tion to the several Towns in the said County of Lincoln, to shew Cause, if any they have, on the second Wednesday of the first Sessions of the next General Court, why the prayer of the said Petition should not be granted And the Secretary is hereby directed to publish the same accordingly That the sum of Five hundred & six pounds, fifteen shillings & five pence, for loss & hire of the Sloop Hannah a Transport on the Expedition to Penobscott in the year 1779. and One hundred & twenty Pounds, seven shillings & one penny for Interest thereon to the first Instant- & also Twenty three pounds, one shilling & nine pence for the Masters Wages & his Bill of Disbursements after loss of the Vessell, the whole of which amounting to the sum of Six hundred & fifty Pounds, four shillings & three pence, is due to Melzar Sampson, which when paid will be in full for the same - £650.4.3 Thomas Ivers Comtee for Audits the Peter Roe Dalton Accots of the late Board of War His Excellency the Governor, & the Hon the Council of the Commonwth of Massachusetts In Council Oct 21. 1783 Advised that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury in full Discharge of the within Certificate Jno Avery Sec Petition of Josiah Brewer. Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable House of Representatives in General Court assembled Octob 22. 1783 The Petition of Josiah Brewer residing at Fort Hallifax on Kennebeck River within the County of Lincoln, Esq humbly sheweth, That in the Year 1779, when the Enemy took Possession of Majabaggaduce your Petitioner was driven from his Habitation on Penobscott River, leaving behind him all his Effects, (excepting a very few trifling Articles) which have been plunder'd by the Enemy & his dwelling house entirely destroyed; by Reason whereof, your Petitioner has been greatly reduced in his Circumstances - That your Petitioner has, for two or three years, resided at said Fort Hallifax, in the Service of this Commonwealth; but in March last was discharged from said Service, and being destitute of House or Home of his own, he prays that he may be permitted to remain in, and occupy the Fort House where he now resides, together with about ten Acres of Land adjoining which your Petitioner fenced in at his own proper Costs & Charge, for the Term of one or two years, free of any Rent, as it is probable that it will be of no Use or Service to the Commonwealth at Present, and that if your Petitioner removes therefrom, it will be improved by the first person that can get the Possession thereof, without ever paying any Rent to the Commonwealth therefor And your Petitioner as in Duty bound &c. Josiah Brewer Certificate in Favor Thomas Stevens. This Certifies Boston Octo. 27. 1783 That the sum of Three hundred & twenty six pounds, four shillings, for part of the Arm'd Ship Black Prince, lost on the Expedition to Penobscott in the year 1779. and eighty two Pounds eighteen shillings & two pence for Interest thereon to the first Instant, both sums amounting to Four hundred & nine pounds, two shillings & two pence, is due to Thomas Stevens, which when paid to Jonathan Peele, will be in full for the same £409.2.2 Thomas Ivers Comtee for Audit the Accots Peter Roe Dalton of the late Board of War His Excell the Governor & the Hon. the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts In Council Oct 28. 1783. Advised that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury in full discharge of the within Certificate John Avery Sec Land at Falmouth Declared Forfeited to the Commonwealth. Cumberland Ss January 9th 1784 These certify-That at a Court of Common Pleas for said County which was begun and holden at Falmouth within the same, on the last Tuesday of October A. D. 1782-Certain Lands and Buildings mentioned in a Complaint of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which was exhibited to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County begun and holden at said Falmouth on the last Tuesday of October A. D. 1781-viz-One Moiety of a certain Lot of Land lying in Falmouth aforesaid in that part thereof called the Neck containing twenty eight Square Rods - with one half the House thereon - Also ano Lo! of Land there containing twenty four square Rods-with the Buildings thereon-And the hundred Acre number seventy eight in the third Division of Lotts in Pearsontown in said County, all bounded and described as by the said Complaint &c Records of said Court will appear-were by sd Court declared forfeited And by Law to escheat, enure and accrue to the Sole Use and Benefit of the Commonwealth aforesaid Att Sam' Freeman Cle Petition for a Township. Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Honourable the Senate and the House of Representatives in General Court Assembled the Petition of Ebenezer Lovell of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth afors with Sixty of his Associates Humbly Sheweth that whereas your Petitioners are desirous of settling 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 Kennebeck River near the line between a place known by Sour Dabscotts Mills and fort Halifax and Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray Ebenezer Lovele { for himself and associates. Worcester June 25: 1783 In Senate Jan' 23d 1784 Read & thereupon Orderd that this Petition be Committed to the Committee appointed by a Resolve of the 28th Oct 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 Eliphalet Downer |