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892043307.
Hope (Me. : Town)
Ledger, Town of Hope, Maine.
Hope, Maine : Town Clerk, 1804-1848.
1 volume (approximately 400 pages) ; 34 cm.
Hicks classification: MssB H77 no.1 tall.
Manuscript, in several hands.
Title devised by cataloger.
Front flyleaf: Book A. No. 2.
Caption on page 1: Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred & four.
NOTES
Ledger includes information about the change of name from
Barrettstown Plantation to Hope in 1804, and later information
on the issue of separation from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. The final vote, on July 26, 1819, favored
separation, though earlier votes had been against it. The town
of Hope sent a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in
Portland in October 1819. In 1820 the state of Maine was
created.
NOTES
Town clerks mentioned in the ledger: Samuel Reeves, 1804; Almond
Gushe, 1805; Matthew Beveridge, 1806; Solomon Harwood, 1830;
Asa Payson, 1835; Henry Hobbs, 1837, 1841; Abner Dunton Jr.,
1839, 1842.
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From the collection of Lois S. Montbertrand, Yale Law School
Class of 1985, and donated by her to the Lillian Goldman Law
Library.
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Hope (Me. : Town) -- History -- 19th century.
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Hope (Me. : Town) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Maine -- History -- 19th century.
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Maine -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Barrettstown (Me. : Town) -- History -- 19th century.
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Manuscripts, American -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
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