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130 Precepts in form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several towns composing the Lincoln District; to wit:

“State of Maine.

[to the left is a circle with "Seal." inside it and "Albion K. Parris," written under it]

To the Selectmen of the town of _______, in Lincoln District,

Greeting:

Whereas it is provided by law, that if it appears by a return of the votes for a Representative to Congress for any District, that no person is chosen by a majority of all the votes, 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 warn the qualified electors of said towns and plantations to give in their votes for a Representative for said District: and whereas it appears from votes duly returned from the several towns and plantations in said Lincoln District, 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 qualified electors of the town of _______, to assemble on monday the thirtieth day of June next, to give in their votes to the Selectmen, who shall preside at said meeting, for one Representative, that is an inhabitant of the said District, to represent them in the Congress of the United States of America: 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 shall make public declaration in town meeting, of the person [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 on the outside thereof the District in which the votes were given, and transmit the same to the Secretary of this State, on or before the twenty first day of July, next.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three; and in the forty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor.

A: Nichols, Secretary of State.”

[the following list is on the left side of the page, under the aforementioned seal]

A List of the persons voted for in Lincoln District, showing the number of votes for each person according to the first Return.

Mark L. Hill, 1191 Ebenezer Herrick, 906 Jeremiah Bailey, 863 Daniel Rose, 587 Samuel Thatcher, 126 Benjamin Ames, 3 Samuel E. Smith, 2 Peleg Tallman, 1 Nathaniel Dole, 1 T. Lewis, 1 Abel Merrill, 1 Hezekiah P. Allen, 1 John S. Wright, 1 Ebenezer D. Robinson, 1 Daniel Siders, 1 Jonathan Thayer, 1 Ebenezer Thatcher, 1 Edwin Smith, 1 Isaac Barnard, 1 Thomas Trundy, 1

[Total,] 3.771