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Precepts in the form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several towns and to the Assessors of the several Plantations composing the Oxford District:

State of Maine.

[to the left is a circle with "Seal." inside it and "Enoch Lincoln” written under it]

To the Selectmen of the town of in Oxford 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 Oxford 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 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

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A list

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

Reuel Washburn 2495

James W. Ripley 2180

Oliver Herrick 162

Samuel A. Bradley 119

Charles Moses 7

Simeon Cummings 6

Henry Rust 4

John Deering 3

James Osgood 2

Enoch Lincoln 2

Ephraim woodman 2

Jacob Ludden 1

N. Howe 1

G. French 1

Gustavus Hayford 1

Benjamin Bradford 1

Levi Hubbard 1

Alanson Mellen 1

Richard Davis 1

Mark Harris 1

Robert P. Dunlap 1

John L. Megquier 1

Theodore Ingalls 1

[Total] 4,994