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1852-11-02 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 in the usual manner, the qualified voters of said town to meet at the Town Hall on Tuesday the second day of November next at nine o’clock before noon- To give in their ballots for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States for the next Presidential term: to wit, for two Electors at-large, one for each Congressional District. The poll will open at nine o’clock A.M. and close at four o’clock P.M. The votes will be received on one piece of paper, in a sealed envelope, according to the Ballot Law of 1851, and of 1852. 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-second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Alpheus Davis of Joseph E. Ober Beverly Andrew C. Baker Essex, ss. Beverly Oct. 23,1852. Pursuant to the within I have notified & warned the said voters to meet at the Town Hall by posting notices agreeable to the vote of the town. Francis Lamson, Constable. A true record of the original warrant and the return thereon. Attest. John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Essex, ss. November 2,1852. Charles H. Stocker. and Benjamin C. Sumner were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty as envelope distributors for this day, before John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex, qualified according to the Constitution to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two, being the second day of said month, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec. 13,) by counting the whole number of ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was eight hundred and fifty-five. And the whole number of votes given in were received, sorted, counted, and declared, and record thereof made in open town meeting, as by law directed; and said votes were as follows, viz.: For Electors at Large. Robert C. Winthrop of Boston, four hundred votes George Bliss of Springfield, four hundred votes Stephen C. Phillips of Salem, two hundred and twelve votes James Fowler of Westfield, two hundred and twelve votes Charles G. Greene of Boston, twenty-five votes James S. Whitney of Conway, two hundred and forty-three votes Charles C. Hazewell of Concord, two hundred and eighteen votes For an Elector for District Number One J. H. W. Page of New Bedford, four hundred votes John H. Shaw of Nantucket, two hundred and thirteen votes S. B. Phinney of Barnstable, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Two George H. Crocker of Taunton, four hundred votes Wm. H. Wood of Middleborough, two hundred and thirteen votes Edward Carznean of Hingham, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Three. John Gardner, Dedham, four hundred votes Ed. L. Keyes, Dedham, two hundred and thirteen votes Caleb Stetson, Braintree, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Four. Amos Lawrence, Boston, four hundred votes Timo. Gilbert, Boston, two hundred and thirteen votes Isaac Adams, Boston, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Five. Robert G. Shaw, Boston, four hundred votes J. G. Palfrey, Cambridge, two hundred and twelve votes Benjamin F. Hallett, Boston, twenty-five votes Charles L. Woodbury, Boston, two hundred and eighteen votes For an Elector for District Number Six. Daniel C. Baker, Lynn, four hundred votes J. G. Whittier, Amesbury, two hundred and thirteen votes Jonathan Nayson, Amesbury, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Seven George Coggswell, Bradford, four hundred votes S. E. Sewall, Stoneham, two hundred and thirteen votes Eben H. Safford, Haverhill, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Eight Jacob Coggin, Tewksbury, four hundred votes John W. Graves, Lowell, two hundred and thirteen votes Walter Fessenden, Townsend, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Nine Ebenezer Torrey, Fitchburg, four hundred votes Chas. Mason, Fitchburg, two hundred and twelve votes J. S. C. Knowlton, Worcester, two hundred and forty-three votes For an Elector for District Number Ten Rufus Bullock, Royalston, four hundred votes Rodols B. Hubbard, Sunderland, two hundred and whole votes O. P. Ingraham, South Hadley, two hundred and forty-two votes For an Elector for District Number Eleven Ezekiel R. Colt, Pittsfield, four hundred votes Joel Hayden, Williamsburg, two hundred and twelve votes Jonathan E. Field, Stockbridge, two hundred and forty-two votes Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Andrew C. Baker of Joseph E. Ober Beverly Alpheus Davis Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk Essex, 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 in the usual manner the qualified voters of the town of Beverly to meet at the Town Hall on Monday the eighth day of November next at nine o’clock before noon for the following purposes; viz.- To see if the town will send one or more persons to represent them in the next General Court, and if they so decide given in their ballots for the purpose of choosing the same. Also, To give in their ballots for a Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth, and for Senators for the District of Essex, for the ensuing political year; and for a Representative in the Congress of the United States, to fill a vacancy in Old District Number Two, and also for a Representative to the next Congress from District Number Six. Also, To give in their votes by ballot on this question: “Is it expedient that delegates should be chosen to meet in Convention, for the purpose of revising or altering the Constitution of government of this Commonwealth?” The votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators, Representatives to Congress and to the General Court will be received on one piece of paper, and with the votes upon the Constitutional Convention will all be received in one sealed envelope under the ballot laws of 1851 and 1852. The polls will open immediately after deciding upon sending Representatives, and close at four o’clock after noon 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 ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two. Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. Whitney Selectmen Alpheus Davis of Beverly Beverly October 30, 1852. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named as therein directed - Charles H. Stocker, Constable of Beverly. A true record of the original warrant and return. Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, held, pursuant to the foregoing warrant, on Monday the eighth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two, at Town Hall at nine o’clock before noon - Voted,To choose two Representatives to the next General Court, the poll to close at four o’clock P.M. at which time the ballots for Representatives were sorted, counted and declared as follows - Whole number of ballots, nine hundred and thirty four - Necessary to a choice, four hundred and sixty eight - Joseph E. Ober had four hundred and ninety five votes Willaim Endicott had four hundred and ninety one votes Levi A. Abbott had three hundred and seventy eight votes Frederick W. Choate had three hundred and seventy seven votes William Friend had forty six David Crowell had forty four votes John Proctor had thirteen votes Thomas Remmonds had eleven votes Jeremiah Porter had three votes Joshua Stickney had three votes Wells Standley head two votes Edward Pousland had two votes Mark Morgan had two votes, and the following had one vote each, Samuel Endicott, Amos Lefavour, Thomas A. Morgan, Samuel Dike, John Lovett, Daniel Foster, Ezra O. Woodbury, Edward P. Allen, Thomas Patterson, Aaron Foster, Ephraim Harris and Rice Morgan. And Joseph E. Ober and William Endicott having more than the Number requisite to a choice are accordingly elected, and were so declared. Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, holden on the eighth day of November being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our or Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec.n 13,) by counting the whole number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was For Governor, nine hundred and forty one For Lieutenant Governor, nine hundred and fifty three And the whole number of votes given in for Governor were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons:- For Governor, John H. Clifford of New Bedford, three hundred and sixty three votes- Horace Mann of West Newton, three hundred and twenty one votes- Henry W. Bishop of Lenox, two hundred and fifty votes David Henshaw of Leicester, three votes Rufus Choate, two votes - George Chapman one vote - William Friend one vote - And the whole number of votes given in for Lieutenant Governor were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons viz.:- For Lieutenant Governor, Elisha Huntington of Lowell, four hundred and three votes Amos Walker of North Brookfield, two hundred and eighty four votes James D. Thompson of New Bedford, two hundred and sixty three votes Bradford L. Wales of Randolph, three votes- Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Andrew C. Baker of Alpheus Davis Beverly Joseph E. Ober Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Senators, holden on the eighth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Senators, for the District of Essex, the whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was nine hundred and forty three. And the whole number of votes were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz.:- Albert Currier of Newburyport, five hundred and sixteen votes James M. Sargent of Lynn five hundred and fifteen votes C. D. Hunking of Haverhill four hundred and eighty nine votes Dan Weed of Lawrence, two hundred and four votes Elisha Mack of Salem, five hundred and seventeen votes Dan Weed Jr. of Lawrence, three hundred and thirteen votes Micajah Lunt of Newburyport, three hundred and seventy three votes Thomas Wright of Lawrence three hundred and seventy one votes Henry Russell of Salem four hundred votes Alfred A. Abbott of Danvers three hundred and seventy seven votes Nathaniel S. Howe of Haverhill, three hundred and eighty one votes James Blood of Newburyport, thirty seven votes William Hammond of Marblehead, thirty seven close George B. Loring of Salem, thirty seven votes Samuel C. Pitman of Marblehead, thirty seven votes Edward C. Peabody of Groveland, thirty seven votes Jonathan Morrill of Amesbury, three votes, N. J. Lord of Salem, three votes, Eben Sutton of Danvers, three votes, Josiah Lovett 2d of Beverly, two votes, Aaron Wallis of Ipswich, three votes, John B. Hill of Beverly, one vote, Joseph Gregory of Marblehead, three votes, Abraham H. Fisk, one vote, A. A. Blanchard of Lawrence, three votes, Edward Pousland one vote, Gilbert T. Hawes one vote, John Knowlton, one vote- Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Joseph E. Ober of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the eighth day of November being the second Monday of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of United States, for Old District Number Two, for the remainder of the term of two years from the fourth day of