That on the 16th Day of June 1775, he together with his Company with others was ordered to take possession of the ground near Bunker Hill, & on the 17th day was in the Heaviest part of the Battle at said Hill, at which time he had the Misfortune to be wounded in his right Ancle, by a musket Ball, which broke & much fractured the Bones, which caused him great pain & distress for a long time before it was healed-by means whereof he has lost the use of that joint, which renders him incapable of performing his duty in his Station, or undergoing the fatigues & hardships of the war-& whereby he is prevented from using and exercising (in a great measure) his usual and necessary occupation and business, for which he has received no consideration Wherefore he humbly prays your honors to take his case into your consideration & grant him such relief as your honors shall see fit, & your Petitioner as in Duty bound ever prays Holles December 20th 1778 Reuben Dow N. B. Capt Reuben Dow Rec1 his pay as Capt untill the last Day of Decem' A. D. 1775— [The committee on sick and wounded officers and soldiers reported that he was entitled to half pay for one year from Jan. 1, 1776, and quarter pay thenceforth until otherwise. ordered. Captain Dow's company, of fifty-nine Hollis men, was in Col. William Prescott's Massachusetts regiment. This town also had four men in Capt. Moor's company, same regiment, and eight men in Col. Reed's regiment.-ED.] [R. 2-95] [Aid to the Family of Jacob Danforth, 1779.] Hollis November y 15, 1779 Received of the selectmen of Holles thirty-three Pound three Shillings and three Pence In full for my travel visits and medicions for the wife of Jacob Danforth one of our Continental Soldiers for three years Per me Jon Fox Physicion I acknowledge the above Charge of Doc' fox against my Husband Jacob Danforth to Be Just and true Per me Janewary y 18-1780 her Anna X Danforth. mark [She also acknowledged the receipt of provisions amounting to £114, 9, 6, which she had received at different times during the year 1779.-ED.] ́ [R. 2-96] [Soldiers' Petition for an Allowance for the Depreciation of their Pay, 1781.] The petition of the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Holles in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire. Most Humbly Sheweth, That in July 1779, there was a Requisition for a number of men to Go into the Continental Service for the said Town, and your Petitioners were hired to Go for one year. Holles June 9th 1781 Caleb Stiles Joseph Stearns Ephraim Pairce Simeon Foster William Tenney for JerathMeel bowers [These men served in Col. Moses Nichols's regiment.— ED.] [R. 2-97] [Relative to Lemuel Blood, Soldier, 1782.] The Deposition of Lemuel Blood of Holles In the County of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire of Lawful age who testifies and says that he was a Soldier In the Contenental army in the year 1780 for the term of six months for the town of Holles and that he was on Command Near North Castle and was taken prisoner by a party of the Cow Boys so Called on the Ninth Day of November 1780 and was Caried to New york and that he made his Escape from the Enemy on or about the tenth Day of December 1780 and that he understood that the six months men was all discharged so that he did Not Return to Campt to git a discharge But made the Best of His way home and found all the soldiers that he went with at Home Holles June ye 15, 1782 [Sworn before Noah Worcester.-ED.] [R. 2-98] Lemuel Blood [Reuben Blood and William Connick testify as to what they know about the matter. They were in the service at the same time, and were discharged Dec. 4, 1780.-ED.] [R. 2-100] [Jeremiah Prichard, “ of Holles," states that he was appointed "adjutant to the First Regiment of the New Hampshire forces in January, 1778, and did that duty until June following, when a new arrangement took place." He asks for extra pay for said service.-ED.] [William Hale ordered what wages may be due him for service in the army, in 1780, to be paid to Augustus Blanchard. (Date cut off.) John Bonner ordered £24, which was due him for service in the Second New Hampshire Regiment, in 1781, to be paid to Samuel Walker. This order was dated November 23, 1782, and has attached an acknowledgment before Jeremiah Pritchard, selectman, dated "Holles, July 26th, 1784." -ED.] [R. 2-102] To John T. Gilman Esq' Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire Pleas'd to pay Daniel Emerson Jr. all that is due to us for our Service in the Continental army one year (from July 1779 to July 1780) in Cole' Scamil Regiment and his Receipt Shall be your discharge from us and you will much oblige your humbel Servants [5-127] [Relative to Estate of William Brown, an Absentee, 1784.] in the year 1782 the Land of Col° William Brown in Hollis an Absentee was taxed Seventeen Shillings & two pence one farthing-which we pray may be allow'd according to a Particular act of this State in that Čase made &c Hollis Oct 18th 1784 17/2/4 Wm Cumings Select men Red an order on the Treasry for the above Sum [5-128] [Relative to the Restoration of Monson, 1782.] To the Honble Council and house of Representatives to be Convened at Concord in September Anno Domini 1782 We the Subscribers or a number of us Subscribed our names to a petition praying that your honours would Restore the Ancient Town of Monson to its former Situation as to boundaries, & that it might be invested with the same powers & immunities which said town formerly held and Enjoyed-And whereas upon further Consideration we are well Satisfyed that it will be a Great Disadvantage to all the inhabitants of the tract of Land formerly Called Monson if the prayer of said petition should be Granted, because we Consider that the inhabitants who are settled up thro' the middle of the town are Chiefly new, and pay but a very small proportion of taxes, as yet, and we see that our present taxes are heavy, and making new roads from the various parts of said town to the Centre, together with the many other Charges to which Towns are Subjected, we are Convinced will be Exceedingly burdensome Wherefore we humbly pray your honours would not Grant the prayer of said petition, but that you would Alltogether Reject the same, and your humble petitioners will ever pray &c. Holles Septem' 14th 1782David Wallingsford Rich Bayley The above sums affixed to the Names above written is their first State Tax for 1782 taken from the Town Records Attest William Cumings, Town Clerk The above Sums affixed to the Names above written is their first State Tax for 1782 taken from the Town Records Hollis Nov 18, 1782 Attest Wm Cumings Town Clerk [5-130] [Statement of a Grievance, 1783.] To ye Honble Committee of Safety for ye State of New Hampshire Gentlemen, Sensibly Touch'd with a matter of Grievance, I take an Opportunity to acquaint your honours with it in as few words as Possible concerning the Extant issu'd against the Town of Hol |