HISTORY OF DERRYFIELD. I25 



Manchester December 25 1824 



This day settled with Lieut Job Rowell and found due to the Social Lybra 



seventy eight cents John Gamble I nji-ectors 



Isaac Huse j 



Manchester January 14th 1823 this Day Receved of Lieut Job Rowell the 

 Sum of Seventy Eight Cents Receved by me John Dwinell 



November 7th 1825 

 this Day a number of the Proprietors of the Social Library in Manches- 

 ter met but not a nuf to hold a meeting But Called the meeting and Chose 

 Isaac huse moderator and ajorned said meeting untill the 28 Day of Novem- 

 ber instant John Dwinell Clark 



November 28th 1825 this Day the Proprietors of the Sochall Libre met ac- 

 cording to ajornment tho not a Nuf to transact Busines and Voted to aGorn 

 said meeting untill the first monday of November in the year 1826 at four 

 oclock after Noon at the place whear the Libra is kept 



Manchester December nth 1826 this Day I the Subscriber have taken the 

 Sochall Librey and 92 Books from John Dwinell which I am a Countabel 

 for as witness my hand Daniel Hall 



Received December 8th 1827 the Social Library consisting of 81 volumes 

 and it appears by Lieut Daniel Hall's account there are eleven Books out 



Samuel Jackson, Librarian 

 Attest Ephraim Stevens Jr ) r'^^^Uf^,^ 

 Job Rowell [Committee 



[The foregoing include all the meetings of the proprietors. Meetings of 

 the directors were held during this time in November, 1817, December, 1819, 

 January, 1823, November, 1823, February, 1824, September, 1825, and Novem- 

 ber and December, 1826. Subsequently to the last meeting of the proprie- 

 tors the directors held two meetings in 1828, and one each in 1829, 1830, 1831 

 and 1832. The following books were bought in 1823 : " The holy War Price 

 $0 80, Gaseteer Price 1-67, the life of Eaton 1-75 and one VoUom on the 

 World to Come which we have receved of Mr finis Baley for a shear in the 

 librey $2-00." In addition to the list of fifty-four subscribers before given 

 on pages 116 and 117, we give the following additional names : John Goffe, 

 Daniel Davis, David Young, John Tufts, Samuel Hall, Nathaniel Moor, 

 John Adams, Isaac Huse, Robert Adams, Elizabeth Stark, Mrs. Farmer, 

 Israel Webster, Thomas Stickney and Elisha Quimby. The whole number 

 of names of proprietors as shown by these records appears to have been sixty- 

 eight. Of these but four have middle names ; nine have military titles ; two 

 have the title of " Mr." and two — John Stark and Isaac Huse — are honored 

 with the title of "Esq." The whole number of books on hand in 1826 was 

 eighty-seven, with "one Book misen."] 



