“Agreeable to a notice circulated throughout the county, about forty-eight hours previous to the meeting, two thousand of the freemen from the different towns in the county assembled to take into consideration a recent proclamation of the Governor, and an extraordinary letter accompanying the same, and also to express their sentiments on Canadian affairs, especially such as have recently transpired in the neighbourhood of latitude forty-five degrees.
“Jeptha Bradley, Esquire, of St. Albans, was called to the chair, and, agreeable to a resolve of the meeting, appointed the Hon. SS Brown, Hon. Timothy Foster, and GW Kendall, Esquire, a committee to nominate officers.
“The following gentlemen were nominated and appointed:—
“Hon. Austin Fuller, of Enosburgh, President.
“Vice Presidents.”
| Colonel SB Hazeltine, | Bakersfield. |
| ÷Hon÷. Horace Eaton, | Enosburgh. |
| Doctor IS Webster, | Berkshire. |
| William Green, Esquire, | Sheldon. |
| Martin Wires, Esquire, | Cambridge. |
| ÷Hon÷. Timothy Foster, | Swanton. |
Secretaries.
| JJ Beardsley, | Sheldon. |
| Zoroaster Fisk, | Swanton. |
“The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to prepare a report and resolutions for the meeting:—”
| Henry Adams, Esquire, | St. Albans. |
| NL Whittemore, Esquire, | Swanton. |
| RA Shattuck, Esquire, | Sheldon. |
| Bradley Barlow, Esquire, | Fairfield. |
| IB Bowdish, Esquire, | Swanton. |