22,300; in 1865, 20,863.
Valuation in 1860, $24,196,138; in 1865, $20,525,790.
This great diminution in the valuation was the effect of the war upon the whaling interest.
In 1861, Isaac C. Taber, mayor; Warren Ladd, James L. Humphrey, Nathan Lewis, John P. Barker, Matthew Howland, William H. Reymond, aldermen.
In 1862, Isaac C. Taber, mayor; Warren Ladd, B. Penniman, Jr., Nathan Lewis, John P. Barker, Matthew Howland, William H. Reymond, aldermen.
In 1863, George Howland, Jr., mayor; Nathan Lewis, John P. Barker, Matthew Howland, William H. Reymond, aldermen.
In 1863, George Howland, Jr., mayor; Warren Ladd, George G. Gifford, Ambrose Vincent, John P. Barker, Matthew Howland, John H. Perry, aldermen.
In 1864, George Howland, Jr., mayor; Warren Ladd, George G. Gifford, Ambrose Vincent, John P. Barker, Matthew Howland, John H. Perry, aldermen.
In 1865, George Howland, Jr., mayor; Warren Ladd, George G. Gifford, Joseph Knowles, George F. Kingman, Matthew Howland, John H. Perry, aldermen.
The city-clerk in 1861 and 1862 was Sanford S. Horton; in 1863, 1864, and 1865, Henry T. Leonard.