[6-109] [Relative to a Road, 1743.] Province of New Hampshire Londonderry May yo 24th 1743. These may Certifie that I the Subscriber, am Hartly Satisfied and willing that the town of Londonderry, shall enjoy and Improve the Road laid out by the Select men of that town about five years aggo leading from the Cross Road that goes aCross my land, and from thence runing upon the land of Patrick Douglas Willm Adams & my Self, untill it meet with the Road that the town of Chester have laid out to the line between Chester and Londonderry; Provided they will pay me for what land the Road takes according to the prise I paid for it when I Bought it As Witness my hand the day & year above James Caldwell [6-110] [Certificate of Service of a Notice, 1742.] Londonderry ffebry 6th 1741/2 These may Certifie Whome it may Concern that William Gregg of said town hath served us the Subscribers with the Copy of Pettition of Severall people in this town that hath suplicated the Honourable Court at Portsmouth to be sett off as a parish by themselves and we have Notified the people Acordingly and their is none that makes any Obiection that they should not be sett off Except three or foure that belongs to the New parish that hath land Lying in the Bounds of your petitioners Wittness our hands John Barnett Thomas Cochran David vance Robert McCurdy Rob Cochran Selectmen [611] [Report of a Committee on Roads, 1743.] Province Newhamp' Persuant to a Vote of the General Court Bareing Date May 26th 1743, to us the Subscribers a Committee Appointed by the Gen" Court to goe up to Chester, and London Derry to view a highway fformerly laid out by Chester and London Derry and Recorded in Each Town, and also aNother way petitioned for by Chester and to Make report of your Doeings therein to the General Court att their Next sessions-We haveing been up, and View'd Both Ways and Doe find that the Way fformerly laid out from Derry to Chester is the Most Conveniant way for the Accomidation of both the towns aforesaid and for Other Travelers, in General Sept 22d Day, 1743 John Downing, Jur Committee Richerd Jennes [In H. of Rep., Sept. 22, 1743, the report was accepted, and the road established as recommended by the committee. -ED.] Londondery May the 11 1743 I the Subcraber doth Sartifey that I have receved No Sattisfaction for my Land for highway to Chester Nor is the said Rode not opned nor Repared As wittenes my hand Parick Douglass [6-112] [Petition for a Reduction of the Number of licensed Taverns in Town, 1758.] To His Excellency Benning. Wentworth Esq. Captain, General, Governor, & Commander, in Chief, in & Over his Majesty's, Province of New-Hampshire, The Honourable his Majesty's Council, & House of Representatives, in General, Assembly, Convened. The Humble Petition, of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Londonderry & Province aforeSaid, Humbly Sheweth, That the Number, of Taverns, are so Multiplied, in Londonderry Aforesaid, they are become a Snare to the Youth, & of Evil Tendency, to every Age of Injudicious persons, & if they are All Continued (or which is worse Increased) we fear they will More & More Debase, & Debauch, the Manners & Morals of All such persons as Abovesaid. Therefore Your Petitioners Humbly pray, that for the future there may be but four Taverns, & Retailers, Alowed in Londonderry, aforeSaid, & the Inn-holders, to be Chosen by A majority, of Votes at the Annual Meeting, & so Annually Untill the Circumstances, of the Town Requires a greater, Number, & them that are pro Tempore, to be under such Regulations, in Respect to Travellers, Towns-Men Sabbath-Days, & every night, as in your Great Wisdoms you think Most Convenient, & most Conducive, to Incourage Virtue & Discourage Vice, & your Petitioners, as in Duty Bound, Will ever Pray. Samuell Gregg his So11 o Alls mark hugh young Mathew Thornton John mckeen Hugh Montgomery David anderson Jn° Wiear Thomas Morison Andrew Clendinin [6-114] [Special Town-Meeting called for, 1745.] To The Honble the House of Represen for the Province of New Hamp' now Convened— The Petition of James Nesmith and Sam' Barr two of the Select men of the Town of Londonderry in the Province afores in behalf of the other Select men of the Said Town, for themselves, an in the behalf of the said Town Humbly Sheweth That by the Malefeazance of one of the Constables of the Said Town and the Interruption and Disturbance made by a party of the Inhabit at the Meeting of the Said Inhabts to Choose a Represent for the Said Town, the End and Design of the Said Meeting was Intirely defeated and the Same broke up without Choosing any as ye Honble House may See by the Return of the Sheriff &c.