1883-11-06 ElectionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Beverly in said County. Greeting.
In the name of 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 sixth day of
November next at eight o'clock in the forenoon to give in their votes by ballot for a Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney General of
the Commonwealth, a Councillor for District Number Five, a Sheriff, County Commissioner, Two
Special Commissioners and Three Commissioners of Insolvency, and a Register of Probate and
Insolvency for the County of Essex, a District Attorney for the Eastern District, a Senator for the
Third Senatorial District, and One Representative to the General Court for the Fifth Representative
District of the County of Essex.
The votes for all the above mentioned officers will be received on one piece of paper, and
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
of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty third day of October, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three
John I. Baker
Isaac Ober Selectmen
Henry W. Foster of
Nathan H. Foster Beverly
Freeborn W. Cressy
Essex ss. Beverly, October 24, A.D. 1883.
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 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, it being the sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty three, a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver General,
Auditor, and Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a Councillor for District Number Five, a
Sheriff, County Commissioner, two Special Commissioners and Three Commissioners of
Insolvency, for the County of Essex, a District Attorney for the Eastern District, 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
Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell, eight hundred and fifty two votes
George D. Robinson of Chicopee, eight hundred and seven votes
Charles Almy of New Bedford, forty six votes
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For Lieutenant governor
Oliver Ames, of Easton, nine hundred and twelve votes
James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, seven hundred and forty six votes
John Blackmer of Springfield, forty eight votes
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For Secretary
Henry B. Peirce of Abington, nine hundred and eighteen votes
Charles Marsh of Springfield seven hundred and forty three votes
Solomon F. Root of Douglas forty six votes
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For Treasurer and Receiver General
Daniel A. Gleason of Medford nine hundred and fourteen votes
Charles H. lngalls of North Adams seven hundred and forty four votes
Thomas J. Lothrop of Taunton forty eight votes
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For Auditor
Charles R. Ladd of Springfield nine hundred and fourteen votes
John Hopkins of Millbury seven hundred and forty four cotes
Jonathan Buck of Gloucester forty eight votes
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For Attorney General
Edgar J. Sherman of Lawrence, nine hundred and fourteen cotes
John W. Cummings of Fall River, seven hundred and forty one votes
Samuel M. Fairfield of Malden, forty eight votes
Edgar J. Sherman of Fall River one vote
Hertry P. Moulton of Salem one vote
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741
48
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For Councillor for District Number Five
Edward H. Haskell of Gloucester, eight hundred and eight votes
Robert Tarr of Gloucester, eight hundred and forty nine votes
Myron W. Haines of Marblehead forty nine votes
For Sheriff
Horatio I. Herrick of Lawrence nine hundred and sixty five votes
Luther Day of Haverhill seven hundred and forty two votes
For County Commissioners
Zachariah Graves of Lynn nine hundred and fifteen votes
George J. L. Colby, of Newburyport seven hundred and ninety votes
John Raymond one vote
For Two Special Commissioners
Aaron Sawyer of Amesbury nine hundred and fourteen votes
Orlando B. Tenney of Georgetown nine hundred and fourteen votes
Daniel B. Lord of Salem seven hundred and forty five votes
Thomas Kivelle of Amesbury six hundred and eighty eight votes
Thomas Kivelle of Salisbury, fifty six votes
Daniel W. Friend of Manchester, forty eight votes
Edward T. Waldron of Danvers, forty eight votes
For Three Commissioners of Insolvency
William L. Thompson of Lawrence nine hundred and fourteen votes
Nathaniel J. Holden of Salem, nine hundred and fourteen votes
Warren Tilton of Haverhill nine hundred and thirteen votes
Francis C. Richardson of Essex, seven hundred and forty four votes
William F. Moyes of Lawrence, seven hundred and forty three votes
For Register of Probate and Insolvency
Jeremiah T. Mahoney of Salem seventeen hundred and four votes
Henry P. Moulton of Salem, one vote
For District Attorney for the Eastern District
Henry P. Moulton of Salem nine hundred and seventy five votes
Henry F. Hurlburt of Lynn, six hundred and eighty five votes
John W. Berry of Lynn, forty six votes
J. I. Baker, one vote
Patrick Collins of Beverly, one vote
For senator for Third Essex District
John W. Marshall of Rockport, eight hundred and five votes
Isaac A. S. Steele of Gloucester eight hundred and fifty two votes
Edwin F. Mitchell of Beverly forty four votes
Edward F. Mitchell on vote
Robert Tarr of Gloucester one vote
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For Representative to the General Court for the Fifth Essex District
John I. Baker of Beverly, eight hundred and eighty nine votes
Leonard C. Foss of Beverly, eight hundred and seven votes
Charles Moulton of Beverly, one vote
John B. Hill of Beverly one vote
Edwin F. Mitchell of Beverly one vote
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9:55 P.M.
John I. Baker
Nathan H. Foster Selectmen
Freeborn W. Cressy of
Isaac Ober Beverly
Henry W. Foster
Attest. Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk