[7-42] [Relative to the Settlement of the East Line of the Town, 1778.] State of Newhamshere Chesher County Marlow Feberay 3rd 1778 as there is Still Remaining a Deficalty about the Colecting of Taxes in our town on aCount of the Clames of woshenton and Stoder by their Coperations-Laping on our Town and the Charter and Corperation there of and as the Easter most Line of Said marlow is Desputed by Said Washenton & Stoderd and that it may be Setteled with out Deficalty in a Legal Methard we the Subcribers Select men of Said Marlow Do Bring our Requst and Potition to the Honorabel Counsel and assembely of this State that they would Derict to Sum method whereby those unhapey Deficaltys may be Removed and if your Honours Should Think it Proper: we Should be Glad that Sum Soveyor & Chainmen that are Dis Entrested and Inhabtents of this County be apointed to Run the Loyns of Said marlow aCording to the Charter of Said Town and Esabilish the Lines and Bounds of Said Town that Such Desputes may be Removed for which we your Potishenors as In Deuty Bound would Humbely Pray Eber Lewis Selectmen N: B as marlow is the oldest Charter of any Town that Joins on it we think it very improper that other Towns Should Incroach on our Rights & Priveliges &C the within riten petetion is Excepted and by the town Voted to be sent to the Honourable Counsil and Asemby [7-43] Jonath Royce town Clark [Relative to Taxes, 1784.] State of Newhampshire The Petition of the Town of Marlow humbly Sheweth That in the Proportion taken in 1777 the Town of Marlow Sent in their Inventory according to the best of their Knowledge Includeing all within the Original Limitts of Said Town-after which the General Court by their Special order Resolvd that a certain part of the Land aforesaid with the Inhabitants thereon so far as the Masonian grant Extended Should pay their proportion another way whereby your Petitioners where Deprived of a Considerable part of their Strength which they Expected in paying the Quotas of Taxes Laid on them in consequence of their Proportion and also was Doom their Suposed proportion in 1780 Including the Land aforesaid Therefore your Petitioner humbly Pray that So much of their Taxes As hath been So Laid on them may be abated that they may only pay their Just proportion of Taxes in Said State which they Ever Desire to do and no more and your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever pray Nath" S Prentice in behalf of Said Town [7-44] [Relative to East Line of the Town, 1798.] To the honarble Senate and hous of Representatives in Jeneral cort Convened at Concord on the thurd Wedingsday of this Instant November your pertisherners humbley Shweth that whereas an act has Ben past Giving Juresdiction of a part of marlow to Stodderd to the grate deterament of said marlow and must unavoidable Ruen said town if Said act is not Reconsedered tharefore your portisherners humbley prayeth that your honers will make thare Case your Case and then Consider wheather you would Be willing to have your towns Cut to peaces without the Concent of the inhabetents then your portisheners thinks they Shall be Abel By thare agent to Shew the unreasonable ness of that act which your portishoners thinks neaver would Ben past if the honerable Cort at that Time had farly understod the situation of Both towns that Stoddard is Biger without that Strip than marlow is with it by Reason of washington Exersising Juresdiction over a Considerable part of said marlow and your portisheners humbley prayeth that they may not Be tore to peases to Set up thare nabering towns thow they are willing to suffer with other Towns But not to be tore to peaces to set them up tharefore your portisheners humbley Requestes that act may Be Reconsidered and your portisheners as in duty Bound Shall Ever pray Marlow November 16th 1798 Elisha Huntley) Select Wells Way Men of marlow [7-45] [Remonstrance to the Establishment of the East Line as by the Act of 1797.] To the Honourable senate & house of Representatives to be convened at Concord on the third wednesday of November The Petition of the Proprietors of the town of Marlow humbly shews that the General court at their sessions in June 1797 sett off the southeast part of Marlow containing About four thousand acres of sd Marlow under the Jurisdiction of the town of stoddard haveing About twenty famylies on the same which we concieve was obtained by A Very wrong Representation of the Matters of fact And we your Petioner not thinking it necessary at that time to send in A written remonstrance against the town of stoddard petition fully believing that the honourable court would never take off from the lesser towns to put to the Greater where the town taken off from and the Inhabitants to be taken off had not Requested it but to their great Disappointment it was done. and we your Petioners being fully sensible that sd Act being carried into effect according to the liberty the town of Stoddard have taken and mean to take by taxing our Lands under the Lay out of the Proprietors of sa stoddard which your Honours will be sensible lays a foundation for A continered multicipticity of Lawsuits to the Great damage of the publick and to the total Destruction of Many of Your Petitioners Interest on both sides and whereas the Proprietors of så stoddard as well as the town have taken the most unwearied paines to Defraud us and Arrest our Lands from us by every strategem that Depraved human nature could Invent and we are fully pursuaded your honours when fully possest of the facts will not uphold them nor strengthen them in their inthusiasm but will Repeal sd Act and let us peaceably injoy our Land as other Citizens do which is the humble prayer of your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray Marlow June 4th 1798 Elijah Frink In Behalf of the [All that portion of Marlow lying east of the curve line of Mason's patent was decreed to belong to Stoddard by an act passed June 21, 1797.