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March 16th (search for this): chapter 2
h, was increased fifty dollars; and Valentine Doane, Jr., and Danforth S. Steele were appointed recruiting officers. The treasurer was authorized to borrow money. 1863. August 11th, Voted, to pay drafted men a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars. The treasurer was authorized to borrow ten thousand dollars to pay bounties and expenses of recruiting. November 30th, Twenty-five hundred dollars were authorized to be borrowed to pay charges and assist in recruiting fifty men. 1864. March 16th, The selectmen were directed to pay each volunteer belonging to that town one hundred dollars, who has not already received a bounty; also to borrow money to pay State aid to the families of soldiers. June 21st, Voted, that to each drafted man who furnished a substitute there be paid not exceeding three hundred dollars, if he was credited to fill the quota of the town. Several other meetings were held during the year, at which means were taken to recruit men and furnish State aid for the
March 21st (search for this): chapter 2
unteers enlisting to the credit of the town in the nine months service, and to pay eleven dollars a month to each of their families while in the service. 1863. December 1st, The treasurer was authorized to borrow eleven hundred dollars for recruiting purposes, if it shall be needed. 1864. At the annual March meeting it was voted that all the business of recruiting be left with the selectmen, and that they be authorized to use any money they may find in the treasury for that purpose. March 21st, Voted to raise two thousand dollars for recruiting purposes, if legal. June 15th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who shall enlist for three years, and be credited to the quota of the town; and the treasurer was authorized to borrow the money when needed. 1865. At the annual March meeting, Voted, to raise three thousand dollars (if needed) for recruiting purposes. Brewster furnished one hundred and forty-one men for the war, which was
April (search for this): chapter 2
The selectmen in 1861, 1862, and 1863, were Mason White, Seth B. Wing, Isaiah Fish; in 1864, H. G. O. Ellis, Seth B. Wing, Isaiah Fish; in 1865, H. G. O. Ellis, Paul Wing, Isaiah Fish. The town-clerk and town-treasurer in 1861, 1862, and 1863, was David C. Freeman; from June, 1863, and during 1864 and 1865, David C. Percival. The first legal town-meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the 11th of May; It is proper to state that a public meeting was held in April in the Town Hall, notice of which had been given by posters and the ringing of church-bells, an account of which we find in the Sandwich Republican of April, 1861. Several gentlemen made speeches, among whom was Major S. B. Phinny, editor of the Barnstable patriot, a democratic paper. He was frequently interrupted by the spontaneous and hearty applause of the audience whenever any allusion was made to our Flag, the Constitution, and the Union. On motion of Theodore Kern, Esq., it was voted
April 6th (search for this): chapter 2
nty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars; and a paper having been prepared, thirty-two hundred and five dollars were subscribed by those present at the meeting, which fully sufficed to fill the quota; and at a legal town-meeting, held on the 6th of April succeeding, the persons advancing the money were reimbursed by the town. We may as well state here as anywhere that the town in 1866, after the war was over, voted to refund to every citizen the money he had subscribed and paid to furnish v Resolved, That the selectmen be instructed to cause the remains of Edward Winslow to be removed to this town at the town's expense. It was also voted to pay the widow and orphan children of Edward Winslow a gratuity of one hundred dollars. April 6th, Voted, that the town assume the responsibility that those persons took upon themselves, of paying a bounty to Samuel Knowles and Hezekiah P. Hughes, in July last, as volunteers. August 7th, Voted, to pay the same State aid to the families of
April 9th (search for this): chapter 2
ndred and fifty dollars. December 9th, The town voted to enlist volunteers for three years service and not for nine months, and to pay to each volunteer for that term a bounty of two hundred dollars. 1863. Several war-meetings were held during this year: recruiting, the payment of bounties to volunteers, and aid to their families were continued; but no special action was taken by the town, in its corporate capacity, in relation to the war. 1864. A legal town-meeting was held on the 9th of April, at which seventy-eight hundred dollars were appropriated to fill the quotas of the town under the calls of the President for men, Oct. 17, 1863, and Feb. 1, 1864. Mr. Colly, the town-clerk, writes:— I have sent you all the votes of importance relating to the war. Many other votes were passed, and much excitement existed during these years of trial; but they were so similar to the within, that to repeat them would be useless. Sandwich must have furnished for the army and navy a
April 12th (search for this): chapter 2
