[695] twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety cents ($22,584.90). The amount paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $971.50; in 1862, $3,600.00; in 1863, $4,727.90; in 1864, $5,600.00; in 1865, $3,600.00. Total amount, $18,499.40. The ladies of West Boylston did their full share of patriotic soldiers' work. They held several fairs and exhibitions which netted upwards of twelve hundred dollars, all of which and much more were devoted, together with their personal labors, to the sick and wounded in the field and hospitals.
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[695] twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety cents ($22,584.90). The amount paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $971.50; in 1862, $3,600.00; in 1863, $4,727.90; in 1864, $5,600.00; in 1865, $3,600.00. Total amount, $18,499.40. The ladies of West Boylston did their full share of patriotic soldiers' work. They held several fairs and exhibitions which netted upwards of twelve hundred dollars, all of which and much more were devoted, together with their personal labors, to the sick and wounded in the field and hospitals.
1871. E. P. DUtton and Co. Boston,.
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