The first order of business at the Deerfield, Massachusetts, December town meeting was to elect a moderator to run the meeting. Mr. Joseph Barnard was voted in. In addition to settling details for the improvement of the meetinghouse, the voters dealt with school matters in Bloody Brook (South Deerfield), voted to erect a steeple at the north end of the meetinghouse, appointed the selectmen to order the treasurer to pay the town’s bills, and voted their approval for three members to provide Reverend Ashley with his firewood for the year. Town meetings were regularly held four times each year with extra meetings called for emergencies.
Selectmen of Deerfield. Deerfield Town Meeting. December 7, 1767. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-083/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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