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At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Jackson
Plantation in the County of Hancock and commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, qualified to vote for Senators, holden
on Monday the second day of September A.D. 1816, on
the following question "Is it expedient that the District
of Maine shall be separated from Massachusetts upon[crossed out]
the[crossed out] terms[crossed out] and[crossed out] conditions[crossed out]
and become an independent
state" upon the terms and conditions provided in
an act, entitled an act, concerning the separation
of the District of Maine from Massachusetts proper,
and forming the same into an independent State.
The whole number of votes was Thirty six -
Yeas Twentyseven -
Nays Nine -
The same being sorted, counted and declared in
said meeting -

B Johnson
Thomas M[?]orton -               [large scroll]  Assessors
Ezra Abbot

Ezra Abbot                                Clerk