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1838 Feb. 20 To boarding and clothing Susannah Emerson one year and 10 weeks at 3s6 per week 36,17
ending Feb. 20 1838
Paid Feb. 20
Joshua Banfield
1837 Feb. 28 To goods del'd L. Wentworth, jr. $2,00
March 4 .. ,
Joshua Trickey 2,00
Luke Wentworth, jr. 3,50
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7 22 Joshua Trickey 2,00
31 David Bickford of Roch'r 1,50
April 6 „ Mrs Beede of Portsmouth 50 ",
August 23 Mrs Morrison of. Wolfboro.«3,29 " Luke Wentworth, jr. 6,00 ,
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Sept. 16 do do * do do 2,00
Paid Sept. 16 -- $22,793
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Taylor Page
1838 To 1 cord of hard pine wood for Sally Ham $3,50
Widow Hubbard
3,50
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Paid Feb. 20
10,50-
Andrew Peirce
1837 To house for William P. Waldron's family 5,00
Paid Feb. 20
Samuel Woodman
*1838 Feb.
To Coffin for child of Joshua Trickey
1,50
Paid Feb. 20
BILLS PAID FOR SUPPORT OF PAUPERS AT ALMS- HOUSE, ONE YEAR, ENDING. FEB. 20, 1838. Andrew Peirce, Jr & Co ..
1837-March 16 To 75 lbs cod fish, at 1 3-4c $1,31
4 4 gals Molasses 48c $1,92 2 lbs coffee 30c 2,22
" 4 lbs. sugar 50c. 2 lbs salarætus 20c 70
18 40 lbs rice 12s 4 bushels corn 4,67c 6,67 26 4 gallons molasses at 44c 1,76
May 2 one bushel heards grass seed 3,50
" 16 four gal molasses at 35c 1,40
June 21 two palmleaf hats 1s
34
24 one bag fine salt 2,50
28 two lbs sugar 10c 20
29 32 1-2 lbs tobacco 15c 4,88
July 11 6 bushels corn at $1,28 per bushel 7,68 paid Sept. 28 33,16-
Samuel Ham 3d, Dep. Sheriff
May 5. To one yoke of oxen 73,00
paid May 5:
Thomas M. Gowen
Sept 11. To one gondola of salt mud paid Sept. 11
16,00
A. C. Smith
May 25. To six milk pans 75c, one set teas 25c 1,00
" three milk pans 67
" six bowls 63c, one doz plates 58c 1,21
June 2. four brown.chambers 50
¥ " one large pot 13c one milk pail 42c 55
paid June 24 3,93 -.
Wm. Pidgin
1837 April 4. To 28 3-4 yds sheeting 13 1-2c 3,88
66
" 2 bu matches 12c 1 lb wicking 13c 25
" 16 yds sheeting 13c 2,08, 3 do drilling 22c. 66c 2,74
" 2 lbs coffee 28c, 3 lbs S. tea 1,00 1,28
66 " 2 sk'ns yarn 8c, 5 yds drilling 23c 1,15 1,23.
" bee's wax 10c, 2 yds shirting 25c, silk and twist 19c 54.
