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TOWN ACTS. 3dly, Voted, to choose some persons to manage on the Towns behalf against Lidia Granger the wife of George Granger in Court when there shall be occasion for it. The persons chosen to manage against the said Lidia Granger in Court, as above said, are three of the present Select men, namely, John Kent Senr, Lieut. John Austin, and Serj. Abraham Adams.4thly, Voted to accept of the first deed of exchange of the thirty-two acres of land, which John Pengilley Sen, gave to the Town baring date in the reign of our late sovereign the Lady Anne. 5thly, Voted to impower Lieut. John Austin and Serj. Abraham Adams to take care that those Deeds which concern the Town be executed according to Law. Att a Lawfull Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Suffield June the 12th, 1721. 1st, Peter Roe was chosen Moderator for said Meeting. 2dly, Voted to leave it with the Select Men to lease out the School Lot to William King, until the last Lease made to his father be out, and four years longer. 3dly. Voted; Not to continue the dam (see p. 165), which Samuel Copley has made on Stony Brook, att the lower end of High Street. Att a Lawfull Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Suffield, Augr ye 16th, 1721; First, Deacon Samuel Smith was chosen Moderator for said Meeting. Also voted; that the Town by their Representative will Petition the General Court, to grant the Proprietors an equivelant for what is taken from our Township by the late Establishment, (See pp. 12, l3) Also, Granted to Serj. Abraham Adams, by a clear vote, full liberty to lay out thirty-two acres of land on that land which the town of Suffield had of John Pengilly Sen, by way of exchange, provided: said Adams lay out said thirty-two acres upon a legal right: And provided that them be an Highway for the north side of it without purchase if there be occasion for it. The desenters against the preceding vote relating to Abraham Adams, are Anthony Austin, Ebenezer Burbank, Jacob Adams, Samuel Copley, John Pengilly Junr. Att a Lawfull Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Suffield, October ye 4th, 1721, and held by adjournment on October ye 9th 1721; Deacon John Hanchet being chosen Moderator for said meeting. 1st, It was agreed, and voted; to chuse three Trustees for to send for, receive, and dispose the Towns part of the *Fifty thousand pound according to the Towns instructions. 2ndly, It was voted to give said trustees thirty shillings per year, for their service, and to pay them in money for all their necessary money expense. _________ * Suffield received £285 pounds or $950, for its share. To whom the money was loaned is Unknown! The Town had the interest money, but was responsible for the principal, which was to be collected and returned to the Province in nine years. It was a scheme to raise money on a Province Loan, create more paper currency, and aid the towns to pay province rates or taxes.
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