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Strip Application
To the selectmen of the Town of Scarborough.
We the undersigners, freeholders, and inhabitants of said town, respectfully request that you would call a meeting of said inhabitants of the Town aforesaid for the purpose of taking such measures as said town may see fit in relation to defending the rights of the said town against a certain partition which is to be presented to the legislature now in session, in the State of Main for the purpose of setting off what is called the strip in said Scarborough and annex it, together with its inhabitants to the town of Saco.
Scarborough Jan’y 2, 1840.
| Matthias Meserve | Josiah Mitchell |
| Ebenezer Libby | Richard Mitchell |
| Johnsen Libby | David Chute |
| Eliahem{?] Libby | Samuel Libby |
| Samuel Fabyan | Nehemiah Libbey |
| Daniel Holmes | Ezra Carter |
| Frienut[?] Holmes | Samuel Shute |
Regarding Scarborough-Saco Line
[Transcription by Betty McKown, Scarborough Historical Society (Encapsulated Collection #25A – Strip Application in regards to Scarborough-Saco.]
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