1777-03-08th
At a meeting of the Selectmen Mar. 81777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay William Elliott forty shillings and four pence for abatements in his list
as followeth. viz.
Freeborn grow his, highway tax 1-3
James Lovett’s ditto returned 1-1-11
John Harmon ditto returned 0-3-8
They worked out the same on the Highways.
Edmund Kimball’s the and Town tax 0-3-7
not living in the Town
Benjamin Ellinwood 2d ditto absconded 0-9-11
£2-0-4
Ordered the Treasurer to pay wid. Hannah Giles 69/6 together with seven shillings cash [illegible] her
by Joseph Wood and two bushels of corn 7/6 is in full for keeping of the wife of Peter Louis seven
weeks which expired on the tenth instant.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Capt. William Langdell eight pounds fourteen shillings and five
pence for the following account. viz.
for 5 ½ days building breastworks & getting cannon and etc.1-3-0
for 2 days numbering people twice0-8-0
for 2 days putting out and taking care the poor0-8-0
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for keeping and clothing of Sarah Hale one-year commencing 7 April 1776.3-17-8
for sundries found Miss Rogers when sick0-10-3
for 8 days making Highway, state and Town taxes1-11-0
for 1 ½ days time taking care about small pox0-6-0
for a sheet to layout Mary Butman in0-10-8
for sundry service done for the Town etc.0-5-10
£8-14
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Benjamin Smith six pounds twelve shillings and four pence in full
for the following account as followeth. viz.
£-s-d
for 6 pounds of candles for guards down [illegible]0-4-6
for 2 days putting out and taking care of the poor0-8-0
for 8 ½ days making Highway, State & Town taxes 1-14-0
for 3 ½ days numbering people twice0-14-0
for ½ cord of pine wood0-6-0
for hauling [illegible] cannon, shot, etc. to the several forts0-16-6
for six days attendance building breastworks etc.1-4-0
for one half days time spent about small pox0-6-0
for 107 feet boards & 150 bricks for the guard house0-9-4
for sheepskin for sponges for the cannon0-2-8
for two quarts of rum for forteage men etc.0-3-4
for one day taking care Jonathan Boyles etc.0-4-0
£6-12-4
At the aforesaid meeting of the Selectmen they ordered the Treasurer to pay Joseph Wood
forty-three pounds 7/3 in full of the balance of his account as followeth. viz.
For corn sold to sundry poor persons not able to pay for the same at the Town
which [illegible] would Stewart charged for as followeth. viz.
£-s-d
To James Patch 2d 9 bushels of corn1-13-7
To John Clark 5 ½ bushels of ditto1-0-0
To James Goldsberry 4 bushels of ditto 0-14-0
To Jonathan Boyles 4 bushels of ditto0-14-11
To Lieut. George Herrick 3 bushels0-10-10
To Nathaniel Wallis 3 pecks of ditto0-2-10
To Samuel Tuck 6 bushels of ditto1-2-0
To wid. Sarah Dove 1 bushel ditto0-3-8
To John Williams 3 ½ bushels ditto0-12-10
To Solomon Cole 4 bushels of ditto0-14-8
To wid. Hannah Giles 2 bushels of ditto0-7-6
To wid. Hannah Cox 3 bushels of ditto0-11-1
To wid. Hannah Molcoy 1 bushel of ditto0-3-8
To David Montgomery 2 bushels0-7-6
To Samuel Giles 1 bushel of ditto0-3-9
To Andrew Ellinwood 1 bushel ditto0-3-9
To Miss Todd ½ bushel of ditto0-1-10
To Ralph Tuck 1 ½ bushels of corn0-5-7 ½
To Marian Bradford ½ bushel of ditto0-1-10 ½
To Hannah Creesy 1 bushel of ditto3-9
To Benjamin Woodberry 3d 1 ½ bushels of ditto0-5-8
To William Goodridge 3 bushels of ditto0-11-0
For sundry disbursements and services down in the year 1776 as followeth viz.
