Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Alvin Smith” in chapter 6, page 196 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2:

... 800. Valuation in 1860, $449,810; in 1865, $481,423. The selectmen in 1861 were Daniel E. Safford, Samuel Adams, Benjamin W. Patch; in 1862, 1863, and 1864, William A. Brown, John Whipple, 2d, Alvin Smith ; in 1865, Nathaniel B. Butler, George B. Dodge, Stephen G. Hiler.
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