town appropriated $5,469.82 for payment of soldiers' bounties, in compliance with the 9th section of an act approved April 29, 1863; also voted, that the same provision be made in aid of the families of men who may be drafted as is now paid to the families of volunteers. 1864. February 8th, The town voted to assume the payment of money contributed by individuals to fill the quota of the town, under the last call of the President, provided any act of the Legislature legalizes the same. April 12th, An act having been passed, the town voted to reimburse to individuals the money they had advanced, provided that the amount should not exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars for each volunteer enlisted. Provincetown must have furnished for the army and navy about three hundred and fifty men, although the selectmen returned, in 1866, only two hundred and forty-seven; as at the end of the war the town had filled its quota on every call of the President, and had a surplus of fifty-sev
April 16th (search for this): chapter 2
n mustered in and credited to the quota of the town, and aid not to exceed twelve dollars a month to each of their families. August 14th, Voted, to pay a bounty of two hundred dollars to each of seven men who will enlist for three years to complete the quota of the town. 1863. November 24th, A committee to recruit volunteers to fill the quota of the town under the pending call of the President was elected, and twenty-five hundred dollars were appropriated to pay the expenses. 1864. April 16th, The bounty to volunteers for three years service was fixed at one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and the treasurer was authorized to borrow money to pay the same. Several other meetings were held, at which money was raised for war purposes, and measures adopted to fill the contingent of the town. Wellfleet furnished two hundred and twenty-one men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-five over and above all demands. None were commissioned officers in the military service. The
April 17th (search for this): chapter 2
5, 2,298. Valuation in 1860, $617,596; in 1865, $700,165. The selectmen from February, 1861, to February, 1864, were Edward Hopkins, Robert G. Paine, Jeremiah Hawes. In 1864, Mr. Hawes retired from office; and Jonathan Chipman was elected in his place, who with the others remained in office until February, 1865. The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all the years of the war was Noah Swett. 1861. Several members of the Third Regiment Massachusetts Militia, which left the State April 17th and arrived at Fortress Monroe, Va., on the 20th, belonged to Wellfleet. On The—of May, a meeting was held, at which a vigilance committee was appointed; and a vote was passed to request the Governor to furnish arms for a military company then being organized in the town. At this time a large proportion of the young men belonging to Wellfleet were engaged in sea service. June 3d, The town appropriated seven hundred dollars, subject to the order of the Governor, to sustain the credit of
April 19th (search for this): chapter 2
The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all of these years was William H. Underwood. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the 10th of May, at which it was voted to raise a company of one hundred men for a Coast Guard; and a committee of five was appointed to confer with the authorities of other towns on the Cape in regard to the same. June 3d, The selectmen were authorized to borrow one thousand dollars for war purposes. 1862. April 19th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer who enlists in the military service for three years, and is credited to the town. July 26th, The bounty was raised to two hundred dollars, and the selectmen were directed to fill the quota of the town as soon as possible. August 19th, Voted, to pay volunteers for nine months service a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars, which, on September 11th, was increased fifty dollars; and Valentine Doane, Jr., and Danforth S. Ste
April 22nd (search for this): chapter 2
The treasurer was authorized to borrow money to pay bounties. 1863. December 1st, The town chose Nathaniel C. Fowler, Oliver Gorham, and David Matthews to co-operate with the selectmen in raising the town's quota of volunteers under the late call of the President for more men. The selectmen were authorized to draw upon the town-treasurer for such reasonable sums as they shall deem necessary for recruiting purposes. December 10th, Freeman Howes was added to the above committee. 1864. April 22d, Voted, to raise six thousand dollars, to pay each recruit who enlisted to fill the quota of the town under the last two calls of the President one hundred and twenty-five dollars each. One thousand dollars was also voted to pay bounties to men who had enlisted to the credit of the town and had received no bounty. The treasurer was authorized to borrow money to procure volunteers under any call which the President might issue. August 6th, The selectmen were authorized to deposit fifteen
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