[Rarebooks] Bancroft Plantation, Maine--signed document, 1845

[Bob Petrilla]

Maine, Bancroft Plantation. TALLY OF VOTES FOR COUNTY TREASURER, ELECTING
DARIUS DAGGETT TO THE OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1845. Original manuscript. 4pp.
Printed form, accomplished by hand in sepia ink. In part: "To the Justices
of the Court of County Commissioners...of Aroostook.... At a legal meeting
of the inhabitants of the plantation of Bancroft...the said inhabitants
gave in their votes for a County Treasurer.... The whole number of ballots
given in was fifteen--15 [crossed out] Eleven--11...." All eleven votes
went to Darius Daggett. On page three is printed the section of the Maine
statutes relating to election results. Docketed in the verso. Original
folds; small hole from removal of wax seal, no text loss. 9.5" x 8" Very
Good.
Signed by Daniel Beane and Jonathan Quinby, Assessors of Bancroft
Plantation, and by A.C. Shores, Plantation Clerk. This election took place
only six years after Aroostook County was set up, and five years after
Bancroft Plantation was organized. $50.00

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