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Dec. l755.-The town resolved 10 get rid of the old tenor money in hand at all events. "Voted, that the Selectmen dispose of the Old Tenor in the treasury to the best ad. vantage"

 Feb. 5, l752.-Voted Liberty to tho County of Litchfield to erect a common Gaol for said County and a County House in the Highway, wherever the County shall appoint such buildings to stand, and give hatf an acre of Land to the use of the Gaol where the Gaol shall shall be erected. forever.

 April II, l752.-" Capt. Oliver wotco.tJ' and others, admitted freemen.

 April 20, 175S.-voted that each Ram found running at large on the commons be- tween the 10th of August and middle of November be forfeit and become the properly of him that shall take up said Ram."

 Jan. 9, l759.-Voled, That the Select men shall or may provide house in some suitable place in town for the maintenance of the French.

 No complete explanation ofthis vote can be given. A general idea, however, of iis import and occasion may be obtained from review of the events ofl758. In that year Louisbourg was reduced, and forts Fronte- mac and Du Quesnc taken. Connections had about 5000 troops in actual service dur. ing this campaign. Inhabitants of Litch. field are known to have been among the number. Rev. George Beckwith, of this town, Afterwards pastor of the church in South Farms,) was one of the army chap lains that year. The French prisoners ta. ken, (when not sent to England, as were ,he Louisbourg garrison, or dismissed to France with the honors of war, as were the regi- ments at Quebec in lT59D were dis.rihsased in New York and the New England colodies. Fort Frontenac, which stood at the iianesion . of the St. Lawrence with Lake Ontario. Ma,. taken August 9. There were likewise- skirmishes at several times along the ftoa., tier, and more or less prisoners taken: Pro. OaSly the 'oWR of Lischfeld had soice of