf of the Grantors have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 20th Day of May in the 25th Year of his Majestys Reign Annoque Domine 1752
JOSEPH BLANCHARD
SEAL
This copy is a transcript from the Proprietors' Records, where it was written in a neat and beautiful manner by Joseph Blanchard who was allowed "£1 8s. for calling the first meeting, and for the Proprietor's Book and recording the Charter."
" At a meeting of the Proprs of the Township called Monadnock, No. V, held at the house of Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable in the Province of New Hampshire, Esqr- May the Twentyeth A.D. 1752," the following vote passed unanimously : -
Whereas the Propr of ye Lands in the Province of New Hampshire purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq, who held them under the title made by a common recovery did on the twentyeth day of May afores'd, Grant the quantity of twenty thousand acres, beginning at the Northwest corner of the Township called North Monadnock, No. 3, & runs from thence North eighty degrees west three miles & an half to a Beech tree in the west line of Masons Patent, & from thence Southerly in that line seven miles three quarters & forty rods to the northwest corner of the Township called Monadnock No. 4, from thence South eighty degrees East about four miles by the North line of s'd No. 4, till it comes to the West line of Monadnock No. 2, & from thence North by the Needle by Monadnock No. 2, & No. 3, to the first corner mentioned.
Unto James Morison Jun', Archibald Dunlap, Robert Clark, James Lyons, Robert Allen, Andw Armer, Harlbert Morison, David Morison,
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Sam1 Morison, John Morison, Thomas Morison, William Gillmor, John Gillmor, Sam1 Alison, Sam'l Alison Jun'r, James Wilson Jun'r, John Wilson, Robert Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Sam'l Wilson, Sam'l Steel, James Moore, John Wason, John Cochran, Isaac Cochran, Thomas Cochran, Sam'l Cochran, Hugh Montgomery, Henry Neal, Jolin Moore, Robert Moore, Sam'l Mitchel, Thomas M'Cleary & James Wilson Sen'r. Under certain conditions Limitations, and reservations in s'd Grant mentioned as by References thereto will fully appear.
Voted that we do hereby accept said Title and for ourselves our heirs, & assignees, do acknowledge that we hold said land under said Title, Conditions & Limitations with the Reservations therein mentioned.
MATTHEW THORNTON Prop's Clerk.
These grantees whom we will now call Proprietors, were probably most of them residents of Londonderry and Dun- stable, and doubtless never intended to take up their abode here, but expected to realize something from the sale of lands to those who would settle thereon.
Whether an effort was made by these Proprietors to bring forward the settlement of the township it does not now appear, for we find no record of their proceedings for over nine years. If any effort was made at this time it was suspended by the French and Indian War which broke out in 1753, and was, no doubt, the cause of the nonfulfilment of the charter stipulations.
This war spread consternation throughout the settled por- tions of New England. It was the course ever pursued by the Indians upon the renewal of a war between the French and English, to commence their attacks upon the frontier settlements. In August, 1754, a party of Indians broke into the house of James Johnson at Charlestown, early in the morning, and captured the whole family consisting of eight persons. In 1755 Benjamin Twitchell was captured in Keene, and several persons were killed at Walpole and Hinsdale.
Parties of Indians were also seen lurking round in various other localities. Exaggerated accounts of Indian atrocities spread with great rapidity throughout the settlements, and a general feeling of insecurity prevailed to such an extent that no progress could be made toward settling new townships.
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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.
In 1761 a number of individuals residing in the towns of Westborough and Marlborough, Mass., obtained an interest in the township. Their names were as follows : -
David Church,
William Eager,
Richard Tozer,*
Charles Biglo,
Jacob Felton,
Abraham How, Jr.,
William Barker,*
Jonathan Green,
Jonathan Bond,
John Taylor,
William Badcock,
Silas Gates,
Jonathan Blanchard,
Adonijah How,
Eleazer How,
Noah Church,
Isaac McAlister,*
Silas Wheeler,
Joseph Biglo,
Daniel Harrington,
John Woods,
Stephen How,
Jesse Rice,
Munning Sawin,
Ebenezer Dexter,
Benjamin How,
Daniel Goodenow,*
Ebenezer Joslin.
