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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
once a week to prepare articles for the soldiers. Several fairs were held under their superintendence, at which considerable sums were raised, which were expended in furnishing comfortable articles for the sick and wounded. Danvers Incorporated June 16, 1757. Population in 1860, 5,110; in 1865, 5,144. Valuation in 1860, $2,455,948; in 1865, $2,237,630. The selectmen in 1861 were Francis Dodge, William Dodge, Jr., Charles Chaplin; in 1862, William Dodge, Jr., Charles Chaplin, Augustus Fowler; in 1863, Jacob F. Perry, John A. Putnam, James A. Perry; in 1864 and 1865, Jacob F. Perry, William Dodge, Jr., John A. Putnam. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was A. Sumner Howard. The town-treasurer during the same period was William L. Weston. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to act on matters relating to the war, was held on the 3d of May, at which it was— Resolved, By the citizens of Danvers, in town-meeting assembled, that we will co-operate, to the f