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May 27
"
" " Joshua Trickey 3,50
23
" 3-4 yd padding 32c, 1 buckram 13c - 45 .66 " buttons 32c, hat 20c, 3 yds satinett 2,25 2,77 " 2 1-2 B. cloth 15s for David Horne 6,25 " 2 lbs sou. tea 56c, 5.1bs sugar 50c 1,06
July 15. " 20 lbs sou. tea at 29c 5,80, 45 lbs rice $2 7,80
25 " 6 blue drilling $1, 29th 1 1b ginger 13c 1,13 19 " 1 1b spice 17c, 1.1b pepper 17c, 3 lbs yarn $1 1,34
Oct. 3 " 31 1-2 yds sheeting 9 1-2c 3,00
paid Nov. 2 1837 33,72-
Moses Hanson 2d
1837 March 11. To repairing 2 pr. shoes
95
May 10. " . one pr. shoes 1,42, June 24th one .pr. do. 1,58 3,00
paid May 10 3,95-
George Jenness
1837 Dec. 16. To 1 pr. boots 2,75, to do 2,50 5,25
". 1 pr shoes 1,84, do 84c, do 67c,do 50c 3,85 " 1.pr shoes 1,84, 1 pr do 1,33 3,17
paid Dec 16 12,27-
Augustus Richardson
1837 June 10. To 6 bu. corn at 1,20 7,20
27 - " 4 1,30 1 July 7 434 10 66
5,20
66 3,90
5,20
25
.1,25
5,00
.66 6 66 damaged at 80c 4,80
Aug 9 " 4 at 1,22 4,88
26 4 damaged at 85c 3,40
Oct 28 " 10 at 1,05 10,50
paid
50,08
John Neal
Aug. 29. To 40 bu. corn at 1,05 $42, freight 80c / 42,80 paid Aug. 29
Benning Willey
Aug, 29. To 100 lbs mackerel 16s 6d 2,75
" 50 lbs fish at 9s per hundred 75
66 " one barrel . . 20
paid Aug. 29 3,70 ---
David Peirce
1837 June. To two loads of manure at 12s 4,00
paid Feb. 20, 1838
Joseph Hanson 2d
To one years service $50, rec'd $38 in part
38,00
paid Oct 9
Lewis Wentworth
1837 March. To sawing 363 feet elm plank at $6 2,15
May 27 2627 ft. boards at $2 per M. 5,25
951 ft. slats for garden fence 2,85 1838 Jan. 1 sled stuff and boards 1,00
paid 11,25-
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Benjamin Wiggin 1837-April 11 To 17 1-2 1hs beef at 4c 70c .- 26th 20 lbs at 5c $1 1,70
May 2 21lbs 31-2c 74c, 16th 12 3-4 veal at 4c 51c 1,25
.. 20 20 lbs beef at 3c 60c, June 7 15 lbs at 3c 45c 105
June 7 Veal 17c, 21st 20 1-4 beef at 2 1-2 cts 51c
68
July 1 23lbs beef at 3c. 69c 6th 131-2 veal at 5c 68
1,37
" 18 29 lbs beef at 2 1 2c 73c, 25th 15 lbs beef at 2 1-2c 38c 1,11
“ 25 4 lbs beef at 4c 16c, 31st 15 do at 4cts 60 76
" 31 4 lbs at 3c 12c, Aug. 26th 14 1-2 beef at 2c 29 41
Sept : 9.“ 18 lbs beef at 21-2c 45c, Oct 21st 27 beef at 4c 1,08 1,53
1838 Jan. 27 " 10} beef at 5c 53 12 beef at 2c 24
77
" 11 3-4 do do at 6c 71 Feb. 12 28 1-2 lbs beef at 2 1-2c 71c 1,42
Feb. 12 " 14 lbs beef at 7c 98cts 98
paid Feb. 13 $13,03
N. Wiggin
June 14 “ 34 gal. Molasses at 30c $10,20
66 66
82 1-2 lbs fish at 2 7-8cts 2,37
1lb tea 30c, Nov. 3d to 1bbl flour $9,75 10,05
2 whet-stones
6
paid Nov. 3 $22,68-
Wm. Pinkham
May 12 To cash p'd fish, 85c cheese hoop 33c $1,18
June 5 & 20 " " do do 1,76 1,76
66 " " " do for cutting and making coat for.David Horne 2,00
July 15 & 25." " p'd for fish $2,28 2,28
Aug. 6 1666
" carding wool 1,68, 25th for fish 1,03 .2,71
:Oct. 28 " " " " cask lime $1,33, 30th fish 46c 1,79
:“ 30
