ilies, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $55.44; in 1862, $1,645.51; in 1863, $2, 6686.86; in 1864, $2,826.49; in 1865, $1,650.00. Total amount, $8,864.30.
Fitchburg
Incorporated Feb. 3, 1764.
Population in 1860, 7,805; in 1865, 8,119.
Valuation in 1860, $3,762,529; in 1865, $4,240,252.
The selectmen in 1861 were William Kimball, John P. Sabin, Rodney Wallace, Caleb W. Jaquith, William O. Brown; in 1862, Caleb W. Jaquith, Cyrus Thurston, William H. Vose, George Robbins, Alfred R. Ordway; in 1863, William H. Vose, Caleb W. Jaquith, Cyrus Thurston, Alfred R. Ordway, John P. Sabin; in 1864, Caleb W. Jaquith, Cyrus Thurston, William Kimball, Rodney Wallace, Eugene T. Miles; in 1865, Caleb W. Jaquith, Eugene T. Miles, William Kimball, William O. Brown, John W. Kimball.
The town-clerk during these years was John T. Farwell.
The town-treasurer, Ebenezer Torrey.
1861. A legal town-meeting was held April 7th, to consider the propriety of appropriating mo