1775-04-22nd
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly April 22 1775.
Col. Henry Herrick, Capt. Benjamin Lovett Jr. and Capt. William Bartlett was chosen to be
a Committee in behalf of this Town to confer with the Committees of the Several seaport towns of
this County what step shall be most expedient for them to take in this difficult time and for to meet
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at the Tavern near Beverly Meeting House on Monday the 24 instant at 9 o’clock in the morning -
also Col. Henry Herrick, Capt. Ebenezer Francis, Capt. Edmund Giles, Capt. Benjamin Lovett Jr.,
Capt. Nicholas Thorndike, Mr. Peter Pride and Lieut. Elisha Dodge were chosen a Committee of
Safety for this town & for to act in that affair in the best manner they can for the public good.