1782-02-05th
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly on Tuesday Feby. 5 1782.
Col. Larkin Thorndike was chosen Moderator.
Voted. That the report of their Committee appointed to petition to the General Court to have part
of their Commonwealth Tax last sent for from this Town be taken off or abated, be accepted
and ordered to be layed on file in the Clerk’s Office.
Voted. That their said Committee further proceed to make application to the General Court praying
to be heard on the floor relative to the matter contained in their petition.
Voted. That Josiah Batchelder Esq. be added to the above said Committee.
Voted. That the Town will indemnify their Assessors from all fines, executions, charges and damages
of all kinds whatsoever that they shall sustain or pay for not making the Last Commonwealth
Tax sent for from this Town as directed in the Tax Act requiring the same.
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Voted. That the Town Meeting be adjourned to the 18 day instant at 3 o’clock afternoon.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly on adjournment on the 18 of February
1782.
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The meeting was further adjourned to Monday the 25 day of Feby. instant at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly for Feby. 25 1782.
Col. Larcom Thorndike, the former Moderator, being absent, Dea. William Dodge was chosen to
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serve as Moderator in his room and then the meeting was further adjourned to Tuesday the 5 day
of March next at 3 o’clock afternoon.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly March 5 1782 being on adjournment.
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The Town Meeting was further adjourned to the 11 day of March instant at 4 o’clock afternoon.
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At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Beverly March 11 being on adjournment, the
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meeting was further adjourned to Friday the 15 instant at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
At a legal meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly on Monday the
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11 day of March 1782.
Josiah Batchelder Esq. was chosen Moderator of said meeting.
Voted. That the Town Meeting be adjourned to two o’clock in the afternoon and the Moderator
adjourned the meeting accordingly.
Town Meeting according to adjournment proceeded to business as followeth.
Voted. That the[y] will proceed in the same day and manner in choosing their Selectmen and
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Assessors as they did in their last annual March meeting on the 12 of March 1781 which was
as followeth viz..
That each district shall have the nomination of their Selectman & Assessor by each district’s
repairing by itself and their agreeing upon some person to be by them nominated and the
Town to choose, if they see cause.
Voted that all of Town officers be chosen by hand vote.
Then each district repaired by themselves and agreed upon some person for their Selectman and
Assessor and was by them nominated for that purpose.
And the several persons hereafter named where chosen to serve in the several respective offices
annexed to each of their names for the year ensuing.
Capt. Asa Lee
SelectmenMr. Weedon Cole
and Mr. Robert Standley
AssessorsJonathan Conant Esq.
& Joseph Wood
Voted. That the Selectmen and Assessors should be allowed six shillings per day for each day spent
in the service of the Town the ensuing year.
Town ClerkJoseph Wood
Town TreasurerCapt. James Lovett
Voted. That the Town Treasurer shall have three pence on a pound for receiving and paying the
Town’s money the ensuing year.
ConstablesWilliam Woodberry 3d, Farm District
Israel Thorndike, Ferry District
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William Trask 2, Royal Side [Ryal Side] District
John Conant, Bass River ditto
Richard Obear Jr., Bald Hill ditto
Tything MenBenjamin Balch Lovett
Edward Trask
John Boyles
John Edward
Israel Green Jr.
Surveyors offor Ward No. 1 Jonathan Standley
the HighwaysNo. 2 William Standley
&No. 3 Benjamin Smith
HogreevesNo. 4 John Lovett 2d
No. 5 Retire Trask
No. 6 Doctor Israel Woodberry
No. 7 William Butman
No. 8 Lieut. Samuel Cole
No. 9 Lieut. Peter Shaw
No. 10 Capt. John Woodberry
No. 11 Jonathan Creesy
No. 12 John Batchelder
Fence ViewersRichard Standley
William Morgan 2d
Joseph Baker
William Greene
Elisha Woodberry
Samuel Raymond
Field DriversJoseph Baker
John Boyles
William Morgan 2d
Benjamin Shaw 2d
Andrew Elliott 2d
Abner Dodge
Clerks of the MarketCapt. Edmund Giles
Capt. James Lovett
Capt. Joshua Cleaves
Mr. Richard Leech
Cullers of Hoops, Staves & Capt. James Lovett
HeadingCapt. Caleb Dodge
Capt. John Lovett
Mr. Elisah Woodberry
Surveyors of Boards,Capt. John Lovett
Shingles, Clapboards &Capt. Asa Lee
Lumber
Sealers of LeatherJohn Trow & Daniel Foster
Cullers of FishSimon Lovett, William Homan
Deer ReevesNehemiah Presson, Joseph Corning
Weigher of Hay at the scalesFrancis Smith
Pound KeeperOsmon Trask
Voted. That the swine should go at-large the year ensuing being yoked and ringed as the law directs.
Voted. That the sum of £ 200 be raised on the polls and estates within said Town for the purposes
of repairing their Highways the ensuing year.
Voted. That the present Selectmen, together with Josiah Batchelder Esq., be a Committee to draw
some regulations relative to the highway and the method of repairing the same and report on
the adjournment of this meeting.
It was put to vote to see if the Town will enlarge the premium of the Constables for the collecting
of taxes and it passed in the negative.
Voted. That the Selectmen and Josiah Batchelder Esq. be a Committee to take under consideration
that clause in the Warrant relative to the making good to the Constables the counterfeit
money they have or shall receive for taxes and make report on the adjournment of this
meeting.
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Voted. That the Town Meeting be adjourned to Friday the 15 day of March instant and the
Moderator adjourned the meeting accordingly to two o’clock in the afternoon.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly on the 15 day of March 1782 being on
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adjournment from the 11 instant.
The votes for a County Treasurer were brought in and proceeded with as the law directs.
Richard Obear Jr. was excused from serving as a Constable the ensuing year.
James Patch was chosen to serve as Constable in Bald Hill ward the ensuing year.
It was put to vote to see if the Town would accept the report of their Committee appointed to bring
in some regulations for repairing the Highways and it passed in the negative.
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Voted. That the sum of £ 150 granted on a meeting of the Town on the 11 instant for the purposes
of repairing of the Highways the current year be reconsidered.
Voted. That some of £ 200 be assessed and raised on the polls and estates belonging to this Town
for the purposes of repairing the Highways the ensuing year.
Voted. That the method and regulations for repairing the Highways the ensuing year be the same as
hath been practiced in this Town for a number of years past excepting the following
alteration.
Voted. That the several Surveyors work out their highway tax in repairing the highway on or before
the first day of September annually.
Voted. That 6/ be allowed [illegible] doing a day’s work per day and a team of 4 good cattle and
teamer doing a day’s work 18/ per day and all other labor in that proportion on the highway
the ensuing year.
Voted. With regard to making good to the Constables the counterfeit money they have or may
receive for taxes be referred to some future time.
And the meeting was dissolved.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly March 15 1782.
Col. Larcom Thorndike was Moderator being on adjournment.
Their committee appointed to petition to the General Court to have part of their taxes taken off made
report as on file and was accepted.
The meeting was dissolved.
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly March 15 1782.
Mr. William Standley and Mr. Lot Conant was chosen to serve on the Grand Jury for the Court of
the General Sessions of the Peace to be holden at Ipswich on the first Tuesday of April next and at
the several Courts of the General Sessions of the Peace to be holden respectively within the County
of Essex for one year.