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June 10, 1790
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Proceedings of the New Hampshire General Court in Concord: election of Speaker Thomas Bartlett, Clerk William Plummer, President Josiah Bartlett; confirmation of John S. Sherburne's eligibility; listing of senators, counsellors, and representatives by county.
Merged-components note: The list of legislative members and officers continues directly from the report on proceedings, forming a single focused component on state government updates.
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PORTSMOUTH, June 10
From Concord.
Proceedings of the Council.
On Wednesday the 2d instant, the Hon. General-Court met at Concord, and after choosing Ebenezer Smith, Esq. Chairman, qualified themselves, and made choice of the Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Esq. as Speaker, and the Hon. William Plummer, Esq. as Clerk to the Hon. House of Representatives.
On Thursday the House proceeded to examine the returns of the members. On motion of Mr. Hoit, whether John S. Sherburne, Esq. by being on the list of invalid pensioners is rendered ineligible to a seat in the House of Representatives, it was voted that he was not. The yeas and nays being called for by Mr. Wentworth, there were 66 nays and 1 yea, so it passed in the negative.
The four Senators who were returned chosen by the people, viz. The Hon. Oliver Peabody, John Waldron, Sanford Kingsbury and Amos Shephard, Esquires, met the Representatives in the Assembly Chamber, and proceeded to count the votes for President, it appeared that the Hon. John Pickering, Esq. had 3189--Hon. Joshua Wentworth, Esq. 2369--Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. 1676--Hon. Nathaniel Peabody, Esq. 294, and 334 votes for different gentlemen; there appeared to be no choice by the people, the Senate elect and Representatives proceeded to fill up the Senate, agreeably to the Constitution, the Senate and House then repaired to the meeting-house, where the Rev. Mr. Ogden, rector of Queen's Chapel in this town, delivered an excellent sermon from Nehemiah, Chap. v. Verse 19. "Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people."
The Hon. House of Representatives on Friday sent up to the Hon. Senate, the names of the Hon. John Pickering and Josiah Bartlett, Esquires, as candidates for the Presidency. The Senate proceeded to ballot, the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. had 6 votes, and the Hon. John Pickering, Esq. 5, therefore the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. is elected President of this State for the year ensuing. On Saturday a very respectable Committee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smith, Mr. M'Gregore, Mr. Barrett and Mr. Eastman from the House, and Mr. Webster from the Senate, were appointed to wait on the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. and inform him of his election, they proceeded accordingly, and were very politely received by him. On Monday he set off from his seat in Kingtown for Concord, escorted by the light horse from Concord and Pembroke, and arrived at the ferry about 6 o'clock, P. M. where he was very politely received and escorted to his lodgings by the Hon. Senate, Representatives, private gentlemen, &c. in the following procession, viz.
1st. Section of the cavalry in front at the distance of four rods.
2d. A corps of infantry with music in their front.
3d. The Committee of arrangement and the Committee that waited on the President.
4th. His Excellency the President.
5th. The Hon. Council.
6th. The Senior Senator with the Secretary at his left.
7th. The Hon. Senate.
8th. The Hon. House of Representatives.
9th. The Civil and Military officers of the State.
10th. The private gentlemen attending.
11th. The main body of the Cavalry.
(In our next we hope to present our readers with the President's address, &c.)
The following vote passed the House of Representatives, without a division, viz. That it is the opinion of this house, that an attorney of the United States for the district of New-Hampshire, is constitutionally eligible to a seat in the Legislature.
The gentlemen who compose the present Legislature, and the officers they have appointed are,
PRESIDENT.
His Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT, Esquire.
COUNSELLORS.
Honorable Christopher Toppan, Joseph Badger, jr. Robert Wallace, Lemuel Holmes and Jonathan Freeman, Esquires.
SENATORS.
County of Rockingham. Hon. Oliver Peabody, Nathaniel Peabody, Peter Green, Joseph Cilley and Nathaniel Rogers, Esquires.
County of Strafford. Hon. John Waldron and Ebenezer Smith, Esquires.
