sheweth That an Act passed the General Court of said State in Septem 1787 for the encouragement of building Slitting Mills &c, & fòr the improvement of which it was thereby enacted that Nail works should be erected at the Prisons in the several Counties in said State. as soon as might be, and that the Prisoners in the several prisons should be employed in making Nails And your said Memorialist placing full confidence in the Authority of this State, that said Act wo'd be carried into effect in all its parts, did erect a Slitting Mill in Exeter aforesaid which was compleated in Septem' 1788, to the full satisfaction of the Hon'ble the Justices of the Sup' Court of said State, who were appointed by said Act to examine the same — but notwithstanding the said Slitting Mill has been built & finished almost three years, yet the nail works in the Several Counties have not been built as is required & directed by said Act (nor any one Step taken towards it), by means whereof your said Memorialist is greatly injured, having no constant employment for said Mill, it is almost useless to him. Wherefore he prays the attention of the Honorable Court to this matter, that they would be pleased to order that nail works sho'd be erected at the several Prisons in the respective Counties immediately, agreeably to said Act, and that your Honors would further be pleased to make him some reasonable compensation for the damages he has Sustained by reason of the nor compliance of said Act on the part of the State, & devise such ways & means as shall be adequate to said Act in promoting & increaseing this usefull & necessary branch of business, and he as in Duty bound prays. Concord June 9th 1791. [8-42] Sam' Hobart [Letter from Joseph Whipple in regard to his contract with Captain Titus Salter, June 20, 1791. — ED.] [8-43] [J. T. Gilman to President Bartlett.] Exeter June 28th 1791. Sir I have Received a Letter this day from my Brother Nich3, who is in Boston, of which the following is an Extract - "On my Arrival here I was much disappointed in finding that all the Money which the Secy of the Treasury allowed to be deposited in this Bank in order to facilitate Subscriptions to the Bank of the U. S. had been paid in"-"It is the prevailing Opinion here that the whole Capital of the Bank will be Subscribed within a very short time & I think the Opinion is pretty well founded" "I understand that the StockHolders of the Boston Bank in their Corporate Capacity have agreed to subscribe to a Considerable Amount & if the other Banks have done the Same I should not be surprized if the whole Capital should be taken up within two or three weeks" as the man who is to Convey this, is waiting I have not time to add but that I am With the greatest Respect Your Excellencys most Obedient Servant J. T. Gilman His Excellency President Bartlett. [8-45-46] [Samuel Ashley resigns from his position as judge in his county court, July 12, 1791, and recommends Thaddeus McCarty as his successor. - ED.] [8-47] [Colonel Shepard Claims a General's Commission.] May it Please your Excellency – Alstead July 24th 1791 — the friendship and attention your Excellency has been Pleased to honor me with must be my Apology for the freedom I am about to take, I was informed by Esq' Holmes that general Chase has Resigned his Command of the brigade and that Col° Aldrich and myself are in nomination One of whom to take Said Command - I have Since been Called upon by general Bellows for my Protentions I Accordingly gave them to him- Pardon me Sir for indeavouring to make a true Statement of Our Protentions to your Excellency may 1st 1775, I had the honor of an Appointment of a Lieut in the Service of the United States I went to Canada and was at the Reduction of Saint Johns and montreall and Returned in the Spring 1776- in my Absence there was an Act Past to Raise more Troops to go to New York-and that all the Officers that went to Canada Should have the Offer of Commanding the Troops that was to be Raised and Each Officer to hold the Same Rank that they held when they was Commissioned to go to Canada - I Accepted and we Raised a Company and went to New York - in January 1777 I moved into the State of New Hampshire and may 4th 1777 I recd a Captains Commission and went to Ticonderoga-march 16th 1782 I Reed a Maj Commission and December 25th 1784 I Recd a Lieut Colo Commission, and march 1st 1776 I Recd a Colo Commission - I will now State Colo Aldrich Protentions as he gave them to general Bellows he Recd a Lieut Commission on January 1st 1776--he Recd a Captains Commission October 14th 1776 and Served that tour and then he was out of the Line of Officers in Command Till December 25th 1784 when he Recd a Lieut Colo Commission for there was a new Arrangement Took Place through the State when the 6th Regiment and the 16th was Supposed to be two Large-the general Court took Part of the 6th and Part of the 16th Regiment which I have the honor to Command and made a new Regiment with the Rank of the 21st Regiment of which King was Appointed head Col King died and November 3d 1785 Aldrich Took the Command of Said Regiment - now I believe it must be Acknowledged that Considering the Rank of Commissions as I have Out Ranked