7520

At a legal town meeting of the inhabitants of Beverly in the county
of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution
to vote for Representatives held in at the town hall in said town on
Monday the sixteenth day of October Anno Domini 1820 for the purpose
of electing one or more delegates to meet delegates from other towns
in this the Commonwealth in Convention of the state House in Boston
on the third Wednesday of November next.

The Selectmen presided at said meeting as by the Act diverted-

Voted, that this town choose four persons to represent the town in said
convention-

Votes
for the following persons were then given in sorted and counted in open
town meeting for the Hon. Nathan Dane Fifty-four votes
For the hon. Robert Rantoul Fifty-four votes
For the Rev. Nathaniel W. Williams Fifty five votes
For Deacon John Low— —–Forty-two votes
For the Hon. Joshua Fisher—Fourteen – votes
For the Hon. Thomas Stephens— Seven-votes
For Capt. Josiah Lovett——— Seven votes
For Capt. Nathaniel Lawson –Six votes
For Capt. Abraham Hilham –Three votes
For Jonathon Smith Esquire–Seven votes
For Eleazer Wellin ————Six votes
For
the Rev. Abiel Abbot—-one vote

And declaration made. That the Hon. Nathan Dane, Hon. Robert Rantoul
Rev. Nathaniel W. Williams, and John Low were chosen to represent this
town in said Convention