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

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

State of Maine:

To the Selectmen of the Town of in Kennebec District.

Greeting:

Whereas the Constitution of the United States provides that when vacancies in Congress happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: And whereas, also, it is provided by law, that, if it shall appear, by the return of Votes, from any District, for a Representative to 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 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 Kennebec District for a Representative in Congress, to fill the existing vacancy in the Representation from this State, 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 twentieth day of July 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

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

A List

Of the persons voted for in the Kennebec District, to fill the existing vacancy showing the number of votes for each person according to the first return.

Reuel Williams 1857

George Evans 1473

Jesse Robinson 674

Joseph Southwick 158

Timothy Boutelle 132

Alijah Smith 79

Nathan Cutler 77

Nathaniel Gilman 234

William Emmons 13

George Stickney 4

Isaac Hacker 2

Bartlett Lowell 1

George W. Batchelder 1

George Fairbanks Jun 1

Isaac Small 1

Washington Wilcox 1

Asa Redington Jun 1

Peasley Morrill 1

L N. Barton 1

James Hall 1

Benjamin Carr 1

[Total] 4525