1841-08-05 ElectionEssex, ss.. To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. 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 Thursday the fifth day of August next at one o’clock afternoon for
the purpose of giving in their votes for a Register of Deeds for said County - in pursuance of a
warrant from the County Commissioners directed to us -The poll will be open at One and close at
Three o’clock - Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before
said time - Notice to be given by posting notifications according to Town Regulations - given under
our hands and seal this twenty-first day of July A. D. 1841.
Isaac GalouxSelectmen
William H. Lovett of
Josiah Woodberry Beverly
Beverly, August 5,1841. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons
therein named as therein directed.
Francis Lamson, Constable Beverly.
At a meeting of the legal voters of town of Beverly called by a warrant from the County
Commissioners for the purpose of electing a Register of Deeds for said County for the term of five
years, held on the fifth day of August A. D. 1841 at one of the clock in the afternoon - The following
persons received the number of votes set against their names respectively viz.:
Ralph H. French had forty-five votes
Samuel Phillips of Newburyport had twelve votes
Eleazer M. Dalton of Salem had twenty votes
Joseph Shed of Danvers had five votes
Stephen P. Webb of Salem had fourteen votes
Josiah Woodberry was then chosen by ballot Moderator of the meeting.
Att. John I. Baker, Town Clerk