Life and times in Hopkinton, . e town accepted the plan of government withthe amendments proposed, and on the 8th of September, 1783, it voted to accept of the alteration made by theconvention in the plan of government. During the transitional progress of civil events, Hop-kinton kept up its representation at the General following were its representatives: Capt. John Put-ney, in 1776; Capt. Stephen Harriman, in 1777; JoshuaBailey, in 1778; Dea. Abel Kimball, in 1779; Moses Hills,in 1780; Capt. Stephen Harriman, in 1781; Lieut. Jona-than Chase, in 1782; Aaron Greeley, iu 1783, or
Life and times in Hopkinton, . e town accepted the plan of government withthe amendments proposed, and on the 8th of September, 1783, it voted to accept of the alteration made by theconvention in the plan of government. During the transitional progress of civil events, Hop-kinton kept up its representation at the General following were its representatives: Capt. John Put-ney, in 1776; Capt. Stephen Harriman, in 1777; JoshuaBailey, in 1778; Dea. Abel Kimball, in 1779; Moses Hills,in 1780; Capt. Stephen Harriman, in 1781; Lieut. Jona-than Chase, in 1782; Aaron Greeley, iu 1783, or till thefirst Wednesday of the next June, when the new govern-ment became effective. It is noticeable in this connection that when the townchose Capt. John Putney a representative in 1776, it alsochose Major Chandler, Capt. Harriman, Lieutenant Dow,Joshua Bailey, Ensign Eastman, Captain Straw, Esquire (?)Clement, Aaron Greeley, and James Smith a committee toinstruct him. On March 3, 1783, the town passed the following act: *V<L. o en <3 oo HIw C/3 wo C/Q A CONSTITUTIONAL TOWN-MEETING. 69 Voted that Laws now Practis upon Be in fore till June 1784unless the Constitution takes Plac. On the same date the following was also passed: Voted to grant mr Blaisdell and his Son thear Request in Regardof Changing his name from obee to John and that the Town Clerkgovern him Self accordingly. These two votes are not only of historic value, but theyare interesting on account of their literary the curious reader can tell, by the rhetorical struct-ure of the second vote, what was done in respect to a name,and whose name it was. CHAPTER XVIII. A CONSTITUTIONAL TOWN-MEETING. Constitutional government may be said to have begun inNew Hampshire in 1784. Previous attempts at state con-stitutional government had largely been either warlikeexpedients or peaceful experiments. In attempting to givea general reason for the partly ineffectual attempts at gov-erning the state by rep
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