TREES. 321 



Surveyor of Highways. — Frank A. Mitchell. 



Health Committee. — John Gray, Simeon L. Lewis, 

 Geo. E. Mooers. 



Town's Poor, Agent. — Samuel Woodward. 



Superintendent Almshouse. — Edward G. Coffin. 



Special Police. — G. B. Randall, F. W. Barney, G. E. 

 Mooers. 



Constables. — Cromwell Morselander, Chandler B. 

 Gardner, Jr., Alexander C. Swain, John Chinery, 

 Simeon L. Lewis, Edward P. Norcross, George B. 

 Randall, David H. Eldredge, Charles S. Glidden. 



Representative to the General Court. — Josiah Free- 

 man. 



Clerk of the Courts. — George W. Jenks. 



Sheriff. — Josiah F. Barrett. 



Begister of Deeds. — William Hussey Macy. 



Keeper of Jail. — Daniel W. Folger. 



Trial Justices. — Allen Coffin, David Folger. 



Judge Probate Court. — T. C. Defriez. 



Justices of the Peace. — David Folger, George W. 

 Macy, T. C. Defriez, Allen Coffin, A. M. Myrick, 

 George W. Jenks. 



Trees. 



That the island was ever entirely covered with trees 

 is extremely doubtful. There is no doubt, however, 

 that there were a great many trees here; and that they 

 were of good size is evidenced by a number of build- 

 ings still standing in the town which were constructed 

 of native wood. The early records speak of " mead- 

 ows, woods, and uplands," but it is probable the set- 

 tlers were very like their modern prototypes, and used 

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