sessors chosen at a Meeting of the Inhabitants of said Town held on the 25th March the same year- That the Owners of several of said Lots neglected to pay the said Tax-and thereupon so much of their sa Lands were sold as was sufficient to pay the same

That the purchasers received Deed of the said Assessors & some of them have improved and disposed of the Lands they so purchased

That the legality of the said March Meeting hath lately been called in question on pretence that some of the Inhabitants were not Voters-That although some Disputes arose when the said Assessors were chosen, it was determined by the Moderator of sa Meeting that they were fairly chosen and a Record was made at the Time thereof That much confusion would arise in said Town- and great Injury accrue to the Purchasers of Said Lands if the assessments & Sales aforesaid should be judged illegal

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honors to pass some Act whereby the Record aforesaid should be established, and adjudged in Law sufficient evidence of the legality of the Choice of Assessors as aforesaid, notwithstanding any disputes that may arise with respect to the qualifications of Voters at said March Meeting

And your Petitioners as in duty bound will pray

On Casting my Eye over Willis Cronicle Yesterday I found an Advertisement Respecting the Unimproved Lands

in the Plantation called Littlefalls, in York County; of Lady Mary Pepperrell's being assessed at £14.. 19.. 7 and the last Monday in March next, fixed for the Sale of so much of them as would pay it-I am so much Acquainted With the Real Estate of Lady Pepperrell, that I am fully persuaded She has none there, but such as were given her in the Will of Sir WTM Pepperrell, and those were during her Life only and after her Decease, Were devised over to his Grandson William Pepperrell Sparhawk the late Mandamus Counceller Now Known by the Name of Sir William Pepperrell -As Lady Pepperrell has only her Life in these Lands tis very unlikely she will pay the Taxes - and they may be sold for a 1/10 or perhaps 1/20 of their Value-As all the Interest Sir William Deceased Claimed under William or Bridget Philips, (Which by the by was Considerale) I take it was devised to his Lady and Daughter during their lives only, and, after their Decease to his Grandson aforesaid- Now if Government expect to be Benefitted hereafter by these Lands as accrueing to them by the confiscation of Sir William Pepperrell's Estate- Would it not be adviseable to take Some order to prevent the Sale of any part of them for the Non paiment of Taxes and as all the Landed Interest the dec" Sir William left in the County of York may be devised to the Lady Pepperrell & her Daughter Mrs. Sparhawk in the same Manner Query if Some Person might not be authorized to Confer with them on the Subject of their Interest in the Unimproved Lands, and to make some agreement or Composition with them about these Unimproved Lands I find that the general Court in the last Sessions, appointed Benja Chadbourn Esq' Nathan Wells Esq' & myself to make Partition on the part of the Commonwealth, With the Heirs & assigns of WillTM Philips - This appointment has Induced me amid the Hurry of other Business, in View of the Advertisement aforesaid to Suggest these Hints as they may be

improved to the Advantage of Government-Whether the Plantation of Littlefalls or any other Plantation unincorporated has a Right to Tax unimproved Lands may be a Question? at least in all future assessments it might be well to Express it plainly one way or the other

I am Sir Your most Humble Serv

David Sewall

Hon. Tristram Dalton Esq

Resolve on Petition Capt. Henry Dyer.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the House of Representatives March 1, 1783 On the Petition of Capt Henry Dyer Praying that he with the officers & men Belonging to his Company of Rangers so called in the year 1780 may be allowed their Rations whilst in the service of this State agreable to a Resolve of the general Court of the fifteenth of Nov" 1780

Resolved that the Commissary General be & he is hereby directed to Deliver to Cap' Henry Dyer two thousand three hundred & Eighty Pounds of beef with an equal quantity of flour in full for the said Dyers & his companys Rations whilst in the service of this State to be by him delivered to each Person Respectively to whom it is due, Takeing duplicate Receipts for the same one of which to be Returned in to the Secretarys office otherwise to accompt with the said Commissary General therefor

Resolve on Petition Benja Dunning et al.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the house Representatives March 11th 1783

On the petition of Benj" Dunning and John Rodick Select men of the town of harpswell Praying for an abatment of two of the three Soldiers Which the Said town of harpswell were ordred to raise By a Resolve of the General Court passed March 7th 1782

Resolved that the said town of harpswell Be abated Two men any Resolve to the Contrary notwithstanding and It is further Resolved that the said town of harpswell Be impowered to assess the inhabitants of said town for the one man that they procured in the same manner as tho' Said town had But one man to Raise

Whereas Brigadier General Wadsworth was by a Resolve of the General Court passed the 15th day of March 1780 impowered to Execute Martial Law within certain Limits in the County of Lincoln, and Whereas Doubts have arisen & may hereafter arise respecting the true Intent & Meaning of the said Resolve so far as it relates to the Limits within which Martial Law might be executed which have been &

may hereafter probably be the Foundation of divers Disputes & vexatious Law Suits unless prevented by an Explanatory Resolve of the Legislature therefore

Resolved that according to the true Intent & Meaning of the said Resolve the Limits for exercising martial Law in the said County not only extended to & included all places within the said County being within Ten Miles of the main Ocean but also to all places in the said County within Ten Miles of any Navigable Inlet Harbour or River which might be considered as part of the Sea or so communicating therewith as to be navigable by Armed Ships or Vessels & the said Resolve always ought to have been so understood; & shall be construed & practised upon accordingly

To the Honble the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common Wealth of Massachusetts in general Court assembled

Humbly Shews

Sarah Nason of York in the same County Widow relict of Shubal Nason late of the same York, yeoman deceasedIntestate That the said Shubal Nason, who at the Time of his Death was a private Soldier in the Service of the United States, died Siezed in Fee of Twenty five Acres of land in said York under a small Incumbrance by Way of Mortgage to one Josiah Parsons of Whom the same was purchas" That at the Time of his Death he left two small children, and your