or in the Juices of the Beef, equivalent to it, this at 9 p' lb amounts to Dollars-24,500 I am told by Some, that I have rated this loss Dol 33,250 7,000 I, 120 Dollars 3.500 added-$11,620 here is the first Cost of the Barrels, the expence Dollars 11,620 these Barrels, Although full of Beef, will Sell for 6/ Each Amounts to the 11,620$ being deducted; leaves Neat profits on the Manufactory of our own and Makes A saving of 33,250 Dollars 14,000 Doll. 2,380 which would be lost by driving 7000. Cattle to Market, 33,250 Total 35, 630 by this Statement it appears, that these Cattle, Can, be Salted and Barreled, in prime Order, in the Country 100 miles from Boston, and Transported to that Market, by Water, without the least loss or waste of Beef or Tallow, Trouble, or Fatigue in driving them, but will receive a Neat profit, as above mentioned on the Casks of Dollars 2,380$ in favour of the drovers;—thus far upon the Article of Beef.it is however. Still worthy of Notice, that the Hides of these Cattle. Ought to be Computed among the Advantages. resulting from Our Inland Navigation, 7000 hides Manufactured, in this State at 9/ is Doll. 10,500 the Loss is great to the Inhabitants, here to have So Large A Number, of Cattle drove from this State and their Hides. Manufactured, at Our Expence, because wee have to repurchas them again, after they Are Manufactured, in another advantage, readily Occurs to me, is, in the Article of Wood, the freight, Toll, &, are Considered at 15/ per Cord, from Salisbury, into Boston, if to Newbury-Port. 7/ at this Rate, if the high price that, Wood Now is. which is 8 doll" p' Cord at Boston & 61⁄2 Dollars. in Newbury-Port, (wood is now 91⁄2 Dol" in Boston & 8 in Newbury Port) should Continue the advantage, to the Inhabitants of this State. is Incalculable, Especially if wee take into Consideration, the Articles of Timber, Masts, Plank, and all Other kinds of Lumber, (when an Inland Navigation. Runs through Such an Extensive Country,) the Lands, must Settle Rappidly, as well to increase in Value to Millions of Dollors, A Calculation was made in Boston, by Gentlemen, of Information, Viz. that if this Inland, Navigation, had been Opened, last Spring, it would have been the saving to the inhabitants of Boston, in the Article, of Wood Only,-of more than 60000 Dollars. the present year, and it is Supposed 15000 Dollars to Newbury-Port.-Query-would it not have been as advantageous to the Sellers, as to the Buyers of Wood,-Other great advantages may be Calculated from this Inland Navigation but this is left for time to Discover-Suppose A Person in Boston consumes 20 Cords of Wood, Annually, at the price of 6 Dollars p' Cord-is Dollars. 1 20 When the Canal is Opened Wood is 5 Dollars— then 20 Cord. is a Saving to the purchacer at Dollars 100 20 this Reduced price and as long as the reduced price of Wood, Continues, of One dollar p' Cord, p' year, So that if he advances 20 Dollars One Year, and the Canals, are opened & in Opperation, in Consequence of it, he then recovers 100 per Cent, p' Annum, for the Money be advanced, and Suppose. 20 Dollars are advanced, and he purchased A Ticket with it, in the Lottery. which is granted for the finishing of the Canal, he has a Chance of the highest, or Some Other prize-if they should be all drawn Blanks. he has Still his 100 p' Cent, p' Annum for his Money, and So long as Wood remains at the reduced price of one Dollar p' Cord, for the Money he advanced,-Simular advantages, will be received by all Owners, & Drovers of Cattle, to the saving of the large Sum of 40,000 Dollars Annually on the Article of Beef, as has been heretofore Mentioned all Other persons, in proportion. to their Interest and Concerns in this Inland Navigation,-the Banks of the Merrimack Anticipates, the happy days. when Trade an Commerce will flourish beyond Our Most Sanguine Expectations, Which Time Only can Develope. [7-38] [Another Petition for the Protection of Fish in Cohas Brook, 1800.] To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Convened at Concord on the first wedensday of June AD-1800 The petition of us the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Derryfield and the adjacent towns humbly sheweth-That Formerly Great numbers of Alewives resorted to, and passed up, the stream known by the name of Cohass-Brook that leads from Massabeesick Pond to the river Merrimac. And for many years the Inhabitants of this and the adjacent towns drew ample supplies of these fish from the aforesaid Brook; until by means of Mill dams, erected across said stream, their passage to the aforesaid Pond was wholly obstructed. But application being made to the Honorable General Court, they with cheerfulness and alacrity caused the aforesaid Obstructions to be removed, and from time to time passed such acts as were judged best calculated to cause the returen and preservation of said fish; the salutary effects of which are now plainly perceived by the return of the fish to their wonted stream. But the water falls so rapidly for nearly thirty rods previously to its junction with the river Merrimac as to render it convenient for fishing with dip or scoop nets; and unless the Public are prohibited from fishing at the aforesaid rapids, no considerable number of fish will ever pass them. And doubts have arisen whether the fifteen rods from the mouth of said Brook and the five rods from the Mill dam, as now by Law established, will cover the said rapids Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray Your Honors would pass an act to prohibit the fishery for forty instead of fifteen rods from the mouth of said Brook. And as in duty bound do pray The township was granted May 20, 1752, by Joseph Blanchard, as agent for the Masonian Proprietors, to James Morrison and thirty-three others, by the name of Monadnock No. 5. Many of the proprietors and settlers came from Marlborough, Mass., and the town was unofficially called New Marlborough for some years prior to its incorporation, which occurred December 13, 1776, at which time it received its present name. A township by the same name was granted by Gov. Benning Wentworth, April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and others, which was located in the southern part of the present state of Vermont. That charter, being on record in the secretary's office in this state, misled John Farmer into applying it to the New Hampshire town; and subsequent writers, who copied from him instead of consulting the original records, have been led into the same error. Settlements were commenced in town about 1760 by Abel Woodward, Benjamin Tucker, Daniel Goodenough, and others. By an act approved January 8, 1794. a small tract of land was severed from Swanzey, and annexed to this town. December 9, 1812, two ranges of lots, and a certain gore of land on the north end of the town, were combined with portions of Packersfield (Nelson) and Keene, and incorporated into the town of Roxbury. The formation of the town of Troy, June 23, 1815, took a portion of this town, and portions of Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, and Richmond. June 13, 1818, Joel Porter, Phinehas Farrar, Jr., and Ezra Porter, with their estates, were severed from the town of Dublin, and annexed to Marlborough. A small tract of land belonging to William Tenney and Luther Hemingway was severed from the north-east corner of Swanzey, and annexed to Marlborough, December 15, 1842. Among the Revolutionary soldiers from this town was Lieut. Col. Andrew Colburn, who was killed at Stillwater in September, 1777. [7-1] [Petition for an Act of Incorporation, 1775.] Monadnock No five Jun ye 24 1775 to the Hon' members of the Congris at Exeter A Request from the inhabantans of monadnock No five Humberly shows that whare as this Town is Not in Corparated and by that meanes Never had aney Town stock of Ammonishon of pouder and ball and are not in aney proper Cappasety to Rais money for that or aney other purpos Exept the Province and County by Reason of Not having Town privealegs and as it appeares at this day to be verey much wanted for we know not how soon we shall be wanted to Defende oure Contery and Priveliges which are much Threatned daley theirfore we Humbeley apply our selves to this Congress for advise we have som money now in the hands of mr James Lucas a collecter of this Town that belonges to the Province and County that was granted for the year 1774 and is Not yet paid in and when it will be wanted or Coald for we Cant tell for we Conclude that the County will Not go on with their bulding this year as was intended theirfore we Humberly Apply our selves to this Honal Court or Congress for their advise in that Afare wheather thay Can advise or give liberty for our taking this money for that youse we obligeing our selves to Return it when ever Called for thease from your humbel Purtisones appointed by the Town as a Commity for this purpos |