Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880 |
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Aaron Abraham Staples adjourned Ahaz Albee Alexander H Allen April Benj Benjamin Benjamin Read Benson Blackstone Boston Caleb Capt chosen a committee Collector Constable Cook County Court Dan Hill Daniel Taft Darling Davenport David defray town charges Ebenezer Edward Rawson Elected Elijah Gaskill George Governor granted Hayward Indians Inhabitants James John Tyler Jonathan Joseph Dorr Joseph White Josiah Chapin land Legg Levi Lincoln Lieut March meeting house Metcalf Milford Mill Moses Penniman Perry Wood Peter Penniman petition Petitioners pounds Precinct raise and appropriate record repair Representative River road Robert Taft Saml Samuel Read School Committee Selectmen Sept Seth Chapin Seth Hastings shillings Stephen Stephen Cook taxes Thomas Thayer Timothy Winter Torrey Town Clerk town meeting Town of Mendon Town Treasurer town's Uxbridge Voted to accept Voted to forego Voted to raise warrant Wheelock Wood Worcester
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Page 382 - Orations Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; When a Number of Citizens were Killed by a Party of British Troops, Quartered Among them, in a Time of Peace.
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