attended with happiness & prosperity: Whilst Division & Dischord tend to Destruction. And it is our Desire, that the Tender Act may be continued with this alteration, that Creditor shall either by himself, or Attorney make a Demand of Monies due, or property, previous to his commencing his Suit, or in any Stage, thereof, accept the tender of the Same; or his Neglect, shall be a Bar to all cost, which may arise thereon. And also that a justice of the peace may have full power, to try any civil Action up to ten pounds; & that all appeals from sd Justice may be entered up at the Superior Court, & also that all Actions upwards of ten pounds, may be entered first at the superior Court, and that the general sessions of the peace may not be permitted to set in the County of Hillsborough more than twice in one year and lastly that the Officers of Government may Conform to the Circumstances of the People (respecting Salaries) & not load them with Burdens exceeding their Abilities. And now Sir-Sincerely wishing you Wisdom to desern; & uprightness to conduct; in the important Station in which this Town have placed you beg Leave to subscribe our-selves your most obed hbe Servts In Town Meeting March 26th 1787-The above Instructions being laid before The Town for their Consideration (by their Committee) were unanimously approved of & accepted attest Jon Gove Town Clerk [7-130] [Relative to Boundary Line between this Town and Goffstown, 1788.] Dunbarton June yo 9: 1788— Srs I was Desired by the member of Court for Goffston to inform the Honobl Committee Chosen to Examin the Report mad by me and Esq' Campall Relative to the Settlement of the Line between Goffston and New-boston-which Report maj Goffe strongly opposed in the house Last Satter Day-we as a Committee took Grat Paines to Sarch all Papers Examine the Lins and Sitwation of the affaire-and found it imposable for us to make a Strat Line from the north west Corner of Bedford to the northeast Corner of Newboston (which is a white oak tree) without taking away mens Buildings and a Grat Deal of work in improvements don by said towns-then by Examining ower orders from Court,-which is as foloweth ;-a Committee to Preambelate assertain and Establish a Line between said Goffston and newboston to Run a new Line Strat, it appeared to us to be Grat Disadvantage to boath town then Exam the old Line and the Bounds standing on s old Line: which was made near forty years ago by Boath towns; we Judged the most safe way to hurt no mans Property to Establish it-and by advising with the Selectmen of boath town who ware present through the whole affaire who was all agreed-that wee should Establish said Lines as Reported to your hono" as for majer Goffe we did not see him nor his son who Lived near whare we was at work the whole time and very well Knew of ower Business-if Goffston or Newboston ware so Careliss-as to Let these old bounds and Line stand untill now-when thare was a mistake in Goffs Lot we Could not account for that—if a Strat Line is made Boath towns unavoidbly must be flung in to a Law Sute Gentleman I should have wated on you and Gave my Reason Personaly had it ben in my Power-as Amharst Court sets this weak I must attend thare; Gentlemen your most humble Sarv Jeremiah Page. P. S: I was Desired by the member of Goffston to wright to your honor Consarning the above afaire [See page 45, ante.-ED.] J Page [7-133] [Report of Committee on Town Lines, 1788.] State of New Hampshire Hillsboro : ss We the Subscribers a Committee appointed by the Authority of said State to Preambulate Ascertain and Establish a line between the Towns of Goffstown and New Boston Pursuant to our appointment we have met and being attended by the Selectmen of each of the said Towns and having Examined the several Charters and after having obtained what light we Could into the Affair we have agreed to report and Do hereby report as follows (viz) that the line between the said Towns of Goffstown and New Boston begin at a Hemlock tree which is the North west Corner of the Town of Bedford from thence north three Deg West about three miles to a rock ma ple tree standing Eighteen rods from the South Bank of the South Branch of Piscatiquage River from thence westerly sixty one rods to a Beetch tree reputed to be the South west Corner of Whites farm so called said tree standing about nine rods South of the river before Mentioned from thence north about four Deg West about three Hundred & Sixty rods to a White oak tree which is reputed to be the Southeast Corner of the Town of Wear and the northeast Corner of the Town of New Boston which Preambulation Ascertaining & Establishing appears to be the most Just and Equitable in our Oppinion-all which is Humbly Submitted by Goffstown March 28th 1788 mittee Jeremiah Page Commit [7-131] [Report of Committee on Town Lines, 1788.] State of New Hampshire We Being Appointed a Commitee by the Hon1e General Court of said State to Perambulate assertain and Establish the line between Goffstown and New Boston, Not to Effect the Property of any