1857-11-03 ElectionCommonwealth 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 Nine o’clock before noon for the following purposes. Viz.:-
To give in their ballots for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver
General, Auditor of Accounts, and Attorney General of this Commonwealth.
To give in their ballots for a County Commissioner and Register of Probate for the County of Essex;
a Councillor for Councillor District Number Two; one Senator for the Fifth Senatorial District of the
County of Essex; and Two Representatives for the Third Representative District of the County of
Essex.
The votes for all the above named officers will be received on one piece of paper, and the polls will
be closed at four o’clock unless otherwise determined by the meeting.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before said time.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-third of day of October in the year
Eighteen Hundred Fifty Seven.
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
Thomas A. MorganSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
John Ober
Beverly Nov. 2, 1857. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named
as therein directed, by posting notices thereof at or near each of the public meeting houses in town
according to the Town Regulations.
Levi Cole, Constable.
A true record of the 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 Representative District No. Three in
the County of Essex, qualified as by the Constitution required to vote for civil officers, holden on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the third day of said month in the year One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven for the purpose of giving in their votes for two
Representatives for said District No. Three, the whole number of ballots given in was -
Six Hundred Eighty Four
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed; and were for the following persons, viz.: -
Robert S. Rantoul Beverly Three Hundred seventy-three votes
Francis M. Dodge of Wenham three hundred eighty-two votes
Joseph D. Tuck of Beverly two hundred fifty-seven votes
Nathaniel Conant of Topsfield two hundred thirty-three votes
Daniel Foster of Beverly forty-seven votes
John Adams of Topsfield forty-four votes
Charles Stephens three votes
H. Ross one vote
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Thomas A. Morgan
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 first
Monday in November being the Third day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty Seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor of the Commonwealth the
whole number of ballots given in for said officer was, Six Hundred Seventy Eight.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed; and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Nathaniel P. Banks of Waltham four hundred twenty-three votes
Henry J. Gardner of Boston two hundred eight votes
Erastus D. Beach of Springfield forty-six votes
Charles Allen one vote
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson WalkerSelectmen of Beverly
John Ober
Aaron Dodge
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 first Monday
in November, being the third day of November in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
Seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, the
whole number of ballots given in for said officer was, Six Hundred Seventy Nine votes.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed, and were for the following persons, viz.: -
Eliphalet Trask of Springfield four hundred twenty-four votes.
Alexander DeWitt of Oxford two hundred eight votes
Albert Currier of Newburyport forty-seven votes.
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in County of Essex, qualified, as by the
Constitution required to vote for Civil Officers, holden on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, being the third day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
Seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Secretary of the Commonwealth, the whole number
of votes given in for said officer, was, Six Hundred & Fifty Seven.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed, and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Oliver Warner of Northampton four hundred twelve votes.
Benjamin L. Allen of Boston one hundred ninety-seven votes
Jonathan E. Field of Stockbridge forty-eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
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 first Monday
in November, being the third day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty
Five, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Treasurer and Receiver General of the
Commonwealth, the whole number of ballots given in for said officer was, six hundred seventy seven.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed; and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Moses Tenney Jr. of Georgetown Four hundred twenty four votes
Timothy Ingraham of New Bedford Two hundred five votes
Charles Thompson of Charlestown forty eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants 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 first Monday
in November it being the third day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Auditor of the Commonwealth, the whole number
of ballots given in for said officer was, Six Hundred Eighty Two.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed, and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Charles White of Worcester four hundred twenty seven votes
Chandler R. Ransom of Roxbury two hundred & seven votes
Seymour L. Meade of Nantucket forty eight votes.
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson WalkerSelectmen of Beverly
John Ober
Aaron Dodge
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 first Monday
in November, it being the third day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
Seven for the purpose of giving in their votes for Attorney General of the Commonwealth, the whole
number of ballots given in for said officer was six hundred eighty two.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed and were for the following persons, viz.: -
Stephen H. Phillips of Salem four hundred twenty seven votes
John H. Clifford of New Bedford two hundred seven votes
Ezra Wilkinson of Dedham forty eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
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
law required to vote for Civil Officers holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November being the third day of said month in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Seven,
for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Register of Probate for said County of Essex, - for the
balance of the unexpired term of three years from the first Wednesday in January, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven: - the whole number of ballots given and was, Six Hundred Eighty.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by law directed;
and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Charles H. Hudson of Newburyport Three hundred twenty four votes
James Ropes of Salem Three hundred eighty votes
E. A. Ingalls of Lynn forty eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson WalkerSelectmen of Beverly
John Ober
Aaron Dodge
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, held agreeably to law,
for the choice of a County Commissioner, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Seven, the qualified voters of said Town
brought in their written votes for a County Commissioner, and the Selectmen of said town in open
town meeting sorted and counted the votes and made public declaration of the names of all the
persons voted for, and the number of votes for each, and the following is the result of said balloting,
Whole number of ballots, six hundred seventy nine.
For James Kimball of Salem four hundred three votes
For George Wilson of Marblehead two hundred seventy six the votes
For Alfred Kittredge of Haverhill
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in Council District No. Two, qualified
as by the Constitution required, to vote for Civil officers holden on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, being the third day of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Councillor for said District No. Two, the
whole number of ballots given in was six hundred seventy nine.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed; - and were for the following persons, viz.: -
George Cogswell of Bradford four hundred twenty seven votes
Daniel P. Pike of Newburyport two hundred five votes
William Nutting Jr. of Marblehead forty seven votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a meeting of Inhabitants of Beverly in the fifth Senatorial District in Essex County, qualified as by
the Constitution required, to vote for civil officers, legally holden on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, being the third day of said month, in the year One thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty Seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Senator for said fifth District, the whole
number of ballots given in was, Six Hundred Sixty Seven.
The said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the
Constitution is directed; and were and for the following persons, viz.:-
John Prince of Essex Four Hundred Two votes
James Manning of Rockport Two Hundred Sixteen votes
John Parsons of Gloucester of Forty Eight votes
W. Hinkley one vote
Wm. H Lovett
Lawson Walker
John OberSelectmen of Beverly
Aaron Dodge
Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk