1866-11-06 ElectionEssex, ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth, to notify and warn (in the usual
manner) the qualified voters of said town to meet at the Town Hall on Tuesday the Sixth day of
November, at Nine o'clock, before noon;-
To give in their ballots, for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Representative in the Congress of
United States: - a County Commissioner and Clerk of the Courts for thc County of Essex.- a
Councillor for District Number Two: - a Senator for the Fifth District: - and Two Representatives
in the General Court for Represeutative District Number Ten of the County of Essex.
The ballots for all the above named officers will be received on one piece of paper, and the polls will
be closed at Four o'clock P.M. unless otherwise determined by the meeting.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before the time of the
time appointed for said Meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-second day of October in thc year Eighteen
Hundred and Sixty Six.
Joseph Wilson
James Hill
J. W. Raymond
Selectmen of Beverly
Essex, ss. Oct. 30,1866. 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 or near each of the public meeting houses and other places in town as required by the
Town Regulations.
Robert N. Brown, Constable.
A true copy of original warrant and return thereon
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly in the County of Essex, qualified, as
by the Constitution required, to vote for civil officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the fn'st
Monday in November, being the Sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Governor: - Lieutenant Governor: - Secretary: -
Treasurer: - Auditor: - and Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: - a
Representative in the Congress of the United States: - a County Commissioner and Clerk of the
Courts for the County of Essex: - a Councillor for District Number Two: - a Senator for the Fifth
District: - and Two Representatives in the General Court for Representative District Number Ten
of the County of Essex.
All ballots given in therefore were sorted, counted and recorded and declaration thereof made, as by
the Constitution is directed, and were for the following persons. Namely:-
For Governor.
Alexander H. Bullock of Worcester, four hundred forty-one
Theodore H. Sweetser of Lowell, forty-two
Stevens Baker of Beverly, one
For Lieutenant Governor.
William Claflin of Newton, four hundred forty-seven
Horace C. Lee of Springfield, forty-two
For Secretary.
Oliver Warner of Northampton, four hundred and forty-six
Luther Stephenson Jr. of Hingham forty-two
Jonathan Warner of Marblehead, one
For Treasurer.
Jacob H. Loud of Plymouth, four hundred and forty-six
Harvey Arnold of Adams, forty-two
Edwin Patch of Lynn, one
For Auditor.
Henry S. Briggs of Pittsfield, four hundred and forty-six
Arthur F. Devereaux of Roxbury, forty-two
Washington Lithgow of Charlestown, one
For Attorney General.
Chester I. Reed of Taunton, four hundred and forty-six
William C. Endicott of Salem, forty-two
For Representative in the Congress of the United States.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler of Gloucester, four hundred and sixteen
William D. Northend of Salem, fifty-three
John B. Alley of Lynn, one
William Phillips of Salem, one
I. F. Lee, one
For County Commissioner.
James Kimball of Salem, four hundred and forty-four
Jonathan Nayson of Amesbury, forty-two
John W. Raymond of Beverly, seven
John H. Young of Beverly, one
For Clerk of the Courts.
Asahel Huntington of Salem, four hundred and forty-eight
E. A. Ingalls of Lynn, forty-two
For Councillor.
Benjamin Evans of Salisbury, four hundred and forty-seven
James H. Carleton of Haverhill, forty-two
For Senator for Fifth Essex District
Frederick W. Choate of Beverly, three hundred and ninety-three
Charles C. Pettengell of Gloucester forty-one
William Endicott of Beverly, three
John C. Kimball of Beverly, Two
R. R. Endicott of Beverly, Robert N. Brown of Beverly, A. N. Clark of Beverly, George D. Chapman
of Beverly, Evan H. Moulton of Beverly, John I. Baker of Beverly, J. G. Smith of Beverly, James
Hill of Beverly and Samuel A. Endicott of Beverly, one vote each.
For Two Representatives in the General Court for the Tenth Representative District
of the County of Essex.
Col. John W. Raymond of Beverly, four hundred and forty-four
George B. Dodge of Hamilton, four hundred and forty-seven
Andrew L. Eaton of Beverly, forty-two
George W. Warner of Hamilton, thirty-nine
William G. Woodberry of Beverly,- one
Isaac Appleton of Beverly,- one
Joseph L. Abbott of Beverly,- one
Andrew Eaton of Beverly,- one
Henry Kitfield of Manchester,- one
Joseph Wilson
James Hill Selectmen
J. W. Raymond of
Ezra S. Foster Beverly
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk