_To DANIEL WHITMORE, one of the inhabitants of
Twenty-five Mile Pond Plantation (so-called)_,
GREETING:
Whereas, application has been made to me, the subscriber, by Stephen
Chase and ten other inhabitants of said Plantation, requesting that a
meeting of the inhabitants may be held for choosing such officers as
the law directs.
These are, therefore, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
to wit, required to notify and warn a meeting of the inhabitants of
said Plantation qualified to vote in Plantation meetings to assemble at
the dwelling house of Lemuel Bartlett of said Plantation, on Tuesday,
the third day of August, 1802, at two o’clock afternoon, then and there
to choose a moderator for said meeting. Secondly, to choose a clerk,
three selectmen, three assessors, a collector, a treasurer, and such
other officers as may be deemed necessary. Hereof, fail not and make
returns of this warrant and your doings herein unto Benj. Bartlett, on
or before the time of said meeting.
Given under my hand and seal at Augusta, Maine, in the County of
Kennebec and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this thirtieth (30) of
July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two.
Daniel Coney,
_Justice of the Peace through the Commonwealth_.
The following officers were chosen:
Joseph Carter, moderator.
Abner Knowles, clerk.
Lemuel Bartlett, John Perley, Nathan Parkhurst, selectmen and overseers
of the poor.
Daniel Whitmore, Frederick Stevens, Benj. Bartlett, assessors.
Benj. Bartlett, treasurer.
Benj. Rackliff, constable.
Isaac Mitchell, collector--at seven cents on the dollar.
At this meeting it was voted to raise “one hundred dollars to defray
necessary charges for the past year and the present, which have or may
accrue in the Plantation.”
The first town meeting was held at the dwelling house of Benj.
Rackliff, which was at that time called a tavern. It was situated west
of the house now owned by D. E. Loveland, and directly south of the
place owned by Mr. Rackliff’s son, Hosea B. Rackliff, who sold the farm
to the town for a poor farm.