Those whose names are marked thus (*), afterwards became settlers: the others sold their interest to such indi- viduals as would promise to settle thereon. Several of these were men of distinction. Noah Church was the son of David and Mary Church of Marlborough, Mass .; being a surveyor, he with Isaac McAlister rendered assistance in laying out the township. He afterwards removed to New Marlborough, Mass. Ebenezer Dexter was a physician in Marlborough. He married Lydia Woods, February, 7, 1754. He was for some time Proprietors' clerk, which office he held at the time of his death, May, 4, 1769. Munning Sawin was for many years a keeper of a public house in Marlborough, Mass. He was a member of Capt. Abraham William's company, organized in 1757, in view of the dangers from the French and Indians. He died June, 28, 1807, aged 87 years. Jacob Felton was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Goodel) Felton of Marlborough. He died November, 20, 1789, aged 77; his son John became one of the early settlers in the township, and his son Matthias settled in Fitzwilliam.
Silas Gates was the son of Simon and Sarah (Woods) Gates of Marlborough. He commanded a company which turned out and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington alarm, 1775. He died August, 25, 1793.
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Friday, November, 20, 1761, there appeared in the New Hampshire Gazette the following notification :-
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Whereas application hath this Day been made to me ye Subscriber by ye owners of more than one 16th part of the shares Rights or Interests of the whole of that tract or Township called Monadnock Nº 5, -in said Province, Desireing me to Notify & call a Meeting of the Propts of said Tract of Land. - This is therefore to Notify & Warn all the Proprietors of the common and undivided Lands of the sd Tract or Township called Monadnock, Nº 5. aforesaid, To assemble & meet at ye IIouse of Colo. Williams, Inholder In Marl- borough in the County of Middlesex on the Tenth Day of December Next at Ten o Clock in the Morning in order to act and vote on the Fol- lowing articles, vIz. 1 To chose a Propts Clerk, 2dly A Propts Treasurer, 3 Assessors, 4 a Proprietors Collector, 5thly To see if the Propts will agree to allot out the said Township or any part thereof and raise Money by a Tax or otherwise for that End or any other, to carry on any Publick Matter or thing necessary to Bring forward the settlement of said Town- ship, 6th To agree on some Measures for calling Proprietors Meetings for the Future.
November 10th 1761
JOSEPH BLANCHARD Jus. Peace
The Proprietors assembled at the time and place specified in the above notification, and we copy the following from the records of that meeting : -
1st Made Choice of Noah Church Moderator,
2dly Ebenz" Dexter Propts Clerk,
3dly Jesse Rice Propts Treasurer,
4thly Noah Church
Jacob Felton Assessors,
Ebenzr Dexter
5thly Stephen How Propts Collector.
The meeting was then adjourned to April, 30, 1762; then to meet at the house of Jonathan Warren, Innholder, in Marlborough.
At the adjourned meeting, the Proprietors voted to lay out the whole of the township into one-hundred-acre lots, on or before the 20th day of the next June. "Dr. Bond, Capt. Joseph Biglo, Mr. Daniel Harrington & Lieut. Silas Gates," were chosen a committee to carry this into effect.
To meet the expense, it was voted to raise five dollars on
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each Proprietor's right. This meeting was adjourned to the 30th day of June to meet at the house of Capt. Bezaleel Eager, Innholder, at Westborough.
At the adjourned meeting, the committee for lotting out the town reported that they were not ready for the drawing of the lots, "by reason of ye whole of the above said Tract of Land not being allotted out"; and the meeting was further adjourned to the second Wednesday of October, to meet at the house of Col. Williams, Inn- holder, in Marlborough.
