Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

272 SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1S86.
to several Petitions for tlie Division of tiie town beg leave to Report as follows,
viz —
To Cor" Benj» Day, Left Benj-' Leonard & Dea" Nath^' Ely —
Gentlemen you being Chosen by the town as Agents to make answer in the
General Court to several petitions now Depending there praying for a Devislon
of said town — we Do Desire you to Use your Influence with the Representatives
of said town to prevent by all proper ways and means in their Power any General
Devision thereof and that you make Use of Counsel to assist you therein as you
shall think necessary and that you offer such Reasons against any General Divi-
tion thereof as you shall think propper and Reasonable also that you prefer the
following to the Great & General Court as an answer to the petitions now
Depending therein praying for a Division of said town.
Si-KixoFEiLU, Jan'' 20 :
177-1:
John Hale
Joh'"^" Warn;
Benja Ely
Justin Ely
Province of Massacliusetts Bay
To liis Excellency thoui;is Hutchinson Esq'' Captain General and Governor in
Chief in ami over liis Majesty Province of Massachusetts Bay; tiie Honorable
his Majesty Council and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled
at Boston on the 2(1 Day of January, 1774 —
May it Please your Excellency & Honours — tlie town of Springfeild have
been Notified and cited to Shew Cause if Any they liave why the Petitions of the
first Parish and also the Petition of part of the od and 4 Parishes and also the
Petition of a place called Stonuy Hill in said Springfeild now Depending in tlie
General Court praying for a Division of Said town should not be Granted tlie
town suppose no general Division tiiereof at Present either necessary or Eligable
but that if any Particular part thereof are Dissatisfied with there connections
with the Main Body it is but Reasonable they should Petition to be niaile a Dis-
trict Corporation but as the Petitioners have AUedged a Number of Facts in their
Petition wiiich we think have a tendency to give your Excellency & Hon'*^ a Mis-
understanding of the State of this toAvn we Must beg leave to make some few
Remarks thereon. The Difficulties that have Arisen in the town have been too
notorious to be wlioUy Concealed and we hartily wish we Could say that any
Particular Parish had not been the Occasion tiiereof. A Particular Detail of facts
might be made but we Choose a Veil of Oblivion should be drawn over tiiein