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thousand Pounds in paper money at which the said ship was appraised Amounted to no more by the said Scale than about Seven Thousand Pounds Lawful money In consequence of which several Petitions from your Petitioner and the Owners of the said Ship have been before the former The Honorable General Court, and through the multiplicity of Business nothing has yet been finally determined upon.

Your petitioner therefore now prays this Honorable Court, to take the matter into their wise consideration and appoint a Committee to enquire into the truth of the above representation in order to the owners receiving the Sum that the said Ship was intended to be appraised at with Interest from the time it became due.

Confiding in the Justice and Integrity of the Honorable Legislature, and not doubting of a speedy completion of this Business. will as in duty bound ever pray.

Boston September 24. 1783

Josiah Waters Jun

Action on Foregoing Petition.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the House of Representatives October 18, 1783 On the petition of Josiah Waters J' in behalf of the owners of the ship Putnam.

Resolved that the Prayer of the Petition be granted and the Treasurer is hereby Directed and Impowered to give to the owners of the said Ship Putnam; his Securities in behalf of this Commonwealth for the sum of their ten thousand three hundred thirty three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight pence (Including what may have been Paid if any) together with Interest from the time it was due: as full Compensation for said ship Appurtenances and stores.

Petition William Lermond.

To the Honorable Senante and house of Representatives of the Comon wealth of masachusetts

The petion of William Lermond of the town of warran in the County of Lincoln Humbly Sheweth that whereas apart of my Land is Divided By thomas town Line to the Great Disadvantage of your petioner: and your pettioner Begs your Honours would anex that part of my Land which Lieth in Thomastown to the town of Warren Being twenty one Rods in width the Line Runing from St Georges River North, thirty two Degrees East two miles and a half to a Stake and Stones from thence Runing West thirty two Degrees North to town Line twenty one Rods And your petioner as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray

Warren Septembr 29th 1783

William Lermond

Memorial Town of Bowdoinham.

To the Hon.- Senate & house of Representatives in General Cort Assembled;

The Memorial of yo town of Bowdoinham Humbly Sheweth; that by an Act passed the present year 1783 for Apportioning & Assessing a tax of two hundred thousand pounds To defray y Expences of ye Government; as sett forth in s Act, & Whereas by s act the town of Bowdoinham is taxed ye Sum of £200 pounds for their proportion of sa Sum afores which Sum is Within £9 :3 : 4 of what is assessed on ye town of Topsham a Circumstance which appears very Extraordinary to yo' memorialist Especially when they have been heretofore taxed but about one Third ye Amount of s town & their Comparative Ability to pay Not in yo least Increased

than when they stood in that proportion It is true there is a considerable quantity of wild land together with A Number off Scattered Inhabitants lately Join to ye town But ye Miserable Situation of ye Inhabitants being distitute of even ye Common Necessaries of life renders it next to Impossible that they can pay any Taxes, & even if any thing could be obtained of them, ye expences & Difficulty of Collecting it would be more than ye Value of ye Sum they could well pay But Such has been ye wrong Information that Yo' Hon's have receive Concerning these settlers that yo' Honr have in Consequence of them thought proper to near Thribble Our proportion of tax this present year which we humbly presume your Honrs will rectifye; as to yo Inhabitants of that large quantity of land Yo' Honrs have Anext to Bowdoinham; their is not above three or four Excepting those few that have bought of Esq' Bowdoin that owns one foot of land. It is true there is a larg number of polls But we beg you Would Consider Candedly what Value to put Upon them;- What we desire is that they may be taken again from us; or at least not to be a burden to us. Which we leav to your Wisdom And as to yo' Honrs Takeing that Sum of Money off from yo town of Harpswell & Laying on us; we Conclude You were Some way Misled for we cant think that ye town of Harpswell was in yo least yo poorer for the few familys mooveing out off ye town; as they left their farms to Others which is common in all towns Nor do we think y town of Bowdoinham in ye least y° Better As they did not Come into y° town of Bowdoinham; But only Into y Adjacent parts were we had never tax a foot of land, When that money was laid on us. We shall take it as a favour If yo" Hon's wou'd Inquire more particularly in to that affair & then do as in your Wisdom you Shall think meet.-Your memorialists Beg leave further to Represent that by the proportions for yo three years & the three & five months men laid upon yo town we

apprehend ther must be a mistake as the town of Topsham & y town of Bowdoinham are Apportioned near Alike. When ye town of Bowdoinham Agreable to ye Order of Cort Rais two men, & y town of Topsham agreable to y° same Requisitions Raised Seven & Both towns gave alike price to their men. We therefore Humbly Beg Yo' Hons to Rectifye it. There is another article we would be glad to mention to yo' Hon If we knew how. We hear by ye bye that some orders are Isued to y° several towns that did not Send in or Diliver their proportion of Beaf Called for some time since But we have not heard what y° orders are & as we did not deliver y Beaf we Would acquaint you with y° reason which is this We did not Receive any orders to Raise any Beaf til ye time of y year for killing of Beaf was near over, However we Collected it But Could Not git any Body to receive it; though Several days were spent on that account. We leave all With yo' Honour to do as You think meet, & as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray.

By order of y town

Abr" Preble-town Clerk.

Bowdoinham October yo 4: 1788

Petition Town of Bristol.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts }

In the House of Representatives Oct' 22d 1783

On the Petition of the town of Bristol and other towns to the Eastward of Sheepscutt in the County of Lincoln Praying for abatement of Taxes

Resolved that the Prayers of the Petitioners be so far Granted that Solomon Lovell & Edward Russell Esq' with such as the Hon' Senate may joyn Be a Committee to Repair to the Several towns to the Eastward of Sheepscut and Veiw

thier Circumstances and Report at the Next Sitting of the General Court, at the Expence of the Petitioners, and the treasurer be Directed to stay Execution for their Beef tax the mean time.

Petition Selectmen of Berwick.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Honourable Senate & House of Representatives in Gen' Court Assembled. The Petition of the Select Men of Berwick in the County of York - Humbly Sheweth that their is in this Town an aged woman by the name of Elizabeth Hart that has become a Town Charge notwithstanding she has a right to the thirds of her late Husbands Joseph Harts Estate deca which is about 16 Acres of poor land, that lies waste, and she is become helpless, her Children & Grand Children refuse to support her, (some of which are minors) We therefore pray your Honours to Grant Liberty, that the Land aforesaid may be sold so that she may be supported out of the proceeds, which we conceive to be the best way she can be supported or Releiv'd in her advanced age & helpless state-as your Honours in your Wisdom may think best and as in Duty bound will

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To the Honorable, the General Court of Massachusetts The Petition of the Subscribers, Settlers on Saco River humbly sheweth.-That there is a Jam of Timber & other

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