under our hands and Seal at Manchester this sixteenth day of October A. D. 1820 notified the within meeting by posting the within Warrant agreeable to Law. Gilbert Greley Constable NOVEMBER MEETING At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Manchester duly notified and holden at the meeting house on the Sixth day of November 1820 agreeably to the foregoing Warrant Chose Isaac Huse Esq Moderator Proceeded to vote for Representatives to Congree and the votes were as follows. Proceeded to Vote for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States and the votes were as follows: Attest Frederick, G. Stark Town Clerk We the undersigned Selectmen of Londonderry and Manchester met this day for the purpose of perambulating the line between said Towns and have proceeded as follows Viz Began at a pitch pine tree standing in the edge of a swamp at the southwest corner of Chester and ran south making a proper allowance for the variation of the Compass 163 rods to a stone in Manters field a few rods southeast of an old grist mill thence west to a stake & stones in Capt. Joseph Moors field about 12 rods easterly of said Moors house thence south to a white birch tree marked and lettered standing at the south angle of Manchester and on the west line of Londonderry and have renewed the several marks or monuments on sa line Robert Mack John H. Miltimore Selectmen of Londonderry Amos Weston jur Ephraim Stevens jur Selectmen of Manchester Manchester December 21st 1820 We the undersigned Selectmen of Manchester and Litchfield having met by agreement to perambulate the line between said Towns proceeded to the perambulation begining at a white birch tree marked and lettered being the corner of Litchfield, Londonderry and Manchester, thence running North 21° west allowing for the variation of the Compass to a black birch tree on the bank of Merrimack river mark and letter and in the said perambulations have distinguished the marks on renewing the same by a chop or cut directly into the tree instead of sclising of the bark as was the for State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss To Gilbert Greeley constable for the town of Manchester, Greeting You are hereby required in the name of said State to notify and warn a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Manchester who are qualified to vote in the choice of Senators for the State Legislature to be held on tuesday the thirteenth day of March next at the meeting house in said Manchester at ten OClock in the fore noon to act on the following articles, Viz 1st To Choose a Moderator to regulate s meeting: 2nd To Choose a Town Clerk and Selectmen 3rd To Vote by ballot for Governor, Counsellor Senator County Treasurer and Register of Deeds and choose a Representative 4th To Choose all other Town officers 5th To hear all Town Accounts 6th To see how much money the town will raise to pay town charges the present year yth To see how much money the town will raise to repair the highways the present year 8th To take the sense of the qualified Voters on the subject of a revision of the Constitution 9th To see what method the town will take to support paupers the present year. 10th To see if the town will vote to raise an additional sum of money for the purpose of Schooling the present year 11th To see if the town will vote to sell all or a part of the Land belonging to said Manchester 12th To see if the town will disannex Henry R. Barret from School district No 2 and annex him to district No 1 13th To see if the town will Vote that all the Taxes be made in the month of April 14th To see if the Town will Vote to alter the road as it now runs from Capt. Merrils to the Bridge to the road from Mr. Nutts to sd Bridge 15th To see if the town will vote lay out and open a road from Mr. Westons to the main Road near the old house at the crotch of Chester Road. Article 16th To see if the Town will relinquish a Note of hand they hold against Ezekiel S. Merrill 17th To see if the Town will vote to run out all the Land in said Manchester under the L. Derry claim and in the warning and notification of sd meeting you are to give fifteen days notice by posting up a copy of this warrant at the meetinghouse and make return of this warrant to the town Clerk or selectmen on or before the hour of holding said meeting. Given under our hands and seal at Manchester this twentieth day of February 1821 Joseph Moor Ephraim Stevens jur Selectmen Manchester State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss In obedience to the within Warrant I have warned the within named meeting by posting a true and attested copy of the within warrant agreeable to custom Gilbert Greeley Constable At an annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Manchester duly notified and holden at the Meetinghouse in said town on Tuesday the thirteenth day of March 1821 -John. G. Moor was chosen moderator Frederick. G. Stark was chosen Town Clerk and sworn Amos Weston jur Ephraim Stevens jur and John Proctor were chosen Selectmen and sworn into office Votes for State and County officers For Governor Samuel Bell had 113 which were all the votes that were cast for governor For Counsellor Richard H Ayer had 116 which were all the Votes that were cast for Counsellor For Senator John Gould had Samuel M Richardson James Parker 62 46 1 For County Treasurer David Stewart had 116 Voted To sell the Constableship at auction in one minute by the Watch the person bidding it off to be subject to the acceptance or rejection of the town and it was bid off by John Young at five dollars Motion was made to accept John Young as Constable provided he procure bonds to the Satisfaction of the Town Which motion was rejected and it was Voted to reconsider the vote respecting selling the constableship and to proceed to choose a constable by ballot Amos Weston was chosen Constable and sworn Nathaniel Moor was chosen Town Treasurer and sworn Voted That the selectmen be Fire Wards and Fence View ers. Highway Surveyors — District No 1 Archibald Stark 2 John Stark 4th sworn 3 Moses Davis sworn 4 Benjamin Stevens sworn 5 Jonathan Heseltine sworn 1 |