1ly to Chouse a Moderator for the Regulating Said meeting 2ly to Consult and agree Upon som Effectual Method to Raise the proportion of men Required by Authority to be Raised by Said Town for Carrieng on the present War in Which we are Engaged, &c: &c: March the 31th Day 1777 Benjamin Crombie Ebenezer Stavens Seclect Men Derryfield April the 2th Day 1777 Then meet agreeable to the above Notification, and Voted Col. John Stark Moderator of Said Meeting. then Voted to Pay the men that ingages into the Contennentel Services for Sd Town as a Bounty fifty Dollers per man. Afterwardes Voted Eighty Dolers per man in Lue of the fifty. Voted the present Select men Collect the above money of the freehoulders and Inhabitants in Said Town, or Borrow the above money if Demanded before it Can be Collected. Recorded this 3th Day of April 1777 David Starret Town Clerk State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough s s (Seal) To James Peirce Constable of the Town of Derryfield in Said County, Greeting You are Hereby Required in the name of the Goverment & people of the State of New Hampshire to Warn all the Inhabitants of the Town of Derryfield Qualified by Law to Vote in Town Meeting that they Meet at the Meeting House in Said Derryfield Upon Moday the Second Day of June next at three of the Clock in the after noon then and there at the Request of Sixteen of the Inhabitants of Said town to act on the following perticulars (viz) 1-ly to Chouse a Moderator 2-ly to Chouse a Committee and Invest them with Power to Settle and Give Cridet to those persons that has Don Som Tower of Duty and advanced Som money towards carriing on this Unnatural war Since the Begining of Hostilityes to this Date So that the Whole Coste of Said Ware may be Equaly proportioned according to pols and Estates. 3-ly to See if the Town Will alow Robert McNight and Ichabod Martin to be mde Equal to the Othar five Men that Listed into the Continental armey. 4-ly to Chouse a Commettee to Regulate the Prices of things not mentioned in the Regulating act and this Shall be your Suficent Warrent. and Make Return of this Warrant to the Seelect Men at or before Said Meeting. Given under our Hands and Seal this Seventeenth Day of May anno Que Domini one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy Seven. John Goffe Eben Stavens Select Men for Said Derryfield Hillsborough s s Derryfield June the 2th Day 1777 this May Certifi that I have Posted this Warrent according to the Vote of Said Town Sertified by me. James Pairce Constable Recorded this 7th Day of June 1777 David Starret Town Clerk Hillsborough 8 s Derryfield June the 2th Day 1777, at a meeting of the free houlders Inhabitants of Said Town Legely Caled and Convained Voted John Harvey Moderator of Said Meeting Voted on the Second articul in the Warrent not to Chouse a Committee, Voted on the third Dito to Pas Said Articul. Voted on the fourth articul Col: John Stark Capta William Parham John Harvey David Starret and James Pairce a Com mittee to Regulate and State the Prices of things Not Men tioned in the Regulating act. Recorded this 7th Day of June 1777 David Starret Town Clerk State of New Hampshire Hillsborough e s To Mr James Pairce Constable for the Town of Derryfield Greeting You are hereby Required to Warn a meeting, of the free Houlders Inhabitants of Said Derryfield that they Meet at their Meeting house Uppon Monday the Second Day of June next at three of the Clock in the afternoon. 1-ly to Chouse a Moderator to Regulate Said Meeting 2-ly to Draw one man from the Box to Serve on the Petit Jury at the Next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas to be Holden at Amhirst on the first Tuesday of July next. and this Shall be your Sufecant Warrent Geven under my hand at Derryfield affore Said this 27th Day of May 1777 David Starret Town Clerk Hillsborough 8 s Derryfield June the 2th Day 1777 this May Certifi that I have Posted this Warrent according to the Vote of Said Town Sertified by me James Parice Constable then in the face of the above Meeting the Moderator (viz) Mr John Harvey Drew from the Box Jonathan Merrill to Sarve on the Petit Jury at the above Mentioned Corte. & Recorded this 7th Day of June 1777 a List of all the Mail Polls in the Town of Derryfield and Each ones Tax for the Discharge of the Town Bounty Voted to the five men who Inlested in the Contenental armey for three years, Banjamin Crombie Ebenezer Stavens Select Men for Said Town Recorded this 11th Day of June 1777 Baker. David Starret T: Clerk |