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forty shillings per annum at the least, or other estate to 

 the value of fifty pounds sterling to assemble at the meet- 

 ing house in said Rumford, on Monday, the twenty-ninth 

 day of June current at five of the clock in the afternoon 

 then and there to elect and depute a person (being a 

 Freeholder and resident in said town) to serve for and 

 represent them in a Great and General Court or assembly 

 appointe to be convened held and kept for his majesty's 

 service at the court house in Boston, upon Wednesday 

 the eighth day of July next ensuing the date hereof. 

 Also to grant such sum or sums of money as shall be 

 thought best to enable Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., further 

 to prosecute the affair of our being annexed to Massachu- 

 setts Bay, also to choose a surveyor of highways instead 

 of Joseph Hall who refuses to serve in said office. Dated 

 at Rumford aforesaid the 23d day of June 1741. 

 Joseph Hall, 



Constable of Rumford. 



By virtue of a warrant from the selectmen of Rumford. 



— Page 85. 



At a legal meeting of Rumford, 11 Dec. 1744. Voted 



— That Benjamin Rolfe, Esq., be hereby desired and im- 

 powered in the name and behalf of said Inhabitants to 

 prefer a petition to his excellency our Captain General, 

 or to the General assembly of this Province for such a 

 number of soldiers which may be sufficient with a Divine 

 Blessing to defend us against all attempts which may be 

 made against us by our enemies. 



Voted — That Benjamin Rolfe, Esq., be hereby desired 

 and impowered in the name and behalf of said inhabi- 

 tants to prefer a petition to his excellency our Governor 

 or to the General assembly of this Province that may be 

 impowered to make choice of some suitable person to 

 serve for and represent them in every session of the Gen- 

 eral assembly from time to time within this Province. 



Voted — That Benjamin Rolfe, Esq., be hereby desired 

 and impowered in the name and behalf of said Inhabi- 

 tants to represent to his excellency the Governor and 

 General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay 



