1868-11-03Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss.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 Third day of
November next at eight o’clock before noon to give in their votes by ballot for the following officers.
Viz.:-
Electors of President and Vice President of the United States.
Representative in the next Congress of the United States, from District Number Five.
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney
General of said Commonwealth.
Councillor for District Number Two, and Senator for Fifth Essex District.
To Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth District of the county of Essex.
District Attorney for the Eastern District.
Sheriff, Register of Probate and Insolvency, County Commissioner, Two Special Commissioners and
Three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Essex.
The said officers will all be voted for on one ballot, and the poll will be opened
at eight o’clock A.M. and closed at four o’clock P.M. unless otherwise ordered by the meeting.
Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with
your doings thereon before said time.
rd
Given under our hands and seal this 23 day of October A.D., 1868.
John I. Baker
Seth NorwoodSelectmen of Beverly
Samuel Porter
th
Beverly Oct. 24 1871. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named
as therein directed by posting notifications thereof at the several places in town according to the
Town Regulations.
A true copy of original warrant and return thereon.William P. Moses, Constable of Beverly
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 is required, to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the Tuesday
next at the first Monday in November, being the Third day of said month in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States; - Representative in the Congress of the United States for District
Number Five; - Governor; - Lieutenant Governor; - Secretary; - Treasurer and Receiver General; -
Auditor; - and Attorney General of said Commonwealth; - Councillor for District Number Two; -
Senator for Fifth Essex District; - Two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth District
of the County of Essex; - District Attorney for the Eastern District; - Sheriff; - Register of Probate
and Insolvency; - County Commissioner; - Two Special Commissioners; - and Three Commissioners
of Insolvency for the County of Essex; - all ballots given in therefor were sorted, counted and
recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed and were for the following
persons: viz.;-
For Collectors at Large.
David Sears of Boston, nine hundred thirty-one
John H. Clifford of New Bedford, nine hundred thirty-one
Josiah G. Abbott of Boston, one hundred nineteen
John R. Briggs of Sheffield, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Two.
Richard L. Pease of Edgartown, nine hundred thirty-one
Isaiah T. Jones of Sandwich, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Two
William Mason of Taunton, nine hundred thirty-one
S. E. Thaxter of Abington, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Three
William Whiting of Boston, nine hundred thirty-one
James M. Keith of Boston, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Four
Frank B. Fay of Chelsea, nine hundred thirty-one
Edwin C. Barnes of Chelsea, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Five
James N. Buffam of Lynn, nine hundred thirty-one
Jonathan Nayson of Amesbury, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Six
George Cogswell of Bradford, nine hundred thirty-one
John K. Tarbox of Lawrence, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Seven
J. Wiley Edwards of Newton, nine hundred thirty-one
William F. Salmon of Lowell, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Eight
Paul Whitin of Northbridge, nine hundred thirty-one
Levi Barker of Worcester, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Nine
Charles A. Stevens of Ware, nine hundred thirty-one
J. Otis Hale of Hubbardston, one hundred nineteen
For an Elector for District Number Ten
Milton B. Whitney of Westfield, nine hundred thirty-one
Henry W. Bishop of Lenox, one hundred nineteen
For Representative in the Congress of the United States from District Number Five
Benjamin F. Butler Gloucester, seven hundred sixty-six
Otis P. Lord of Salem, one hundred twenty-eight
Richard H. Dana Jr. of Manchester, one hundred thirty-six
John I. Baker of Beverly three
John C. Kimball of Beverly one
For Governor
William Claflin of Newton, nine hundred thirteen
John Quincy Adams of Quincy, one hundred twenty-three
George Millett of Beverly, one
For Lieutenant Governor
Joseph Tucker of Lenox, nine hundred nine
Reuben Noble of Westfield, one hundred twenty-four
For Secretary
Oliver Warner of Northampton, nine hundred fifteen
Charles Brimblecom of Barre, one hundred twenty-two
For Treasurer & Receiver General
Jacob H. Loud of Plymouth, nine hundred fifteen
Harvey Arnold of North Adams, one hundred twenty-two
For Auditor
Henry S. Briggs of Pittsfield, nine hundred fifteen
F. Devereaux of Boston, one hundred twenty-two
For Attorney General
Charles Allen of Boston, nine hundred fourteen
William C. Endicott of Salem, one hundred twenty-one
A. A. Abbott of Peabody, one
For Councillor for District Number Two
Roland G. Usher of Lynn, nine hundred twenty-four
Jeremiah P. Jones of Georgetown, one hundred twenty-two
William Endicott of Beverly, one.
For Senator for Fifth Essex District
J. Scott Todd of Rowley, nine hundred twenty-six
Benjamin H. Corliss of Gloucester one hundred twenty-three
For District Attorney for the Eastern District.
Edgar J. Sherman of Lawrence, eight hundred ten
S. Edwin Iveson of Lynn, one hundred seventeen
A. A. Abbott of Peabody, one hundred twenty-two
For Sheriff
Horatio G. Herrick of Lawrence, nine hundred fifteen
William Nutting Jr. of Marblehead, one hundred twenty-one
For Register of Probate and Insolvency
Abner C. Goodell Jr. of Salem, nine hundred thirteen
J. H. Carlton of Haverhill, one hundred nineteen
Ephraim Brown of Salem, one
James Ropes of Salem, one
For County Commissioner
Charles P. Preston of Danvers, nine hundred fifteen
Charles Kimball of Ipswich, one hundred twenty-seven
For Two Special Commissioners
Amos Poor Jr. of West Newbury, nine hundred seventeen
Daniel W. Bartlett of Essex nine hundred seventeen
John G. Choate of Essex, one hundred twenty-two
Mark Jewett of Rowley, one hundred twenty-two
For Three Commissioners of Insolvency
William P. Upham of Salem, nine hundred sixteen
William L. Thompson of Lawrence, nine hundred sixteen
William C. Currier of Newburyport, nine hundred sixteen
Nathaniel Pierce of Newburyport, one hundred twenty
John W. Russell of Salem one
John I. Baker of Beverly eight hundred ninety-one
Freeborn W. Cressy of Beverly eight hundred eighty-seven
David Crowell of Beverly one hundred twenty-one
Andrew L. Eaton of Beverly one hundred twenty
Freeborn Cressy of Beverly, nine
John H. Young of Beverly, eight
Joseph Wilson of Beverly, five
Robert R. Endicott of Beverly, five
John Pickett of Beverly, four
B. Osgood Pierce, two F. E. Porter, J. H. Wilson, William F. Davis, William D. Crosfield,
George Roundy, Eben Moulton and John C. Kimball one vote each
John I. Baker
Samuel Porter
Seth Norwood Selectmen
B. N. Dodge of Beverly
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk