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Compulsory Town Meeting

by Dave Atkins

"Town Meetings were "warned" by beating a drum and attendance was compulsory. In 1658, a bell was substituted for the drum...Votes were sometimes cast by wheat or corn and beans..."

Fenerty, West Dedham and Westwood, 300 Years, p. 42

Submitted by Dave Atkins on September 28, 2008 - 9:35pm