1848-11-13 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 the qualified voters of the town of Beverly aforesaid, (by posting notices according to Town
Regulations,) to meet at the Town Hall on Monday the thirteenth day of November current at nine
o’clock before noon for the following purposes - viz.: -
To see if the Town will send one or more Representatives to the next General Court, and if
they so decide, to give in their ballots for the same -
Also, To give in their ballots for a Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth,
and for Senators for this District, for the ensuing political year, - and also for a Representative in the
next Congress of the United States from District Number Two -
The ballots will be received on one piece of paper; and the poll will open immediately after
deciding upon sending Representatives, and close at four o’clock P.M.
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 and
forty-eight -
Wm. H. Lovett
John I. BakerSelectmen
Haskett D. Whitney of
Beverly
Beverly Nov. 6,1848, nine o’clock A.M. pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified
the persons therein named, as therein directed -
Ezra O. Woodberry,
Constable of Beverly -
A true record of warrant & return - Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk -
At the legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held pursuant to the
preceding warrant, on Monday the thirteenth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and
forty-eight at nine o’clock before noon -
Voted, To close the poll for all the officers named in said warrant at four o’clock afternoon -
Voted, To send two Representatives to the next General Court, and proceeded to ballot for the same
with the following result - the ballots having been sorted and counted, the whole number was
ascertained to be nine hundred and thirty-two - necessary for a choice four hundred and sixty-seven -
and said ballots were for the following persons -
William H. Lovett, four hundred and eighty-six votes
Paul Hildreth, four hundred and seventy-four votes
Haskett D. Whitney, to hundred and forty-four votes
Joseph E. Ober, two hundred and thirty-nine votes
Ezra Batchelder, two hundred and nine votes -
John Porter, two hundred and four votes -
William A. Foster, one vote -
John Tuck, one vote -
And William H. Lovett and Paul Hildreth having more than the requisite number were elected
Representatives, and were so declared to be, in open town meeting -
Wm. H. Lovett
Edward T. ProctorSelectmen
Haskett D. Whitney of
Josiah Obear Beverly
John I. Baker
Attest,
John I. Baker, Town Clerk
At 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 thirteenth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, for the purpose of giving in their votes
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of said Commonwealth, 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 whole number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was nine
hundred and twenty-three,
And the whole number of votes given in for Governor was sorted, counted and recorded, and
declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following
persons; viz.: -
For Governor
George N. Briggs of Pittsfield, four hundred and seventy-five votes -
Caleb Cushing of Newburyport, one hundred and ninety-two votes
Stephen C. Phillips of Salem, two hundred and fifty-eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Edward T. ProctorSelectmen
Haskett D. Whitney of
Josiah Obear Beverly
John I. Baker
Attest,
John I. Baker, Town Clerk
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 thirteenth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, for the purpose of giving in their votes
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of said Commonwealth, 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 whole number of separate ballots given in; and whole number of ballots was nine
hundred and thirty votes -
And the whole number of votes given in for Lieutenant Governor was 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
John Reed, of Yarmouth, four hundred and seventy-five votes
Henry W. Cushman of Bernardston, two hundred and seventeen votes
John mills of Springfield, two hundred and thirty-eight votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Edward T. ProctorSelectmen
Haskett D. Whitney of
Josiah Obear Beverly
John I. Baker
Attest,
John I. Baker, Town Clerk
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
thirteenth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, 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 thirty-three votes -
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.:-
E. James M. Hale of Haverhill, four hundred and seventy-two votes
Charles H. Balch, of Newburyport, four hundred and seventy-two votes
Daniel C. Baker, of Lynn, four hundred and seventy-two votes
Nathan W. Hazen, of Andover, four hundred and seventy-two votes
Otis P. Lord of Salem, four hundred and seventy one votes
Edmund Kimball of Bradford, two hundred and forty-one votes
James Kimball, of Salem, two hundred and forty votes
Lemuel Gott, of Rockport, two hundred and forty votes
Dan Weed Jr., of Lawrence, two hundred and forty-two votes
William Carey, of Amesbury, two hundred and forty-one votes
Nathl. J. Lord of Salem, two hundred and twenty votes
Edward C. Peabody, of Newburyport, two hundred and twenty votes
George A. Waldo, of Methuen, two hundred and twenty votes
James M. Sargent, of Lynn, two hundred and twenty votes
George Osborne, of Danvers, two hundred and twenty-one votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Edward T. ProctorSelectmen
Haskett D. Whitney of
Josiah Obear Beverly
John I. Baker
Attest,
John I. Baker, Town Clerk
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 November, being the second Monday of said month,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, for the purpose of giving in their votes for
a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of the United States, for 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 - nine hundred and thirty votes -
And the whole number of votes given in, was sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration made
as by Law is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz.: -
Daniel P. King of Danvers, four hundred and a sixty-five votes
Robert Rantoul Jr. of Beverly, two hundred and sixty-three votes
Caleb Stetson of Medford, two hundred and two votes
Wm. H. Lovett
Haskett D. WhitneySelectmen
Josiah Obear of
Edward T. Proctor Beverly
John I. Baker
Attest,
John I. Baker, Town Clerk.