" " " Jedediah Hanson for car- penters work 2,00
Nov. 10 " u "D. H. Wendell repairing „horse harness 1,62
4838 Jan. 3 " " " fish 74c for paint $1,00 1,74
Feb. 6 " " " stage fare of two county paupers to get them out of state 4,00
paid Feb. 20
$21,08 -*
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Levi Sawyer Dec. 13 To one Cow :
$20,00 -
paid Dec. 13
Alden & Morse
April 14 To Raisins 5c, May 2d 6bu. corn 6,75 $6,80
May 16 " 6bu. corn 6,48, one pail 35c 6,83
23
tea 50c. 2 bu. corn 2,25, 4 do 4,50
7,25
Jan. 3 1 bbl flour 10,00, 4lbs coffee 56c 10,56
7 Ginger 13c, 1 bu. salt 56c 69
paid Jan. 29 $32,13 -
S. L. Wiggin
June 21
To 2 bu corn $2,50, 4lbs Salaratus 34c
$2,84
July 6 " 51 lbs fish 3 1-4 cts 1,66, 10th 2 lbs Sugar 20c 1,86
10 " Soap 25c, 31 st 2 bu. Salt 1,12c 1,37
Aug. 11 " 2lbs sugar 20c, 22d 3 bu. corn 3,54 3,74
22 " 52 1-2 lbs fish 3 1-2 1,84, Sept. 8 lbs Coffee 1,00 2,84
Sept. 8 " 54 lbs fish 3 1-2 1,89, 40 lbs flour $2,00
3,89
paid Sept. 8
16,54
Wm. Pinkham
Feb. 14 Rec'd in part for one year's servicc ending
April 1838
79,47
paid Feb. 14, 1838
J. K. Purington
1837 10 mo. 2d. To one hair cap del'd Pinkham
58
paid 2d mo. 1838
58-
Samuel Davis
1837 Aug. 24 To storing 50 bu. corn & 1 bbl fish
56
paid
Thomas Snell
1837
To pasturing one yoke of oxen
5,00
paid Feb. 20
James H. Place
1837 April 4 Rep'g plough and mending shovel 42
· 27 staple 2s 3d making bolster 6d 46
2 Sharpening horse 5s 3d. May 25 bolster 9s 2,37
paid Feb. 20
3,25
Nathaniel Tibbets
1837 April 4 To 56 1-2 1b's of fish at 4c
$2,26
27 " 50 1-2 lbs cod fish at 4 1-2c 2,27
May 2
" garden seeds 80c
80
" 18 " 79 1-2 lbs cod fish at 4 1-2c 3,58
June 10 " 8 1-2 lbs flour 50c & 3 lbs pork at Is for woman at Mr Hoitt's 1,00
Oct. 17
" 34 1bs flour 2,00 1838 Jan. 8, 17 lbs
flour 1,00
3,00
paid Feb. 5 12,91-
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Jenness & Meder
1837 Feb. 5. to 6 J-2 yds Sheeting 14e 91
" 8 Buttons 04
Oct. 24 " 106 lbs Fish 3,75 3,82
" 2 Bushels Salt 56c 1,12
Nov. 15 " 1 1-2 Bush Salt 54c 81
21 " 8 1-2 lbs Coffee 6s 1,00
28 " 29 yds Shirting 9c Thread 17c 2,78
" 1 1b Pepper 17c 1 1b Allspice 17c 34
" 1 1b Ginger 12c 1 cloth line 17c 29
" 2 lbs Sugar 11c 40 Crackers 25c 47
30 " 5 bush Salt 54c 1 1b Salt Petre 17c 2,87
Dec. 2 " 1 1b Wicking
30
" ] gal bleach'd Oil 1,20
6
" 10 1b Sou. Tea 31c
3,10
15 " 53 lbs Fish 3 3-4c
1,98
21 " 1 Bed Cord 2s 3d,
38
23
" 1 quire Paper 25c 40 Crackers 25c
50
30 " 3 1-2 yds Saninett 4s 2,34
3,86
8
" 40 Crackers
25
27 " 11 1-4 yds Ticking 15c 1,69
" 80 Crackers 50c 18 1-4 lbs Rice 1,00 1,50
" 1 Bed Cord 38c 3 6-16 lbs soap 34c 72
" 4 lbs Sugar 10c 40
31 " 1 bbl Flour 9,12
" 100 lbs Fish
3,75
paid Feb. 19
45,54-
Eben Faxon® 1837 March 11. Sharp. 3 horse shoes 38, June 10' bolt and sharp 4 drills 25c 63
June 12. To bolt and nails 25c, sharp harrow teeth 25c 50
24
Repairing leg iron 9d, making new leg iron 4s 80
