1881-11-08 ElectionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Beverly in said county Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and
warn in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the town, the inhabitants of the town of Beverly,
qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town on Tuesday the eight day of
November next at eight o'clock in the forenoon to give in their votes by ballot for a
Govemor, Lieutenant Govemor, Secretary, Treasurer
and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attomey General of the Commonwealth, a Councillor for
District Number Five, a Clerk of the Courts, and a County Commissioner for the County of Essex,
a Senator for the Third Senatorial District, and One Representative to the General Court for the Fifth
District of the County of Essex.
The votes for all the above named officers will be received on one piece of paper.
Also, to give in their votes, by ballot, for or against the following Article of Amendment of
the Constitution of this Commonwealth agreed to by the last and present General Courts, and
published in the manner required by the Constitution and herewith submitted to the people for their
ratification and adoption: -
Article of Amendment
"No person having served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war, and having
been honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified
therefor on account of being a pauper, or, if a pauper, because of the non payment of a poll tax."
Every person qualified to vote for senators and representatives in the General Court
may express his opinion on said article of amendment, without expressing in his ballot the contents
of said article, but the form of said ballot shall be as follows:
Amendment to the Constitution, "Yes" or "No"
The polls will be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon unless otherwise ordered by the
meeting. Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, before the
time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-first day of October in the year one thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
Joseph Wilson Selectmen
J. H. Young of
Freebom W. Cressy Beverly
Essex, ss. Beverly, October 28 A.D. 1881.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named, as therein
directed by posting notifications stating the time, place, and objects of said meeting at each of the
several places in town required by the Town Regulations.
Gardner Haskell, Constable of Beverly
A true copy of the original warrant and the return thereon.
Attest. Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex qualified
to vote for civil officers holden at the Town Hall in said town, on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, being the eighth day of said month in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty one for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney General of the Commonwealth,
a Councillor for District Number Five, a Clerk of the Courts and a County Commissioner for the
County of Essex, a Senator for the Third Senatorial District and one Representative to the General
Court for the Fifth Representative District of the County of Essex, all the ballots given in therefor
were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were
for the following persons namely:
For Governor
John D. Long, of Hingham, four hundred and twenty three votes 423
Charles P. Thompson, of Gloucester, one hundred and sixty six votes 166
Israel W. Andrews, of Danvers, twenty one votes 21
Charles Almy of New Bedford, thirteen votes 13
For Lieutenant Governor
Byron Weston of Dalton, four hundred and thirty two votes
James H. Carleton of Haverhill, one hundred and fifty nine votes
George Dutton of Springfield, twenty one votes
John Blackmer of Springfield, thirteen votes
432
159
21
13
For Secretary
Henry B. Peirce of Abington, four hundred and thirty four votes
Michael T. Donohoe of Somerville, one hundred and fifty five votes
Aaron B. Brown of Worcester, twenty one votes
Solomon F. Root of Douglas, twelve votes
434
155
21
12
For Treasurer and Receiver General
Daniel A. Gleason of Medford, four hundred and thirty two votes
William A. Hodges of Quincy, one hundred and fifty nine votes
George Foster of Lynn, twenty one votes
Thomas J. Lothrop of Taunton, twelve votes
432
159
21
12
For Auditor
Charles R. Ladd of Springfield, four hundred and twenty one votes
Charles R. Field of Greenfield, one hundred and sixty votes
Wilbur F. Whitney of Ashburnham, twenty one votes
Jonathan Buck of Harwich, twelve votes
421
160
21
12
For Attorney General
George Marston of New Bedford, four hundred and thirty two votes
Patrick A. Collins of Boston, one hundred and fifty eight votes
David O. Allen of Lynn, twenty one votes
Samuel M. Fairfield of Malden, twelve votes
432
158
21
12
For Councillor for District Number Five
Joseph Davis of Lynn, four hundred and thirty one votes
Forrest L. Evans of Salem, one hundred and sixty one votes
Samuel B. Gregory of Hamilton, twenty one votes
431
161
21
For Clerk of the Courts
Alfred A. Abbott of Peabody, five hundred and seventy four votes
Charles H. Webber of Salem, one vote
574
1
For County Commissioner
John W. Raymond of Beverly, four hundred and forty four votes
George W. Brown of Marblehead, one hundred and forty votes
Andrew H. Paton of Danvers, twenty two votes
444
140
22
For Senator for Third Essex District
Francis Norwood of Beverly, four hundred and seventy six votes
Jason L. Curtis of Rockport, one hundred and seventeen votes
Benjamin O. Peirce
Alfred A. Abbott of Peabody, one vote
476
117
2
1
For Representative to the General Court for the Fifth Essex District
John I. Baker of Beverly, three hundred and eighty three votes 383
Joseph W. Stocker of Beverly, two hundred and thirty votes 230
Joseph Wilson Selectmen
J. H. Young of
Freeborn W. Cressy Beverly
Attest. Wm. H. Young, Town Clerk
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Beverly, qualified to vote for Senators
and Representatives, held on Tuesday the eighth day of November in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty one for the purpose of giving in their votes by ballot for or against an Article of
Amendment of the Constitution of this Commonwealth submitted to the people for their approval
or rejection by Resolves of the General Court entitled "Resolve concerning an Amendment to the
constitution to prevent the Disfranchisement of certain Soldiers and Sailors becoming Paupers."
approved by the Governor on the sixth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty
one and said meeting having voted thereon in the manner prescribed the ballots given in were sorted,
counted, and recorded and declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were as follows, viz:
Amendment to the Constitution - Yes
One hundred and eighty eight votes
Amendment to the Constitution - NO
Two hundred and twelve votes
Joseph Wilson
J. H. Young
Freeborn W. Cressy
Attest.
Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk
Selectmen
of
Beverly
Beverly, Sept. 12, 1881
To the Selectmen of the Town of Beverly,
Gent. I have occasion to use twenty five Town of Beverly
bonds, of One thousand dollars each, authorized by the Act of the Legislature approved April 30,
1881 for the purpose of paying the same amount of the outstanding notes of the Town -
Yrs. Respectfully
R. G. Bennett Town Treasurer.
Received and recorded December 1, 1881 at eight o'clock P.M.
Town Clerk
By Wm. H. Lovett,
To the Selectmen of the Town of Beverly
I have occasion to issue two hundred and seven bonds, (207) of One thousand dollars
each, under Chapter 231 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1881, for the purpose of selling
the same at their market value and applying the proceeds to the payment of the following notes.
date holder due amt
July 7, 1881 Beverly Savings Bank Demand $5,000
July 7, 1881 Beverly National Bank do 22,00
July 21, 1881 Do Do do 3,500
(original note $10,500 paid $7000)
July 22, 1881 Beverly Savings Bank do 10,000
Sept. 3, 1881 Do Do 15,000
Sept. 7, 1881 Do Do 35,000
Sept. 7, 1881 Beverly National Bank 5,000
$95,500
Said noted having been given to take care of the following notes until bonds under this Act
could be issued, which last named notes were outstanding July 6, 1881, when said Act was accepted
by the Town and went into operation, viz.
date holder due amt
New Eng & Mu. Life Ins Co
John A. Lowell Trustee
Salem Five Cents Sav. Bk.
New Eng & Mu. Life Ins Co
David Preston
$25000
10000
20000
40000
500
$95,500
Two of the notes first aforesaid, being the note dated, July 7, 1811 for $22,000 and note dated
Sept. 7, 1881 for $5000 have been paid with the proceeds so far as they went of the twenty five (25)
bonds issued under requisition dated Sept. 12, 1881, - which twenty five bonds are to be canceled
and twenty five new bonds of the same tenor as the one hundred and eighty two others covered by
this requisition issued in place thereof, the said proceeds amounting to $25562 50/100. In addition
to the above notes the proceeds of said two hundred and seven bonds are to be applied to the
payment of the following notes.
due holder
June 30,1880 Beverly Savings Bank
July 2, 1880 do do
July 10, 1880 do do
July 15,1880 do do
Mch 31, 1880 do do
May2,1880 do do
May10,1871
Jany 15, 1872
Oct. 30,1875
Jany 20, 1875
July 10, 1875
due
demand
do
do
do
do
do
W. F. Fitz & T. H. Kitfield Trustees May 10, 1881
Mary C. Martin Jany 15, 1877
A. W. Smith Oct 30, 1880
A. D. Kilham Demand
A. Perry & Co do
amt
$5000
5000
2500
5000
5000
4200
1000
14000
3500
2000
4000
Dec 9, 1878 Abby F. Andrews Dec 9, 1881 3100
Jany 1, 1872 N.E. New Life Ins Co Jany 1, 1882 10000
Jany 1, 1876 Isaac Knowlton do 3000
Feby 1, 1877 Wor. Co. lnst. for Savings Feby 1, 1882 25000
Feb 3, 1877 Danvers Savings Bk. Feby 3, 1882 10000
Feb 3, 1877 Eliot Five Cents Sav. Bk Feby 3, 1882 100000
And I hereby request you to countersign for the purpose aforesaid two hundred and seven
(207) bonds each in the sum of One thousand dollars.
R. G. Bennett
December 1, 1881 Treas. of Beverly
Received and recorded December 1, 1881 at eight o'clock P.M.
By Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk
To the Selectmen of the Town of Beverly
I have occasion to issue Ninety-three (93) bonds of One thousand dollars each, under
the act of the Legislature for the year 1881, for the purposes of selling the same at their market value
and applying the proceeds to the payment of the following notes, viz.;
Nov 24, 1873 State of Mass due Nov 24, 83 $5000
May 4, 1880 Beverly Sinking Fund Demd 5000
Feb 15, 1878 do do 4200
March 8, 1880 do Mch 8, '85 4100
May 19, 1874 State of Mass. May 19 '84 I0000
Feby 28, 1876 Beverly Sinking Fund Feb 28 '88 10000
May 8, 1880 do Demd 5000
June 4, 1880 do do 5000
June 30, 1880 do do 5000
Feby 22, 1881 do do 15000
Feby 15, 1878 do do 10000
Feby 7, 1877 Inst. For Savings Newburyport Feb 7 '82 15000
$93,300
And I hereby request you to countersign for the purpose aforesaid ninety-three (93) bonds
each in the sum of One thousand dollars. R.G. Bennett
January 18, 1882 Town Treasurer
Received and recorded March 8, 1882 at six o'clock P.M.
By Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk