[180] The amount of money raised and appropriated by the town during the years of the war for State aid to the families of volunteers, and afterwards reimbursed to it by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $3,137.49; in 1862, $11,623.25; in 1863, $15,391.00; in 1864, $14,431.77; in 1865, $8,800.00. Total amount, $53,383.81. The ladies of Beverly were active in their good works for the soldiers from the beginning to the end of the war. They furnished each Beverly soldier with comfortable under-clothing, sent fifty-five large boxes of articles to the Sanitary Commission, and as many more direct to the soldiers at the front. The value of these articles in money was about nine thousand dollars.
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[180] The amount of money raised and appropriated by the town during the years of the war for State aid to the families of volunteers, and afterwards reimbursed to it by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $3,137.49; in 1862, $11,623.25; in 1863, $15,391.00; in 1864, $14,431.77; in 1865, $8,800.00. Total amount, $53,383.81. The ladies of Beverly were active in their good works for the soldiers from the beginning to the end of the war. They furnished each Beverly soldier with comfortable under-clothing, sent fifty-five large boxes of articles to the Sanitary Commission, and as many more direct to the soldiers at the front. The value of these articles in money was about nine thousand dollars.
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