1824 Letter Attesting to Outcome of Vote for County Treasurer: George S. Smith, Peter Goulding, Nathaniel Stoddar(d), Timothy Stickney

1824, Perry Maine: Selectmen Peter Goulding and Nathaniel Stoddar and Town Clerk Timothy Stickney attest to the result of the qualified town inhabitants' vote on September 13, 1824 to elect County Treasurer.  24 votes for George S. Smith.

The count was postmarked at Eastport, Maine and directed to the Justice(s) of the Court of Assessors of Washington County, presumably at the county seat in Machias, Maine.

• Peter Goulding (abt 1785-1839), Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; also Maine's agent to the Passamaquoddy Tribe; more information here 
• Nathaniel Stoddar - Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; Nathaniel Stoddar(d) (1758-1828); more information here
• Timothy Stickney (1776-1851); more information here
• George S. Smith, Candidate for Treasurer of Washington County, Maine - presumably George Samuel Smith (1787-1853); more information here

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Perry qualified to vote for County Treasurer holden in said town on Monday the 13th of said month they give in the votes which were ___ [viewed ?]  by the Selectmen & counted by them in accord thereof made by the town clerk & declared in open town meeting & were as follows

For George S. Smith Twenty four 

Attested by Peter Goulding and Nathan Stoddar, Selectmen of Perry, and Timothy Stickney, Town Clerk

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Although the map below shows the land route between Perry and Machias, the more likely route was from Perry, Maine, to the nearby port of Eastport, Maine, and then by sea to Machias.

1883 Highway Surveyor's Book of Frank Newell Doughty (1854-1931) of Cumberland, Maine

1883 Highway Surveyor's Book for District 4 - Frank Newell Doughty (1854-1931) of Cumberland, Maine.

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The booklet measures approximately 6-3/4" by 4-1/4" and contains information about the highway tax and the work provided by residents in lieu of the their tax.

The booklet also contains the signatures of Selectmen:

• N. M.  Shaw - Nelson Merrill Shaw (1836-1921)
• Joseph Harris (1828-1905)

Frank's daughter Lula Jordan Doughty (1884-1967) apparently found the book in the next decade or so and wrote her name on one page and is likely the person who scribbled and doodled throughout. Lula would marry Perry Dexter Burnell.

Mentioned in the booklet, some multiple times

• Augustus Burbank - perhaps Dr. Augustus Hannibal Burbank (1823-1895) or relative
• Charles Deak
• B. F. Doughty - presumably Frank's father Benjamin Franklin Doughty (1814-1893)
• Frank Newell Doughty (1854-1931), Highway Surveyor of Cumberland, Maine; signatures
• Lula Jordan Doughty (1884-1967); Frank's daughter who is likely the author of the scribbling and doodling throughout
• Joseph Drown
• Joseph Harris (1828-1905), Selectman of Cumberland, Maine, his signature twice
• Reuben Hoyt - perhaps Reuben Hoyt (1801-1885), whose second wife was Mary Jane Sweetser 
• E. G. Reed - perhaps Eliphalet Greely Reed (1833-1905)
• N. M. Shaw, Selectman of Cumberland, Maine; his signature twice - presumably Nelson Merrill Shaw (1836-1921)
• Albert A. Sweetser - Albert Augustus Sweetser (1849-1918)
• M. P. Sweetser - Marcellus P. Sweetser (1847-1932)
• Silas Swett - possibly Silas Noyes Swett (1830-1925)
• Archie Wyman - perhaps Archie B. Wyman (1858-1929)

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1916 Annual Report of Newfield, Maine

Annual Report of the Town Officers of the Town of Newfield, Maine, for the Year Ending March 1, 1916.

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