History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . us Whipple, Oliver Capron, AaronAldrich, and James Kingsley to consider the plan ofgovernment, and make return at some future committee probably reported in favor of adop-tion, and the town, at a meeting held Oct. 14, 1783,by a vote of seventy-six in favor and none against,came into line with the other towns under the stateconstitution, which remained unaltered until 1793,when a convention for its revision was held at Con-cord, beginning Sept. 7, 1791, in which RufusWhipple, Esq., wa
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . us Whipple, Oliver Capron, AaronAldrich, and James Kingsley to consider the plan ofgovernment, and make return at some future committee probably reported in favor of adop-tion, and the town, at a meeting held Oct. 14, 1783,by a vote of seventy-six in favor and none against,came into line with the other towns under the stateconstitution, which remained unaltered until 1793,when a convention for its revision was held at Con-cord, beginning Sept. 7, 1791, in which RufusWhipple, Esq., was a delegate from this town. Theamendments proposed by this convention were subse- 94 HISTORY OF THE quently adopted, and the constitution, as amended,remained unchanged until 1842, when another con-vention was held at Concord for its revision, andRichmond was represented in the same by KendallFisher, Esq. ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. A convention for the adoption of the Federal con-stitution was held at Exeter, Feb. 13, 1788, and by ad-journment to Concord, June 18, of the same year, in. which Richmond was represented by Jonathan Gas-kill, whose name appears among the list of nays inthe final vote on the main question for vote stood, fifty-seven yeas and forty-seven nays. THE P^IRST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND CONTESTFOR RE-APPOINTMENT. Henry Ingalls was probably the first justice of thepeace in town. He was recommended as a suitableperson for the office at a town meeting held at thehouse of Abner Aldrich, July 15, 1776. Before thistime, people went to Winchester, largely for theacknowledgment of deeds, etc. Either his commis-sion expired about 1781, or else on account of thepart he took in the Vermont controversy, he was TOWN OF RICII^^OND. 95 deprived of the office, and the town was left withouta justice. The town, at the annual meeting, 1782, Votedand recommended Henry Ingalls to be a suitable per-son for a justice of the peace of said town, and it isprob
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