EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER, N. H. IV. State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss To John Griffin Constable for the Town of Manchester Greeting You are hereby required in the name of the State, to warn all the freehold Inhabitants of the Town of Manchester to meet at the Meetinghouse in Said Town, on Friday the Twentyfourth Inst, for the purpose of appointing two Pettit Juror men to attend at the Court of Common Please for our first district in Said County, to be holden at Amherst on the Second Tuesday of February next, and make due return of this warrant with your doings their on, to me on or before the day of holding Said Meeting Given under my hand Seal this Eight day of Jan. in the year of our lord 1817 Manchester Jany 8 1817 John G Moor Town Clerk The warrant being returned in comon form; the Meeting was holden accordingly, and Samul P Kidder was appointed for the first week; and John Stark 4th for the Second week Manchester Jan 24th 1817 John G Moor T Clerk 17 State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss To John Griffin Constable in Manchester Greeting You are hereby required in the name of the State of NewHampshire, to warn all the Qallified voters in the Town of Manchester to meet at the Meetinghouse in Sa Town on Tuesday the Eleventh day of March next Insuing at ten oclock fore noon, to act on the following articles (viz) 1st To choose a Moderator to govern Sa meeting 2nd To choose a Town Clerk 3rd To choose Selectmen for the present year 4th To choose by Ballot, all State & County officers and a Representative to represent this Town the present year 5th To chuse all other Town officers for this year 6th To hear all Town accts yth To see how money they will raise for Towns use 8th To see how much money they will raise to repaire highways 9th To See how much money they will raise to hire preaching 10th To See if the Town will vote to divide School districts 1 & 3 11th To See if the Town will vote to repair the Meetinghouse and make due return of this warrant to us, on or before the day of holding Said meeting Given under our hands at Manchester this Twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord 1817 A true record Isaac Huse John Frye John Stark 4th Selectmen of Manchester Attest John G Moor Town Clerk Agreeable to the foregoing warrant the Inhabitants have been notified of time and place, and the warrant returned in Common form by John Griffin Constable March 11th Met according to notice. the Meeting being opned, made Choice of John Stark Esqr for Moderator. John G Moor Clerk Chose Isaac Huse Esq John Stark 4th John Dickey Selectmen The votes being cast for State officers, Stood as follows for Governor the Hon WILLIAM PLUMER 70 Voted Isaac Huse be representative for the Town of Man chester the present year Voted Cap Ephraim Stevens be Constable Voted Samuel P Kidder Esq be Treasurer Voted John Dickey Nathan Jonson Elisha Quimby Nath1 Baker John Emerson Fish Wards all sworn Voted Amos Kimball John Harwood Junr (sw) Joseph Farmer Hezekiah Young (sw) Moses Roaf (sw) Elijah Flint Granderson Morse John Boyes John Brown Jr (sw) Surveyors of Highways Voted James Griffin (sw) Sam1 Moor (sw) Joseph Moor (sw) Sam' P Kidder (sw) Israel Webster Surveyors of Lumber Voted Joseph Moor sw Sam1 Moor sw Sam' Hall sw Corders of wood Voted Nath' Merril (sw) Josiah Perry Israel Merril (sw) Charles Emerson hog reaves Voted Sam' P Kidder sw Sealor of weights & measures Voted Elisha Quimby be Pound Keeper sw Voted To allow Mr Huses acct respecting petitioning and publishing the order of Court on the Alewife Matter $12.25 |