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Again, The Generality of y^e Town appear^d very dull ab^t. act-

                                           calling

ing any thing on my Proposition referring to another Minister

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so y^e meeting issued in words, sed preteria Nihil.[23] some of the

Brethren being still unsatisfied, motion^d for another meeting,

w^r upon some of the Select men came to me & Informed that

                                                  if I continued alone

some desired another Town-meeting to settle me on Sallery & they

                                                        ^

would know of me whether I did desire it. my Answ^r was, that the

prop^r time for settling my sallary while I was alone, being laps-

=ed, I did not desire y^t y^e Town should be conveend meerly on y^t

account; But if they had anything further to transact in refer-

ence to calling another Minister, & saving their Living, I

would hind^r nothing of that, they might warn a meeting as soon

as they pleased. The Selectmen seemed satisfied, and not

=Inclinable to warn any meeting on that acc^t. But the

aboves^d unsatisfyed Brethren continuing to urge their

former motion ab^t another Town-meeting; one was at last

appointed to Be on, or ab^t y^e twenty third day of ffeb^ry.

at this meeting my aboves^d propositions were brought afoot

                                                while I was alone

& many appeared as willing to comply with y^e first, but as to

                      calling                    ^

y^e latter y^t referred to another Minister, y^y most were dull &

                      ^

would not stirr to decide a vote ~. I had told some of the

chief of y^e Town before this meeting, y^t seeing they had

not taken up with my propositions, it was now their

                                               The Towns

turn to make proposalls to me; accordingly y^e Deacon on

                                                      ^

behalf abated five pounds from my 2^d proposition refer

                          which took off 30 pounds from my Salary   then

=ing to calling another Minister  & so y^e proposition was agen put

                               ^

to vote, but with as little success as at first, & so y^e meeting

Ended without doing anything at all as to y^e holding y^e aboves^d

Donation. [--------------------------------------------------]

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[-----][24] So the matter lay till the College officer took possession

of the several parcels of the Land & meadows which they

have Improv^d since ~ at y^e above s^d chh-meeting touching[25]

a Minister; I proposed to make choice of M^r Jn^o Emmerson

because I concluded he would surely come; which, had they done

they had certainly secured their Donation, if the Town had

concur^d, & Sallaries had been agreed on; But there was no

likelyhood that M^r Brown would come, & so it proved. ~

     I did count it necessary to know before hand, what the

 Town would do for me in case they saved their Donation

by calling another Minister and that for sundry Reasons

                                                     We