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that matter to final Determination as His Excellency and Honours Shall Diecrict

Chosen for Said Committee Reuben Kidder Esq' Capt Benjamin Hoar & Isaac Appleton

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Isaac Appleton Proprietors Clerk

[Petition relative to same.]

To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majestys Provence of New Hampshir, and to the Honourable His Majestys Council, and House of Representatives in General Court assembled at

Portsmouth

The Petition of the Proprietors of the Township of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough in Sa Provence Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioners at there first Settlement Lotted out and Devided the whole of the Land in Said Township and Some time after it was Discovered that a Number of Sa Lotts ware run over the Line of Said Township in to the Township of Temple and of Rindge the whole of the Land being Devided in the Said Township of New Ipswich it is not in the Power of Sa Proprietors to make up those Rights in Land therefore Said Proprietors at there meeting Leagally Held for that Purpose Voted to make up those Rights that had been Partly taken into Temple and Rindge as afforesaid equal to other Rights by Giveing them that is each Sufferer the Value of the Land so Cutt off in money and accordingly Voted fifty three Pound Lawfull money which Sum is as Sa Proprietors Judge the Value of the Land which is so Lost as afore Said but as Sa Proprietors apprehend that they are not able by Law to Colect the money Voted for the Use above Said therefore you Petitioners Humbly pray your Excellency and Honours to take there Case under your wise Considaration and Lay the above Said Tax on the Lands in Said Township of New Ipswich for the Use above Said with the Cost your Excellency and Honours Shall Judge will nessarily arise or other wise Grant Relief as your Excellency and Honours in your Wisdom Shall See meet and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray

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NB the Proprietors when they Raised money have made it there practice that the third and fouth Devetion have paid ondly

Equel to one 1st & 2d Devision that is 2 66 acre Lott have paid but one third part of the Taxes of a Right

[7-197] [Petition for Pay for Service in the War.]

To the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire

Humbly shew the Inhabitants of the Town of New-Ipswich in said State, that they been since the commencement of the late American War at very great expence, and have been singular sufferers thereby, without receiving any compensation or consideration whatever, either from this State or this Continent therefor

The said Inhabitants therefore humbly offer the Account in the Schedule herewith exhibited, for the mature deliberation and allowance of this Honorable Court, as containing not a single Article for which they have received the least value-They are ready, if this Honorable Court should judge necessary, to produce Vouchers for a further support of the Charges in said Account, if the Subscriptions and Oaths thereto, or the present attestations are not sufficient.-And therefore the said İnhabitants humbly pray that this Court would allow the said Account as it now stands, or that a day may be given as this Hon'ble Court shall appoint; and that the proof of the Articles and Charges in said Account may be admitted and if proved beyond a possibility of a doubt to this Hon'ble Court, that they would grant the same, is all the said Inhabitants wish for or desireAnd as in duty bound will ever pray―

Noah Cooke

in behalf & by order of the Committee of said Town chosen for the above purpose

[R. 3-37]

Persons that went to Cambridge in April A. D. 1775, on the alarm of the battle at Concord, their time and expenses:

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State of New Hampshire.

Hillsborough ss. Oct 17th 1785.

Personally appeared Thomas Heald. Edmund Briant and Joseph Parker and made solemn oath that this Account by them

severally subscribed is Just and true according to the best of their knowledge

Coram

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Tim Farrar Just Pacis

[The whole account amounted to £124, 16. Those marked with a enlisted in Capt. Archelaus Town's company, and were at the battle of Bunker Hill.—ED.]

Persons that went on an alarm to Royalston State of Vermont, their time and expenses with horses,

Edmd Bryant Capt Joseph Stickney Jr.

Isaac Clark Lieut

Benj Williams Lieut

Jer Prichard

Thos Brown

Josiah Walton

Benja Adams Jr

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John Brown Jur.

Jno Cutter

Silas Davis

Wm Prichard

John Gould

Jon Fletcher

Ephm Adams Jr
Elijah Davis

Josiah Brown
Tho' Kidder
Tho' Fletcher Jr

Wm Clary

Edmd Town

Attest Edmund Briant

[They went on horses, were out four days, and travelled forty-five miles. The account amounted to £34, 10.—ED.]

Cap Parkers Comp that went on towards Royalston on said

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[The foregoing were out with horses four days, travelled thirty-five miles, and the account amounted to £90, 2.ED.]

Flower Grain & Meet that was sent by the Town of New Ipswich to Cambridge on the alarm at Concord which was turned into the Publick or Continental store there

2000 weight Rie Flower

3 Barrels of Bread being 300 W

600 Weight of Pork

four Bushels of Beans

300 weight of Chese a 6a

£1200

I-16-0 20-0I 47-10

to six Oxen and two Men to Cambridge with a cart & Expences

Horses lost in the American War Capt Charles Barretts horse lost when Tie was evacuated

Jonas Wilsons horse at the alarm when Borgoin
was taken

Cap' Francis Fletchers horse lost at the same time
Francis Appletons horse lost at the same time

42-10

6

£12

12

12

15

Wm Clary's horse lost for a year and expences & } 4

time in obtaining his horse

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[The aggregate amount was £328, 8, 0. was sworn to before Timothy Farrar.—ED.]

The account

[R. 3-38] [Petition of sundry Persons for pay for Horses lost in the Service, 1777.]

To the honorable Council and Assembly of the State of New Hampshire,

The Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of New-Ipswich-humbly sheweth

That on the 2a Day of October last past we began our March to reinforce the Northern Army, (agreable to the Order of the General Court) in a Company under the Command of Cap* Briant that each of us took an Horse to carry Packs for ourselves, and others in the Company; that we joined the Army

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