A Vote, to pay Caleb Buswell three pounds five shillings, as Door keeper, was brought up, read and concurred. A Vote, granting the prayer of the petition of John Wheelock Esq' and giving him leave to bring in a Resolve at this or the next Session, was brought up, read and concurred. A Vote, to pay Lamson and Ranlet nine pounds sixteen Shillings and eight pence, for printing &c. was brought up, read and concurred. A Vote, that the President with advice of Council be desired to adjourn the General Court to-morrow twelve OClock to meet again on Wednesday the twenty fourth day of December next at the Court House in Exeter, was brought up, read and concurred His Excellency the President by the Secretary informed the Hon. House of Representatives that he with advice of Council agreeably to a Vote of Court, had thought fit to adjourn the General Court to meet again on Wednesday the Twenty fourth day December next at the Court House in Exeter, and it was accordingly adjourned. 2-399 *The foregoing is a true copy of Journals Attest JOSEPH PEARSON Sec HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEAR 1788-89. HON. JOHN LANGDON, Portsmouth, Speaker. June 5 and June 6. Having then been elected President by the Senate, there being no choice by the people, he vacated the Speakership June 6th, and Hon. John Sullivan was on the same day chosen to that office. General Sullivan declined, and thereupon, on the same day, the House elected HON. THOMAS BARTLETT, Nottingham, Speaker. JOHN CALFE, Hampstead, Clerk. DR. JONATHAN Goss, Rye, Assistant Clerk. Chaplains. REV. SAMUEL LANGDON, D. D., Portsmouth, Preacher of the Election Sermon. NOTE. It is a noteworthy fact, as shown by the record, that each of the three gentlemen above named, were unanimously elected to the office of Speaker. 1 Major Gains was a representative from Portsmouth twenty-nine times. Biographical sketch, Adams's Annals of Portsmouth, p. 350. |