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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
740. Population in 1860, 3,522; in 1865, 3,318. Valuation in 1860, $1,728,997; in 1865, $1,933,122. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were Manson D. Hawes, Alanson Richardson, John H. Lockey; in 1863, Alanson Richardson, Charles H. Merriam, William F. Howe; in 1864, John H. Lockey, William F. Howe, Alfred L. Burdett; in 1865, William F. Howe, Alfred L. Burdett, Samuel Putnam. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Joel C. Allen. The town-treasurer for the same period was Porter Piper. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to consider matters connected with the war was held on the 6th of May, at which a letter from Joseph C. Burrage, Alvah A. Burrage, and Charles H. Burrage,—three noble brothers, sons of Leominster, then residing in Boston,—addressed to the selectmen, was read as follows: We desire to have the money herewith sent (seven hundred dollars Afterwards increased to eight hundred and ten dollars.) appropriated to the purchase of revolver-pistols, to be use