Massachusetts 1799 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1799 Governor
Date:
1799
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Increase Sumner, William Heath, Moses Gill, Elbridge Gerry, James Sullivan, Supply Belcher, Samuel Phillips, Edward H. Robbins, Samuel Adams, Phaneul Bishop, John Thomas, Randall Rice, John Brown, Stephen Bullock, Josiah Dean, Benjamin Lawson, William Aspinwall, Isaac Bennett, Elisha Bigelow, Samuel Brook, Samuel Brown, Jr., Alexander Campbell, Eli Chapin, Peter R. Dalton, Henry Dearborn, Samuel Down, Ira Draper, Thomas Dwight, Daniel Goodwin, Peter Hoar, Benjamin Lincoln, Levi Lincoln, Theodore Lyman, Boriah Norton, Benjamin Philbrick, Ezekiel Plimpton, Abijah Randall, David Rosseter, Joseph Swan, Nicholas Tillingham, William Wedgery, Nathan Weston, Samuel Williams, William Williams, James Winthrop
Candidates: Increase Sumner[1]William HeathMoses GillElbridge GerryJames SullivanSupply BelcherSamuel PhillipsEdward H. RobbinsSamuel AdamsPhaneul BishopJohn ThomasRandall RiceJohn BrownStephen BullockJosiah DeanBenjamin LawsonWilliam AspinwallIsaac BennettElisha BigelowSamuel BrookSamuel Brown, Jr.Alexander CampbellEli ChapinPeter R. DaltonHenry DearbornSamuel DownIra DraperThomas DwightDaniel GoodwinPeter HoarBenjamin LincolnLevi LincolnTheodore LymanBoriah NortonBenjamin PhilbrickEzekiel PlimptonAbijah RandallDavid RosseterJoseph SwanNicholas TillinghamWilliam WedgeryNathan WestonSamuel WilliamsWilliam WilliamsJames Winthrop
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 241358605286494513654443222211111111111111111111111111111
Barnstable County610223-------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstable6098-------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham39--------------------------------------------
Town of Dennis40--------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham22--------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth3121-------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich86--------------------------------------------
Town of Orleans911-------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown41--------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich1013-------------------------------------------
Town of Truro24--------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet24--------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth79--------------------------------------------
Berkshire County15262621----------------------------------1-----1-
Town of Adams5099-----------------------------------1-----1-
Town of Alford44--------------------------------------------
Town of Becket55--------------------------------------------
District of Bethlehem20--------------------------------------------
Town of Chesire876-------------------------------------------
Town of Clarksburg197-------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton33--------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont33--------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington95--------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock48--------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough7531------------------------------------------
Town of Lee73--------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox93--------------------------------------------
Town of Louden20--------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington12--------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford[2]---------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough64--------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield71--------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield124--------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond62--------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield64--------------------------------------------
Town of Savoy25--------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield73--------------------------------------------
District of Southfield[3]---------------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge92--------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham47--------------------------------------------
Town of Washington40--------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge66--------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown7275-------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor482-------------------------------------------
Bristol County136869965-----4---22-------------1----------1-----
Town of Attleborough15094------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley48441-----------1------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth777-------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton88551------1-----------------------------------
Town of Easton4967-5------------------------1----------------
Town of Freetown4894-------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield6627-------------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford2801-------------------------------------------
Town of Norton3391-------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham65111------------1------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth12646-------------------------------------------
Town of Somerset69--------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea433-------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton175144-------3---2-------------------------1-----
Town of Westport51--------------------------------------------
Cumberland County1573602-1-----4-------------------1---------1----
Town of Bakerstown[4]---------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgton36--------------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick102--------------------------------------------
Town of Buckfield34--------------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth41--------------------------------------------
Town of Durham58--------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth586-------------------------------------------
Town of Flintstown[5]---------------------------------------------
Town of Freeport135-1------------------------------------------
Town of Gorham89-1------------------------------------------
Town of Gray40--------------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell57--------------------------------------------
Town of Hartford26--------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron52--------------------------------------------
Town of Jay26--------------------------------------------
Town of Livermore70--------------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester77--------------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth148---------4----------------------------------
Town of Norway19-----------------------------1--------------
Town of Otisfield26--------------------------------------------
Town of Paris47---------------------------------------1----
Town of Poland63--------------------------------------------
Town of Portland163---1----------------------------------------
Town of Raymondston31--------------------------------------------
Town of Rumford[6]---------------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro1918-------------------------------------------
Town of Standish3232-------------------------------------------
Town of Sumner14--------------------------------------------
Town of Turner42--------------------------------------------
Town of Windham68--------------------------------------------
Dukes County1582-------------------------------1-----------
Town of Chilmark47--------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown771-------------------------------1-----------
Town of Tisbury341-------------------------------------------
Essex County2787586162--1-----------------------------1--------
Town of Amesbury43--------------------------------------------
Town of Andover15674-------------------------------------------
Town of Beverly911-------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford403-------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford79--------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers10837-------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester2694-------------------------------------------
Town of Hamilton91--------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill145391------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich1154151-----------------------------------------
District of Lynfield36--------------------------------------------
Town of Lynn126473---------------------------------1--------