To sundry provisions and necessaries found William Hales and family as per
account on file this day allowed4-12-5 ½
To my time and trouble in taking care of the poor of Boston to this day0-12-0
To collecting acct. about said poor0-3-0
To drawing out acct. to General Court about said poor0-6-0
To hours and expense to the General Court to get several accounts for the Town1-0-0
To time payingof said account & for receipts for same2-0
To cash paid John Feind for storage of 36 bushels of corn1-6
To 3 bushels of corn delivered to tax on Selby
Part pay for keeping Hannah Clark0-11-3
To cash paid for ladles for cannon1-7-0
To cash paid Moses Brown for [illegible] of cartridge paper for cartridges0-6-0
To cash paid Miss Raymond for her account for sundry necessaries she found
William Hales and family when he was sick0-16-8
Paid John Porter Jr. for 3 ½ days cleansing the schooner Dolphin of small pox
when Moses Foster had died on board0-14-0
Paid Benja. Lovett Jr. for [illegible] to pay cartridges and wheels with0-4-6
To drawing out 2nd accounts for the poor of Boston0-6-0
To paying away said account to sundry persons0-3-0
Paid for hauling 21 bushels quart from Dr. Woodberry’s old house to the mills0-2-0
Paid for 13 squares of glass and putty and setting the same in the School House0-10-0
Paid Dea. Roundy for 746 ½ wt. of beef for said Town9-10-6
To cash delivered Miss Boyles for the support of Pedrick’s children under her
care0-10-0
To my hours for Mr. Conant to ride to Lynn about providing militia teams etc.4-
To three days in raising militia one fourth part of them and paying their mileage
and providing necessaries for them12-
To cash paid Andrew cleaves for 6 ½ feet of wood and hauling Daniel
Woodberry’s things away when they had the small pox in his house. 1-7-9
To cash paid John Langdon for 116 wt. of beef for John Clark’s family1-11-7
To cash paid Mr. William Gray acct. for painting of guns & for rammers,
sponges and filling of ladles and so forth2-12-0
To cash paid Richard Butman for ½ cord of wood for said fort when Capt. Rae
kept it0-12-0
Paid Richard Butman for the board of Jonathan Boyles when under guard.0-6-0
Paid Miss Elizabeth Ellinwood for the support of the wife of Peter Louis.0-10-0
To going to Salem to inquire about the prices of things and four Nine copies of
Salem price acct.0-6-0
To time setting prices to things and making out copies of the same.0-4-0
Paid Andrew Stone for the use of a fire lock for Daniel Bunker in the Army
1775.0-6-0
To cash delivered to the wife of Mr. Evans of Falmouth residing here &
extreme poor0-15-0
To cash delivered wid. Hannah Giles for the support of the wife of Peter Louis
of Marblehead sick in their house.0-7-0
To supplying the watch at the fort with men nine nights 4 men each night.3-12-0
Paid John Porter for watching at the ferry.0-3-9
To going to Danvers to procure entrenching tolls.3-6
To myself hours and [illegible] of ten entrenching tools to Danvers.6-0
To cash paid George Tucker for two dozen of spades and iron shovels for said11-4-0
State.
Paid Lieut. Joshua Dodge for pick axes for the State in part of his account.8-17-0
Paid William Woodberry for handling of 1 dozen of axes for the State.0-7-6
To cash paid Thomas Foster for four shod shovels for the Town.0-13-4
To cash paid for window for watch house.0-4-0
To 225 clapboards for the watch house.0-13-6
To 3/4 to of hundred of shingles for the watch house5-4
To 200 feet of boards 10/and a deck nails for ditto10-9
To 3 ½ lb. of nails 6/2300 boards ditto for ditto10-9
217 days time spent in building of breastworks, procuring of cannon and
ammunition etc. 3-6-10
To 4 days time about the small pox removing of them and providing nurses and
other necessaries etc.0-16-0
To 12 days making of Highway State and Town Taxes for the year past.2-13-
To cash delivered to Ralph Tuck for his support.4-6
To 4 ½ days numbering the people twice and making returns of the same.0-18-0
To 7 lb. of candles for the use of the fort.6-6
To 3 cord of wood for said fort said 24/ per3-12-0
To cash delivered to Samuel Tuck’s wife the support of his family, extreme
poor, and sundry time.3-4-0
To recording highway tax.0-8-0
To recording State and Town tax.1-4-0
To paper for the use of the Town said year past.16-
To my fee as Town Clerk the year past2-10-
To extraordinary charge and trouble as Town Clerk the year past1-0-
To cash delivered to Miss Hales for her support.0-3-
To sundry services done for the Town.0-4-9
91-6-4
Contrary Credit
1776by cash received of Joseph Lee for two carriages and utensils sold him9-10-5
by cash received for entrenching tools29-9-8
by cash received of Simon Lovett for rent of School House 17760-16-0
by cash received for 148 wt. pork found to poor Boston3-14-0
by cash received for 356 wt. of beef that was found for the poor of
Boston4-9-0
£47-19-1
Balance due£43-7-3
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At a meeting of the Selectmen March 8 1777 ordered the Treasurer to pay Capt. Edmund Giles
thirteen pounds nine shillings and ten pence for the following account this day allowed viz.
To 6 feet of wood delivered to Ralph Tuck.1-1-1
To 1 day putting out and taking care of the poor.0-4-0
To1 days time spent taking care of small pox.0-8-2
To 2 ½ days providing cannon, building breastworks.0-10-0
To 1 ½ cord of wood found Miss Todd.2-3-0
To10 Ten days making highway Town and State Taxes.2-1-0
To 11 feet of wood found wid. Hales.1-17-6
To 1 cord wood found Nathaniel Wallis in part pay for his house rent when they
had small pox in it.1-6-2
To ½ cord wood delivered to George Groce when had small pox. 13-2
To 1 cord of wood delivered to the small pox house when Richard Harris had
small pox & died.1-6-10
To 3 hand Barrows to carry sods with.0-4-6
To ash timber for sponges and rammers.0-4-2
To two days expended in raising raising men for the Army.8-0
To time spent with Coast committee on Seacoast. 0-4-0
To 18/3 for sundry services done for the Town0-18-3
£13-9- 10