Hampshire Ss. To y^e Constables for y^e Town of Deerfield or either of them, – Greeting

You are hereby required in y^e Name of y^e State of y^e Massachusetts Bay, forthwith to
notify and warn y^e Inhabitants of y^e Town of Deerfield being free & above y^e Age of twenty one Years, to
Assemble and meet together at y^e School House in Deerfield upon Monday y^e seventh Instant
at four of y^e Clock in y^e Afternoon then and there after a Moderator is chose to consider and
Determine whether they will give their consent that y^e present House of Representatives
of this State of y^e Massachusetts Bay in New England, together with y^e Council, if they
consent in one Body with y^e House and by equal Voice, should consult, agree on, and enact such a Constitution and Form of Government for this State, as y^e said House of Representatives and
Council as aforesaid, on the fullest and most mature Deliberation shall judge will most (endure?)
to y^e Safety, Peace, and Happiness of this State, in all after a successions and Generations.
agreeable to a Recommendation from y^e House of Representatives of this State. Dated
y^e 7^th of September 1776

Hereof fail not and make Return of this Warrant with you Doings thereon by the
Time prefixed for said Meeting
by Order of y^e Select Men
Deerfield David Dickinson, T. Clerk
Oct 3^d 1776

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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: All inhabitants of Deerfield, "free and above the age of twenty one" are called upon to meet at the school house, elect a Moderator and proceed with the business at hand. Their task is to give their consent for the present House of Representatives and the Council (providing the two bodies can agree) to enact a Constitution and a form of government for the "Safety, Peace, and Happiness of this State."

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