r, exclusive of State aid to the families of volunteers, was twelve thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars ($12,375.00).
The amount of money raised and expended by the town in the payment of State aid to families of soldiers during the four years of the war, and which was afterwards reimbursed by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $985.82; in 1862, $2,496.29; in 1863, $8,156.67; in 1864, $3,636.82; in 1865, $2,400.00. Total amount, $17,675.60.
Salem
Incorporated June 24, 1629.
Population in 1860, 22,252; in 1865, 21,197.
Valuation in 1860, $14,722,500; in 1865, $16,192,359. In 1861, Stephen P. Webb, mayor; John Dwyer, Francis Brown, John B. Fisk, Dana Z. Smith, Daniel Stoddard, Charles Upton, aldermen.
In 1862, Stephen P. Webb, mayor; Stephen A. Chase, John B. Fisk, Francis W. Pickman, Franklin T. Sanborn, Dana Z. Smith, Daniel Stoddard, aldermen.
In 1863, Stephen G. Wheatland, mayor; George R. Chapman, John B. Fisk, Daniel H. Mansfield, Francis W. Pickm
.90). During the struggle nearly all the citizens of the town exerted themselves as best they could to meet the demands of the Government and aid in putting down the rebellion.
The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $37.60; in 1862, $903.41; in 1863, $1,423.80; in 1864, $1,251.16; in 1865, $900.00. Total amount, $4,515.97.
Charlestown
Incorporated as a town, June 24, 1629; as a city, March 10, 1847.
Population in 1860, 25,062; in 1865, 26,398.
Valuation in 1860, $15,420,760; in 1865, $18,292,544.
Officers: In 1861, Horace G. Hutchins, mayor; Edwin F. Adams, William W. Peirce, Naham Chapin, Nathaniel Brown, Joseph Caldwell, Rufus Mason, aldermen.
In 1862, Phinehas J. Stone, mayor; Andrew Sawtell, Francis Childs, Francis Thompson, Philander S. Briggs, Otis Little, James F. Dwinell, Joseph Caldwell, Joseph Lovett, Charles A. Barker, aldermen.
In 1863,