proposed that if Dunstable would set us off to Holles, and that if Holles would receive us, that we would do considerable part towards building said Bridge, over and above our Quota; whereupon the said Towns Agreed to accept of our proposals, and Agreed that we and our Lands should be Annexed to Holles &c Wherefore we pray that Your Excellency & Honours would be pleased to Attend to our Memorial, and annex and Incorporate us, and our Lands to and with Holles by the following lines & Bounds According to our agreement viz. Begining at a stake & stones on the Bank of the River, standing about fifteen rods below buck Medow falls so called, which is the northerly Bound of said Jaquiths Land, thence Running Southerly a Straight line to a Pine tree on the River Bank, being said Jaquiths Southwesterly Corner, thence down the River Including the same to the place began at; and that we may be Exonerated and Discharged from paying any Taxes, and proforming any Duty's at said Dunstable and that all said Tract of Land Improved and UnImproved, may be made a part of Holles, as Much to all Intents and purposes as if it had ben within the Original Boundarys, and Incorporation thereof, and we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray. April 30th 1773 Daniel Merril Ebenezer Jaquith [The foregoing petition was granted by an act passed May 14, 1773. A plan of the line is to be found in Manuscript Vol. 5, No. 121.-ED.] [5-120] [Consent of Dunstable to the foregoing.] At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable April the 19th 1773 Voted that the Easterly Line of Holles be Extended Easterly to the following Bounds (Viz) to begin at a Stake and Stones about fifteen rods below Buck Meadow falls at the River which is Mr Jaquiths northerly Corner thence Runing southerly on a strait line to a Pine Tree on the River Bank which is said Jaquiths Southwesterly Corner, according to a Vote of the sd Town of Holles april the 12 1773: Provided that the sd Town of Dunstable be forever Excused from any future Cost to Effect the same, & Building & maintaining a Bridge over Nashua River at or near s Jaquiths Mills A True Copy, Attest Jo Whiting Town Clerk [5-122] [Relative to a Hollis man enlisted in Massachusetts Regiment, 1778.] State of the massachusetts Bay In the Hows of Representatives Jan' y° 31-1778 on the Petition of Uriah Wright In Behalf of the Selectmen of the town of Holles In the State of New Hamper setting forth that one Eli Stiles of Said Holles did Inlist Him Self Into the Service for the town of Littleton In this State and Wase mustered by James Barrett Esq' and Receved the Contenantal and this States Bounty and Whereas said Eli Stiles Is also Inlisted In said Holles & Reckoned for a Soldier for said town and also Reckoned for a Soldier In said town of Littleton Resolved that it appears to this Court that the said Eli Stiles ought to be Considered as a Soldier for the town of Holles he belonging to said town and Not to be Reckoned for the town of Littleton and that upon the said uriah Wrights paying back to James Barrett Esq both the Contenantal and this States Bounty the said Eli Stiles be Discharged from being a Soldier for said Littleton the said James Barrett Esq' to be accountable to this Court for the Bounties afore Said Sent up for Concurrence In Counsell Janwary y 31-1778 J. Warren Speaker John Avery Dy Secrety Consented to by the ma' Part of the Counsell A true Copy Attest John Avery Dy Secretary [5-123] [Relative to Appointment of Officers in the Militia, 1775.] Colony of New Hampshire At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of HollesPublickly Notified, Voted Unanimously that this Town accept & highly Approve of the Plan proposed by the Hon" Congress as a Rule for a General Representation for this Colony in future, it also represented to this Town that the Hon" Congress for sa Colony propose to Appoint Field officers for the Regiment lately Commanded by Col° Lutwyche,* at their next sessions at [Col. Edward Goldstone Lutwyche came with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lutwyche, to Merrimack in 1760, and occupied a farm and ferry which his mother possessed by a legacy from a relative. He was an educated man, and by profession a lawyer When news came of the battle at Lexington, April 19, 1775, he was in command of the Fifth regiment of the provin cial militia, and was importuned by his officers and men to march them against the "common enemy," which he refused to do, and tried to discourage others from going. Some time during the night of the 20th of April, he left home clandestinely and joined General Gage in Bosten. He was at Long Island in January, 1777, and probably went to England. His property was confiscated by the state, and the ferry privilege granted to Hon. Matthew Thornton, signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the locality still bears the name of Thornton's Ferry-ED.] Exeter, therefore unanimously Voted that this Town beg Leave to Recomend Colo John Hale Esq' as a suitable Person to Commands Rigement- also Unanimously Voted to Recomend Major Robart Reed as a suitable Person to be Lieut Col° of sa Regiment Holles Oct 25th 1775 A True Copy Attest To the Hon" Congress