1884-02-20 Feby 20, 1884
To the Selectmen of the Town of Beverly.
I have occasion to issue twenty (20) bonds of one thousand dollars each, under the
Act 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, viz.;
$10000 dated Jany. 12, 1872 N. E. Mu. Life Ins. Co. due Jany. 12, '84
4000 dated July 27, 1878 Isaac Knowlton due July 27 '84
4000 dated July 26, 1879 do due July 26 '84
1300 (part) Feby. 22, 1879 Bev. Sinking Fund Demand
And I hereby request you to countersign for the purpose aforesaid twenty (20) bonds each in
the sum of one thousand dollars.
R. G. Bennett Treasr. of Beverly
Received and recorded February 22, A.D. 1884 at forty five minutes past eight o'clock P .M.
By Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk