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ct the first meeting of the new corporation took place at Cutler's tavern in Lexington, April 14, 1845. Larkin Turner was chosen President, and W. W. Warren, Secretary. The act of incorporation was accepted, and a committee of nine was chosen to cause books of subscription to be opened, first of May, 1845, to the capital stock, not to exceed $200,000. This committee consisted of Benjamin Muzzey and Samuel Chandler, of Lexington; Doctor T. Wellington and John Schouler, of West Cambridge; John Wesson and John W. Mulliken, of Charlestown; Edward Munroe and Otis Dana, of Boston; and J. W. Simonds, of Bedford. The meeting then adjourned to meet in Parish Hall at West Cambridge, April 21, to confer with its citizens. This conference meeting was largely attended, and indicated a mutual interest and good feeling of the citizens of both towns. Benjamin Muzzey, who presided (Mr. Warren acting as secretary), stated that no business was contemplated at this meeting but only an interchange
ounty is continually ravaged by bands of tories, who have been armed by the enemy. They are stealing all the horses, mules and cotton. On the 2d February, John Wesson, a tory, shot and killed Lewis C. Moore, an aged and highly respectable citizen, a member of the Commissioners' Court. Wesson is a young man, and had been rearll the horses, mules and cotton. On the 2d February, John Wesson, a tory, shot and killed Lewis C. Moore, an aged and highly respectable citizen, a member of the Commissioners' Court. Wesson is a young man, and had been reared in Moore's neighborhood, and Moore was in the act of shaking hands with him when Wesson shot him. ll the horses, mules and cotton. On the 2d February, John Wesson, a tory, shot and killed Lewis C. Moore, an aged and highly respectable citizen, a member of the Commissioners' Court. Wesson is a young man, and had been reared in Moore's neighborhood, and Moore was in the act of shaking hands with him when Wesson shot him.