[6-41] [Relative to Town Boundaries, 1786.] To the Honble the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire convened at Concord the first Wednesday of June AD 1786 The Petition of Elisha Payne of Lebanon in the County of Grafton Esq agent for the Proprietors of the Township of Lebanon aforesaid, & Jesse Johnson of Hampstead in the County of Rockingham Esq' agent for the township of Enfield in said County of Grafton-Humbly shews that the Proprietors of Lebanon & Enfield aforesaid for the amicable settlement of divers suits & controversies have appointed your Petitioners as their Agents to request your Honors to empower & authorize three persons, hereafter to be named by your Petitioners, to be a Committee with full power & authority to settle & establish the boundaries & lines between the Towns aforesaid-And that if any person or persons who have purchased lands of any of the proprietors of Enfield should fall within the limits of the Township of Lebanon the said proprietors of Lebanon shall relinquish all right to such lands to such purchaser or purchasers upon their paying the value of said Lands estimating the same as wild unimproved Lands-& so vice versa if any person or persons who purchased lands of the proprietors of Lebanon should fall within the limits of Enfield. And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Elisha Payne Jesse Johnson [In H. of Rep., June 16, 1786, the foregoing petitioners were granted "leave to bring in a bill." The following is the committee's report :-ED.] [6-42] [Report of Committee on Boundaries, 1786.] State of New Hampe Grafton ss Whareas we the Subscribers Being Oppinted a Committee by the Honorbl General Assembly of said State to Establish the Boundaris between the towns of Lebanon and Enfield have meet acordingly upon said towns and after Due Examination of the Bounds and Lins of sd towns of Lebanon and infield, Porceeded as foloweth firstly begain at a white Pine tree marked on the Easterly Bank of Conacutt River which is Caled the agreement tree between sd Lebanon and Plainfield and thence mesured easterly on the line Between sa Lebanon and Plainfield six milds to a Stake and Stone Comonly Known by the name of Sumners Bound then Examined the Lins and Records Shewen us Between sa Lebanon and Enfield and find a Bound Standing at the Northeasterly Corner of s Lebanon Comonnly Known by the name of the Birch tree but s tree being fell Down a Stake and Stons Eracted in the place whare said Birch tree stood; and we Do Establish the first said Stake and Stons Coled Sumnors Bound to be a Bound between sa Lebanon and infield on the Southerly Side of s towns, and the said Birch tree (now Stake and Stons) to be the northerly Bounds between sd Lebanon and infield and Do order that a Strat Line be Drawen between sa Sumnors Bond and said Birch tree or Stake standing in the place of said Birch to be the Deviding Line between said Lebanon and said infield, and have Recommended to said Committee to settle with all Pursons who are on Land in ether of s towns which shall fall out of the town which he settled in the best way which thay Can acording to ower orders from sd Gen" assembly which is Humbly Submited October y 23: 1786 Charles Johnston Jeremiah Page Committee [6-43] [Certificate of Nails made, 1791.] This certifies that Daniel Robinson of Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire has made or caused to be made three hundred thousand of wrought ten penny nails between the eighth day of Feby Anno Domini 1789 and the twentieth day of Jan' current— In Witness whereof the Selectmen of sd Lebanon hereunto set their hands & Seals & the nearest justice of the peace countersigns this 28th day of Jan' Anno Domini 1791 Feb 1791 Received an Order on the Treasurer for fifteen pounds Jon Freeman LEE. The township was set off from Durham Jan. 16, 1766, and incorporated with full town privileges, by the name of the "Parish of Lee." For petition, see Vol. XI, pp. 584, 586. "Joseph Syas Gent"" was authorized to call the first meeting. A dispute arose concerning the south boundary line of Lee and Durham, which was settled by an act approved June 19, 1818, establishing the line as follows: "A straight line from an ancient red oak tree, being the south corner bounds of the town of Nottingham, and the western boundary between said Lee and Epping, to a large picked rock in the south butment of Durham and Lamperell River bridge so called, beginning at said red oak tree, and running south eighty-three degrees east, nine hundred and fifty-five rods to the easterly line of Epping and the westerly line of Newmarket; thence the same course four hundred and eighty-seven rods to the westerly line of Durham, thence the same course six hundred and ninety eight rods to the aforesaid picked rock." [R. 2-186] [Relative to Edward Dearborn, Soldier: addressed to the General Court, 1778.] The Petition of Samuel Snell of Lee in the County of Strafford, & State afores most Humbly Sheweth, that on the 22a of December last, one Edward Dearborn (brother to your petitioners wife) a Soldier belonging to Cap' John Drew's Company in Col Hale's Regiment, in the Continental Service, who was wounded in Battle on the 7th of October last at Saratoga, came to your petitioners house in distressed Circumstances, a Musket Ball had pierced thro' his arm above his elbow, he was poor, without money or Friend to assist him unless your petitioner had taken care of him. Samuel Snell [He was attended by Dr. Marshall, of Lee, whose bill, amounting to sixteen dollars, he asked to have the state pay, and it was granted.-ED.] [R. 2-187] [Edward Leathers's Order, 1784.] Lee Dec 10 1784 To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire Sir Please to pay Daniel Cook or order all that is due to My Sun Edward Leathers he having been a Soldier in the 24 New Hampshire Regt-Value Recd Witness my hand WitnessJoseph Chesle Sarah Chesle his Edward Leathers mark [6-44] [Dr. James Brackett recommended for a Magis trate, 1785.] To his Excellency the President and the Honble the Council of the State of New Hampshire— The Petition of the Subscribers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Lee in the County of Strafford, humbly Shews That many conveniences would attend the Appointment of another Justice of Peace in said town, the Justice already appointed living at one extreem part of said town which is large. We therefore humbly pray your Excellency & honours that Dr. James Brackett of said town may be appointed and commissioned a Justice of Peace for said county of Strafford and your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray Lee 6th August 1785— Reuben Hill Samuel Emerson George Shaw Ebenezer Samborn Miles Runels Jonath Clark Joseph Sias Esq Job Randel Samuel Emerson Thomas Huckins William Gledden Amos Fernald John Mathes David Rundlet John Hide Jonathan Stevens Widow Sarah Huck-Cap' Jonathan Lang Ranah Bickford John Snell Lieut Aaron Davis Thomas Noble |