To the sheriff of the county of [blank] and to either of the constables of the town of [blank] within said county : Greeting : Whereas the Honorable John Allen, Esquire has resigned his seat as a representative of the people of this state, in the sixth Congress of the United States : by authority of the state of Connecticut, you are hereby required to give legal warning to all the freemen in said town of [blank] to meet ... on the third Monday of September next ... to give their votes, as the law directs, for a representative of the people of this state, in the sixth Congress of the United States, in the room of the said Honorable John Allen, Esquire, resigned