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At a meeting of the Selectmen April 1 1777 the following agreements were made. viz.
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the Selectmen of
Overseers of the Poor of said Town to keep and maintain Susanna Ellinwood and her child, poor
persons, under their care the full term of one-year. Commencing on the 7th of April 1777 and for to
find and provide for and unto the said Susanna and child good and sufficient meat, drink, washing,
lodging & apparel, both in sickness and in health, during the whole of said term, doctors and nurses
excepted, and at the expiration of said term to remove her and child to such place as the Selectmen
shall appoint and as well clothed as I received them for and in consideration of receiving of the sum
of four pounds seventeen shillings and four pence to be paid at the year end.
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise & agree to and with the Selectmen of the
Town of Beverly to keep and maintain Hannah Clark, a poor person, under their care the full term
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of one year commencing on the 7 of April 1777 and to find and provide for and unto the said
Hannah good and sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging and apparel, in sickness and in health,
during the whole of said term, doctors and nurses excepted, and at the expiration of said term to
remove her to such place as the Selectmen shall appoint and as well clothed as I received her for the
sum of eight pounds ten shillings and eight pence to be paid the one half at the expiration of the first
six months and the other half at the year’s end.
Mercy Standley
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I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the Selectmen of the
Town of Beverly to keep and maintain Joseph Larcom, a poor person under their care, the full term
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of one year commencing on April 71777 and for to find and provide for and unto the said Joseph
good and sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging and apparel during the whole of said term,
doctors and nurses excepted, and at the expiration of said term to remove him to such place as the
said Selectmen shall appoint and as well clothed as he was when I first to trip him in for and in
consideration of receiving of the sum of eight pounds to be paid one half at the expiration of the first
six months from said commencing and the other half at the years end as witness my hand.
Marjorie Larcom.
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Beverly April 1 1777
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise and agreed to and with the Selectmen as
Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Beverly to keep and maintain John Martin, a poor person under
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their care, the full term of one year commencing on the 7 day of April 1777 and for to find and
provide for and unto the said John good and sufficient meat, drink, washing, and lodging and
mending, both in sickness and in health, during the whole of said term, doctors nurses & apparel
excepted, and at the expiration of said term to remove him to such place as the said Selectmen shall
appoint for and consideration of receiving the sum of sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and four pence
to be paid quarterly as witness.
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April 1 1777my hand William [illegible]
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At a meeting of the Selectmen April 1 1777 the following agreement was made.
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant and promise and agreed to and with the Selectmen as Overseers
of the Poor of the Town of Beverly to keep and maintain Mary Woodberry, a poor person under the
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care of the said Selectmen, the full term of one year commencing on the 7 day of April 1777 and for
to find and provide for and unto the said Mary good and sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging and
apparel, both in sickness and in health, during the whole of said term, doctors and nurses excepted,
and at the expiration of said term to remove her to such place as the Selectmen shall appoint and as
well clothed as I received her for and in consideration of receiving the sum of nine pounds to be paid
at the year’s end at witness my hand.
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Beverly April 1 1777.Benjamin Balch Lovett.
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the Selectmen as Overseers of
the Poor of the Town of Beverly to keep and maintain Deborah Roundy, a poor person under their
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care, the full term of one year commencing on the 7 day of April 1777 and for to find and provide
for and unto the said Deborah good and sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging & apparel, both
in sickness and in health, during the whole of said term, doctors and nurses excepted, and at the
expiration of said term to remove her to such place as the Selectmen shall appoint for and as well
clothed as I received her and in consideration of receiving of the sum of sixteen pounds to be paid
quarterly.
As witness my hand.
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Beverly April 1 1777
I, the Subscriber, do hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the Selectmen as Overseers of
the Poor of the Town of Beverly to keep and maintain Martha Thissell, a person under their care, the
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full term of one year commencing on the 7 day of April 1777 and find and provide for and unto the
said Martha good and sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging and apparel during the whole of said
term, doctors and nurses excepted, and at the expiration of said term to remove her to such place as
the Selectmen shall appoint and as well clothed as she was when I first took her for and in
consideration of receiving the sum of six pounds to be paid in the yearly annuities that were given her
on her hon. father’s will to be received within said term at the following prices:
corn at 3/4 a bushel
cider at 6/per barrel
wood at the price it used to be usually some years ago and for to allow for the use of the cow one
pound and if exchanged for a new milk cow to allow so much more as the Selectmen shall think just.
As witness my handJonathan Harris
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Beverly April 1 1777.
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At a meeting of the Selectmen April 1 1777
Ordered the Treasurer to pay John Batchelder Jr. £13...6...8 for keeping a district school near
Mr.Fairweather’s farmhouse in 1776 & 1777.