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‘Current events,’ 1724-1734.
Extracts from town Records of Medford.
May 25, 1724.
Put to vote whether the town will agree to hear
Mr. Turell preach two days, and
Mr. Lowell preach one day, if they may be obtained, also to adjourn this meeting for three weeks, then the church to make a nomination and call in the town for choice in said nomination.
Voted in the affirmative.
At said meeting, voted that Monday the twenty-fifth day of May current be set apart for fasting and prayer that God would please to direct the affair of that day in the choice of a minister.
At a
Town Meeting legally convened by adjournment from June the 15 to June the 17th current,
Mr. Ebenezer Turell was chosen to settle in the work of the ministry in
Medford.
At said meeting voted that the town will give to
Mr. Turell when legally settled in the work of the ministry in said town one hundred pounds for his encouragement, one hundred pounds in good bills of credit.
At said meeting voted that the town will give to
Mr. Turell when settled as aforesaid ninety pounds per year and strangers money for a yearly salary during the continuance in the work of the ministry in said town.
At a Town meeting legally convened in
Medford Septr the 14th day, 1724 . . . Put to vote whether the town will add ten pounds per year to the ninety pounds already granted to
Mr. Turell which makes up a hundred pounds per year for his yearly salary. . . . And also to comply with
Mr. Turell's other proposal referring to the neighboring inhabitants that in case they be laid to the town to make a reasonable consideration.
Voted in the affirmative.
At a
Town Meeting legally convened
Octr the 26th 1724 . . . Put to vote whether the town will raise