Individual, Beg leave to Report that by Examing the Grants and Plans of said towns; We find their is a Strait line from the Southeast Corner of New Boston at Amharst line to the Northwest Corner of Goffstown which is the Southwest Corner of Dunbarton and for our satisfaction we began at the Southeast Corner of New Boston from thence we Run a line North about five Degrees West about two Miles to a hemlock tree which is the Northwest Corner of Bedford and the Southwest Corner of Goffstown from thence we Run a line the same Course four miles and one hundred and four Rods and Erected Monuments theiron to a White Oak tree which is Called the Northeast Corner of New-Boston and the Southeast Corner of Weare thence We Run the same Course about one mile and three Quarters to Goffstown Northwest Corner and Dunbarton Southwest Corner; and we find all four of said bounds standing in a Strait line as Nigh as Can be Expected; Wherefore it is our opinions that the aforesaid line between the said hemlock tree which is Goffstown Southwest Corner; and the aforesaid White oak tree which is Called New Boston Northeast Corner is the Right line between said Goffstown and New Boston; As to the said line Effecting the property of Individuals the lots that lyeth in both towns on Each Side of said line Contains about the Number of Acres in them that they are Called by Estimation without Crosing the said line; We further Report their is a line that begines at the aforesaid hemlock and Runs North two Degrees West three miles and forty Rods and their Stops the End thereof is fifty four Rods East from the first Mentioned line on which New Boston and Goffstown lots appeared to be bounded as far as that Went which line would leave but about half a lot in Goffstown; and make New Boston lots as much longer then they are Called as it Does Goffstown lots Narrower; which line New Boston has Claimed to; and by that Reason their is Sum Individuals Claiming Under New Boston hes Done Work to the East of the first Mentioned line; (viz) one Joseph Leaches Dwelling house falls about one Rod East off the first mentioned line but his House Will Stand on his own land for he owns land in Goffstown Joyning to New Boston line against whare said house Stands as We Ware Informed; and their is Sum other persons that has Cut Down Sum trees to the East of said first mentioned line; it is our Judgment that those persons that has Done said labour off of their land should be paid for it by the Owners of the land; the bounds and line of said towns may more fully appear by the Plan herewith Annexed; the Selectmen of Each of said towns attended on said business, All which is humbly Submitted— December 134 1788 [7-132] Jeremiah Page [This document is the plan, referred to in the foregoing, of the line between Goffstown and New Boston.-ED.] [R. 3-21] [Petition from Soldiers who were captured at the Cedars.] To the Honourable the Senat and House of Representatives to be Conven at Concord on the first wednesday of December We the Subscribers once more looks up to our Political fathers and Guardiens for Redress we your loyal and Dutifull Sons Enlisted as Soldiers in Defence of our Country in the year 1776 and furnished our selves with warlike accouterments at a very Expencive Rate but the fortune of war turned against us we were Captivated at the Cedars so caled and sufered sevage Barbarity being Striped and plundered of Every thing and only Escaped with the Skin of our teeth, we have Repeatedly and humbly Petitioned our Venarable fathers for Redress to which they lent a Deaf ear and Shut up the Bowels of Compation, now we once more Request you to open your ears to our Just Call shew Compation to your Dutifull Children by Compensating them in Some Measure for their loses they Sustained in the Defence of you and their Country let the words of the Greatest Lawgiver be your guide Do as you would be Done by that your Sons from hence forth may have Reason to Call you Blesed and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray New Boston Dec' ye 1st AD 1795 James Caldwell Josiah Warren [Postponed till next session.-ED.] [R. 3-20] [Soldier's Order, 1798.] New Boston November 25th 1798 To the Treasurer of New Hampshire Please to pay to Robert B: Wilkins all the Depreciation due to me as a Sargent in the 3d New Hampshire Regiment in the late Army of the United States, and his Receipt shall be your Discharge from me— Abner Hogg NEWBURY. The township was granted by the Masonian proprietors, February, 1772, to John Fisher, of Portsmouth, and called Dantzick for some time, and afterwards Fishersfield, until it was changed to Newbury, July 4, 1837. The town was incorporated Nov. 27, 1778, and annexed to Hillsborough county by the same act, previous to which it was partly in the county of Cheshire. A portion of the town was taken off, and included in the territory incorporated into the town of Goshen in 1791. Two tracts of land have been severed from this town and annexed to Bradford, one of which was Dec. 6, 1796, and the other June 22, 1859. |