County of Hillsborough. Hon. Robert Wallace and Ebenezer Webster, Esquires.
County of Cheshire. Hon. Amos Shephard and Absolom Kingsbury, Esquires.
County of Grafton. Hon. Jonathan Freeman, Esq.
Joseph Pearson, Esq. Secretary.
William Gardner, Esq. Treasurer.
Supply Clap, Esq. Commissary-General.
REPRESENTATIVES.
County of Rockingham.
Portsmouth: George Gains, John S. Sherburne, George Wentworth.
Exeter: Benjamin Conner.
Londonderry: James M'Gregore.
Chester: Joseph Blanchard.
Newington, Greenland: Joshua Weeks.
Rye and New-Castle, North-Hampton, Hampton: Christopher Toppan.
Hampton-Falls: Elisha Brown.
Stratham, Kensington, South-Hampton: Phillips White.
Kingstown: John Eastman.
Brentwood, Epping: William Plummer.
Newmarket, Nottingham: Thomas Bartlett.
Deerfield, Epsom: Michael M'Clary.
Chichester, Canterbury: Jere Clough.
Louden: Samuel Chamberlain.
Concord, Pembroke: Richard Bartlett.
Candia, Raymond, Hooksett, Hampstead, Atkinson, Salem, Newton, Windham, Pelham: James Gibson.
County of Strafford.
Dover: John Kelley.
Durham: Ebenezer Smith, jr.
Somersworth, Rochester: Barnabas Palmer.
Barrington: Samuel Hale.
Sanbornton, Gilmanton: Joseph Badger.
Lee: Paul Giles.
Madbury, Meredith, Sandwich: Daniel Beede.
Moultonborough: Nathan Hoit.
Barnstead, Wakefield: David Copp.
Conway: Andrew M'Mellen.
County of Hillsborough.
Amherst: Daniel Warner.
Nottingham-West, Dunstable, Litchfield, Merrimack: Timothy Taylor.
Bedford: Stephen Dole.
Goffstown, Hollis: Daniel Emerson.
Raby: Obadiah Parker.
New-Ipswich: Charles Barrett.
Francestown, Duxbury, Wilton: Jacob Abbot.
Lyndborough: Peter Clarke.
Temple: Francis Cragin.
Peterborough: Jeremiah Smith.
Hancock, Henniker: William Wallace.
New-Boston, Weare, Hopkinton, Dunbarton, Salisbury, Boscawen: Henry Gerrish.
Warner: James Flanders.
Andover.
County of Cheshire.
Charlestown: William Page.
Alstead: Oliver Shepard.
Keene: Jere Stiles.
Swanzey: Elisha Whitcomb.
Richmond: Jonathan Gaskill.
Jaffrey: Benjamin Prescott.
Winchester: John Alexander.
Westmoreland: Archelaus Temple.
Chesterfield: Moses Smith.
Rindge: Daniel Rand.
Walpole: Aaron Allen.
Claremont, Cornish: James Welman.
Newport: Jesse Lane.
Acworth: William Grout.
Wendell.
Surrey: Lemuel Holmes.
Stoddard: Thomas Penniman.
Dublin: Reuben Morse.
Marlborough, Fitzwilliam: Abner Stone.
Plainfield: Joseph Kimball.
Proctorworth: Samuel Duncan.
County of Grafton.
Holderness: Moses Baker.
Plymouth: Abraham Burnham.
New-Chester: Thomas Crawford.
Enfield: Ebenezer Hoit.
Hanover, Lebanon: Elisha Paine.
Lyme.
Haverhill: Moses Dow.
Piermont: William Tarlton.
Orford: Theodore Dame.
Bath: Samuel Young.
Northumberland: Jere Ames.
Those marked thus (a) were not of the House the last year.
From Concord.
Proceedings of the Council.
On Wednesday the 2d instant, the Hon. General-Court met at Concord, and after choosing Ebenezer Smith, Esq. Chairman, qualified themselves, and made choice of the Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Esq. as Speaker, and the Hon. William Plummer, Esq. as Clerk to the Hon. House of Representatives.