-So that the Said Town is now in this Session of ye Gen' Court without a Representive which may possibly be of Ill Consequence to the Same-wherefore yo' Petition's Humbly pray that the Honble House would order that the Inhab's of the Said Town, may meet Immediately & Choose Some proper Person to Represent them in this Court and in order thereunto to Direct a precept to the proper Persons to See that matter Effected, or proceed in Such other manner as the Exigence of the affair Requires and as shall to you in yo' Wisdom Seem meet Yo' Petition will as in Duty bound ever pray James Nesmith [6-115] [Relative to Taxes, 1745.] Provence of New hempshier Londondery february th 27 1745/6 Reseved from Ebeneser Spalding the Sume of two Pound old tenor for his toun and Provence Rats for the year 1745 as witnes my hand Samuel Dickey Constable this is a true Copey taken out of the list Comited to me by the Select men per Samuel Dickey Con [6-117] [Order to the Constable to collect Taxes, 1764.] Provence of Newhampshir Londonderry Agust the 21: 1764, to Robert Barnett Collector for the old parish on westerly Side of Bovour Brook In Said Londonderry: you are hereby Required and Commanded to Collect the folling Somes as they are anexed to Each persons names in this List it being all old tener In order to pay the Rev" Wm Davisons Sallary for his Labours amoungst us in the ministry for the Corrant year for which he Shall have an order for from us the Subscribers for the Som you are to pay and the Remainder you are to pay to us or our order to Defray the parish Charges In the present year and whom So Ever Shall Neglect or Refuse to pay the Som or Somes anexed to ther nams you are to make Distres as the Law Directs and for want of Goods or Chattels wheron to Distrain you are to take the Bodeys of them that So Refuses or neglects to pay and Committ him hir or them Into the Common Goall at portsmouth in Said provence ther to Remain untill they pay the Som or Somes So afixed to ther nams with all Lawfull Charges arising ther from or otherwise untill they be Discharged By due Cource of Law and the Soms So Colectted you are to pay and answer the order as above at or Before the Last Day of November next InShuing the Deat and this Shall Be your warent Given under our hands and Seal the Day and year above Androw Todd Londonderry September th 12: 1766 Select Recivd of Petter Evins the Sume of nine Shillings Lafull money it Being in full for the Redemison of Goods taken By Distress from him By me By Vertue of a waren from the Select Men of the town of Londonderry for the Collecting the Salery of the Revt Wm Davison for the year 1764— Wittness Present Jn° Caldwell Robert Morison Robert Barnett Colecter [6-118][Relative to the Election of an Assemblyman, 1762.] Provance of Newhampshire Lond", Jan" y 18th 1762 In Obedence to the within warrant, it being Legally Calla, the freeholders of Sa Londry and windham Met on Sa Day, and after Reading the warrants for Sd meeting, they Chose for Moderater for Sd meeting Coll" Andrew Todd then the moderater, put it to a vote to See if they would have the assembly man Chosen by a writen Vote or an hand Vote, and it Carried to have him by a writen Vote, and by the moderaters orders I Recd the Vots and Counted them, and their was in Noumber for Coll" Barr Seventy Six, and for Ensin McGreger Eighty Seven and for m' Rob Clark thirty Six, then theire was a Contest Rose in the meeting before the vots was made publick that the vote was not fair in the afors vote, and they Contested about it for Some time, and then the Moderater told them that he would Give them the vote againe, and also he Give them a vote to See wither they wold be pol'd off, or have awriten Vote, and it Carried to have awriten Vote, and I was ordered by the moderater to Recive the Vots the Second time, and theire was for Coll" Sam" Barr Seventy two, and for Ensin James McGreg |