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Precepts in form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several Towns, and to the Assessors of the several Plantations, composing the fifth Eastern District; [?],

“State of Maine,

To the Selectmen of the town of _______, in the fifth Eastern District,

Greeting:

[to the left is a circle with the word "Seal." underlined inside it and "William King" written under it]

Whereas it is provided by law, that if it appears by the return of the votes for a Representative to Congress for any District, that no person has a majority of all the votes, the Governor shall issue precepts to the Selectmen of the several Towns, and Assessors of the several plantations, in said District, 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 the votes duly returned from the several towns & plantations in the said 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 eighth day of December 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 Seventeenth 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 persons voted for, with the number of votes for each set against his name; and shall make a public declaration in town meeting, of the names 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, and transmit the same, within ten days next after such meeting, to the Secretary of this State, or to the Sheriff of the County in which the said town lies, who is hereby directed to transmit the same to the Secretary aforesaid, on or before the fifth day of February, next.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty; and in the forty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor,

Ashur Ware, Secretary of State.”

[the following list is on the left side of the page, under the seal/signature of William King]

Names of the Candidates voted for, with number of votes set against their names respectfully

-Ebenezer Herrick – 587

-Ebenezer T. Warren – 464

-James Parker – 320

-Joshua Gage – 70

-Peter Grant – 22

-Thomas Fillebrown – 9

-Thomas Bond – 7

-James Cochran – 2

-John Merrick – 1

-[Total – ] 1432