On Thursday the House proceeded to examine the returns of the members. On motion of Mr. Hoit, whether John S. Sherburne, Esq. by being on the list of invalid pensioners is rendered ineligible to a seat in the House of Representatives, it was voted that he was not. The yeas and nays being called for by Mr. Wentworth, there were 66 nays and 1 yea, so it passed in the negative.
The four Senators who were returned chosen by the people, viz. The Hon. Oliver Peabody, John Waldron, Sanford Kingsbury and Amos Shephard, Esquires, met the Representatives in the Assembly Chamber, and proceeded to count the votes for President, it appeared that the Hon. John Pickering, Esq. had 3189--Hon. Joshua Wentworth, Esq. 2369--Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. 1676--Hon. Nathaniel Peabody, Esq. 294, and 334 votes for different gentlemen; there appeared to be no choice by the people, the Senate elect and Representatives proceeded to fill up the Senate, agreeably to the Constitution, the Senate and House then repaired to the meeting-house, where the Rev. Mr. Ogden, rector of Queen's Chapel in this town, delivered an excellent sermon from Nehemiah, Chap. v. Verse 19. "Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people."
The Hon. House of Representatives on Friday sent up to the Hon. Senate, the names of the Hon. John Pickering and Josiah Bartlett, Esquires, as candidates for the Presidency. The Senate proceeded to ballot, the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. had 6 votes, and the Hon. John Pickering, Esq. 5, therefore the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. is elected President of this State for the year ensuing. On Saturday a very respectable Committee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smith, Mr. M'Gregore, Mr. Barrett and Mr. Eastman from the House, and Mr. Webster from the Senate, were appointed to wait on the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Esq. and inform him of his election, they proceeded accordingly, and were very politely received by him. On Monday he set off from his seat in Kingtown for Concord, escorted by the light horse from Concord and Pembroke, and arrived at the ferry about 6 o'clock, P. M. where he was very politely received and escorted to his lodgings by the Hon. Senate, Representatives, private gentlemen, &c. in the following procession, viz.
1st. Section of the cavalry in front at the distance of four rods.
2d. A corps of infantry with music in their front.
3d. The Committee of arrangement and the Committee that waited on the President.
4th. His Excellency the President.
5th. The Hon. Council.
6th. The Senior Senator with the Secretary at his left.
7th. The Hon. Senate.
8th. The Hon. House of Representatives.
9th. The Civil and Military officers of the State.
10th. The private gentlemen attending.
11th. The main body of the Cavalry.
(In our next we hope to present our readers with the President's address, &c.)
The following vote passed the House of Representatives, without a division, viz. That it is the opinion of this house, that an attorney of the United States for the district of New-Hampshire, is constitutionally eligible to a seat in the Legislature.
The gentlemen who compose the present Legislature, and the officers they have appointed are,
PRESIDENT.
His Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT, Esquire.
COUNSELLORS.
Honorable Christopher Toppan, Joseph Badger, jr. Robert Wallace, Lemuel Holmes and Jonathan Freeman, Esquires.
SENATORS.
County of Rockingham. Hon. Oliver Peabody, Nathaniel Peabody, Peter Green, Joseph Cilley and Nathaniel Rogers, Esquires.
County of Strafford. Hon. John Waldron and Ebenezer Smith, Esquires.
County of Hillsborough. Hon. Robert Wallace and Ebenezer Webster, Esquires.
County of Cheshire. Hon. Amos Shephard and Absolom Kingsbury, Esquires.
County of Grafton. Hon. Jonathan Freeman, Esq.
Joseph Pearson, Esq. Secretary.
William Gardner, Esq. Treasurer.
Supply Clap, Esq. Commissary-General.
REPRESENTATIVES.
County of Rockingham.
Portsmouth: George Gains, John S. Sherburne, George Wentworth.
Exeter: Benjamin Conner.
Londonderry: James M'Gregore.
Chester: Joseph Blanchard.
Newington, Greenland: Joshua Weeks.
Rye and New-Castle, North-Hampton, Hampton: Christopher Toppan.
Hampton-Falls: Elisha Brown.
