tie's Reign than this last instance of your great care and concern of the Repose (not only of your Majestie's subjects but that) of all christendom, in bringing about soe happy a peace through soe many insuperable Difficulties, it remains wee daily pray to almighty God that your Majestie's life and Reign may be long and prosperous in this world, and that your Majestie may, in the world to come, for ever enjoy the blessing to which peace makers are entitled. Portsmo in New Hamp in New England, the 16th of July, 1713. 16th July, 1713. past by the Council and sent down to the House of Representatives for concurrence. Signed in p'sence and by order of the House of Repre sentatives. Richard Gerrish, Speaker. Cha. Story, Secretary. Wee are your Majestie's Most Loyal and Dutiful subjects, the Council & Assembly of your Majtie's province of New Hampshire. Signed in presence and by order of the Council. Cha: Story, Secretary. [P. 457.] Province of the Massachusetts Bay. Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Dudecimo.* Att a session of the Great and General June 3, 1713. The following order past in Council Agreed to by the House of Representatives, viz: For quieting the present Disputes betwixt the Borderers upon the Bound Line of this province and the province of New Hampshire, and the demand of Taxes from them by the Goverments of the provinces aforesaid, In the twelfth year of the reign of Queen Anne. Ordered, That John Appleton, John Higginson & Thomas Noyes, Esqs., be comms on the part of this Goverment with such as shall be appointed by the Goverment of New Hampshire, to goe upon the place & to agree upon such families and persons by name, who shall be considered as present Inhabitants and pay taxes within the said Respective Goverments, untill the Bound Line betwixt them be Orderly and Regularly stated and settled; That Her Majestie's Subjects be not oppressed by paying of Double taxes. Isaac Addington, Secretary. Voted, That John Plaisted, Mark Hunking and John Wentworth be a committee for this province to joyne with a committee appointed by the Gen" Assembly of the Massachusetts as in the paper (above) annexed, to goe upon the Boarders of the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, between Hampton and Salisbury, and there view the families, persons and ratable estates and to agree to which Town each shall pay their publick Taxes until the Bound Line be Regularly stated and settled or further order taken therein. 16th July, 1713. Past by the Council. Cha: Story, Secretary. [P. 485.] Concurred by the House of Representatives, with an addition that the same committee pass the Line alsoe between Kingstown and Amesbury and Haverel. Sam" Keais, Clerk. The following petition of the Inhabitants of Bloody point was read at this Board, in hæc verba sequen : To His Excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq., Capt" General and Govern' in Chief in and over Her Majestie's provinces of the Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, &c., and the House of Representatives now in General Assembly Conven". The petition of the Inhabitants of Bloody point within the Limitts of the Townshipp of Dover, with some few of the out skirts of Portsmouth, most humbly sheweth, That yo' petition" living soe remote from the publick worship and under great Inconveniences to attend the same, have of late erected a meeting House and obtained a tract of sixty Acres of Land for the accommodation of a minister among them with a firm resolution (by the Divine assistance) of giving him an Honorable maintenance to the utmost of their abilitie. But the taxes demanded of us from whence wee doe belong doe Render us under soe insuperable a difficulty of doing as otherwise wee could wish. Wherefore most humbly pray that your Excellency (who hitherto has distinguished your self from others in promoting the publick worship of God) would please soe to Order that wee your petitioners by maintaining the minister, school and poor among [P. 459.] our selves may be exempted from all other charges save only the province tax and tax of the Assembly. All which wee humbly conceive to be most reasonable; and whereas nothing now is wanting to effect the same but your Excellency's concurrence, we most humbly crave that your Excellency will grant our request herein and yo' petitions shall pray as in duty bound, &c. Geo. Huntris, Jno Dam, Joseph Richards, Joseph Rawlings, Sam" Huntris, John Hogsden, Henry Lanster, John Downing, Tho. Trickey, Andrew Peters, Jno Warenfol, Jn° Rawlings, Win Whilam, Clemet Misharvye, Wm Shackford, Rich Pumery, John Hueson, Wm Hoit, Clemet Misharvye, Jn Pickering, tertius, Benj. Richards, Jn° Quent, In Council Read, and the good intention of the petitioners is approved, and ordered that the select men of Dover be notified to appear by nine o'clock to-morrow in the forenoon at the Council Board. Cha: Story, Secretary. 16th July, 1713. Upon hearing of the select men of Dover, and the parties to the petition, Ordered, that the petition be granted and the place made a parish by themselves, they forthwith establishing an able orthodox and Learned Minister amongst them, and that they be thenceforth acquitted from the support of the Ministry of Dover and Portsm°. And upon Representation of the great alteration that this Grant makes in the [P. 460.] Town of Dover, and that there is a new meeting House built at Cochecho, much nearer the center of the remaining Inhabitants of the said Town, Ordered, that the select men of Dover give reasonable notice to the Town to choose proper persons to attend the next session of the General Assembly, to show cause why that House at Cochecho may not be the place of publick worship for the future, or any other consideration there upon. Voted in Council and sent down to the House of Representatives for Concurrence. Cha: Story, Secretary. 16th July, 1713. Concurrd with the Council. By order of the House of Representatives. Sam" Keais Clerk. Colonel Thomas Packer, his acots am° to eleven pounds for Rent for the Court House, Council Chamber, and fire and candles to March last, was allowed in Council and upon file. The following vote was sent upp from the House of Rep resentatives, viz.: May it please your Excellency, Mr. Treasurer's memorial is before us, by which wee finde omitted giving Cr for sundryes left at Annapolis Royal, and in his own hand, but wee find therein the prov ince is in Debt, which we considered, and debated many ways to pay the same, that soe in December next wee might pay what is due, not knowing the same, and hoping by that time there may be a way found for paym* of the Debts then due. Voted that the Excise be continued for one year. [P. 461.] Mr. Treasurer's Accts of powder and other stores of warr to the 24th June, 1713, was delivered into this Board, as upon file. Ordered, that Doctor Olliver Noyes, of Boston, be paid out of the publick Treasury of this province nine pounds eleven shillings and one penny, for disbursements on three Captives from Albany belonging to this province. Ordered, that Mr Campbell, post Ma' General, be paid six pounds out of the publick Treasury, for his care in Expressing Letters & for Her Majties service, and in sending the Govern's Letters to Roxbury, &c. |