Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-11-02

20 Epe pcro'AS's fSr SSsaifs Ggl fbe fcrspaLl. H..
loae of'RePrefrntati1,s5 ef re Co6rmouzvealtb oF
11.Hefsnfefes..M Crnsraf CcsTi a9sublrd--
he Memorial and Petition az I ne fub,rrihe-..
4 inhabitants of the plantation of I'll Y,yTgy, y AZ
respectfully Iheweth-I'hsr the propriefors Of faii
townIhip were rot obliged l,y the ronds,ons Of
fhtlr erant, to build az honle for Pubic Warfhip,
nor 70 ietti- MlniRer, nor to make the pu5ic
Reads through Their townihp and We are at this
time deititute OF hcufc for public wofnip, and
mother; and We have more than twenty miles of
County road 10 the plantation, which arc il fnch
Tuinous fate that IL is both difficult and danger
cns 10 pats them with teams OF carriages Of any
kinc, and even with horie5, which IL very dctri-
mental, not Only to the Inhabitants Of FintRown,
ont alioto maEy Of the public, a. all the tcwns ia
the Pigwacket country and Upper Coos are necef-
hated to pats through The plantation 10 get TO the
ieaports-The inhabitants Of Flntfogn are few IN
number, biine isfs than hxty families, and very
poor, icaitered over a large plantation OF rough,
mountainous, poor land, over which Il is very diff.
hcuit and exRenfve making rqsds and keeping them
10 repair altho We nave perhaps IS great pro-
portion in lergih as amoa any rown IN The county,
having two county roads winch rua me whole
length OF thepaotation, oIs leading 10 Pgwackvt
and the Uppr Coos countries and the other 70
Bridgtown and The upEer town on hndrafccggn
river, executive of town ways. In the Nate in
which we now are, We are not author fcd by law
70 faite monty for any Of the aforefsid purpnfgs,
nor for the Import OF Schools for the ntructlon
OF out childrn, which Is very painful coniaeta-
ton 10 US VINO arc parents, as We are fully pur-
tusded that goo education is the b.f If nor the
only fDse means of Importing 4 FREE governnent--
Many and grest are the difficulties and ncuuveai-
snceS which we labor under IN our prefent iiatr,
but we are Induced and encouraged 10 address the
honorable Leginaure on The fuhjee, and lay our
grievances before them IN tul confidence. and with
the pieaing aiiGrance, that the General Court ia
at al times diipofed 20 relieve diArefrs and 10 re-
move iaconvenieDces. whenever known to exiit ID
any part Of the Commonwealh-Y rr petitioners
therefore pray the honorable L4gin4ture t0 take
the premcs INTO their ferrous conhderaticn and
as he expeuies Of building mer,iog houf- and
iettline mi1liter, and making III cubic roads ~
the plantation, which we believe IL generally paid
by he propr'etors Of towuihips, will fan on he
poor inhabitants, we are Induced To Hore that the
hon. LeGiflanre 10 :heir wifdotn win think fin to
er pt that the plantation os FIintRown nla be in-
corporated toto town BY the name of
With al the rights and privileges which o'her IT,
corporate t0wns IN the CommOnweaIth enjoy, with
an exemption from State and Conaty Taxes far The
term nf years iu oon6Atrat on Of cur nd.
gent circumitaaces and he bravy burdens W. IA.
Dor under, Especially of making and repairing The
public roads through the plauafion, which win be
very beneficial no. only To uurfIves. bot sf5 ~
Tie pnbic-And your petitioners "A IN duty bound
fhah ever pray. WILLIAM FITCH, AND
lWEsTY.sfw prEERr