March, 1851. The whole number of persons who gave in the votes was ascertained as is directed and the Revised Statutes, (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of separate ballots given in, and the whole number of ballots was - nine hundred and thirty nine. And the whole number of votes given in were sorted, counted, recorded and declaration thereof made as by law is directed - and were for the following persons: - Francis B. Fay of Chelsea, three hundred and eighty seven votes John B. Alley of Flynn, two hundred and seventy five votes votes George Hood of Lynn, two hundred and thirty eight votes N. J. Lord of Salem, thirty six votes George Osborne of Danvers, three votes Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Joseph E. Ober of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution two vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the eighth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of United States, for District Number Six. The whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec.13), by counting the number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was - nine hundred and twenty six. And the whole number of votes given in were sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration thereof made as by Law is directed - and were for the following persons: - Charles W. Upham of Salem, three hundred and seventy one votes John B. Alley of Lynn, two hundred and seventy five votes George Hood of Lynn, two hundred and thirty eight votes N. J. Lord of Salem, thirty five votes Jeremiah L. C. Stickney of Lynn, three votes Benjamin Balch of Newburyport, two votes William Perry of Beverly, one vote Daniel B. Gardner of Salem, one vote Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Joseph E. Ober of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pursuant to an Act of the General Court of this Commonwealth, approved by the Governor, May 7, 1852, entitled, “And Act relating to the calling a Convention of Delegates of the People, for the purpose of revising the Constitution,” - the inhabitants of the town of Beverly qualified to vote for Senators, or Representatives of the General Court, being duly convened, at a meet legally warned and held on the second Monday of November current, 1852, being the eighth day of said month, for the purpose of giving in their votes upon the following question, viz.: - “ Is it expedient that delegates should be chosen to meet in convention for the purpose of revising or altering the Constitution of Government of this Commonwealth?” - and the result was as follows: For calling a Convention, four hundred and ninety-two votes - Against calling a Convention, three hundred and ninety-five votes - Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Joseph E. Ober of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Essex, 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 in the usual manner, the qualified voters of said town to meet the Town Hall on Monday the thirteenth day of December instant at nine o’clock, before noon - To give in their ballots for a Representative in Congress to fill the vacancy existing in Old District Number Two; also for a Representative in the next Congress of the United States from District Number Six. The ballots for both these offices will be received on one piece of paper in sealed envelopes. The polls will open at nine o’clock before noon, and close at four o’clock afternoon. Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before said time. Given under our hands and seal this third day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two. Wm. H. Lovett Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen Alpheus Davis of Beverly Beverly, Dec. 4, 1852. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named as therein directed, - Jacob Lunt, Constable of Beverly. A true record of the original warrant and the return thereon. Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the thirteenth day of December being the second Monday of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of United States for Old District Number Two The whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes, (Chap. 4, Sec.13) by counting the number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was six hundred and twenty one. And the whole number of votes given in, was sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by Law is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz.. George Hood of Lynn, three hundred and four votes Francis B. Fay of Chelsea, two hundred and ninety five votes Nathaniel J. Lord of Salem, twenty votes George Osborne of Danvers, two votes Wm. H. Lovett Joseph E. OberSelectmen Haskett D. Whitney of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the thirteenth day of December, being the second Monday in said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of United States, for District Number Six. The whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes, (Chap. 4, Sec.13, ) by counting the number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was six hundred and twenty. And the whole number of votes given in, were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by law is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz.. George Hood of Lynn, three hundred and five votes Charles W. Upham of Salem, two hundred and ninety four votes. Nathaniel J. Lord of Salem, nineteen votes. Jeremiah S. C. Stickney of Lynn, two votes. Wm. H. Lovett Joseph E. OberSelectmen Haskett D. Whitney of Andrew C. Baker Beverly Alpheus Davis