Town of Manchester55--------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead75131-------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun4580-------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton[7]---------------------------------------------
Town of Newbury17711-------------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport37717-1-----------------------------------------
Town of Rowley9448-------------------------------------------
Town of Salem509407---1--------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury51--------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield675-------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham388-------------------------------------------
Hampshire County329974-728----------------------1-----------------
Town of Amherst107--------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield45--------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown94--------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston35--3-----------------------------------------
Town of Blandford65--------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield74--------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland51--------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont35--------------------------------------------
Town of Chester49---5----------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield51--------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain56--------------------------------------------
Town of Conway111--------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington32--------------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield45--------------------------------------------
District of Easthampton51--------------------------------------------
Town of Gill67--------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen43--------------------------------------------
Town of Granby42--------------------------------------------
Town of Granville61--------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield94--------------------------------------------
Town of Greenwich65--------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley50--------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield61--------------------------------------------
Town of Hawley46--------------------------------------------
Town of Heath36--------------------------------------------
Town of Holland31--2-----------------------------------------
Town of Leverett52--2-----------------------------------------
District of Leyden54--------------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow82--------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow[8]---------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield37--------------------------------------------
Town of Monson61--------------------------------------------
Town of Montague34--------------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery39--------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem2829-------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield48--------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton121---3----------------------------------------
Town of Norwich32--------------------------------------------
District of Orange39--------------------------------------------
Town of Palmer55--------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham81--------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield42--------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe23--------------------------------------------
Town of Russell35--------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne[9]59--------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury45--------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield44--------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley47--------------------------------------------
Town of Southampton95--------------------------------------------
Town of Southwick53--------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield92--------------------------------------------
Town of Sunderland19--------------------------------------------
Town of Ware47--------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick4942-------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell44--------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield273--2----------------------------------------
Town of Westfield67--------------------------1-----------------
Town of Westhampton55--------------------------------------------
Town of Whately37--------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham40---18----------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg54--------------------------------------------
Town of Worthington65--------------------------------------------
Hancock County53689-------------------1-----------------------
Town of Bangor22--------------------------------------------
Town of Belfast333-------------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill30--------------------------------------------
Town of Buckstown25--------------------------------------------
Town of Castine38--------------------1-----------------------
Town of Deer Isle49--------------------------------------------
Town of Ducktrap[10]---------------------------------------------
Town of Eden[11]---------------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt30--------------------------------------------
Town of Goldsboro22--------------------------------------------
Town of Hampden1437-------------------------------------------
Town of Isleboro20--------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert[12]---------------------------------------------
Town of Northport36--------------------------------------------
Town of Orrington382-------------------------------------------
Town of Penobscot22--------------------------------------------
Town of Prospect547-------------------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick[13]---------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan23--------------------------------------------
Town of Trenton[14]---------------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven50--------------------------------------------
Plantation No. 2 E. Tide Penboscot River27--------------------------------------------
Plantation No. 6 E. Tide Penboscot River[15]---------------------------------------------
Plantation No. 6 Union River52--------------------------------------------
Kennebec County7608933--131-----------------1---------1----------
Town of Anson2018-------------------------------------------
Town of Augusta81761------------------------------------------
Town of Belgrade1314-------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan594-------------------------------------------
Town of Clinton-77-------------------------------------------
Town of Cornville263-------------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield-40-------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington45-1--131--------------------------------------
Town of Fayette1232-------------------------------------------
Town of Green20--------------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell7384-------------------------------------------
Town of Harlem22--------------------------------------------
Town of Littleboro[16]---------------------------------------------
Town of Monmouth1062-------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon6117--------------------------------1----------
Town of New Sharon23--------------------------------------------
Town of New Vineyard[17]---------------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock3017-------------------------------------------
Town of Pittston[18]---------------------------------------------
Town of Readfield1764-------------------------------------------
Sandy River No. 3[19]---------------------------------------------
Town of Sidney4332-------------------------------------------
Town of Starks39--------------------------------------------
Town of Vassalborough7142-------------------------------------------
Town of Wayne930-------------------------------------------
Town of Winslow59581---------------------1--------------------
Town of Winthrop4560-------------------------------------------
Lincoln County1003202----3----------------------------------1---
Ballstown Plantation[20]---------------------------------------------
Town of Bath125--------------------------------------------
Town of Boothbay77--------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin56--------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham32--------------------------------------------
Town of Bristol73--------------------------------------------
