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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3: Berkshire County. (search)
1865, 913. Valuation in 1860, $489,346; in 1865, $502,277. The selectmen in 1861 were Martin Slosson, H. B. Stevens, John Fairfield; in 1862, Martin Slosson, Alanson E. Gaston, John Fairfield; in 1863, Lewis C. Sherrill, Alanson E. Gaston, E. S. Rowley; in 1864 and 1865, E. S. Rowley, John Fairfield, George Cook. The town-clerk in 1861 and 1862 was E. Williams; in 1863 and 1864, John Sherrill, 2d; in 1865, H. B. Stevens. The town-treasurer in 1861 was E. Williams; in 1862, John A. Sharp;E. S. Rowley, John Fairfield, George Cook. The town-clerk in 1861 and 1862 was E. Williams; in 1863 and 1864, John Sherrill, 2d; in 1865, H. B. Stevens. The town-treasurer in 1861 was E. Williams; in 1862, John A. Sharp; in 1863, Rufus L. Hall; in 1864, John Sherrill, 2d; in 1865, H. B. Stevens. We have been unable to obtain a full and consecutive abstract of the votes passed at the various town-meetings, in relation to the war during the four years of its existence. Several were held each year, at which money was appropriated for the payment of bounties to volunteers, and State aid to their families. In 1866 the selectmen made a return, in which they stated that the number of men furnished by Richmond f
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
ed to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who would enlist for three years, and be mustered in to the military service and properly credited to the quota of the town; and if it was found that other towns paid a larger bounty, then the selectmen were authorized to pay each volunteer such a bounty as in their judgment it was necessary, in order to complete the quota of the town. This appears to have been the practice of the town until the close of the war. Rowley furnished one hundred and twenty-nine men for the war, which was a surplus of fourteen over and above all demands. Five were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid to the families of volunteers, was twelve thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars ($12,375.00). The amount of money raised and expended by the town in the payment of State aid to families of soldiers during the four years of
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
rleans 43 Otis 93 Oxford 660 P. Palmer 313 Paxton 661 Peabody (see South Danvers) 243 Pelham 352 Pembroke 566 Pepperell 440 Peru 95 Petersham 662 Phillipston 664 Pittsfield 96 Plainfield 354 Plymouth 568 Plympton 571 Prescott 354 Princeton 665 Provincetown 46 Q. Quincy 511 R. Randolph 513 Raynham 147 Reading 442 Rehoboth 149 Richmond 98 Rochester 572 Rockport 230 Rowe 282 Rowley 232 Roxbury 515 Royalston 667 Russell 314 Rutland 669 S. Salem 234 Salisbury 239 Sandisfield 99 Sandwich 49 Saugus 241 Savoy 100 Scituate 574 Seekonk 151 Sharon 520 Sheffield 102 Shelburne 283 Sherborn 444 Shirley 446 Shrewsbury 670 Shutesbury 285 Somerville 447 Somerset 154 Southampton 357 Southbridge 675 Southborough 673 South Scituate 576 South Danvers (Peabody) 243 South Hadley