[490] to soldiers' families, was one hundred and thirty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents ($134,224.99). Upwards of thirty thousand dollars were raised by private subscription chiefly in aid of organizing the Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. The amount of money raised and expended during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $385.07; in 1862, $3,800.00; in 1863, $6,550.06; in 1864, $7,500.00; in 1865, $3,200.00. Total amount, $21,435.07. We have not been able to obtain a detailed statement of the services rendered by the ladies of Brookline in behalf of the soldiers, which were very great and valuable. From an estimate made by persons acquainted with the subject, the amount of money alone raised by the ladies, and expended for the comfort of the soldiers, was not less than twenty thousand dollars.
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[490] to soldiers' families, was one hundred and thirty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents ($134,224.99). Upwards of thirty thousand dollars were raised by private subscription chiefly in aid of organizing the Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. The amount of money raised and expended during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $385.07; in 1862, $3,800.00; in 1863, $6,550.06; in 1864, $7,500.00; in 1865, $3,200.00. Total amount, $21,435.07. We have not been able to obtain a detailed statement of the services rendered by the ladies of Brookline in behalf of the soldiers, which were very great and valuable. From an estimate made by persons acquainted with the subject, the amount of money alone raised by the ladies, and expended for the comfort of the soldiers, was not less than twenty thousand dollars.
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