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cinct excepting the Dwelling Houses and Homesteads of the late 

 Ebenezer and Daniel Beal and Jeremiah Stodder these to remain 

 as they were when set of from us. Moreover that you would con- 

 firm to us that part of the Grist Mill at Strait's Pond which is now 

 taxed here and also let us still enjoy our right in the Town Pow- 

 der House, Arms, Ammunition &c, and allow us the money for 

 our part of the Wharfe which we lately joined with you in build- 

 ing at the Town Cove. 



We are fully sensible Brethren that it is in your Power & we 

 doubt not agreeable to your inclination to remove some of the 

 Difificulties beforementioned, but we beg leave to observe that the 

 most Material of them are absolutely insuperable. Particularly our 

 Distance from the usual place of Town Meetings, the badness 

 of the Roads and the Multiplication of our Meetings for the 

 Transaction of our present Precinct Business : wherefore suffer us 

 to entreat that the prayers of our petition be granted Viz. that 

 you will do what in you lies that we may be Incorporated as a 

 Seperate District with the above Mentioned Priviledges. 



The Hingham tovi^n records for this period are not to 

 be found in the town safety vault, so that the disposal of 

 this petition may only be guessed. The town appointed 

 a committee to meet the General Court in opposition to 

 the Cohasset committee. But the petition was already 

 storming the citadel with promise of a complete victory. 

 In the March meeting of our precinct the committee was 

 reappointed to renew its petition to the General Court and 

 to "persue the same to the final issue." 



In that summer session of the court, June 30, 1669, 

 the persistent petition came up before the higher house of 

 legislators in Boston, and was read as follows : — 



To his Excellency Sir Francis Bernard Baronet Capt General 

 and Governour in Chief in and Over his Majesty's Province of 

 the Massachusetts Bay in New England, to the Honb' Council 

 and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled June 

 12, 1769 