-ED.] MASON. The township was granted November 1, 1749. by Joseph Blanchard, as agent for the iam Lawrence and others, Masonian proprietors, to Willand was called No. 1, until, in answer to a petition, it was incorporated with town priv ileges August 26, 1768, and given its present name in honor of Capt. John Mason, the original owner of that tract of land known as "Mason's Patent." At a meeting of the inhabitants held June 22, 1768, they voted to have the town called Sharon; but Governor Wentworth, who generally named towns to please himself, named it Mason. This town includes that portion of the town of Townsend, Mass., which was north of the province line as established in 1741. By an act passed June 28, 1872, the north-west part of the town was set off, and incorporated into the town of Greenville, and the line between the two towns was established the following year. Joseph Blood, of Mason, was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill. Ebenezer Blood, Jr., was taken prisoner at the same time, and never returned home. [7-50] [Petition for a Town Charter, 1768.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in Council The humble Petition of Obadiah Parker of a Place within the said Province called N° 1 on behalf of himself and the rest of the Inhabitants there. Sheweth That the said Tract of Land is about 5 Miles Square & is held by your Pet's under a Grant from the Gent" Proprietors of Mason's Patent and is bounded as follows Vizt Beginning at a Stake & Stones on the Province Line, then running on the Province Line 5 Miles & 20 rods to the S: E. Corner of New Ipswich Thence running N° on said New Ipswich line 5 Miles to a White pine Tree to Wilton Corner Then running E. on the S° line of Wilton 5 Miles to a hemlock tree then running S° 5 Miles by the Needle to the Bounds first mentioned. That they have now Fifty Six Families on the Spot, and are ripe for Town Officers, a Minister &c Wherefore they humbly pray a Charter of Incorporation and that they may be invested with all the Powers & Authorities Privileges & Franchises which other Towns enjoy within this Government by such Name as Your Excellency shall be pleased to appoint. And your Pets will ever pray &c Obadiah Parker pro Se et Cæteris. [For himself and others.] L7-46] [Relative to an alleged Theft, 1775.] To the honorable Gentlemen of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire That whereas Jason Russell & John Tarbell both of Mason in said Province, did in a felonious Manner on or about the Twentieth of May last, retire to a Pasture in said Town belonging to Sam" Dana of Groton & took from thence a Three Years old Heifer & killed & converted it to their own Use-Whereupon early Notice being given to the Committee for said Town, met & requir'd of the Offenders full Satisfaction therefor, But each of them peremptorily refusing to comply therewith the Advice of Committees from two neighbouring towns being called in, viz New-Ipswich & Temple & the Criminals being cited to appear before said Committees not only neglected to make their Appearance before us, But as we learn have fled to the Army & finding ourselves unable to settle the unhappy Difficulty by Reason of their escape, came into the following Resolution viz Resolved to refer the Matter to your judicious Consideration, begging that you will in your Wisdom, take cogniscence, either of the Offence & deal with the Offenders or give us Rules how to proceed with them in this, & such like Case for the futureEphraim Adams Chairman for said Committee. David Blodgett Scribe Dated Mason June 26th 1775 [7-47] [Relative to Paper Currency, 1777.] To The Honorable Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Cort assembled at Exeter on Wednesday the 17th Day of December AD: 1777 Humbly Sheweth the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of The Town of Mason in the County of Hillsborough in Sa State That the Calling in and Sinking this States Bills of Publick Credit of the Square form So Called and giving in Exchange For the Same Treasuerys notes upon Loan or Intrest appears to your Honours Suppliants to be Disadvantegeous and Detrimental to this State in General and Tends to Sap the Foundation of Prosperity among the Good People of this State and Embarrass the Growth of the Commonweth Then Engaged in a very Grevious and Expencive war the Period of Which is Yet unknown which will unavoidably Prove noxious to this State as well as others Wherefore your Potitioners Humbly Pray That a Late act of the Former House an act Entitled an act For Calling In and |