Ten items of business are listed on the warrant for the Deerfield, Massachusetts, meeting in December of 1775, with the most notable being whether to provide the town’s minister, Jonathan Ashley, with a salary raise and firewood for the coming year. Although he was an outspoken critic of the patriot cause in a predominantly Tory (in favor of British rule) town, not all Deerfield residents approved of him as minister.
Selectmen of Deerfield. Deerfield Town Warrant. November 25, 1775. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-097/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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