1780-11-17At a Meeting of the Selectmen Nov. 17,1780.
Ordered the Treasurer pay Joseph Wood £ 120 for money he paid Col. Jacob Garrish to
forward the horses procured by the Town for the State to the place of destination.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Joseph Wood twelve hundred and seventy pounds eight
shillings in full of his account as followeth. Viz.
1780 JuneTo cash paid Dea. Dodge for expense he paid at Greenwood.2.14.0
JulyTo 3/4 of a day at Baker’s about accounts etc..13.10.0
To 1 day and expenses at Salem about Derby affair90.0.0
To ½ day appointing Meeting and carrying warrants to
Constables.10.0.0
To 1 1/4 days buying horses and etc..22.10.0
AugustTo 1 1/4 day settling Town affairs.22.10.0
Sept.To 3 ½ days making hard money tax etc..63.0.0
To cash paid Mr. Parsons for advice about Derby affair etc.70.0.0
To 1 day settling accounts &9.0.0
To 1 day paying mileage and receiving same etc.21.0.0
To 3 ½ days making Beef Tax63.0.0
To recording the same 2 days at home.48.0.0
To ½ day receiving money for beef.12.0.0
To cash paid Mr. Leach on account of mistake in the money he
received of Treasurer for beef.6.0.0
To recording the hard money tax 2 ½ days and other writing in
the Book.60.0.0
To 2 half days settling Town affairs and to Salem etc. about
Derby affair.18.0.0
To 2 quire of paper for the Town’s use.30.0.0
To 3 days procuring clothing and marking the same and carrying
the same to the agent to Danvers twice.102.0.0
To mileage paid militia by Town’s order.487.4.0
To my fee for ½ year as Town Clerk.170.0.0
1780 Dec.To a list of Town assessments committed unto Constable Robert
Standley to collect of.13850.7.0
To one ditto committed to Constable Benjamin Obear to collect.57858.18
To one ditto committed to Constable William Hazeltine to collect.18609.5
To one over plus in said Hazeltine state list.39.15.8
To one ditto committed to Constable Jonathan Dodge to collect
of.13903.15
To one ditto committed to Constable Weeden Cole to collect of.12728.16
To a balance due from the several Constables on a settlement
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with the former Town Treasurer’s executor on the 15 January
1781.51595.8.9
1781 MarchTo cash received of the State on account of clothing procured by9998
Selectmen for the State received by the hand of Benjamin Obear
Added to Constable Benjamin Obear’s list since signing.100018
Added to Constable Robert and the ditto64.11
Added to Weeden Cole’s ditto.9.11
Foot of debt of currency £178759.5.5
1781 MayTo cash in hand for the Town to procure Continental men with1180
in the old currency.£ 179939.5.5
1782 Juneadded to Constable Benjamin Obear’s list after signing.37
1781To cash received of Joseph Wood.824.2
1783To cash received of Asa Leech.832.10
To balance due on the last adjustment.31071.1.1
Money given in to the Town Clerk£ 32764.13.1
old emissions 55,143 dollars
Ordered the Town Treasurer to paid Dea. William Dodge two hundred and twenty-seven
pounds 10/ in full of the following account.
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1780 July 4To ½ day about Towns affairs.9
To ½ day procuring horses.18
AugustTo ½ day settling accounts.9
To ½ day settling Town affairs.9
Sept.To ½ days settling Town account.9
To 3 days about silver money tax.54
Octr.To ½ day settling account.9
To 1 day procuring of clothing.24
To transporting clothing to Danvers.30
Nov.To ½ [day] about Joseph Larcom.9
To ½ day about Town affairs.9
To ½ day settling account etc.9
To 1 pair stockings20.10
Ordered the Treasurer to pay William Taylor two hundred and four pound in full of the
following account.
1780 JulyTo ½ day settling Town’s affairs. 9
To 1 day procuring horses.18
Sept.To one day settling account.18
To one day about Town affairs.18
To 3 days making hard money tax.54
Octr.To ½ day settling Town account.9
To one day procuring State clothing.24
Nov.To one day at Larcom’s.18
To two days making tax for beef.36
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Philip Richardson £ 20 for a poll tax, not of age to him.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay to either of the Selectmen £ 176 towards paying for beef for the
Army.