Acton Memorial Library


Acton Memorial Library

Early Town Records of Acton, Massachusetts

File/page number: 029

1739/40 February 29 Town accounts
1739/40 March 29 Town accounts
1739/40 February 15 Selectmen's meeting: warrant for March 3 Town meeting
1740 May 13 Town accounts

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Feabruary ye 29th, 1739/40 to an order to Mr Gershom Davies for two pounds out of ye town Rate ordred Mr David Procter to pay: for his time & money Expended in ye year 1739/40 in ye town affares }2-0-0

Feabruary ye 29th: 1739/40 to an order to mr Ammi Falkner for two pounds out of ye town Rate ordred to mr Hezekiah Wheeler to pay it being for time& money Expended in town affaires in ye year 1739
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Feabruary ye 29th 1739/40 to an order to Simon Hunt for two pounds out of ye town Rate due for time and money Expended in ye town affares in ye year 1739 & orded to Mr Procter to pay
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March ye 29th 1739/40 to an order to Nathan Robbins for Eight Shillings out of Procter’s Town Reat for the Euce of ye Pound in ye year 1739
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March ye 29th: 1739/4 to an order to Danniel Sheperd for Eight shillings out of procters Reat for keeping ye meeting house
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March ye 29th 1739/40 to an order to John Sheperd for Eight Shillings out of Wheelers Reate for money which ye paid for ye town servis
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Acton Feabruary ye 15th: 1739/40
then ye Select men met & Appinted a town meeting to be on monday ye 3rd Day of march Next at Teen of ye Clock in ye forenoon to Conclude on ye Articles after mentioned viz first to Chuse town offesers: 2 to see what ye town will Do about giting waights & messurs: 3 to Know whether ye town will Insist on Mr Falkners opening his Dam thirty Days in a year as ye Law Derects Whare Elewives & other fish pass in Grait Plenty 4 to see if ye town will Let ye Swine Run at Large this year 5 to see if ye town Will Erect Scools to instruct ye youth in Reeding or Righting or both and ye same was Committed to ye Constables

May ye 13th 1740
to an order to Enoch Cleveland for Keeping ye widdow Sheperd in full
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