[5-31] [Relative to Militia Regiments, 1785.] To His Execellency the Presedent and the Honble the Senate & Honble House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire In General Court Assembled at Concord in said State Humblety Sheweth the Selectmen of Hancock in the County of Hillsborough-In behalf of the Inhabitants of sd TownThat at the last session of the Gen' Court a vote past by which the 12th Rigt of melitia was Divided and the west part Calla N° 12 and the east part Call No 23. 8 S d L 8 d The Real situation & all the Circumstances of the towns that Now Compose the East Rigement we suppose was not then laid before the Honble Court for we believe if they had it would not have passed-wherefore we beg leave to say That the East Rigt (viz) New Ipswich mason Wilton Temple Peterborough, Lyndsborough societ Hancock & Peterboroughslip Was all formerly of the fifth Regiment-That they pay 49-15-10 to every £1000 of the State Taxes as will appear by the last proportion Act-And that the west or 12th as by s vote (viz) Ringe Fitzwilliam Jaffery Marlborough Dublin & Packersfield pays but £32-13 which is not two thirds so much or in other words we pay £17-2-10 more to every £1000 than they which is more then half they pay-That we are Nine towns to their six-That more than 1100 poles was return'd in the last Inventory in ye Nine & but little more than 600 in the west Rigt And That the most of the Towns in the East Reg' was settled (viz), New Ipswich Wilton mason Peterborough & lyndsborough a Number of years before there was one Inhabitant in the six towns which Now takes away our Number-And that there is now four Field officers within the this Regt (to wit) Heald Willson Abbot & Clerk (which Cannot by the melitia Rules, which is only Honour) renew their Commitions in the 23a regim That in every point of view we Consider ourselves agreaved by said vote-Wherefore We Humbly pray your Excelency & Honours that the East Regiment (to wit) New Ipswich &c which is now call'd the 23d regiment may be restored to their former Number Or that The Devision of sd 12th Regiment may be made nul & void and be put to Gether as but one regiment & as In Duty bound shall pray Janry 27th 1785 David Hubbard Selectmen of the Town HANOVER. The township was granted July 4, 1761, to Edmond Freeman and others. Col. Edmond Freeman, who came from Mansfield, Connecticut, made a settlement in town in May, 1765. The following year Benj. Davis and Benj. Rice, from the same place, made settlements, and others came soon after from Coventry, Conn. In 1770 there were about twenty families in town, living in log-houses. In September of that year Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, of Lebanon, Conn., settled in the town, and established Dartmouth college, a charter having been obtained from Governor Wentworth, dated December 13, 1769, for that purpose. An additional grant was made to the proprietors of the township January 9, 1775, of some 2,000 acres on the north side of the town, in consequence of some misunderstanding concerning the bounds of the original grant. About 300 acres of land in the south-west corner of the town was granted to Dartmouth college December 19, 1771, and 200 acres adjoining to Rev. Dr. Eleazer Wheelock, president of the college. [5-32] [Vote of the Town relative to its Boundaries, 1772.] At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Han' Sept 23d 1772 Voted that wheras it now appears to this Propriety uncertain whither they have a Legal Title to all the Land Contained within y reputed Boundaries of sa Hanover, we therfore think it Expedient to have the Matter relative thereto truly represented to his Excellency our Governor And to appoint Jonth Freeman as an agent for that purpose to act thereon and take such Methods for secureing the Charter of all ye Land within s Boundaries (if needful) as he shall think proper A True Coppy of Record [5-33] Jonth Freeman Clerk [Petition for an additional Grant, 1771.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Capt General Governor & Commander in chief in and over His Majesty's province of New Hampshire, and Vice Admiral of the same, In Council The petition of Jonathan Freeman of Hanover in the County of Grafton and province afores as Agent for the propriety of said Hanover, humbly sheweth-That whereas by the original Survey of s Hanover the Boundaries on Connecticut River were about Two hundred & twenty rods further distant from each other than the length of Lines as mentioned in said Charter, and the proprietors being ignorant of the same, run each of said lines from the river Connecticut S. 64° E. agreeable to the courses given in sd Charter, and have lotted out and settled on said lands to each line, and have given considerable Tracts adjoining to each of said lines for the use of Dartmouth College, and being now convinced that said lines contain about Twenty seven Hundred Acres more than the Contents of sd Charter, which if taken from the Propriet of Hanover will throw the Town into great confusion by breaking up Divisions, removeing Settlers, &c. We therefore humbly pray that Your Exc1 and Honors would grant to us the land contained with the above said Lines & not granted in the former Charter And we beg leave to assure your Excy and