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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 Hancock and Washington District.

State of Maine.

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To the Selectmen of the town of in Hancock and Washington 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 an 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 Hancock and Washington 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 Monday the twenty second day of December next, 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 they respectively have; and shall in open town meeting, seal up the said list, certified by you, expressing upon the outside of said list the District in which the votes were

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

A List

Of the persons voted for in Hancock & Washington District showing the number of votes for each person, according to the first return.

Jeremiah O Brien 1709

Joshua W. Hathaway 1119

Joshua Hall 355

Samuel Upton 321

John G. Deane 9

Obadiah Hill 4

Frye Hall 3

Taff Comstock 2

Aaron Holbrook 2

Scattering 2

Elias Upton 1

Benjamin Hook 1

Ebenezer Calderwood 1

Jairus Reene 1

Jonas Farnsworth 1

George S. Smith 1

W. Hathaway 1

Benjamin Folsom 1

Joseph Fenno 1

John Deane 1

Moses Fuller 1

John Balkam 1

R C. Johnson 1

William Stevens 1

Samuel Pond 1

B. Louthrop 1

Ralph C. Johnson 1

Stephen Ide 1

George Watson 1

Enoch Lincoln 1

[Total] 3,549