July 1 2 horse shoes and setting 2 1,00
6 2 staples 10c, 29th rep. waggon 4s
77
Aug 22
2 horse shoes and setting 2 : 0
1,00
Oct 8
setting 4 horse shoes 50c Nov 3, rep. chains 50c 1,00
Nov 10 One horse shoe and setting 3 do
75
, 22
One bow pin 12 1-2c Dec 15 wash- ing machine irons 1,12 1-2 1,25
Dec 19
Repairing irons Is one ketch and staples 13c 30
1838 Jan 8 To horse sled irons 50
31
To shoeing horse 75
paid Feb. 20
9,25-
Wm. B. Smith
1836 June 11 2 oz caster oil 17
July 20 4 bottles Oil Spruce 50
Aug 11 1 oz stramonium- 13
1838 Jan. 3
" 103 lbs Fish 3,75
27
Oct 1 1 1b epsom salts
17
1-2 pt S. M. Wine
10
April 4
33 lbs Flour
2,18
10 lbs Rosin
30
25 34 lbs Flour
2,00
2 qts W Oil
56
May 13
40 lbs Flour
2,00
1 1b Sal Nitre
17
Sept 2
38 1b Flour
2,00
1 oz Indigo
17
1-4 1b Blue Vitriol
6
1 lb Logwood
5
Oct.
3 2 lbs Sal Nitre
33
9
1 oz Olive Oil
4
2 oz Simp Diach
13
13 5 1b Fustic
25
1 lb Copperass
6
20
4 gals Molasses
1,40
24
1 gal W Oil
1,00
1 lb Emp Oliver.
25
31
30 gals Molasses
10,20
Nov 3
1 oz Simp Diach
6
1 oz Sweet Oil
4
2 oz Bees Wax
6
Red Precipitate
6
27
5 oz Simp Diach
25
8 oz Sulph and Tart
20
1 lb Epsom Salts
17
1 Pint Olive Oil and Bot
34
Dec 15
1 lb Hops
17
1838 Jan
3 1 bot Cast Oil
50
1 lb Epsom Salts
17
12 1 oz Precipitate
17
1 oz Magnesia
6
Feb 12
1 lb Epsom Salts
17
Wm. Hale Jr.
- 1837 April 11. To three hoes 90c 4 lbs cut nails 32c 1,22
June 7
one pad lock 42.
one Shaker cheese tub 2,25
22 one butcher knife 34
July 6 one Fales hoe 58c, 25th 3 rifles 13 71
92
30 one butcher knife
25
Dec 6 2 pr butts 17c.8 lights glass 32c
49
4 lights 8 by 10 at 5c 20
4 do 20
2 doz 1 1-2 in, screws 16
1 lb nails 8c, 1838 Jan 3, nails 15c 23
2 doz shoe tacks 4
₡
7,43-
12 - 6
paid
26,64-
Nov 3 ·one patent manure fork
28
HIGHWAYS.
Paid Wm Twombly jr
64,00
Daniel Hussey
118,32
Joseph Tuttle
61,83
John K. Ham
1,25
Timothy Hussey
55,62
Samuel Wyatt
7,25
Charles Clements
15,70
Aaron Watson
5,00
S. H. Tibbets
71,74
Nathan Clark
· 393,56
Richard Waldron
45,30
T. J. Canney
45,30
John Trickey
16,25
James Wentworth
130,28
Joseph L. Neal
108,87
Samuel Horne
44,90
Joseph Ham 3d
63,70
John Hooper
83,20
Joshua Banfield
303,43
Artemas Rogers
5,00
Ira Horne
31,85
Thomas Henderson jr
53,30
Charles Ham
95,22
John Guppey
20,00
Samnel Tuttle
130,22
John Sawyer
112,57
Walter Ham
90,51
Wm P. Wingate
42,00
Joseph Ham 2d
77,63
Taylor Page
15,64
Daniel K. Webster
84,10
Paul Burleigh
27,54
Sundry persons for gravel and labor under direction of Selectmen at 80c per day 238,05
2,80
2661,93
TO PAID TO THE ORDER OF THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
In No. 1-$548,35
2- 992,41 3- 268,44
4- 79,66 5- 165,25
6-
36,84
7 61,00
8- 115,48
9- 50,03
₡ 10- 188,18
11 -. 59,43
12- 55,00
John Currier
$2620,08
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TOWN TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Dr. Town of Dover in account with Ezekiel Hurd, Treasurer, year 1837.
