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last, to execute certain business therein mention'd in the County of Lincoln

Sent down for Concurrence

S Adams Presid

Tristram Dalton Spk

In the House of Representatives Same day

Read and concurred

Petition of Peleg Wadsworth and Others for Purchase of a Township on Penobscot River.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable the House of Representatives,

The Petition of Peleg Wadsworth, Joseph Ward and Eliphalet Downer, Humbly Sheweth,

That there being large Tracts of unlocated land in the eastern parts of this Commonwealth, your Petitioners humbly pray that the General Court would be pleased to grant them a Township seven miles square in the unlocated lands adjoining to Penobscot River, near to the head of the Tide; and in the said grant, fix the price which your Petitioners shall give for the said Township, and the terms of payment.

The advantages that may accrue to the Commonwealth in consequence of granting the said Township, we humbly conceive, may be great;-it will increase the value of all the other unlocated lands by extending settlements and cultivation,- bring in some of the public Securities, thereby reduce the debt, and increase public credit, and by these combined operations in various ways promote the general interest of the Commonwealth, and accelerate the annihilation of the public debt. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, &c

Peleg Wadsworth
Joseph Ward

Eliphalet Downer

In Senate Jan' 23d 1784

Read & thereupon Orderd, that this Petition be Committed to the Committee appointed by a Resolve of the 28th of October last, to execute certain business therein mentioned in the County of Lincoln

Sent down for Concurrence

S Adams Presid

In the House of Representatives same day

Read & concurred

Tristram Dalton Spk'

Petition for a Township Between Kennebeck and Penobscot. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

To the Honourable the Senate and the House of Representatives in General Court Assembled

the Petition of Thomas Denny of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid with Sixty of his Associates humbly Sheweth

That whereas your Petitioners are very desirous of settleing a Township of unappropriated land in the Province of Main, under such rules and Regulations as your Honours shall Direct Prays that your Honours would Grant to him and his Associates a Township of unappropriated land Six Miles Square in said Province-between Penobscott River and Kenebeck River near the Line between a place Called Sour Dabscotts Mills and Fort Halifax

and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray

Leicester July 3d 1783

Thomas Denny

In Senate Jan' 23d 1784

for himself

and Associates

Read & thereupon Orderd that this Petition be Committed to the Committee appointed by a Resolve of the 28th of Oct

last, to execute certain business therein mentioned in the

County of Lincoln

Sent down for Concurrence

S Adams Presid

In the House of Representatives same day

Read & concurred

Tristram Dalton Spk

Petition of Francis Shaw.

To The Honorable Senate and Honble House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Petition of Francis Shaw in behalf of Himself and others, Inhabitants and Proprietors of Lands Eastward of Penobscott River - Humbly Sheweth

That at the Last session of the General Court a Petition was presented by some Inhabitants of Machias to have a Court of Sessions and Common Pleas Established in that place, and a Resolve passed to Warn all persons Conserned to Appear and Shew Cause, why such a thing should not be Allowed

Your Petitioner would beg leave to Acquaint your Honours, that Machias lyes near a hundred Miles Eastward of Penobscot, the former of which with the settlements adjacent has not near the Number of Inhabitants, as the more Westerly part of this district, who have never been Consulted on this Important Affair, nor does it Appear many others Except the Inhabitants of Machias

Therefore your Petitioner Humbly Prays, that your Honours, would take the premisses, under Consideration, That no such Courts may be Established, till the whole of the Inhabitants Concerned may have an Oppertunity of Consulting on the subject, And your Petitioner in behalf of himself and others as in Duty bound will ever pray.

Francis Shaw

Resolve on Petition of Francis Shaw.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

house of Representa. 12 Feb 1784

On the Petition of Francis Shaw

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Resolved That the Petition from the inhabitants of Machias requesting the Establishment of a Court of Common Pleas, be Suspended untill the inhabitants of Gouldsbourough Penobscot &c, have opportunity to represent their Situation — and that the Petitioner Francis Shaw Esq be requested to furnish the Gen' Court of this commonwealth with a just account of the Number of Inhabitants, & their Places of abode, Between Belfast & Passamaquoda

Sent up for concurrence

Tristram Dalton Spk

Petition of John Peirce.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable House of Representatives of the Commonwealth aforesaid, in General Court assembled -

The Petition of Elisha Gurney and John Peirce of Worcester; in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth aforesaid on their own accounts, and in behalf of sixty other persons, inhabitants of the Same County

that your Petitioners at the desire of their associates, have been into the late Province of Main to view part of the unappropriated land there, in order for an immediate Settlement of a Township, if a Grant could be obtained from your Honors, for that purpose, and that their report has been Satisfactory to their Employers

Your Petitioner therefore in behalf of said associates and themselves Humbly pray your Honors that a tract of land

in the said late Province of Main of sufficient quality to form a Township may be Granted them, under Such limitations, restrictions and Conditions as to your Honors Shall Seem meet

And as in duty bound shall ever pray

Worcester Sept 26th. 1783

In Senate Febry 20th 1784

John Peirce
Elisha Gurney

Read & thereupon Orderd that this Petition be Committed to the Committee appointed by a Resolve of the 28th October last, to execute certain business therein mentioned in the County of Lincoln

Sent down for Concurrence

S Adams Presid

In the House of Representatives Febry 20th 1784

Read and concurred

Tristram Dalton Spk

Resolve on the Petition of Josiah Brewer.

Common Wealth Massachusetts

In The House of Representatives March 2nd 1784 On The petition of Josiah Brewer praying for the Liberty. To dwell in the House at Fort Hallifax and to Improve Ten Acres of Land Round Said House which the said Josiah Brewer Fenced in at his own Cost

Resolved. That the Prayer of the Petitioner be so far Granted, That the Said Josiah Brewer to make him Satisfaction for what he has fenced and done thereon, Have Liberty to Improve said House and Land. The Term of One Year from the date hereof he Leaving it with A good Fence and in As good order as it Now stands —

Sent up for concurrence

Tristram Dalton Spk

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