Town of Camden45--------------------------------------------
Town of Cushing[21]---------------------------------------------
Town of Dresden1929----3----------------------------------1---
Town of Edgecomb46--------------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown679-------------------------------------------
Town of Lewiston36--------------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield1820-------------------------------------------
Medencook Plantation[22]---------------------------------------------
Town of New Castle1546-------------------------------------------
Town of New Milford2140-------------------------------------------
Town of Nobleborough655-------------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro[23]942-------------------------------------------
Town of Thomaston42--------------------------------------------
Town of Topsham50--------------------------------------------
Town of Union40--------------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro[24]---------------------------------------------
Town of Warren42--------------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich751-------------------------------------------
Plantation adjacent to Bowdoin24--------------------------------------------
Middlesex County204421351968----------2---------1-------------------
Town of Acton15682------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby67--------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford2827-------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica9723-------------2-----------------------------
District of Boxboro636--1----------------------------------------
Town of Burlington48--------------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge153119-------------------------------------------
District of Carlisle164-------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown17712012----------------------1-------------------
Town of Chelmsford58761------------------------------------------
Town of Concord8379-------------------------------------------
Town of Dracut5148-------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable1127-------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury3331-------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham907-------------------------------------------
Town of Groton4785-------------------------------------------
Town of Holliston563-------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton3772-1-----------------------------------------
Town of Lexington2793-------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln2745-4-----------------------------------------
Town of Littleton2864-------------------------------------------
Town of Malden3362-------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough33123-------------------------------------------
Town of Medford7561------------------------------------------
Town of Natick1563--1----------------------------------------
Town of Newton118111------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperell6049-------------------------------------------
Town of Reading80432------------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn6732-------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley2736--3----------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham-39-------------------------------------------
Town of Stow2533-------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury1964-------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury1079-1-----------------------------------------
Town of Townsend4131--1----------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough4610-------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham4519-------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown851-------------------------------------------
Town of Westford3193-------------------------------------------
Town of Weston10534-------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington772--2----------------------------------------
Town of Woburn2848-------------------------------------------
Nantucket County[25]721214--------3------------------------------1-1
Town of Nantucket721214--------3------------------------------1-1
Norfolk County1082137971--------2---11--1-----1--------1--1------
Town of Bellingham46--------------------------------------------
Town of Braintree5371-------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline3430-------------------------------------------
Town of Canton2266-------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset33--------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham751223-----------------------1-----------1------
Town of Dorchester82133--------------1----------------------------
District of Dover2557-------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough705-------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin8651-------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield4651---------------------------------1---------
Town of Medway2469-------------------------------------------
Town of Milton55832------------------------------------------
Town of Needham2551-------------------------------------------
Town of Quincy579-------------------------------------------
Town of Randolph111202------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury110140-1--------2--------------------------------
Town of Sharon4348-------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton4061-------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole4763-------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth4273-------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham5676---------------1--1------------------------
Plymouth County1110791911---4--------------------1---------------
Town of Abington40104-------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater187176-------------------------------------------
Town of Carver45-------4------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury78411------------------------------------------
Town of Halifax760-------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover2641-------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston100--------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield6541-------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough91160-1-------------------------1---------------
Town of Pembroke56711------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth171334------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton24282------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester723--1----------------------------------------
Town of Scituate83331------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham65--------------------------------------------
Suffolk County204958221-------------------1---------------------
Town of Boston1904546-1-------------------1---------------------
Town of Chelsea27--------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham113312------------------------------------------
Town of Hull55-------------------------------------------
Washington County1993-------------------------------------------
Town of Addison[26]---------------------------------------------
Town of Columbia[27]---------------------------------------------
Town of Eastport28--------------------------------------------
Town of Harrington15--------------------------------------------
Town of Machias923-------------------------------------------
Town of Steuben34--------------------------------------------
Plantation No. 6 Union River[28]---------------------------------------------
Plantation No. 2230--------------------------------------------
Worcester County29332947262-15----------11--1--------1-------------
Town of Ashburnham49--------------------------------------------
Town of Athal67--------------------------------------------
Town of Barre68--------------------------------------------
District of Berlin40--------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton491-------------------------------------------
Town of Boylston54-----12-------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield150---1--1-------------------------------------
Town of Charlton90-1------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas74--------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley77--------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg1657-------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner374-------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry49--------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton414--1----------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick62--------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard6291-----------------1-------------------------
