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Precepts in the form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several Towns and the Assessors of the several Plantations composing the Somerset and Penobscot District.

State of Maine.

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To the Selectmen of the town of _________ in Somerset and Penobscot District.

Greeting:

Whereas, it is provided by law, that, if it shall appear, by the return of Votes, from any district, for a Representative in Congress, that no person is chosen by a majority of all the votes returned, the Governor shall cause precepts to issue to the Selectmen of the several Towns, and the Assessors of the several Plantations; within such District, directing and requiring them to cause the Inhabitants of their respective Towns and Plantations, qualified therefor, to assemble and give in their votes for a Representative in Congress: And whereas, it appears from the Votes duly returned from the several Towns and Plantations in said Somerset and Penobscot District; for a Representative in Congress, that no person has a majority of all the votes:

These are, in the name of the State, to require you, in manner as the law directs for calling Town Meetings, to cause the Inhabitants of the Town of _____________ duly qualified to vote for Representatives in the Legislature of this State, to assemble on the second Monday of September next, being the tenth day of said month, to give in their votes to the Selectmen, who shall preside at said meeting, for a Representative, that is an inhabitant of the said District to represent the inhabitants of this State, in the Congress of the United States. And you, the said Selectmen, or a major part of you, shall, in open Town Meeting, sort and count the votes, and form a list of the names of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person written in words at length against his name; and the Town Clerk shall make a record thereof. And you, the said Selectmen, shall, in such meeting make public declaration of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes votes they respectively have; and shall

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[The following is in the left margin under the seal/signature]

A List

Of the persons voted for in Somerset & Penobscot District, showing the number of votes for each person according to the third return

William D. Williamson 1463

Jedediah Herrick 910

Joseph Carr 638

John wilkins 326

Daniel Wilkins 147

David Kidder 114

Obed Wilson 107

Simon Harriman 61

Isaac Hodsdon 60

Jacob McGaw 46

Simeon Stetson 14

Joshua Carpenter 14

Joseph Harvey 11

George Waugh 11

Captain Neptune 10

Samuel Weston Jun 6

Daniel Steward Jun 5

William Emerson 5

Asa Bickford 2nd 4

Benjamin Nourse 4

Samuel Call 4

James Bates 3

John Smith 3

Zebulon York 3

Judah McClellan 3

Abraham Harmon 3

Scattering 3

Andrew Strong 2

Heman S. Jackson 2

Dennis Carpenter 2

George Leonard 2

D. Wilkins 2

Otis Wilson 1

Ebenezer Chamberlain 1

Moses Saunders 1

Edmund Pillsbury 1

Bradbury Robinson Jun 1

John Cappers 1

Nathaniel Robinson 1

F. S. Holmes 1

E. Snow 1

Gorham Parks 1

J. Deane 1

Wm Dunning 1

John W. Moor 1

Daniel Towle 1

James Jacobs 1

Daniel Young 1

Archibald Talbot 1

Jonathan Towle 1

John S. Tenney 1

Asa Wyman 1

Abraham Wyman 1

Jedediah Herve 1

Richard C. Rogers 1

Joseph Haskell 1

Simon Young 1

[Total] 4,013