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State of Maine.

To the Selectmen of the town of in Oxford District. Greeting.

[To the left is a circle with “Seal” inside and “Saml. E. Smith” underneath]

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 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 Representative in the Legislature of this State, to assemble on Monday the twenty fifth 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 worlds at length against his name; and shall make public declaration in Town Meeting, of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes they respectively have; and shall in open Town Meetings seal up the said list, certified by you expressing on the outside thereof district in which the votes were given, and transmit the same to the Secretary of this State, on or before the eighteenth day of December next.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Augusta, this twenty second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and in the fifty eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor

R. G. Greene Secretary of State.

Precepts of the foregoing form were issued to the Selectmen of the several Towns, and to the Assessors of the several Plantations composing the Oxford Congressional District.

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

A List

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

Moses Mason Jr. 3215

Reuel Washburn 2486

Cornelius Holland 699

Asa Walter Jr 309

Seth Mason Jr 111

Moses Mason 78

Stephen Emery 25

James Steele 15

Asa Walker 5

Benjamin Bradford 3

Benjamin Wyman 3

Judah Dana 2

William R. Porter 2

John Grover 1

Oliver Herrick 1

Edward L. Osgood 1

Alanson Mellen 1

[Total] 6957