At this meeting little was done beyond choosing a committee to couple the lots for drawing, and fixing upon a method for calling Proprietors' meetings, which was as follows: "Upon applycation of the owners of five original Rights Made to the Clerk in Writing inserting the articles to be acted upon, he shall thereupon Make out a notify- cation Warning all ye Propts at such time and place as they shall appoint, and He shall post up Two Notifycations Viz. one in Marlboro, & one in Westborough at some Public Places 14 Days before said Meeting, and all Meetings so Posted & Held shall be good & Valid." *
The drawing of the lots took place on November, 22, 1762. We insert here the schedule of the shares, with the lots drawn annexed. The names in the left-hand column are those of the grantees: on the right, those to whom each right was transferred at the time of drawing.
*The town was surveyed by Jonathan Livermore, Noah Church, and Isaac McAlister. A line was first drawn through the geographical centre from east to west. South of this line there were eight ranges with thirteen lots in each range; north, one hundred and five lots, the ranges not being numbered.
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A List of the Proprietors of Monadnock Nº 5. With the Draft of Their Lotts excepting ye Lord Propts. Reference Being Had to the Plan and Numbers as ye came.
Names.
Order of
Drawing
Lot
Range
Lot
Range
Lot
Range
Lot
Range
Lot
Range
Lot
Range
Names.
Thos. Wilson
1
11
3
5
10
3
7
3
1
1
Henry Neal
12
3 52
53
1
3
2
8
James Lyon
3
17
92
9
4
10
4
3
5
Wm. Eager
Thos. Cochran
4
22
9
7
8
7
60
59
Addonijah How
Win. Gilmore
5
93
30
3
4
4
4
27
Richd. Tozer
Robert Wilson
6
94
6
1
5
3
6
3
105
Eleazer How
Jno. Wason
7
49
10
7
14
15
1
5
Charles Biglo
Halbt. Morison
8
35
2
4
1
4
62
101
9
12
2
43
13
2 103
96
Andw. Armer
10
32
2
6
3
6
47
5
4
Isaac McAllester
Isaac Cochran
11
39
7
1
38
82
2
2
12
4
6 44
102
4
1
2
5
Silas Wheeler
13
37
12
5
6
2
58
13
4
William Barker
14
*18
5
7
10
1
11
1
5
Joseph Biglo
15
23
8
4
24
83
1
2
Jona. Blanchard
Robert Allen
16
7
1 97
98
13
7
4
8
Jona. Blanchard
James Moor
17
7
2 73
40
81
106
2
Jona. Blanchard
Thos. MeClary
18
7
7
41
51
100
11
Jona. Green
James Wilson Jr.
19
7
5
8
5
7
6
8
6 Mill Right
Danl. Harington
Jno. Morrison
20
84
9
1
9
2
69
13
5
Jonathan Bond
Jno. Wilson
21
6-1
5
6
48
3
1
12
Saml. Mitchel
22
65
6
6
2
3
12
7
Saml, Cochran
23
50
11
4
3
2
4
2
57
Stephen How
James Morrison
24
2
6
10
6
55
56
+11
6
Wm. Badcock
Hugh Montgomery John Moor
26
9
6
7
70
78
13
3
6
8
Jessy Rice
Robert Moor
27
5
2
72
67
12
1
13
1
36
Silas Gates
Saml. Wilson
28
5
1
71
68
13
6
46
Muning Sawin
Thos. Morrison
29
11
2
95
10
2
4
7|104
Ebenz'r Dexter Dan'l Goodenow Benja. How
Jno. Cochran
32
88
12
4
33
5
5
25
Ebenz'r Joslin
Saml. Allison
33
89
1
6
34
61
9
3
Ebenz'r Dexter
James Wilson
34
10
5
#11
6
Ebenz'r Dexter
Minister
35
7
13
Ministry
36
5
116
School
37
20
$6
A Copy.
Examined by
EBENZ'R DEXTER, Propts. Clerk.
The Proprietors now began in earnest to prepare the way for settlement. To do this, convenient roads must be laid out through the township. Accordingly, at a meeting held at the house of Abraham Williams in Marlborough, it was voted "to lay out and clear a Road from Dooblin to Keen." Isaac McAlister, Noah Church, and Muning Sawin, were chosen a committee for this purpose, and were instructed to
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