turn a Plan thereof by a Surveyor & Chainman under oath to the general Court for Confirmation as soon as may be Common Wealth of Massachusetts In the House of Representatives April 29, 1782 On the petition of Col John Allan Continentall Agent, for Indian Affairs in the Eastern department, praying for Liberty to remove part of the Artillery and Ordinance Stores, now at the post of Machias to the River Schoduck in Passamaquody, also a Quantity of Stores for the Use of the Indian Business for reason sett forth in his petition ¶ Resolved ¶ That the Commissary Gen' of this Common Wealth be directed to deliver to Lieut Fred Delesdernier Agent for Col. John Allan, for the Use of the Indian Business, two Months Rations for twenty five persons, two Barrells of powder, Eight hundred weight of shot & Ball, 500 flints, one Hh of Tobacco, one pipe of small wine, one Hh of Rum, one Hh of molasses, ten Axes & 50 Bushells of Indian Corn-And it is further Resolved that there be paid out of Treasury of this Common Wealth to Lieut Lewis DeLesdernier, for the use of Col. John Allan one hundred pounds, for Contingencies and other debts Contracted in Eastern department, and that the said articles & money be charged to the United States in part of the requisitions of the present year And his Excellency the Gov' is desired to give such orders, with respect to moving part of the Cannon and ordinance stores, from the post of Machias, to The River Schoduck in pasamaquody or any other A part of the Eastern Country, B as he shall Judge most for the Interest of this and the United States Sent up for concurrence In Senate April 29th 1782 Nath Gorham Speaker Read & Concurred with Amendment at A Sent down for Concurrence at A dele from A to B & insert, place within Col° Allens Department In the House of Representatives April 29, 1782 Read & concurred Approv'd Nath Gorham Speaker John Hancock W drawn 24th May, 1782 Action on Petition of William Taylor. Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the House of representatives May 3, 1782 Upon the petition of William Taylor praying that the time of redemption of certain lands in said petition mentioned may be extended further than by law is allready provided Resolved that the prayer of said petition be granted and that the right of redeeming any lands situated in the County of Lincoln, and mortgaged by William Taylor now of Milton in the County of Suffolk Esq' to Thomas Lane late of London merchant and which lands have been sold for the payment & discharge of taxes assessed thereon, the equity of redeeming which is in the said Williams be and hereby is continued and extended to him the said Williams his heirs and assigns untill the first day of December next the time limited for the redemption thereof expiring before notwithstanding, and be it further resolved that all persons holding said lands be and they hereby are holden and compellable to release said lands to him the said Williams his heirs or assigns at any time untill the said first day of December next in the same manner as they by law are holden for the term of three years from said sale the said Williams his heirs or assigns complying with all prerequisites of law any law to the contrary notwithstanding Sent up for concurrence In Senate May 4th 1782 Approv'd Nath Gorham, Speaker S Adams Presid John Hancock Appointment of Excise Deputies. Sir By a law of this Commonwealth, I am as a Collector of Excise apply to your Excellency for your apperbation of my Deputys-I have appointed Mr Jonas Farnsworth of Machias a Deputy Collector of Excise for that part of the County & Request your approbation of himRespect your Excel: mostd obligd Humb. Serv To His Excel John Handcook Hallowell May 3a 1782 I am with Josiah Brewer to Richard Devens. Sir Fort Hallifax May 6th 1782 Yours of the 2d of Octo" 1781 Nov 8th & 15th I have received. the Goods and Provisions ware all Delivered to Col° William Howard agreable to your Direction, it was so late before the Sloop arrived in the River it was not possable to git the goods up by water to Fort Hallifax last fall, some part of which I got up by Land in the Winter the Remainder is still at Fort Weston and Could not be got up till this time by Reason that the water has been very high till this time. Grate part of the Indians Removed back to there old hunting ground last fall and have not got in with thare Springs hunt which has lengthen out there provision so that I have more then one half there Rations by me now. The French Pres went over to Penobscot in march he was to Returne here in three weeks with the Indians he is not Return" which makes me think he may be taken and carred into the British Fort at Penobscot, I have Ship on Board the Sloop hope Samuel Howard Master Sixty Two moos: Skins two Carrebo Skins Thirteen Bare Skins two Woolf Skins One Barrel of Furs Containing Nineteen Bever Skins Sixty Seven Saples one black Catt Forty Eight musquash two Otter two Raccoon Skins and one otter Not in the Barrel which is all the Skins and furs of Every Kind I have Received since I left Boston I am Sir With the Gratest Respect your most Obed Humble Servant ¶ Richard Devens Esq. Josiah Brewer Truck Master ¶ Recd June 5th 1782 from Col. Brewer at Fort Hallyfax. Petition of Town of Cape Elizabeth. To the Honourable Senate and the Honourable House of Representatives in General Court Assembled April A D 1782 ¶ The Petition of the Town of Cape Elizabeth Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners have been over Taxed by reason of a Mistake of one Hundred Polls in our Return more than we had in the Town when the list of Polls and Estates were called for in the year 1777 or 1778 and by the Resolve of Court those Towns which appeared to have paid too Great a proportion of Taxes should be abated in the Next Tax for such sums and as the Mistake augmented our Valuation 8/4 on Every Thousand Pounds which we Humbly conceive has caused us to pay since that valuation took place to the Year 1781 part in Silver and part in paper curency to the amount of 7869£ 145/2a and we humbly conceive our Beaf Taxes and Cloathing is in the same proportion as allso if any Tax has been Granted by Government Since 1782 in the same Proportion all which added to our Distresses by Reason of the war Extraordinary loss of Men and increase of Widdows and Fatherless beyond any Town in the compass of our knowledge we haveing but 265 Rateable Polls left in the Town now which causes much of our lands to lie Dormant our Navigation intirely lost, the Great Sums we have been obliged to Give as Bounty for the men we have furnished has Caused us for want of Money to Make over part of our stocks to them which with all other Extraordinary Charges has brought an inormus Debt on the Town wherefore pray Your Honours to take the Distrest Surcumstances of the Town into your wise consideration and Grant us such abatement in our back Taxes as in Justice you shall find our Due and further pray your Honours to take our Distrest Surcumstances into Consideration particularly our losses of Men and Exposedness to the Enemy being only a Cape or Nick of land the Enemys Cruzers allmost continualy in sight of us, our Extream Poverty, and abate us of the six men we are wanting or stay the Execution for the Average Drill and fine till we are able to pay the same for it is impossible for us to pay it under our present Sircumstances and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever Pray By Order of the Town Stephen Randall, Barzillai Delano, Selectmen of Said Town Benjamin Jordan |