For incidental out standing expenses 200,15
" "road
283,87
pauper
171,12 ·
repairing roads in 1837
2661,93
State tax
1680,00
" County do 621,36
am't paid for support of schools 2620,08
of paupers at alms house 641,95 out of alms house 124,94
am't chargeable to Dover out of town 84,47 in Dover chargeable to other towns 81,48
16 County paupers 257,56
building abutment of factory bridge 689,05
current expenses of the town 1572,92
abatements 274,49
" BALANCE IN HANDS OF TREAS-
URER 2145,87
-- 14111,24
Cr.
1837. By balance in hands of Treasurer 1837 269,03 " James Richardson for rent of Land- ing lots 110,00
" Literary fund year 1837
397,46
" Neal & Rayns for use of Town wharf 8,00
" Elijah Hanson
1,13
" town of Portsmouth for support of paupers. 36,09
"' cash of county for support of Hast- " ings at alms house
50,00
" I. A. Porter for rent of Town whf. 50,00
" N. W. Ela
10,50
" County of Strafford for support of paupers 239,91
" rec'd from alms house
175,56
" amount of taxes 1837 12,442,31
" cash for cost Police vs. Wm Delany 6,00
" cash for license
30,00
" cash of Ira Haselton for interest on surplus
120,00
16 Joshua Banfield
25,60
16 Stephen Hanson jr 10,00
John Gould 24,00
M. Thompson 12,00
: Wm Pidgin 24,00
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James Bartlett
John T. Gibbs
60,00 9,65 285,25
EZEKIEL HURD,
-14111,24 Selectmen of
DAVID PEIRCE,
JAMES TUTTLE, JR.
Dover
·Dover, Feb. 22 1838 .- Having examined the foregoing ac- count, we hereby certify that they are properly vouched and correctly cast. C. W. WOODMAN,
ANDREW PEIRCE, 3d m Auditors,
PROVISIONS AT ALMSHOUSE.
800 lbs pork
250 lbs beef
80 lbs mutton
50 lbs lard
400 bu. potatoes
40 bu. corn
15 bu. oats
3 bu. corn
3 bu. beans
4 bbls. cider
STOCK AND HAY,
1 horse
2 oxen*
6 cows
14 sheep
6 hogs » 12 tons of hay
Whole number of paupers during year 46 Present number 25 Interest due the town Feb. 20, 1838, on surplus notes 402,00
* Had 4, one died and one killed for the use of poor.
ERRATA.
Upon page 3, for Incidental expenses to Feb, 20, 1838, read, incidental expenses to Feb. 20, 1837.
Upon page 8, for E. J. Ldne, publish Bill No. 1, read the Bill which follows, and was omitted by mistake. .
E. J. Lane
Feb. 20 For 1 quire paper 33
bill do. 33
" Cap do. 25
oz Wafers 13
March 23 ." 2 Books for taking invoice 2,50
April 15 " 1 Blank Book & Index for T. Clerk 6,25
17 «
quire Letter Paper 25
" 20 Col'tor's book 1,00 bunch quills 25 1,25
Bottle Ink 20c, Nat'l spell'g book 20 40
Introduction to Analytical Reader 20
Productive Grammar 42
2 Intro'n to National spelling Book 20
26 " 1 Index to C. Young 37
80
June
3 " 4 National spelling Books
3 4 Introductions to Analytical Reader delivered to Miss Chamberlin paid Jan. 11 $14,48-
80
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