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Precepts in the form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several towns, and to the assessors of the Plantations composing the Hancock and Washington District.

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

State of Maine.

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 returns 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 & requiring them to cause the Inhabitants of their respective Towns and Plantations, qualified therefor, to assemble & 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 thirtieth day of November 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 the number of votes they respectively have; & shall, in open town meeting, seal up the said lists, certified by you, expressing upon the outside of said list the District in which the votes were given, & transmit the same to the Secretary of this State, on or before the ninth day of January next.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, this twenty seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine; and in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the President of the Senate exercising the office of Governor

Edward Russell, Secretary of State.

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A List

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

Leonard Jarvis 1495

John G. Deane 1408

Johshua W. Hathaway 1034

Samuel Upton 872

Jeremiah O Brien 152

Philip Morrill 40

Delia Bodge 11

Joshua Hall 9

Jabez Mowry 8

Lewall Soake 5

Chas. Hutchings Jun 5

John D. Deane 4

Scattering 4

David Walker 3

John Readmond 3

Sam E. Smith 3

Benjamin Hook 3

Stephen Allen 3

Manly Hardy 2

John Burnham 2

John A. Brown 2

Charles Peavey 2

Solomon Thayer 2

Francis B. Morgan 2

Wm H. Bartlett 1

Sewall Watson 1

Chas. Jarvis 1

Samuel M. Pond 1

Lemuel Cooper 1

David Woster 1

Wm Delesdemier 1

Neh. Choate 1

H[erman?] Nickerson 1

J. G. Hunton 1

Edward Holey 1

Obadiah Hill 1

Wm Freeman 1

G. S. Smith 1

Charles Palmer 1

Edw Patterson 1

Robert White Jun 1

John Drew 1

John Simpson 1

John Page 1

Frye Hall 1

Thomas Snow 1

Francis Fletcher 1

B. Dillingham 1

[Total] 5098