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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 4: Bristol County. (search)
uable services rendered to their country in the time of its great peril, not merely by their intense patriotism, but by their labors. They organized societies and circles for preparing lint, garments, and many other things necessary for the comfort of the sick and wounded. They were ingenious and indefatigable in their efforts to find ways and means to aid the cause, and mitigate the inevitable evils of war. Their contributions amounted to a very large sum. Fairhaven Incorporated Feb. 22, 1812. Population in 1860, 3,118; in 1865, 2,548. Valuation in 1860, $3,596,609; in 1865, $1,778,217. This large falling off of the valuation during these five years is to be accounted for by the danger to which whaling vessels were exposed during the war, in which business the citizens of Fairhaven were chiefly interested. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were Rodolphus W. Dexter, Jonathan Cowen, Bartholomew Taber; in 1863, Bartholomew Taber, Jonathan Cowen, George H. Taber; in 1864, B