Provincial and State Papers

GENERAL CONTENTS.

Gov. Wentworth's warrant to inspect the settlement in

Acworth, May, 1772

List of families and settlers in Acworth, according to

A true list of the inhabitants settled in Alstead, 1771-

Request of the inhabitants of Souhegan West for a

guard to defend them from the French and Indians,

Memorial of Rev. Daniel Wilkins for like aid, 1744

Petition for protection against the Indians, 1747-sign-

ers' names (1)

Petition for aid from inhabitants of Monson (after-

wards incorporated, in part, with Amherst) —

names, 1747

Petition of Monson for annexation of a tract of land to

them-names, 1754

Petition of Monson to be exempt from taxes, 1753

Petition of certain persons for annexation to Monson

-names

Petition of selectmen of Amherst for extension of its

charter, 1761

Petition for pay for taking inventory of Lyndeborough,

.

herst, 1763
Letter of Rev. Daniel Wilkins, relating to Amherst
for a shire-town, 1767

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Vote of Monson for a division and annexation to Am-

herst and to Hollis, and Petition for the aforesaid

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Petition to be disannexed from Amherst, 1771-names

Petition against division of the town, 1771-names

Vote of Amherst in favor of annexing Monson, 1766

Petition of John Shepard, jun., town clerk, in behalf

of Amherst, 1771.

Petition for a road from Charlestown to Amherst, 1773

Petition of inhabitants of Hillsborough county in rela-

tion to John Holland, 1774 ·

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Petition of Monson to be restored to its original char-

21-24

24-26

(1) Readers are reminded that names of persons in the same town,
which are frequently repeated, as signers of petitions or otherwise, are
not uniformly noted by page in the Index; but are indicated by a
mark between the pages where they are found; but every name in a par-
ticular town will be found in the Index once or more. ED.

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ATKINSON AND PLAISTOW (1).

Petition from Plaistow, relating to difficulty of attending
public worship, 1766-names

Petition relating to a site for a meeting-house—names,

Petition to be set off as a parish-names, 1766

Reasons of Daniel Hadley and Joshua Emery against

a division

Memorial of inhabitants of Haverhill to the people of

Plastow, 1767-names.

Information from Plaistow, to the Governor, &c., 1766

-names

Joseph Page, Eben' Eaton and Joseph Parker, against

Petition of inhabitants of Plaistow, with reasons for be-
ing set off in a distinct parish-names

Petition of sundry persons to be polled off from Atkin-
son to Plaistow-names

Memorial of inhabitants of Plaistow against a new town,

32, 33

Report of a committee of Plaistow, about the meeting-

house, 1766

38

Persons in Plaistow who desire to have the town remain

undivided

. 38, 39

Asa Haseltine against a division of the town

39

Number of people in Atkinson and in Plaistow

James White; reasons for wishing to remain in Plaistow

List of Baptists in Plaistow-names

of Thomas Shepard

of John McMath and Thos. Shepard

of selectmen of Barrington, for a representative

(1) The papers relating to these towns are intermixed. ED.

48

Petition of Garland and Brewster for a Congregational
Parish.

. 48, 49

BEDFORD.

Petition of people in Souhegan-East for protection-

names of families, 1744

Petition of Presbyterians in Bedford, 1750-names

Petition of people in Bedford, for a Proprietors' meet-

ing

Petition for a tax on their land, for a meeting-house, &c.
Petition of James Caldwell, for a town meeting, &c.
Petition of Selectmen and Committee of Safety, against
John Houston's taking an oath, 1778

BENNINGTON.

Mr. Samuel Robinson's petition for a tax, 1763