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208 HISTORY OF AMESBURY.
and the parish. The record of the expense of the council which
convened at his house contains the following items :
"Deac Stephen Bartlett for service done for the
parish as assessor and committy relating to the affare
—
£ s. d.
Betwixt Mr March and the parish 05 12 04
To Deac Stephen Bartlett for porke, chese, shu-
gar and Eages carried to provide for the council at
Mr Marches 01 15 05
To John Currier for service done for the parish
as assessor and Committy Relating to the affair
betwixt Mr March and the parish 04 00 00
To John Currier for veal carried in to provide for
the Council at Mr Marches desmission 01 05 00
To Deac Isaac Tuxbury for service done for the
parish as assessor and Committee in the affair betwixt
Mr March and the parish 04 04 00
To Deac Isaac Tuxbury for meal, meat and butter
carried in to provide for the Council at Mr
Marches Dismission 01 07 06
To Left Jonathan Barnard for providing for the
Council at Mr Marches 01 09 00
To David Clough for providing for the Council
at Mr Marches 01 08 00
To Mr George Worthing jr for providing for the
Council at Mr Marches 00 10 00"
No Doubt the council was abundantly supplied with good
things to eat and drink, and the result of the deliberations was
a dismissal.
As already noted, Mr. March had built a costly house on
land bought of Nathaniel Weed in 1728, perhaps expecting to
spend his days in town, as Mr. Wells had done. He, however,
removed to Newbury soon after his dismission, and in 1746
sold his farm of thirty and one-half acres to Isaac Merrill, Esq.,
for ^950 in bills of credit, old tenor. The cottage house of
Lewis B. Davis now stands on the spot where Mr. March built
his nice house.