1857-11-12Commonwealth 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 Thursday the twelfth day of November
current at Two o’clock afternoon for the following purposes. Viz.:-
1st. To decide the manner of choosing a Moderator and to choose the same.
2d. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as revised by the Selectmen.
3d. To see what action the town will take in relation to an Order of Notice from the County
Commissioners upon the petitioner Wyatt C. Boyden for abatement of taxes.
4th. To see if the town will reconsider a vote passed at a meeting held April 18,1857 whereby the
town adopted the Act of 1839 in regard to the Fire Department. - per petition of Nathan H. Webb
and others.
Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before said time.
Given under our hands and seal this fourth day of November, in the year
Eighteen Hundred Fifty Seven.
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson Walker
Aaron DodgeSelectmen of Beverly
Thomas A. Morgan
Beverly Nov. 6,1857. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified the persons therein named
as therein directed by posting notifications thereof at or near each of the public meeting houses in
town according to the Town Regulations.
Jacob Lunt, Constable.
A true record of the original warrant and return thereon.
Attest.James Hill, Town Clerk
At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly (held in pursuance to the warrant
recorded on the next preceding page) at the Town Hall on Thursday the Twelfth day of November
in the year 1857, at Two o’clock afternoon, it was
Voted. That a Moderator be chosen by hand vote, and Haskell D. Whitney was thus chosen
Moderator.
Voted. That the Jury List as revised by the Selectman be accepted (this List is recorded on page 559
of this book.)
Upon the 3d Article of the warrant,
Voted. That the Assessors be requested to make Dr. Boyden’s Tax in accordance with his estimate
of property on May 1,1857, to be given under oath.
Upon the 4th. Article, the petition of N. H. Webb & others.
Voted. That the subject of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted. That this meeting be dissolved, and it was so declared by the Moderator.
A true record. Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk.
The following is the List of Juror as revised by the Selectmen and her presented to the town,
and accepted at a meeting held Nov. 12,1857.
Amos LefavourRobert Whipple
John AbbottCyrus W. LordJohn P. Webber Jr.
Hooper A. AppletonCharles F. LovettRobert H. Ward
Isaac AppletonWilliam H. LovettHenry Woodberry
Simeon BeckfordAl Leon P. LoweLevi Woodberry 2d
Austin BurnhamGeorge S. MillettLuther Woodberry
Zachariah ColeThomas A. MorganStephen L. Woodberry
Aaron DodgeJohn MeacomWilliam G. Woodberry
Albert T. DodgeMoses MarshallDaniel Woodberry
Charles F. DodgeAndrew K. Ober
Andrew L. EatonJoseph Ober
Asa EdwardsJohn Ober
Israel O. EdwardsJohn R. Ober
Stephen P. ElliottJohn F. Ober
Robert R. EndicottSamuel Ober
Charles FriendJeremiah Porter 2d
Shadrack FiskeFrancis D. Porter
Leonard C. FoxEdward P. Porter
Daniel FosterWarren Prince
Daniel Foster 2dCharles H. Preston
Ezra L. FosterJohn W. Raymond
Henry F. FosterRobert Remmonds Jr.
Issacher FosterJohn L. Smith
Samuel FosterJohn O. Standley
William P. FriendHerbert S. Standley
Augustus GilesGeorge W. Stickney
Edmund GilesJohn Stone
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Benjamin GoldsburyIsrael Trask 4
Benjamin D. GrantDavid Thissell
Ephraim HathawayAbraham Trowt
James HillJacob W. Trowt
John B. HillJohn F. Trowt
Zebulon O.HaleJoseph the talk
George M. HildrethHandel Wallis 2d
Luther HerrickBenjamin Wallis
Samuel D. HerrickEleazar Wallis
Francis JennessEdward Wallis 2d
John KnowltonDaniel Wallis
John LarcomJohnny E. Wallis
Asa LarcomLuther Wallis
Samuel S. LeeLawson Walker
Benjamin LarcomJoseph Wilson
John LefavourBenjamin Williams
A true record.Attest.
James Hill, Town Clerk.