[628] amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was eighty-one thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-one cents ($81,770.61). The amount of money expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $3,011.39; in 1862, $12,500.00; in 1863, $18,032.13; in 1864, $15,500.00; in 1865, $9,500.00. Total amount, $58,543.52. In no town in the Commonwealth were the ladies more active in all good works for the comfort and well-being of our soldiers than in Fitchburg.
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[628] amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was eighty-one thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-one cents ($81,770.61). The amount of money expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $3,011.39; in 1862, $12,500.00; in 1863, $18,032.13; in 1864, $15,500.00; in 1865, $9,500.00. Total amount, $58,543.52. In no town in the Commonwealth were the ladies more active in all good works for the comfort and well-being of our soldiers than in Fitchburg.
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