[5-167] To the Honoroberle Counsel and house of Representative Gentelmen may it Ples your Honours that we the Subscribers Humbly shew that we ware Notifyed With A Copy of moses Hadlys Petition of Nottingham west to appear at Exeter the Eighteenth of march Instant and shue cause Why the petition should not be ansurd but so far from that we Pray that the Petition may be ansurd [5-166] [Relative to Jonathan Searle, 1775.] Nottingham west June ye 9th 1775We the Subscribers being Neighbors to m' Jonth Sarles and have been acquainted with him this some time, and for his Relief we are Desirous to Let all Generous People know his Conduct, & Cirumstances, &c He has Lived this some years in the Town of NottinghTM west, and is, (as far as we know) an honest Principled man and has been honest in his Dealings with mankind as far as he was Capable of, to the utmost of his Ability,-But fortune has not favoured him with the Good things & comforts of this Life, by Reason of Sickness & other frowns of Providence, for he has had Sickness in his family at certain times for many years Past, and more Especially since about five years ago Last April he hath had a Daughter Sick & under the care of Physicians the biggest Part of the time, and She is Reduced as it were to a Skeleton & a mear nothing, and is Exceeding Troublesome, for she has been confined to her bed this two or three years Past, and we Don't know as she is Likely Ever to be any better, but may continue so, this many Years, he has had for her the Advice of many Physicians, to no Purpose-he has also two Children besides her, that will never be capable to maintain & take care of themselves—one of them is 22 years of age, or near it & has had convulsion fitts from a Child & is an object of Pitty. The other is about 18 years of age, which is Incapable of Doing much Business, for Nature & Providence has not Endowed him with faculties & Activity Enough to Provide for himself, & besides all this, he is scarcely Ever well in health, & is very often under the Doctors care-M1 Sarles himself is purblind, and of late his Sight is much Depraved & Impaired being something Advanced in years-and therefore he is not fit to Do much work-he has also another Child that is not Endowed with Active Lively faculties & foresight, sufficient to manage without Directions from time to time, & Likewise being not so well calculated for business as is Common, by Reason of the Total loss of the sight of one Eye, Even from a child Therefore if you that see these Lines, think that you can bestow something to such a Needy person and help him a Little in his Great Difficulty & trouble it would be a Deed of Charity in your so Doing, to help the Poor & needy in their Distress Signed by John Mussey, their family Physician also by D' Cummings Let the Chearful heart be open, & Revive The weak & feble, while they are yet Alive— Pelham Oct ye 27th 1783 This may Certify, that Jacob Sarles is in a weak Infirm State of health John Mussey [5-165] [Relative to Land of William Brattle, 1777.] As we your Petitioners in Duty bound shall ever pray- [5-163] [Relative to the Protection of Fish, 1778.] To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives. for the Stat of New Hampshire at Exeter ConveindGentlemen The Petition of us the Subscribers Humbly sheweth that Whereas there is a Brook in the Town of Nottingham west and County of Hillsborough that Runs from Woo Tannack So Called in s Town to Merimack River in Which large numbers of Fish known by the name of Alle Wives has freequently Rune which would be a Great Benefit to the Publick provided said Stream could be kept clear and Also the mouth of the Brook upon the River And all Ell pots and Obstructions by which means some Evil Desposed Persons are detirmanded to stop the General Rune of said Fish to ye Great damage of the Publick therefore We your Petitioners Prays your Honours in your Wisdom would take into consideration the same and provide such measures as may be thought by you proper so that s Town may be Enabled to lay Restractions on such evil minded Persons for the Future and we your Petitioners as in Dutey Bound Shall Ever pray— February y 7th 1778— Jno Caldwell Robert Glover James Caldwell Asa Davis henry hucy Nathaniel Haseltine John Hale Alexander Caldwell Samuel Smith [In H. of Rep., Feb. 18, 1778, the foregoing were granted leave to bring in a bill, and an act granting protection was passed March 5.—ED.] [5-162] [Petition relative to aforesaid Act, 1779.] To the Honorable the Council and house of Representatives. for the State of Newhamp in General Court May it please your hon" we your humble petitioners understanding that there is an act made in this Honorable Court ordering a Sluice to be made through Moses Hadleys mill Dam in Nottingham-west and to continue open about 3 months which of course will draw of the water so that the Mill will be En- tirely useless till the water can be raisd again which cannot be done till fall of the year and as s mill is of the utmost service in the time when s Sluice is to be open all the other mills round at that season being dry and cant grind and this mill if there is no Sluice to draw off the water can and does Supply a great number of Familys wherefore your Humble Petitioners pray that s act may be reconsidered and ordered that instead of a Sluice (which will ruin the mill) that there may be a ditch at one End of the dam which may Easily be made so that the fish may go up and down and it will not draw the water so but the mill will be of great use to many distressed Families while the water is running in s Ditch and we Likewise pray that the time set forth for the water to be running may not Exceed six weeks which will be long Enough for the fish to pass and repass in gratifying us in these things you will oblige your Humble petitioners Ever to pray. Feb 18 1779 Moses Hadley Samuel marsh Richard Hardy Reuben Spaulding Samuel Brown Natha' Merril Jur James Barret Jun Jonathan Hardy Jr william Cummings Isaac Page Jamas marsh Stephen Chase Juiner David Marsh John hardy Jonathan Marsh Joseph Winn Joel Barrat Joseph Blodget William burroughs George Burns Richa Cutter David tarbell Joshua Peirce William Burns Alexander Caldwell Eliphalet Hadley Joseph Winn Jr [5-173] [Thomas Caldwell's Petition, 1783.] To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened The Petition of Thomas Caldwell of Nottingham-west Humbly Shews That about three years ago your Petitioner requested the Select" of said Town to lay him out a public Road from his dwelling house Northerly to the Country Road crossing Jona Searles's land and all the objection they then had was the Towns being Obliged in Such case to pay for the land-your Petetioner than applyed to the Court of Sessions for the County of Hillsborough praying for an Order to Lay out such a Road and in pursuance thereof a Committee was appointed who with great Circumspection view'd the premises, when all parties were present, and then lay'd out the road requested and it was afterwards established by the S Court-and Searles's Damages awarded him— and the road ordered to be Opened as mentioned in the Said report That the Select" of Said Town have lay'd out a road quite aCross your Petetioners Farm and to make all things easy he has offered to Abate the Town the Sum awarded him as damages Provided the other road Could be opened and the said Searles paid his damages (which is not a larger sum than Ordered your Petetioner) but Still the same is not don neither is there any appearance of it—and now it Seems Som restless people are about applying to this assembly to have this report reversed, or altered in a manner very prejudicial to your Petetioner and to deprive him from his main road to Meeting Mill Market &c-the other Road not being of the least Advantage to him for any of the aforesaid purposes, and was lay'd there purely to Serve a few individuals and not for any general purpose-and now your Petetioner is inform'd that some persons in Nottingham are about Presenting a Petetion as herein before hinted at -& that your Honers may have Som Just notion of the matter this representation is humbly presented and your Petetioner is encouraged to hope that Such light will be thrown on the Matter as to prevent a Formal hearing of any Such Petetion and to have the Same rejected, as a thing already Settled by a Court Proper for Such matters whoes determination ought to be final & so rest unless Great, and Manifest, injury is done This matter of Petetioning your honors has been agitated in public Town meeting when the inhabitants were prety Generally assembled, and the Vote against Petetioning was very unanimious and now is Prosecuted only by a few Designing men and for no good Purpose as may be Shewn in the Sequel— |