History of Worcester and its people . ton Square. Pleasant street was opened soon afterward as a path at first. Incorporation of the Town.—Worcester was still a plantation in17^1, and had been governed from the beginning of the first settlementby committees and officers appointed by the General Court. In 17<!1 apetition of the freeholders and proprietors for incorporatinn was pre-sented to the General Court, with a letter which indicates that a dis-temper then raging might interfere with the work of the court and causea delay. The letter was dated May 31, 1721. The petition was incharge of
History of Worcester and its people . ton Square. Pleasant street was opened soon afterward as a path at first. Incorporation of the Town.—Worcester was still a plantation in17^1, and had been governed from the beginning of the first settlementby committees and officers appointed by the General Court. In 17<!1 apetition of the freeholders and proprietors for incorporatinn was pre-sented to the General Court, with a letter which indicates that a dis-temper then raging might interfere with the work of the court and causea delay. The letter was dated May 31, 1721. The petition was incharge of John Houghton of Lancaster and Peter Rice of Marlborough. The General Court took action on this petition and others of asimilar purport, and passed a resolve, June 14, 1T22, vesting the inhab-itants of Worcester with the powers and privileges of other towns withinthe province, and directing that the first town meeting be held on the lastWednesday of September, 1T22. The warrant for the meeting wasissued bv Francis Fulham of North Entrance to the Village of Worcester, Boston road, in 1841. In the little one-stnry building in the foreground, the elder Stephen Salisbury kept his first store,and laid the foundations of the ample fortune of so much benefit now to the peo-ple of Worcester. First Town Meeting.— The first town meeting was held .September28, 1722. The lueeting was called to order by Gershom Rice, and DanielHevwood elected moderator. The first town officers elected at this 26 HISTORY OF WORCESTER meeting were: Selectmen—Dea. Nathaniel Moore, Nathaniel Jones,Benjamin Flagg, Jonas Rice and John Graj-. Town clerk—Jonas treasurer—Daniel Heywood. Assessors—Nathaniel Jones, JonasRice, Henry Lee. Constables—Jonathan Moore, John Hubbard. Sur-veyors of Highways—Daniel Bigelow and Thomas Haggett. Tything-man—James Holden and Jacob Fence Viewers—William Grayand Richard Ward. Clerk of the Market—Nathaniel Moore. Dealer ofLeather—Jo
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