or otherwise as your Honours in your Wisdom shall see meet. And we your petitioners, as in Duty Bound shall ever pray Feby 3d 1778 Levi Andrews John Smith W. Elener Graham Isaac Page Philip Marshall William Graham Will McAdams [The foregoing request was granted, and the territory annexed to Nottingham West, now Hudson, March 6, 1778. -ED.] [6-142] [Relative to certain Persons being annexed to Windham, 1778.] To the Honble General Assembly for the State of New-Hampshire, Convened at Exeter, Nov 17th AD 1778— The subscribers select men for the Town of Londonderry the present year Humbly shews.— That one Samuel Clark of said Londonderry, has informed your petitioners, that he has petitioned your Honours, to be disannexed from Londonderry, & annexed to Windham, & as there are sundry in Londonderry, & Windham in similar cir cumstances, with said Clark, & as Londonderry are very desirous to make a just & Equitable Exchange with Windham for the whole by a Committee from each Town. Therefore your petitioners Humbly pray for time, & Oppor tunity to make such agreement,-Or in Case we are Obliged to trouble your Honours, that we may have the Liberty to lay the whole before you at once, & your petitioners as in Duty will ever pray &c [6–144] [Recommendations for Military Officers, 1780.] Londonderry June ye 19th 1780 In a Legal Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of said Town partly for that purpose Called and held this Day it was voted that John Bell Esq' be reccomended to your Hons to be Commissioned as Chief Colonel and Maj' Daniel Runnels as L Colonel of the Reg' of malita Late Col. Thorntons— [6-145] [Relative to the Enlistment of Londonderry Men by Massachusetts, 1781.] To the Honble the members of the Council and House of Representatives in Gen' Assembly Convened at Exeter in the State of Newhampshire— The Petition of your Subscribers humbly sheweth-That we the Subscribers select men for the town of Londonderry being Called upon by your Hon's to furnish and raise for the filling up of the Continental army Thirty Three men the which has not yet been fully Compleated-In the mean time several Gentlemen from the State of the Massachusetts Bay Came into the town of Londonderry and have Inlisted into the service of s State a Large Number of the Inhabitants of sd Town which we Esteem a Great Prejudice and Grevance to us the Inhabitants of sd Town on account of the want of Inhabitants in said town If Called upon for a new Levy and also on account of the Deficiency of this States Quota as well as the want of their part of the proportion of their Tax in these Difficult Times and understanding that Timothy Harrington and four others from said Town were on their March to Join said Massachusetts Troops we the Selectmen of said Londonderry thought it Adviseable to detain said Harrington and Company and hold them in Custody untill your pleasure herein is known we therefore in behalf of s Town as well as in behalf of the State in Gen pray that your Hon" would take the Same into Imediate Consideration and take some Effectual measures (If your Hon sees fit) that the same may be finally prevented as well as all others from going into the Service of sd Massachu setts State untill this States Quota is fully Compleated and your Petitioners Shall ever Pray &cL: Derry March ye 19th 1781 James Wallace Daniel Hunter Andrew mack James Nesmith Jr Select-Men [6-146] [Relative to the Line between this Town and Windham, 1782.] To the Honorable the Council, and House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire in general Assembly convened at Concord, the 10th Sept 1782, the petition of the selectmen of Londonderry humbly sheweth, that, Whereas, by an act of the general Court of the Province of New-Hampshire, passed the 12th February 1741-2, a certain district was laid off the south side of Londonderry, and incorporated into a town, by the name of Windham, limited by certain metes and boundaries (viz) beginning at the house of John Hopkins, and thence running eastward and westward, as appears from a copy of the act; it was generally supposed by the inhabitants living near the line, that the easterly line would strike a certain internal angle of said Londonderry, as seems to have been the intention of said act; but, contrary to expectation when, about four years ago, the said easterly line was run, it was found to leave the said angle a little to the southward, by which means a strip of land, one mile and three quarters long, and but about fifty five rods wide, is included in said Windham, as appears from the plan herewith presented; and some of the owners of land in said strip are taxed in Windham for the same, which has always been considered and taxed as belonging to Londonderry, which is looked upon by us as a great grievance: : we, therefore, your petitioners in behalf of the town and the aggrieved, humbly pray your Honors that the said easterly line should be continued no further than till it comes opposite to the said angle, or that it should run directly from the said John Hopkins's house to the said angleAnd your petitioners shall ever pray &c. John Aiken Daniel Hunter Select-men of Londonderry [In H. of Rep., Nov. 15, 1782, leave was granted to bring in a bill for the aforesaid purpose.—ED.] [6-147] [Relative to foregoing Matter.] This may certify that the internal angle of Londonderry commonly called the Crank is but fifty two rods and nine links from Windham line, as measured by― Londonderry 2 Sept. 1782. [6-148] John Mckeen Caleb Duston This is to Certify that we the Subscribers Selectmen of Londonderry for the year 1781 Did Not Make any Aggreement with windham Select men Concerning that Disputable Land of Lieut Pauls These may Certify whom it may Concern that We the Subscribers were Sellectmen for the Town of Londonderry in the year 1781 Whereas there was a petition prefered to the then Gen' assembly of the State of Newhampshire by the Sellectmen of said Town setting forth that by the Act for Incorprating Windham into a parish it included a Certain peace of land which ought not to be included in the same and Whereas the Hon Court Did recomend it to the Sellectmen of both Towns to settle the Matter: in Consequence of said recomendation we the Sellectmen af Londry Did meet with the Sellectmen of said Windham and made a Verbal agreement Concerning the same Wittness our hands Octbr 5th 1782 Andrew mack [6-150] [Protest against Mrs. Jane Holland's having permission to return, 1782.] To the Honourable the Council and Gentlemen of the Honble House of Representatives in General Assembly at Portsmouth Convened December 18th 1782 The Humble Petition of the several persons Inhabitants within the State of New Hampshire whose names are hereunto set and Subscribed Sheweth That your Petitioners have heard with the deepest Concern that the late General Assembly at their last Session in Exeter passed a Resolve therein Granting leave that M jane Holland (the wife of Stephen Holland Esq' an Absentee and an avowed Enemy of the United States) may Return for some time to this State That they Conceive this will encourage the Rest of the Absentees in alike mode of Application contrary to the Sense of Congress and the neighbouring Common wealth of Massachusetts That the People in General are Greatly Alarmed as beleiving shod that Lady return she will be the Channel of Inteligence and correspondence between our Enemies at New York and those here amongst us, And your Petitioners dread the Consequence Therefore They most Humbly pray your Honours to take this matter into your serious consideration and that Mrs Holland may be prevented from coming back Eiether by Rescinding the said Resolve or in some other manner as your Honours in your wisdom shall think best And your petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray William Lyons George McAllaster Ebenezer Giles Robert Waugh Jn° C McNeill william Boyes Win Livingston Robert Campbell Archibald McAlester Daniel McNeill John Smith Thomas Willson Benjn Mallaster Josiah Warren J' John Davis James Cairns |