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Precepts in the form following were issue to the Selectmen of the several towns, composing the Lincoln District.

State of Maine.

To the Selectmen of the town of in Lincoln District.

Greeting.

[to the left is a circle with "Seal." inside it and "Jonathan G. Hunton” written under it]

Whereas, it is provided by law, that if it shall appear, by the return 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 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 Lincoln 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 twenty second 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 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 of the number of votes they respectively have; and shall, in open town meeting, seal up the said list, certified by you, expressing, upon the outside of said list the District in which the votes were given, and transmit the same to the Secretary of this State, on or befor [before] the twenty seventh day of December 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 thirty; and in [the] fifty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor

Edward Russell, Secretary of State.

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

A List

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

Edward Kavanagh 3021

Moses Shaw 2951

Joseph F. Wingate 174

Parker McCobb 171

Jeremiah Bailey 48

Jonathan Hoyle 10

Samuel Gray 6

William McGlintock 5

Samuel E. Smith 4

Jonathan G. Hunton 3

James McGlintock 3

Edward Harford 3

David C. Magown 2

William J. Farley 2

Marshall Smith 2

John Robinson 2

Joshua Hilton 2

Frye Hall 2

J. Downell 1

Dummer Sewall 1

Benjamin Randall 1

Johnson Jaques 1

George Jewett 1

John Potter 1

Llewellen H Lithgow 1

John Smith 1

Isaac Hall 1

A. Drummon Jr 1

James Drummond 1

Josiah W. Mitchell 1

Ebenezer Greaves 1

Joseph Bailey 1

Erastus Foote 1

John B. McCrate[?] 1

Asa F. Hall 1

Peleg Smith 1

Andrew Derby 1