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grand total of expenditure of one million, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and seven cents ($1,129,892.07.) The following is the war record of each town:—
Incorporated June 10, 1712.
Population in 1860, 8,527; in 1865, 8,576.
Valuation in 1860, $3,279,465; in 1865, $3,059,801.
The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were
Marcus Reed,
Zenas Jenkins,
Samuel B. Thaxter; in 1863, 1864, and 1865,
Marcus Reed,
Zenas Jenkins,
Henry A. Noyes.
The town-clerk during all the years of the war was
N. T. Hunt.
The town-treasurer in 1861 was
N. T. Hunt; in 1862,
Bela T. Nash; in 1863,
Zenas Jenkins; in 1864,
George A. Beal; in 1865,
Bela E. Faxon.
1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 6th of May, at which six thousand dollars were appropriated for aid to the families and dependants of volunteers; and
N. T. Hunt,
J. M. Underwood,
Elbridge Sprague, and
O. G. Healey, together with the selectmen, were appointed with discretionary power to distribute the money.
May 15th, Sixteen hundred dollars were appropriated to furnish uniforms for ‘the Harlow Guards,’ Company K, Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Militia,
1 and for a new military company forming in the centre of the town, to be given them when the company is ready for service.
June 13th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow five thousand dollars for aid to soldiers' families, and one thousand dollars to fulfil any contract entered into with
Captain Blanchard's company at
East Abington.
1862. April 28th, Resolutions were presented by
Hon. Levi Reed, in regard to the death of
Corporal John M. Sewall, Company E, Twenty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, who died at
Newbern, North Carolina, April 9, 1862.
He was the first citizen of
Abington who died in the service.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and were directed to be placed
