Town Records of Manchester: From the earliest grants of land, 1633, when a portion of Salem until 1736, as contained in the town records of Salem, second and third book of records of the town of Manchester |
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Manchester , Mass . TOWN RECORDS OF MANCHESTER , At the Annual Town Meeting held on March 19 , 1889 , the fol- lowing votes were passed - Voted . That the Town Clerk be author- ized to copy and cause to be printed the early records of the ...
Manchester , Mass . TOWN RECORDS OF MANCHESTER , At the Annual Town Meeting held on March 19 , 1889 , the fol- lowing votes were passed - Voted . That the Town Clerk be author- ized to copy and cause to be printed the early records of the ...
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MANCHESTER TOWN RECORDS FROM 1636 TO 1736 . AT the Annual Town Meeting held March 19 , 1889 , the Town Clerk was authorized to copy and cause to be printed the early records of the Town . A committee of three was also appointed to ...
MANCHESTER TOWN RECORDS FROM 1636 TO 1736 . AT the Annual Town Meeting held March 19 , 1889 , the Town Clerk was authorized to copy and cause to be printed the early records of the Town . A committee of three was also appointed to ...
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... Town the 26th day of the 8th At a generall towne meeting held moneth 1646 [ 145 ] Ordered that William Woodburie & Richard Brackenburie Ensigne Dixy Mr Conant & Lieutennt Lothrop || & Laurence Leech || shall forthwth lay out a way ...
... Town the 26th day of the 8th At a generall towne meeting held moneth 1646 [ 145 ] Ordered that William Woodburie & Richard Brackenburie Ensigne Dixy Mr Conant & Lieutennt Lothrop || & Laurence Leech || shall forthwth lay out a way ...
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... towns- -to looke aftair- Manchester the 6 of the 10 month 1658 yet is ordered and A gread at a towne meeting that all orders as formerly was made and here- in expressed in writen shall stand conserning masts- trees hogsheads and ...
... towns- -to looke aftair- Manchester the 6 of the 10 month 1658 yet is ordered and A gread at a towne meeting that all orders as formerly was made and here- in expressed in writen shall stand conserning masts- trees hogsheads and ...
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... town meeting at Manchester it was ordered & aGread upon by ye inhabitents of y plantation y * Samuell friend is to have ye Little Island yt is joyning to his marsh att ye great neck of Land where they now plant this was granted to him ...
... town meeting at Manchester it was ordered & aGread upon by ye inhabitents of y plantation y * Samuell friend is to have ye Little Island yt is joyning to his marsh att ye great neck of Land where they now plant this was granted to him ...
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Page 4 - Particular towns have many things which concern only themselves, and the ordering of their own affairs, and disposing of business in their own towns ; therefore the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, shall only have power to dispose of their own lands and woods, with all the appurtenances of said towns; to grant.
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Page 4 - Whereas particular towns have many things which concern only themselves, and the ordering of their own affairs, and disposing of business in their own town — It is, therefore, ordered, that the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, shall only have power to dispose of their own lands and woods, with all the...
Page 6 - I doe from my heart, abhor, detest and abjure as impious and herritical, this damnable doctrine and position, that princes which be excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 4 - It is, therefore, ordered, that the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, shall only have power to dispose of their own lands and woods, with all the privileges and appurtenances of the said towns, to grant lots, and make such orders as may concern the well ordering of their own towns, not repugnant to the laws and orders here established by the general court, as also to lay mulcts and penalties, for the breach of these orders, and to levy and distrain the same, not exceeding the sum...
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Page 4 - ... make such orders as may concern the well ordering of their own towns, not repugnant to the laws and orders established by the General Court. They might also impose fines of not more than twenty shillings, and choose their own particular officers, as constables, surveyors for the highways, and the like.
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