Stratham, Kensington, South-Hampton: Phillips White.
Kingstown: John Eastman.
Brentwood, Epping: William Plummer.
Newmarket, Nottingham: Thomas Bartlett.
Deerfield, Epsom: Michael M'Clary.
Chichester, Canterbury: Jere Clough.
Louden: Samuel Chamberlain.
Concord, Pembroke: Richard Bartlett.
Candia, Raymond, Hooksett, Hampstead, Atkinson, Salem, Newton, Windham, Pelham: James Gibson.
County of Strafford.
Dover: John Kelley.
Durham: Ebenezer Smith, jr.
Somersworth, Rochester: Barnabas Palmer.
Barrington: Samuel Hale.
Sanbornton, Gilmanton: Joseph Badger.
Lee: Paul Giles.
Madbury, Meredith, Sandwich: Daniel Beede.
Moultonborough: Nathan Hoit.
Barnstead, Wakefield: David Copp.
Conway: Andrew M'Mellen.
County of Hillsborough.
Amherst: Daniel Warner.
Nottingham-West, Dunstable, Litchfield, Merrimack: Timothy Taylor.
Bedford: Stephen Dole.
Goffstown, Hollis: Daniel Emerson.
Raby: Obadiah Parker.
New-Ipswich: Charles Barrett.
Francestown, Duxbury, Wilton: Jacob Abbot.
Lyndborough: Peter Clarke.
Temple: Francis Cragin.
Peterborough: Jeremiah Smith.
Hancock, Henniker: William Wallace.
New-Boston, Weare, Hopkinton, Dunbarton, Salisbury, Boscawen: Henry Gerrish.
Warner: James Flanders.
Andover.
County of Cheshire.
Charlestown: William Page.
Alstead: Oliver Shepard.
Keene: Jere Stiles.
Swanzey: Elisha Whitcomb.
Richmond: Jonathan Gaskill.
Jaffrey: Benjamin Prescott.
Winchester: John Alexander.
Westmoreland: Archelaus Temple.
Chesterfield: Moses Smith.
Rindge: Daniel Rand.
Walpole: Aaron Allen.
Claremont, Cornish: James Welman.
Newport: Jesse Lane.
Acworth: William Grout.
Wendell.
Surrey: Lemuel Holmes.
Stoddard: Thomas Penniman.
Dublin: Reuben Morse.
Marlborough, Fitzwilliam: Abner Stone.
Plainfield: Joseph Kimball.
Proctorworth: Samuel Duncan.
County of Grafton.
Holderness: Moses Baker.
Plymouth: Abraham Burnham.
New-Chester: Thomas Crawford.
Enfield: Ebenezer Hoit.
Hanover, Lebanon: Elisha Paine.
Lyme.
Haverhill: Moses Dow.
Piermont: William Tarlton.
Orford: Theodore Dame.
Bath: Samuel Young.
Northumberland: Jere Ames.
Those marked thus (a) were not of the House the last year.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Appointment
What keywords are associated?
New Hampshire
General Court
Election
President
Josiah Bartlett
Legislature
Representatives
Senators
What entities or persons were involved?
Josiah Bartlett
Thomas Bartlett
William Plummer
John S. Sherburne
John Pickering
Oliver Peabody
John Waldron
Sanford Kingsbury
Amos Shephard
Joshua Wentworth
Nathaniel Peabody
Where did it happen?
Concord
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Concord
Event Date
June 2d Instant
Key Persons
Josiah Bartlett
Thomas Bartlett
William Plummer
John S. Sherburne
John Pickering
Oliver Peabody
John Waldron
Sanford Kingsbury
Amos Shephard
Joshua Wentworth
Nathaniel Peabody
Outcome
josiah bartlett elected president; john s. sherburne deemed eligible; lists of counsellors, senators, and representatives appointed.
Event Details
The General Court met at Concord, elected officers, examined returns, voted on eligibility, counted votes for President with no popular choice, Senate elected Josiah Bartlett President, procession to lodgings, vote on attorney eligibility, full list of legislature members.