1841-05-05 ElectionEssex, ss, Beverly. To one of the Constables of said Town - Greeting: you are hereby required in the
name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the qualified voters of said Town
to meet at the Old Town Hall on Wednesday the fifth day of May next at One o’clock P.M. for the
purpose of giving in their votes for three County Commissioners and One Special Commissioner
within & for our County of Essex. The poll will open at one, and close at three o’clock P.M. and the
ballots for each will be received on one piece of paper - Hereof fail not but make due return of this
warrant with your doings thereon before said time - Given under our hands and seal this 26th day of
April A.D. 1841.
Essex, ss, Beverly May 5, 1841. Pursuant to the foregoing: I have notify the persons therein named
as therein directed, by posting notices as per, Town Regulations.
Josiah WoodberrySelectmen
Isaac Galoux of
William H. Lovett Beverly
William D. Crosfield, Constable Beverly.
A true record. Attest. John I. Baker, Town Clerk.
At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held on Wednesday the 5th day of
May A.D. 1841, the electors proceeded to give in their votes for Three County Commissioners and
One Special Commissioner and the whole number of ballots was ascertained according to law to be
as follows-for County Commissioners .For Special Commissioners.
And the votes for County and Special Commissioners were sorted, counted and ascertained
and declared to be for the following persons-
For County Commissioners.For Special Commissioner.
John Tenney of Methuen, six votesWilliam Whipple of Rockport, ten votes
Daniel Putnam of Salem, ten votesBenjamin F. Newhall of Saugus, fifty eight votes
Moses Newell of Newbury, eight votesJohn W. Allen of Manchester, thirty six votes
Charles Kimball of Ipswich, sixty votesSamuel Avery of Marblehead, one vote
William Whipple of Rockport, fifty-seven votesJosiah Woodberry of Beverly, one vote
Robert Patton of Amesbury, sixty votes
Asa W. Wildes of Newbury, thirty-nine votes
Asa T. Newhall of Lynnfield, thirty-seven votes
Thomas E. Payson of Rowley, thirty-six votes
Jacob Story of Essex, one vote
Robert Rantoul of Beverly, two votes
John Page of Danvers, one vote
David Colby of Manchester, one vote.
Attest.
John I. Baker, Town Clerk.