Documents in this folder:

1. Communication from Jonathan Ward, clerk of the church, to the Selectmen requesting that a voter be called to see if the town would join with the church in calling Rev. Nathaniel How to settle as their minister. A church meeting had been held and the parishioners were “satisfied with the public and private performances of Mr. Nathaniel Howe of Ipswich” who had been preaching as a candidate on probation (4/20/1789). Folder: 1003-034.

2. Payment thirteen shillings and eight pence from the Town of Southborough to Hezekiah Fay for his expenses and journey traveling to Medford and Athol for the purpose of hiring a preacher (3/9/1789). Folder: 1003-034.

3. Letter from Nathaniel Howe to the Town of Southborough in answer to their request to have him settle as their minister. Mr. Howe thanked the town for the favorable opinion they had formed of him, but rejected their offer writing:” Suffer me to inform you that I have asked the direction of God and received the advice of men, and after the most mature deliberation, [...] concluded to answer in the negative. The reasons for my answering you in this way are so numerous and various that you will please to excuse me from descending to particulars - but let me assure you that when taken together, they appear to me to be quite sufficient, some of which do not regard the town nor its proceeding, and others that have a considerable influence on my mind are such as would not be well for me to speak; nor you to hear, since to relate them would give me pain and afford you no pleasure (10/25/1789). Folder: 1003-034.

4. Reimbursement of five shillings from the Town of Southborough to John Angier for what he paid Mr. Daniel Stone for preaching (12/21/1789). Folder: 1003-034.

5. Receipt for ten dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Antipas Steward for supplying the pulpit for two sabbaths in the year 1788 (3/9/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

6. Payment of ten shillings from the Town of Southborough to Jonathan Champney for journeying to Newburyport by horse to get Mr. Dorrane to preach (3/21/1791). Folder: 1003-034.

7. Payment of one pound and ten shillings from the Town of Southborough to Ezra Newton towards what Sarah Brigham was owed for boarding ministers (3/15/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

8. Payment of one pound and four shillings from the Town of Southborough to William Winchester towards what Sarah Brigham was owed for boarding ministers (3/15/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

9. Payment of one pound and four shillings from the Town of Southborough to Ebenezer Bellows towards what Sarah Brigham was owed for boarding ministers (3/15/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

10. Receipt for eleven shillings paid by the Town of Southborough to Benjamin Stone for supplying the pulpit, along with “a note of hand of eleven pounds being in full to the present day” (4/10/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

11. Receipt for ten dollars in cash and twenty dollars in note of hand from the Committee for Supplying the Pulpit (Hezekiah Fay, Edmund Chamberlain, and Heman Fay) to Lincoln Ripley for five days preaching (8/20/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

12. Receipt for three pounds and eleven shillings paid by the Town of Southborough to Samuel Nebber in full for what remained due to him for supplying the pulpit (10/8/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

13. Receipt for two pounds and eight shillings paid by the Town of Southborough to John Wyeth in full for what was due to him for supplying the pulpit for two sabbaths (11/11/1790). Folder: 1003-034.

14. Payment of six pounds from the Town of Southborough to Thomas Adams of Medway for supplying the pulpit for four days in the months of June and July 1790 (10/8/1791). Folder: 1003-034.