Leaven it to your Honours to Apint One of them as you in your wisdom think fit— Concord febuary 17th 1785 [6-54] [Assessment List, 1787.] Daniel grout To J T. Gilman Esq' Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire-A copy of the proportion of the Foreign Domestic & State Debt-for the Town of Lemster made by us the Sub scribers Lemster June 5, 1787 Allen Willey Asa Hebard Elizabeth Jackson Hezekiah Huntley Israel Smith Jabez Brainerd Jonathan Prentis John Scott John Way Ju Niles Beckwith Nathan Willey Oliver Booth Ju' Peter Lowell Resolved Wheeler Sam Huntly Silas Bingham Urijah Brainerd William Cary Allen Willey Ju Select men Elijah Abell Epaphras Booth Elijah Frink Ju' Elisha Thacher Gam' Huntington Isaac Dodge Jabez Beckwith. Joshua Booth James Rogers Jonath" Taylor Luther Martin Nathan Scovil Oliver Booth Phinehas Abell Roswell Bingham Reubin Willey Sam' Nichols Tho' Eggleston Uzel Hurd Willm Story Non-resident owners.— David Wheler Andrew French George Atkinson John Sabens [The original return shows the amounts assessed against each man.-ED.] [6-55] [Relative to Town Boundaries, 1788.] To the Hon' General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire to be convened at Concord on wednesday the 13th day of June Instant. The Petition of the proprietors of the Towns of Lemster & Marlow Humbly sheweth-that the Eastern line of sd Towns being in such a Situation that they cannot be Affixed So as to give satisfaction without an Order from Your Hon"— therefore the prayer of Your Petitioners is that the Hon' Court make order that the Surveyor Gen' or his Dep' or a committee be Appointed to settle Sd lines at the expence of Sa proprietors or any other way your Hon' Shall Judge best to Answer the Above purpose and Your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever prayLemster Jan 14, 1788. Allen Willey [6-58] [Opposition to the North-east Corner Petition, 1790.] Lemster May 17, 1790 We the subscribers inhabitants of Sd Lemster are opposers to the Petition which was presented to the General Court at their last Session praying that part of Sd Town might be taken off and incorporated with part of Sundry other Towns mentioned in Sd Petition Jabez Beckwith Tim° Miner James Bingham Nath" Scovil Jonathan Booth David Stoddard John Way [6-57] [Remonstrance to having the North-east Corner set off, 1790.] State of New Hampshire To the Honorable House of Representatives in General Court to convene at Concord on the first Wednesday of January next The Petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster liveing in that part of Said Town which is included by a plan which was exhibited to the General Court at their session in December last with a Petition signed by Daniel Grendell & Others: which Petition Requested the Honorable Court to incorporate the Teritory included by Said plan into a Township-Your Petitioners beg leave to inform your Honours that we are very unwilling to be incorporated as requested by the Above mentioned Petitioners that the line will divide our farms leaveing part in one Town and part in another: and if our cituation is remote from the center as is represented in the Above mentioned Petition: we would inform your Honors that we had much rather live in a remote part of the Town of Lemster than in a remote part of their intended new TownshipYour Petitioners are sure that to divide the Town of Lemster will be a very material injury to our own Interests & to that of Sa Town in General-Therefore your Petitioners most Humbly request your Honors that the Petition of the Said Daniel Gren dell and others (so far as it respects Sd Town of Lempster) may not be granted and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever Pray Lemster December 25. 1790 Vine Bingham WTM Story [It seems that a petition had been presented to the legislature to have a new town formed from portions of Lempster, Unity, Newport, and what is now Sunapee and Newbury, but said petition and plan have not been found. The matter was presented to the legislature again, as may be seen by the following:-ED.] [6-56%] [Petition to have the North-east Part set off, and with other Territory incorporated into a Town, 1791.] To the Honrable Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be Convened at Concord on the First Wednesday of June Next, The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitens of Lempster being fully perswaded that the Northeast Corner of the Town of Lempster with a part of Sundry other Towns adjoining ought to be Incorporated into a Town for the Situation of the Inhabitants is Such that they cannot be accomodated without great Damage to the other parts of Said Town and in our opinion it will not hurt the Town of Lempster as the Situation of Lempster is Such but will leave it in a better Situation without them than it will to have Said Corner Continued as it now is and therefore your Petitioners are So fully Satisfyed that it will be for the Interest of this Town as well as for the Peace and happiness of the Same to have them Set of as Soon as may be as your Honours in your Wisdom Shall See fit. And it is our opinion that the Town of Lempster will not make any more Opposition against it, And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray, [6-62] [Vote of the Town relative to the foregoing, 1791.] At a legal Town meeting of the Freeholders Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster held on Tuesday the 15 day of November 1791, in consequence of a Petition's being preferred to the General Court at their Session in June last Signed by William Story & others praying for part of Sa Town of Lemster to be Set of with part of Sundry other Towns A Vote being taken to see whether the Town were Opposed to haveing part of Said Town taken off as Set forth in the Above mentioned Petition it passed in the Affirmative by a large Majority (A true copy) Nov 21. 1791 Attest James Bingham Town Ck [Vote of the Town of Newport relative to same.] This may Certify that we have received a petition signed by William Story and others Praying that a part of this Town may be incorporated with parts of several other Towns Unity Lempster Wendell Fishersfield and order of Court thereon Newport October ye 10th 1791 at a Legal Town meeting on November the 7th the above petition and order of Court being Read and there was no objection against said Prayer being Granted [6-59] Jesse Lane Selectmen Uriah Wilcox of Newport [More Opposition.] We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster hereby certify that whereas we did not Attend & give our votes at a Town meeting held in Lemster on the 15, of NovTM Instant to see whether the Town would Oppose a petition which was preferred to the General Court at their Session in June last Signed by Wm Story & others praying that part of Sa Town might be set off-and as we understand that the Town Voted to |