Copy of the vote of the selectmen of Newburyport, appointing the trustees of the Putnam Free School: NEWBURYPORT, February 27, 1838. We, the undersigned, in compliance with the will of the late Mr. Oliver Putnam, and by authority therein given, have this day, at a special meeting held for that purpose at the selectmen's room, chosen and appointed the following named persons, viz: Caleb Cushing, Edward S. Rand, Rev. Daniel Dana, William B. Bannister, Josiah Little, Ebenezer Stone, Henry Johnson, and Roger S. Howard, to be the trustees under the will. Signed, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUTNAM FREE SCHOOL,-1880. Extract from the will of the late Mrs. Lucy M. Follansbee of Salem, Mass., daughter of the late Capt. Thomas M. Follansbee, formerly of Newburyport. "Fifteenth. To said city of Newburyport the sum of three thousand dollars, the annual income thereof to be expended by the mayor and aldermen of said city, in the purchase of fuel for distribution among the worthy poor of said city." April 29, 1874, the city treasurer received from Mr. J. B. F. Osgood, the executor of the will from which the above item is copied, the sum of three thousand dollars, which sum is now (December 1, 1880) invested as follows: $3000. City Railroad Bonds at 7 per cent Deposited in Five Cents Savings Bank 66 $2,850.00 120.00 30.00 $3,000.00 BOUNDARY LINES. PERAMBULATION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF NEWBURY AND THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT. Statement of the perambulation of the boundary line between the town of Newbury and the city of Newburyport, as rectified and renewed by the mayor and a committee of the board of aldermen on the part of the city of Newburyport and the selectmen of the town of Newbury, June 1, A. D. 1880. Beginning at a stone monument marked N., W. N. and N. P., standing on land owned by Mrs. Nancy O. Little, wife of John Little, near the Birchen meadow, and running north 52 degrees, east, two hundred and ninety-three (293) rods, thirteen (13) links to a stone monument standing in Common pasture marked N and N. P.; thence due east one hundred and two(102) rods to the southerly side of Little river to a stone monument marked N. and N. P.; thence by the southerly bank of said Little river one hundred and forty-six (146) rods, nineteen (19) links to a stone monument standing at Clark's bridge, marked N. and N. P.; thence north 81 degrees, east two hundred fifty-two (252) rods, four (4) links to a stone monument standing on State street, formerly known as Newburyport turnpike, marked N. and N. P.; thence by the same course twelve (12) rods, seventeen (17) links to an elm tree standing on land of Charles Noyes; thence north 78 degrees, east, sixty-seven (67) rods, five (5) links to stone monument standing on Parker street marked N. and N. P.; thence in the same direction one hundred forty-one (141) rods, seventeen (17) links to a stone monument standing on the northerly |