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Chh Records. .  ^_____

April 7. 1785. Being a Day of

Fasting and Prayer. ^__ After the

Public Exercises. The Chh Tarry

and Appoint a Meeting to be at y^e

Meeting House on y^e 12 Instant at

2 ^oClock P.M. agreeable to the request

of Deacon James Hawes. for the purpose

of hearing Rehearse^d some Matter of

Difficulty taken place between said

Hawes and the Select Men of Westboro.

in adjusting an ^a/_c in favor of

Adonijah Rice for whom y^e Select Men

were Agents.^__ The Chh Convene at

the Time appointed being y^e 12 of Apr^l

1 Voted that the Selectmen Relate ov^r

what Transpired between them & D Hawes

B^r Seth Morse Observed first. that

Adonijah Rice having furnished y^e

SelectMen with apower of Attorney

(for y^e purpose) they went to Settle some

Matters of Interest in favor of said

Rice Lodged in y^e hand of Dea^c Hawes

said Hawes Exhibited his account

and Asked y^e Selectmen how they.