Town of Holden38--------------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston49--------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster74-1------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester452-------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster5916-------------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg581-14-----------------------------------------
Town of Mendon4533-------------------------------------------
Town of Milford1938-------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree424-------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough404-------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge24--------------------------------------------
Town of Oakham55--------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford64--1-----------------------------------------
Town of Paxton44--------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham66-1------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown87-4------------------------------------------
Town of Royalston93--------------------------------------------
Town of Rutland21--------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury70--7-----------------------------------------
Town of Southborough581-----------------------------1-------------
Town of Spencer4323-------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling57--------------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge57--------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton1631-------------------------------------------
Town of Templeton81--------------------------------------------
Town of Upton491-------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge69--------------------------------------------
Town of Ward23--1-----------------------------------------
Town of Westborough69------2-------------------------------------
Town of Western50--------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster68-----------------1--------------------------
Town of Winchendon4913-------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester119--3------------------1----------------------
York County1026330--5---------------------------1------------
Town of Alfred34--------------------------------------------
Town of Arundel[29]---------------------------------------------
Town of Berwick1156-------------------------------------------
Town of Bethel18--------------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford2827-------------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield37--------------------------------------------
Town of Buxton41107-------------------------------------------
Town of Cornish32--------------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall67--------------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh421-------------------------------------------
Town of Kittery52--------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon58--------------------------------------------
Town of Limerick22--------------------------------------------
Town of Limington173-------------------------------------------
Town of Newfield22--------------------------------------------
Town of Parsonsfield73--------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro3106-------------------------------------------
Town of Phillipsburgh3132-------------------------------------------
Town of Sandford1548------------------------------1------------
Town of Shapleigh31---5----------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough35--------------------------------------------
Town of Waterford[30]---------------------------------------------
Town of Wells194--------------------------------------------
Town of York59--------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]There were no votes recorded in New Ashford.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Southfield.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Flintstown.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Rumford.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Middleton.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Ludlow.
[9]The votes in Shelburne were recorded but crossed out in the Original Returns. The totals were not included in the county or state totals.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Ducktrap.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Eden.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Mount Desert.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Sedgwick.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Trenton.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 6 E. Tide Penboscot River.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Littleboro.
[17]There were no votes recorded in New Vineyard.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Pittston.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Sandy River No. 3.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Ballstown Plantation.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Cushing.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Medencook Plantation.
[23]William Heath received 1 vote as William Heath rather than "Honorable William Heath", which was not credited to him in the Official Returns.
[24]There were no votes recorded in Waldoboro.
[25]Nearly all the votes in Nantucket for both Governor and Lieutenant Governor were listed for Moses Gill. As Gill was not a candidate for Governor, these votes were likely intended for William Heath.
[26]There were no votes recorded in Addison.
[27]There were no votes recorded in Columbia.
[28]There were no votes recorded in Columbia.
[29]There were no votes recorded in Arundel.
[30]There were no votes recorded in Waterford.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records. 182 - 183.
Bernardston Town Records. 183 - 184.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 233.
Blue Hill Town Records. 148.
Boston Town Records. 68.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 430.
Charlemont Town Records. 206.
Chatham Town Records. 126.
Falmouth Town Records. 351.
Hardwick Town Records. 224.
Lee Town Records. 99.
Hodgkin, Douglas I., ed. Records of Lewiston, Maine. Vol. I. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2001. 27.
Leyden Town Records. 122.
Marshfield Town Records. 294.
Oakham Town Records. 394.
Peru Town Records. 118.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 151.
Princeton Town Records.
Provincetown Town Records. 44.
South Hadley Town Records. 123.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 307.
Truro Town Records. 118.
Ware Town Records.
Wareham Town Records. Book 1. 190.
Western Town Records. 63.
Worcester Town Records. 360.
The Castine Journal, and Universal Advertiser (Castine, ME). March 27, 1799.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 2, 1799.
The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette (Newburyport, MA). April 2, 1799.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 3, 1799.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 3, 1799.
J. Russell's Gazette. Commercial and Political (Boston, MA). April 3, 1799.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 3, 1799.
Columbian Minerva (Dedham, MA). April 4, 1799.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 4, 1799.
The Medley or Newbedford Marine Journal (New Bedford, MA). April 5, 1799.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 6, 1799.
Columbian Courier (New Bedford, MA). April 6, 1799.
The Gazette (Portland, ME). April 8, 1799.
The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette (Newburyport, MA). April 9, 1799.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 9, 1799.
The Political Repository: Or, Farmer's Journal (Brookfield, MA). April 9, 1799.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 12, 1799.
The Medley or Newbedford Marine Journal (New Bedford, MA). April 12, 1799.
The Castine Journal, and Universal Advertiser (Castine, ME). April 17, 1799.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 17, 1799.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 14.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, Maine: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, Maine : Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 475.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 3. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 169.
Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris, Maine. Paris, ME: Printed for the Authors, 1884. 101.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 465.

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