liberal encouragement it has received from your hand is an abundant evidence of this attention.— We cannot help mentioning as a peculiar happiness, of the people under your Excell charge, that your ears have been always open to their voice.-The easie access they have gain'd; and the polite reception they have Met with; from you has afforded them the means of communicating and your Excell of receiving all necessary information of their wishes, and of their wants. We have been excited to make this address to your Excel' as a testimonial of our sense of your benign Administration; and as an evidence of our opinion of any suggestions, that may have been made to the prejudice of your Excellency in these respects. And to assure you of our loyalty to the King and our affection to your Person— That your Excelly may live long; and long continue the hapру Instrum' in the hands of Providence, of much good to this people, is our ardent wish and prayer Londonderry April 29 A. D 1773 The Above Address was Read in a town-Meeting Legally Called for that purpose and it was Unanimously Voted that it should be presented to His Excellency John Wentworth Esq. [6-130] Atested per Henry Campbell Town Clerk [Relative to Parish Affairs, 1774.] Rockingham ss Londonderry Febry 14th 1774 To James Betton-Esquire one of his Majestys justices of the Peace for said County of Rockingham The Petetions of us the Subscribers being freeholders and Inhabitants of the old Parish of Londonderry in the County aforesaid humbly sheweth that by an Act of the general Asembly of this Province pased in the year 1739/40 there was A Parish set of from said Town Called the west or New Parish with Parish priviledges notwithstanding which they the said New Parish have always assembled and Voted with the petitioners in the Choice of Select men and other Town Officers and your petitioners have no proper officers of theire own to Call a meeting but have Lost that Priviledge Your petitioners terefore pray that aCording To the Law of this Province in such Cases provded your honours would isue a warrant or notification to the freeholders and Inhabitants of said old parish in Londonderry qualified by law to vote in town affairs to meet at the meeting house in said parish on the 5th Day of march next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon for the following purposes namely to choose a Moderater Town Clerk Select men and all other town officers for the ensuing year and your petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray [6-131] [Petition to have an Election set aside, 1774.] Province of Newhampshire To the honble House of Representatives for said province in General assembly Conven The Humble petition of us the Subscribers freeholders in the Town of Londonderry and windham in sd province sheweth that Sam" Livermore Sam" Barr and Stephen Holland Esq" and Robert Moor and John Crombie Gentlemen under Collour of being Select men of a pretended east Town in Londonderry issued a warrant for Calling a meeting of the freeholders in the pretended East town in s Londonderry and allso a Notification to the freeholders of the west parish in said Londonderry for the election of a Representative for said Londonderry in the then Next General Assembly in Consequence of said warrant so illegaly issued as your petitioners Conceive there was a Meeting of part of the freeholders in s LonDonderry at which Meeting the part that inclined to Vote Chose Stephen Holland Esq' as a Representative for said town Y petitioners Conceiving the s Meeting illegal in every Respect Did Not Vote but protested Against the unwarrantable proceedings of the Same Wherefore they pray sa Election May Be adjudged Void and that they May have a New Choice and your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray Londonderry April ye 12 1774 Andrew Todd Benj" Gregg Ja' Nesmith John Nesmith John taylor Rob wallace will Cunningham Simeon Morral Barnes Morral James Milltimber John Nesmith Ju willm Milltimer John Mckeen John Dunkan will Dunkan Rob McCluer James MacGregore Sam" Karr John Aiken Isaac Bruster George Dunken Ju [The election was declared illegal, and a precept for another one issued.-ED.] [6-134] [Protest against the foregoing named Town-Meeting.] To Sam" Livermore and Samell Barr and Stephen Holland Esq" and Robert Moor and John Crombie Gentlemen We the Subscribers Inhabitants of Londonderry and windham Having heard that you have ordered warrants to be Set up to Call a Meeting at the Revd william Davidsons Meeting House on Saturday ye 2d of April Next to Chuse a Representative to go to the General Court-we Do Hereby Take this Opportunity of Entring our protest Aginst any of your proceedings that May Be Transacted at Said Meeting as your Warrant we think is without any Just foundation for the following Reasons Viz that we Do Not Look upon you to be the Select men o Londonderry or any part thereof and that you have Taken Hold of the Sherrifs writ Directed to the Select men of Londonderry to warn Said Meeting without Bringing the Matter in Dispute who are the Legal Select men for Said Town before the proper Judges who are to Determine the Same Given under our hands ye twenty Eighth of March 1774 John Mckeen Rob Adams will Cunningham Ju' willm Renken Joseph Cochran Adam Dickey Sam" willson Ju Sam" Marsh Sam" Clark David Mckeen willm Dickey Abraham Dunkan Jacob Chase John Dickey [6-135] [Reimbursement wanted for Money paid Men who turned out on the Lexington Alarm, 1775.] Londonderry October y 9: 1775. To the Honourable Congress of the Colony of New Hamp- Gentlemen We the Subscribers being Selectmen for Wherefore we Pray that your Honours would Take Mo Barnett Hugh Montgomery |