Honors that (as we have already One Hundred & ten Male Inhabts upwards of sixteen years of Age) so we will further pursue & encourage the settlement of sd Town. And your pet's as in duty Bound shall ever pray Dated Wolfboro' Oct° 8th 1772. Copy Exam Province of New Hampshire Jonth Freeman Agent for sd Hanover propriety. Theodore Atkinson Sec In Council Feb 1st 1773 The within petition having been Read-Order'd thereuponThat the Clerk of the propriety of Lime, or the Select Men (if any there be) be served with a Copy of the petition & order of Council thereon at the cost of the pets that they may be heard thereon on Tuesday the 23d of March next to shew cause why the prayer of s petition may not be granted. Copy Theodore Atkinson Sec Province of New Hampshire Lime 22d of Feb 7 1773 Then read the foregoing petition and Order of Council thereon within the Hearing of the selectmen of the Town of Lime, and likewise left a True Coppy of sd petition and Doings of the Council thereon, with the Clerk of sd Lime Propriety Peters Grant Indifferent person [5-35 is a plan showing the line in question. The grant was made January 9, 1775.-ED.] [5-36] [John Crane for Leave to establish a Hospital, 1773.] Province of To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq' CapNew Hamp tain General Governor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province afores and Vice Admiral of the same in Council The Humble Petition of John Crane of Hanover in the County of Grafton in the Province aforesaid Physician unto your Excellency and Honours shews— Ex That you Petitioner has a great Inclination of erecting an Hospital for Enoculation for the small Pox in some remote Part of said Town of Hanover under such Regulations as your cellency & Honours may subject the Institution. Your Petitioner humbly concieves that there are many advantages that may result to the Public from his Intentions if permitted by y Excelly & Hon' especially as that Part of the Country will shortly be exposed to travellers from the Province of Canada and your Petitioner has in thought making the Hospital of publick Utility which he begs leave to lay before y' Excellency & Honours in Person, if he may be indulged with an Audience and y' Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Portsmouth May 28 1773 John Crane [5-37] [Fonathan Freeman relative to Hanover addition.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Capt General Governor and Commander in chief in and over His Majesty's of New Hampshire and Vice Admiral of the same in Council The Petition of Jonathan Freeman of Hanover in the County of Grafton and Province aforesd Humbly sheweth That your Petitioner being appointed as an Agent for the Proprietors of s Hanover (on the 23d of Sept 1772) to procure a Charter of a piece of Land lying on the Northerly part of said Hanover to be confirmed to said Town and your Petitioner did on the 8th of Oct 1772 Petition your Excellency and Honours for a grant of the aforesaid Land which Petition being read in Council Feby 1st 1773 it was ordered that the Clerk of the Propriety of Lime or select Men of sd Town should be served with a Coppy of the said Petition and Order of Council thereon, and that the said Select Men and Proprietors were accordingly served with a Coppy of the said Petition on the 22d of Feb 1773, all which may appear by the records and files of council and likewise by order of the Surveyor General a survey of the said Land has been made and return'd into his Office, all which has been attended with considerable Expense to your Petitioner and as the Proprietors of Lime have not appeared to shew cause why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted and the Proprietors of said Hanover having in Consequence of the encouragement hereby given us, of a grant of said Land proceeded in the cultivation and Settlement of the same, We therefore Humbly pray that your Excellency and Honours would be pleased to complete the grant agreeable to the prayer of the aforesaid Petition and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Dated Portsmouth July 23d 1774 Jonathan Freeman agent for Hanover prop [4-38] [Precept for the Election of a Representative, 1775.] In Congress at Exeter December 26th 1775, whereas a writ issued from the late Congress of this Colony directed to the Selectmen of Hanover requiring them to notify the legal Inhabitants paying Taxes in Hanover, Lebanon, Relhan [Enfield], Canaan, Cardigan, [Orange] & Grafton to meet at said Hanover and choose one Person to Represent them in General Congress to be held at Exeter the Twenty first day of December then next which Writ has been Returned by the Selectmen of said Hanover, and no return thereon Certifying the choice or appointment of any Person as directed. Therefore to the end that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Town may not be unrepresented in the Present Congress. Resolved that the following Writ Issue. COLONY OF NEW HAMPShire. THE CONGRESS OF SAID COLONY TO THE SELECT-MEN OF HANOVER-IN SAID COLONY, GREETING. You are hereby required to notify the legal Inhabitants paying Taxes in the Towns of Hanover, Lebanon, Relhan, Canaan, Cardigan & Grafton (giving them fifteen Days Notice) to meet at some convenient Place in your Town, to |