Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.

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Benjamin Harrington, for making Cartridges Town Treasurer's Salary	1 25
Town Clerk's, do.	10 00
do. for recording Births and Deaths from 1807 to 1811, as the law directs	4 56
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		445 65

Military stores, agreeable to law.

E. Withington, for 100 pounds of Powder, at 61 cents per pound	61 00
F. C. Wyman, for 50 do. do. do.	32 60
J. Bradley, for Camp Kettles	3 33
J. C. Bradford, 200 Flints	1 60
Thomas Russell, for 190 pounds of Balls, at 14 cents per pound	26 60
do. for 3 3/4 do. Powder at 60 do.	2 25
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		127 18

Highway.

Samuel Hall, for making the County Road, from William Locke's to Lexington line	1067 50
For Repairing and Amending the highways	530 40
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		1587 90
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	Total,	$3558 91

The following are the sums voted for the expenses of the town for the year 1810.

Contingencies	200 00
High ways.	600 00
Treasurer's Salary	10 00
Clerk's Salary	10 00
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		3020 00

Submitted by

George Prentiss, Selectmen.

Daniel Adams, Selectmen.

Thomas Russell, Selectmen.

Attest, Thomas Russell, T. Clerk. Wet Cambridge, May, 1811.

In 1811 a committee was chosen to petition the legislature for the exclusive right and privilege of taking, preserving and disposing of shad and alewives in the river or streams running from Spy or Menotomy Pond (so called) in this town, to Charlestown line. The act thus procured was repealed in 1823.

In 1811 the selectmen were directed to build a powder-house within the limits of the town in such place as they shall judge proper. “The powder-house, a cheap brick structure, stood on the left-hand bank of Spring Valley (at the south part of the town), near the brink of the hill where the valley empties into Spy Pond, so that in case of explosion the contents might be blown into the pond.” J. B. Russell.