Col Aldrich the greatest Part of the Time and until he was Appointed a head Col and the Rank of my Regiment and my Continuance in Command from may 1st 1775-Down to the Present Day - my Steadfastness in the Cause of my Country and what I have Suffered in fatigues and Also in the Loss of my Property by the war - Although it is not a Lucrative Post-yet I am Led to believe that your Excellency and the Honbl Council will not think me to forward in Claiming it as my right — Sir I have the Honor with Due Respect and the Highest Esteem to Subscribe myself your Excellency most Obedient and very Humble Servent His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq' Kingstown Amos Shepard N. B. Enclosed I Send to your Excellency the Protentions of the Captains that hold the highest Rank in the 16th Regiment — and Also a Recommendation for an Ensign. [8-48] [Records of the Candidates for General's Commission.] Sam' Holmes hath commissions as follows viz. A Lieutenancy-Dated July 22nd 1773 D° in alarm list Dec 20th, 1781 A Captaincy-March 25th 1785 Peter Sleeper hath Comissions as follows (viz) An Ensigncy Dated June 14, 1774. A Lieutinancy - Sept. 5, 1775 Do A Captaincy - March 25, 1785 Col° George Aldrichs Pretensions. Commissions Dated as Follows Viz Lieutenant Dated July 20th 1775 in Colo Reeds Regiment 1st Lieutenant Dated Jany 1st 1776 in Colo Reeds Regiment Captain of an Independant Company under Majr Whitcomb Dated. October 14th 1776 Lieutenant Col° of Militia Dated Decm 25th 1784 Col of Militia Dated Novm 3d 1785 Col Amos Shephards Pretentions- 2d Lieutenant 1st Compy 1st Regiment in Connecticut Dated 1st day of May 1775 Capt of Militia Dated 4th day of May 1777 First Maj' of Militia Dated 16th day of March 1782. Col of Militia Dated March 1st 1786 [8-49] [Letter from Tench Cox, 1791.] Philadelphia July 30th 1791 Gentlemen I did myself the honor duly to inform you of the receipt of your power and instructions to subscribe one hundred and. fifty shares to the Bank of the United States in behalf of the State of New Hampshire, and of my intention to hold the papers until I should have seen the business adjusted and had caused the state of the market for Bank Stock to be duly examined. There was a remote possibility that in the necessary excision of the subscriptions offered the first day some shares might be left, which becoming the right of subsequent applicants, might enable me to procure some of those which I was authorized to obtain for your State I quickly found that the demand for Bank Stock was such as to extinguish all hope of obtaining it on the original terms, with an allowance of a moderate commission to the person who might be employed to procure it, for this kind of operation could not be executed by me under the law establishing the Treasury Department. I find also that the fractions of subscriptions, which were necessarily cut off from the whole of the appliers in the morning of the 4th of July, and which, when thrown together made up a few hundred shares, were absorbed by the applications made in the subsequent part of that day. I had not the honor of your letter till the ninth of instant, and many applicants from the 5th to the 8th being disappointed by the prior subscribers, my hope from the surplus above mentioned was at an end. I now therefore return the papers transmitted to me, very sincerely regretting that it was not possible to execute the business. It will not fail however to afford consolation to the Government and People of New Hampshire, that this little disappointment arises from the high degree in which a confidence in our national ability, wisdom and integrity exists in the minds of our fellow-citizens and of the people of several rich and intelligent foreign nations. With the highest respect I have the honor to be Gentlemen Tench Coxe To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq' President and John T. Gilman Esq' Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire. [8-51] [Petition for Road from Concord to Durham.] State of New Hampshire To the Honble Senate and the Honorable House of Representatives for said State in General Court convened on the last Wednesday in November 1791 – The Memorial of sundry Inhabitants of said State who humbly conceive that in very many instances, the Roads in this State that communicate with the Sea Coast, are crooked and very indirect, and that the Trade & business of the inland country, may be greatly facilitated by Straightening, and of consequence shortning the same. That the Goods & produce transported to and from Boston, to Concord, & which supply the Country West, & Northwest from thence, That a Good road may be had from Concord to Durham falls in thirty miles; - That if it should Still be found necessary to transport heavy Articles to and from Boston to Concord, & other parts from thence within Land- the proposed Road will Save the expence of Forty five Miles Land carriage to the consumer;- All which is clearly Demonstrated by an actual Survey, a Plan of which is ready to be produced to your honors, which some of your petitioners have been at the Expence of obtaining, for all which & many other reasons, unnecessary for us to suggest to your honors, - We |