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Sir

Josiah Brewer to Governor.

Fort Halifax 15th Sept 1783

I inclosed you in my last of y° 21st April two Receipts one from Col William Howard for the skins and furs the other from Ezekiel Pattee Esq' for goods he has Received from me belonging to Government Which I hope came safe to hand, and I now Inclose you two more one from Col: Howard for skins and furs Received from the Indians for Debts that was due to Government there is still more skins and furs due which I shall Colect and forward as soon as possible - the other Receipt is from Ezekiel Pattee Esq' for the Remainder of the Goods I had on hand belonging to Government - I still remain in a bad state of health, but Expects if possible to be in Boston in a short time I am

Sir With the greatest Respect your most Obed' & very humle serv t

Josiah Brewer

Winslow Sept 15 1783

Received of Josiah Brewer Truck master for the use of the Common welth of Massachusetts the following articals vizt Eighty two pound of gun powder Sixty four pounds Goos shott five yard & half Blue Ratten and five Hatchetts all which I promis to Deliver to Richard Devens Esq' Com General or his sucsesur in said office I have signed Two Recpts of the same tenor and Date

Ezekiel Pattee

Hallowell y 8 of July 1783

Received of Col° Josiah Brewar for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the following articals Viz fourteen mooce Skins twelve pounds of spring beaver two and a half pounds of fall beaver three musquoshes three mink one

otter one fisher thirty two Sables all which I promise to Deliver to Richard Devens Esq Commiserry General the Dainger of the seas & fire Excepted.

William Howard

Petition and Remonstrance of Enoch Freeman et al.

The Honourable the Senate and the Honourable the House of Representatives in General Court Assembled.— The Petition & Remonstrance of the Proprietors of a neck of Land in the Town of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland, by their Committee,

Humbly Shews

1 That at the beginning of the late War, a large Fortification was built on the heighth of Said Neck, by order of Government, for the common safety of the Publick; that the Persons Employed to build said Fortification, did dig up vast Quantities of Sods from the Land of Your Petitioners for the use of said Works, which almost ruined a number of Acres of Land, & a long House for Barracks was built within said Fortification, for the use of the Soldiers in opposing the common Enemey: by all which your Petitioners have lost the Benefit of Improving said neck, which contains 300 Acres, & the Same has laid open (untill the Summer past) & in common to the use of the Publick ever since, to the Damage of your Petitioners, in their Estimation, not less than six hundred pounds.

2 That contrary to the Expectation of your Petitioner, the said Barracks were hall'd off (it is said by order of Government, without notifying or consulting your Petitioners, or proposing any Compensation to them for said Damages, which was very unexpected to your Petitioners, Since Government did on the 7th Day of May 1777 pass a

Resolve that all Damages which have been or may be done to private property, by erecting such Fortifications Shall be fully compensated to the Proprietors.—

3 That many of your Petitioners, by the Town being burnt by the Enemy are reduced to great Straits & Difficulties, Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray Your Honours, will please to take the Premises into Consideration & grant them Adequate Compensation for said Damages, & your Petitioner, as in Duty bound will ever pray, &cFalmouth Sept 16th 1783.

Enoch Freeman

Jedidiah Preble

Memorial Inhabts of Boothbay.

To the Honorable Senate & Hous of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Inhabitants of the town of Boothbay beg leave to represent to your Honours, that we have been ready and willing at all times during the late War with Grate Brittain, to contribute in behalf of Amarica Eaqual to any town in this Commonwealth in proportion to our ability and circumstances, and have answered all the demands of the Legislative Body in that respect to the Year of our Lord 1779 at which time the Enemy took post at Majabagaduce, but a little distance East of this Town; and this town being almost an Island or a neck, as we may say Sheepsgut River makeing the west Side Damascotty River the East, and the Atlantic Ocion the South, so that we ware annoyed almost in every part of the town by the Enemies privateers & Boats, our Vessals have been cheafly taken which was the main Suport of the town, and our young men that was imployed in those vessals, by that means were dispersed, sum a privateering and sum in the Continental Army which left the town in low

circumstances, cut of from any commerce, or geting any Supplies, Abliged to keep sentries on our own Expence for the preservation of our lives & Estates; which has reduced this town to almost Extreme poverty; And now since peace, we remain in low circumstances, as we have not vessals of our own, nor Lumber to supply foring vessals as they have in other parts of this County up the Rivers. These circumstances has rendered this town incapable & unable to pay the public taxes since the year 1779. And for these reasons the Select men has posponded the Assessing Several Taxes knowing the Town unable to pay it

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Therefore we pray the Honorable Court to take our deplorable case into your wise Consideration, And if it is consistant to Your Honours wise Council, we woud pray for an abatement of our rereage taxes til news of tioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray Boothbay 22 Sept 1783.

peace & your peti

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To the Senate, Counsel, and House of Representatives in

General Court Assembled

The humble petition of the Town of Bristol in the County of Lincoln & Common Welth of Massachusetts, most humbly sheweth that we ware assest in a Beef tax, by a Resolve of the General Court, of Sept 25. 1780. of four thousand Weight of Beef which we paid to General Wadsworth at St Georges and have a Recp' for the Same which we Inclose, and also was Taxt by another Resolve of Dec' 4. 1780. and one other Tax in June 1781- for which tax we did Collect

part of s Beef-but no superintendent ever called upon us for s Beef until Jan' at which time our Beef was Kild we not being able to Stall feed, it being a Verry scarce year for Hay, after which the Superintendent Could not Receive Salt Beef but ordered our proportion to be Drove alive to Barth, where they Should be Kill'd & he would give the town Or for Beef, Hides & Tallow-which Distance is thirty od miles & a Defucalt Season to cross the Rivers, they being frozen, & not strong Enuff to Bare, for which Reason we Could not Drive what few cattle we had left to the sd town of Barth & have not been Called upon Since, until now. Therefore we your petitioners humbly pray your Honours, to be pleased to take into your Consideration, the many Difficultys we have Labourd under,-which we set forth to your Honours in a purticular manner in our Last petition, & finely abate us the Whole or such part of s taxes as your Honours shall see meet, as it is wholey out of our power to pay any part of it at present as an Instance an Execution is now served on the Collector of this town for a State Tax, which Collector Cannot collect near Half the money to pay it of with, money being Exceeding Scarce in this town, but for further purticulars Refur you to WillTM Jones Esq. our Representative who will give you a trew Representation of our present Inability, after which, we pray your Honours to take our Situation into your Consideration once more and be pleased to Ease us of as Large a part of the above tax, as to your Honours shall seem meet, and your petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c

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