ments will be Esteemed as unimproved Land, there being no fence but wooden which is greatly fallen into Decay already, that unless better managements take Place than is in our Power to Procure, Before the first male heir arives of age (which is Fourteen years) the whole of said Farm must ly unimproved: your Petitioners who have the Care of Said Farm Reside Two Hundred miles Distant therefrom, which Renders it Difficult and Expensive to Look after it; they Humbly Conceive that said Estate cannot be Improv'd any way so advantageous to the heirs as the Value thereof in money at Interest might be; Debts Dayly Increasing by Interest, the Charges of Administration and Application to this Court, being Considerable in the whole, it is therefore Necessary that Sale Should be made as soon as may be There fore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that they may be Impowered to sell the whole of said Estate (the said Elizabeth Retaining to herself the Priviledge of Dower in the Proceeds of Sale) under such Directions and Limitations as this Court Shall Judge Necessary & Expedient, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray &c The Subscribers (according to their best Knowledge & Information) are of the Opinion that it is Expedient the Prayer of the above Petition be granted Whereas Elizabeth Hall & John Freeland in their Capacities have Petitioned the General Court for the Sale of Land being the Estate of Nathan Hall Late of Winthrop in the County Lincoln Deceas'd,- the Subscribers upon Consider ing all the Pressing Circumstances attending the Widow & Children, is of the Opinion that it is Expedient, the Prayer of Said Petition Should be granted. Thomas Freeland} } Grandfather to the Children of said Deceas'd Hopkinstown April 9th 1782 To the Comtee for sale of Lands Memorial and Petition of Simon Frye. Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives In General Court Assembled,the Memorial and Petition of Simon Frye in behalf of the Town of Fryeburg Humbly Sheweth that the Town of Fryeburg was not called upon to make a Return of their Ratable Property when the Valuation of 1778 was Settled for which Reason the s Town of Fryeburg was doomed double to what it ought to have stood at, as appears by the Settlement of the present Valuation. Your Memorialist begs leave further to observe that the General Court did on or about the 16th of February 1781 Pass a Resolve directing the Treasurer to Stay Executions from the Town of Fryeburg till the further order of the General Court Provided the s Town of Fryeburg Should Pay (in Sutable Season) the one half of all the Taxes Sett to s Town Since the Setteling of the then Valuation which was Directly Complyed with in the Paper money taxes but Through the great Scarsety of hard money (and not through aney unwillingness to bear their Proportion of the Publick taxes) they Could not Pay in the one half of the hard money tax (as it is Commonly called) Until the Treasurer Sent his Execution for s tax which Execution was for the whole Sum of the hard Money Tax Set to s Fryeburg, and whereas it appears by the Settlement of the Present Valuation that the Town of Fryeburg did stand in the former tax Book double to what it ought to have stood. Your Petitioner Humbly Prays that this Court would take the matter into their wise Consideration and Grant Such Relief to the Town of Fryeburg as in Your Wisdom shall Appear Just and reasonable, and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray. Boston June 13th 1782 Simon Frye Certificate of Auditing Comtee Late Board of War. This Certifies That the sum of Three hundred & sixty five pounds nine shillings & five pence, for the loss & hire of the Sloop Brittania & appur. a Transport on the Penobscot Expedition and Mas. Wages, also fifty four pounds, sixteen shillings & three pence, for Interest thereon, amounting to Four hundred & twenty pounds five shillings & eight pence Specie is due to Robert Johnson; which when paid to his Attorney John Southworth, will be in full for the same£420.5.8 Thomas Ivers Boston June 13, 1782 Comtee for Auditing the a/cts of the His Excell' the Governor & the Honble the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts In Council June 20 1782 Rd & Advised That a Wt be drawn on the Treas for £420..5.. 8 in full of this Certificate agreeable to Resolve of 28th January 1782 John Avery Sec Certificate in Favor of Daniel Mitchell. This Certifies That the sum of three hundred & eighty three Pounds, ten shillings, for the loss & hire of the Sloop Defiance & appur. a Transport on the Penobscot Expedition, and Masters Wages. also fifty seven pounds ten shillings & five pence for Interest due thereon, amounting to Four hundred & forty one pounds & five pence Specie is due to Daniel Mitchell, which when paid to his Attorney John Southworth, will be in full for the same -£441.0.5 Comtee for Auditing the a/cts of the late Board of War His Excellency the Governor & the Hon the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston June 13, 1782 In Council June 20th 1782 Rd & Advised that a Wt be drawn on the Treas in full of the above Certificate agreeable to Resolve of 28th Jan' 1782 Jn° Avery Sec Resolve in Favor John Stone and William Grow. Common Wealth of Massachusetts In House of Representatives June 14th 1782 On the Petition of John Stone & William Grow of York in the County of York praying to be paid for sundry Necessaries delivered a Cartel going from Boston to Penobscot¶ Resolvd That there be paid out of the Treasury of this comon Wealth to John Hopkins Esq' Deputy Comissary general for the use of the sd John Stone and William Grow the Sum of Eight Pounds Seventeen Shillings and four pence for sundry necessaries deliverd a Cartel Bound from Boston to Penobscot as afores A Sent up for concurrence Nath Gorham Speaker In Senate June 21, 1782 Read & Concurred wth Amendment at A at A insert the said Hopkins to be accountable for yo same Sent down for Concurrence Receipt of and Order in Favor of George Rendall. York, November the 15th 1781 Recv' of Cap George Rendall one Barrell of Beef & 2 Bushell of Meel for the use of the Prisoners on Board the Penopscot Carteel Please to pay to Cap' George Rendall the Sum of four Pound four Shillings Lawfull Money for the undermentioned artickells |