William Nevens Moderator for the Colony of New Hampshire [5-124] [Relative to the Estates of Absentees, 1779.] State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss To the Honob the Consel and General assembley of Said State This Information and Petition of the Select men of the town of Holles In sa State In Behalf of the town Humbly sheweth that thair is In this town several tracks of Land that belonged to the absentees of the State of the massachusetts Bay (Viz) the one half of five hundred acres that Belonged to Coll William Brattle In PartnerShip With andrew oliver Esq' of Salam and one third of three hundred acres that Belonged to Co1 William Brown In Partnership With the Heirs of the Late Colo' Brown and a Lot of about fifty or sixty acres that belonged to George Curwin of Salam-and sa Land Hase Ben taxed agreeble to the Law of this State and No Person having appered to pay the taxes on s Browns and Brattles Land alltho the other owners have paid thair part of sa taxes as to Curwins Land thair Was a Peace of that Sold to pay one years tax and a Person appears to pay the Rest but We apprehend it is With Desire to Keep the Land and to Prevent it from falling to the State Where it belonges and as thair is three years taxes Now Dew on s Browns and Brattles Land amounting In the Whole to the Sum of £52-15-5 With some Cost of advertizing the two Last years taxes it Being advertised for Sail but the Vandue Wase stoped as We found out that it Wase Land that belonged to absentees and so Would of Cours fall to the Statethe tax Now Due on sd Curwins Land is £10-7-0 Wherefore We Pray your Honors to take the matter Into your Wise Consideration and Pase Some order Which Way We Shall Come by said taxes as our taxes are Large and our Constables are uneasy to be Called on for money and thair being Some part that thay Cant git and thay think that thay must Sell the Land to Pay s taxes if No thing is Don In the afair, and your Petitioners as In Deuty Bound Shall Ever Pray— Holles october yo 23-1779 The Cost of advertising Hase Ben £3-0-0 Noah Worcester | Select men Oliver Lawrence of Holles [5-125] [Estates of Hollis Absentees, 1779.] State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss. To the Hon The Council and General assambley or Committee of Safety of Sa State In obedience to a Resolve of S General assembley Pased November yo 10-1779 We Doe Inform and Hearby Return that thair is In the town of Holles The Folowing Places and tracts of Land (Viz) A Farm owned By Benjemine Whitting Esq Containg good Buildings and about 50 acres of Land In Several Peaces the taxes assest thair on Have Ben Reccovered Without Selling of the Land. allso a farm owned By Samuel Cumings Esq' Consisting of good Buildings and about 120 acres of Land the taxes of Which Have allso Ben got Except £3-9-0- In yo year 1778 allso A Place owned By Breed Batchelder Esq' of Packersfield Containg about 50 acres With Some Building thair on the taxes of Which Have Ben all paid By the Improver allso 200 acres owned By Co' William Brattle In Partnership With andrew oliver Esq' of Salam allso 100 acres owned by Co' William Brown of Salam In Partner Ship With the heirs of the Late Co1 Willm Brown the taxes of Which are all Due Which are as folowes (Viz) In 1777 S 300 acres Wase taxed the Sum of £6-13-6 In 1778 In 1779 Total Holles Janewary yo 14-1780 £5-1-6 £39-0-0 £54-4-0 NB We Had Ben at the Cost of advertsing olivers and Brat tles Land Before We Knew it to Be tory Land [5-126][Account of Sale of Confiscated Counterfeiters' Tools, 1780.] Agreable to the order of the General assembley of this State Pased february ye 12-1780 the folowing is an account of the Sail of Sundry articles that I Had In Possion Innumerated In Said order to Geather With my Bill of Expences (Viz) The Whole of the articles Sold at Vendue Came to £113-0-0 an account of my Bill of Expences (Viz) to a Serch Warrent to my time In Said afair Examining mr farnsworth and Indeveouring to make further Discoverys to Cash Paid to the officsor and His assistance In Several Serches to a Journey to Esq' Claggets for advice to my Journey to Exeter to the Cost of the Vandue Holles Apriel y 13-1780 total £2- 5-0 6-00 27-16-0 4-19-0 62-0-0 10- 0-0 £113-0 per Noah Worcester I Rest it with your Honors Wisdom and Generousity Weather you Will make me any further alowance for the Service I Have Don the State In my Exerting my Self In order to Detect and Bring to Light the Said Vile and Distructive Plan and gitting Position of a Whole Set of money tools-and Remain your most Humble Servant Noah Worcester To the Hon The Counciel and asambley of the State of Newhampshire [R. 2-94] [Petition of Capt. Reuben Dow, 1778.] State of New Hamp To the Honorable The Council & House of Representatives for said State in General Court Assembled at Exeter December 1778. The Petition of Capt Reuben Dow humbly sheweth That your Petitioner animated with a true Zeal to serve his Country Ingaged in the Service of the United States of America immediately upon the Commencement of Hostilities & had the honor to Command a Company, & attended his duty in that Station with great delight & pleasure to himself & to the satisfaction & approbation of the Public |