Provincial and State Papers, Volume 9

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authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire, 1875

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Contents

Petition of agents of Bow for a loan of money 1754
67
Inventory of Bow and Canterbury 1761 73
73
Remonstrance against Keeneborough patent 8083
80
Joseph Page Eben Eaton and Joseph Parker against
81
CANTERBURY
86
Petition of Archelaus Moor and others to be set off
94
Memorial of inhabitants of Plaistow against a new town
95
Petition of Selectmen for a road 1768
98
Petition for aid of soldiers
106
30
110
Petition for a new Parish 1763names III
113
CHESTERFIELD
120
Petition of Moses Little and associates for extension
125
Letter of Jere Stickney Esq relating to
136
List of settlers that have families
144
DEERFIELD
146
Petition of inhabitants relating to town meeting
152
31
155
Petition of inhabitants of the N E part of Dover
159
32
164
Report about frauds in Dover Town book 1731
167
Petition for a grant of land 1754names
174
Petition in relation to being set off in a separate
180
DORCHESTER
187
Petition of Inhabitants of Pine Hill 1763
193
Petition relating to conflicting town meetings 1748 198200
198
Answer to a petition of inhabitants of Dunstable
204
Wm Browns letter and power of attorney 1760
208
Votes at Town meetings c
215
Petition for aid from inhabitants of Monson after
219
Assent to Jos Blanchards petition and Remon
221
Petition of people in the west part of Dunstable
226
Petition relating to another hearing
228
DURHAM
234
Names of soldiers in Durham under Capt John
240
EPSOM
246
Oath of the people
252
Counter petitionnames
257
Petition relating to Peterborough Slip for annexa
261
Report on location of a meetinghouse
265
Remonstrancenames
273
Petition in answer to that praying for exemp
280
Petition of sundry inhabitants of Exeter to be incor
291
Acceptance of the foregoing Result and Advice
297
GILSUM
303
A town meeting called Proceedings c 310
310
PAGES
313
GREENLAND
320
GROTON FORMERLY COCKERMOUTH
328
Petition of Edward Flint and others to be annexed
334
Petition of Selectmen about taxes
335
Request relating to highways
339
Petition for a new Parish
343
The Charter of Kingswoodnames of grantees pro
347
Reasons against the same
348
Reasons offered against a new district and Remon
351
Petition of persons formerly of Massachusetts to
358
Petition of the Parish of Hamptonfalls in relation
374
Petition of selectmen of Amherst for extension of
378
Petition for an Act of Incorporation
380
Petition of Contoocook Penacook and Canterbury
385
Petition of Daniel Jones for remission of taxes
386
Petition for a new County Important
393
Petition of Proprietors for extension of their grant
396
HOPKINTON
404
Petition for pay for taking inventory of Lyndeborough
409
HUDSON FORMERLY NOTTINGHAM WEST
416
Petition for Town privileges 1743
417
Vote on the question of incorporation
422
Vote of Monson for a division and annexation to
424
Depositions of Thomas Pollard Benj Marshall
428
Certificate to Mr Josiah Willard
429
Remonstrance against a new Parish
439
Answer of Selectmen of Londonderry
499
Petition for a law regulating fishing
519
Petition about irregular proceedings in town meet
525
Agreement of Committees
533
Contoocook petition for aid 1744names
540
8
545
MARLOW
546
Petition for an Act of Incorporation
552
VOLUME V
558
Petition of inhabitants of New Castle and Rye
562
Account of persons who voted for representative
566
492
567
498
567
Thomas Thomson
567
Counter petition
567
Perambulation of Bow town lines
567
NEW DURHAM
569
An act for erecting and maintaining a bridge c
576
Reply to Exeters objections
580
Report of a committee of Plaistow about the meeting
596
NEW IPSWICH
604
SOUTH HAMPTON
607
Petition of Sam French and others against a
613
Petition of sundry persons against a new Parish
619
Account of the pay of petitioners and nonpetition
621
A true list of the inhabitants settled in Alstead 1771
627
Northwood
643
14 15
646
Names of all the men women and children in
648
PEELING
655
PETERBOROUGH
665
Petition relating to Rev John Morrisonnames
669
PLAISTOW AND ATKINSON
672
Petition not to join with Richard Hazzens plan
677
Petition of the South Parish in Portsmouth
695
Answer to a petition relating to the choice of James
698
Deed from Theodore Atkinson and others of their
703
Petition for a Lottery to pave streets in Portsmouth
708
An act for erecting a new Parish c
717
Petition of Wm Chamberlin and John Jenness
723
RUMNEY
730
undivided
732
Petition from the Parish of Rye 1729
740
SALEM
744
Letter from Daniel Peaslee to Thomas Packer Esq
750
SHELBURNE
758
Petition of sundry inhabitants to be set off
763
Petition to be set off into a Township
778
Another petition relating to the same matter
784
Petition for Incorporation
788
WILTON
794
WINDHAM
800
Deposition of James GilmoreCertificate
803
Asa Haseltine against a division of the town
809
Petition in relation to a disturbance in the Parish
816
Petition of Oliver Saunders
822
Brookline
826
AMHERST
828
Orange
829
List of Delegates to the First Convention 1778
837
An Address of the Convention
845
Delegates to Congress
872
The Bill of RightsNote by the Editor
882
Note by the Editor 895896
895
657
897
Form of Government 903919
903
are of very frequent occurrence are noted by a joining the pages
921
BARRINGTON
922
604
924
The said names are not repeated in the Index
928
Petition of Isaac Cummings to be taxed in Notting
931
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937
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