Definition of "town clerk" []

• The chief administrative officer of a town, responsible for maintaining its records (noun)

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• "Mr. Prime says of him: “He was a strong man in body and mind, an able and upright magistrate, for eighteen years one of the selectmen of the town, twenty-seven years town clerk and treasurer, fifteen years a member of the Colonial and State Legislature, and a prominent, honored, and useful member and officer of the church.”"