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I was afraid someone would ask that question. I've tried to find the answer and come up empty so far.
My first thought was that the term “State Bill" was a common idiom, but I couldn't find other uses. Another possibility is that the phrase wasn't correctly transcribed since I haven't seen a period document or publication.
Assuming "State Bill" is the correct phrase, I can think of two possibilities:
1) It might refer to a recent measure to add a slice of Scituate to Marshfield, thus increasing the number of voters who leaned a particular way.
2) It might refer to the Provincial Congress's request for towns to send their taxes to its Receiver-General rather than the provincial Treasurer, and since no one likes to pay taxes that brought out more people to vote against sending the money anywhere.
Jul 8, 2016, 10:02:51 PM
Posted to Marshfield Voters “greatly aggrieved at the conduct of the said Town”