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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3: Berkshire County. (search)
$3,325.47. Egremont Incorporated Feb. 13, 1760. Population in 1860, 1,079; in 1865, 928. Valuation in 1860, $452,030; in 1865, $587,619. The selectmen in 1861 were Milo Talmadge, Edmund Crippen, Milan Brown; in 1862, Benjamin Baldwin, Calvin Benjamin, Samuel B. Goodale; in 1863, Samuel B. Goodale, George C. Benjamin, Seymour B. Dewey; in 1864 and 1865, Seymour B. Dewey, James H. Rowley, Joshua R. Layton, Jr. The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all of these years was Joseph A. Benjamin. 1861. The first meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the 30th of May; at which it was voted to instruct the treasurer to borrow one thousand dollars for aid and assistance to the families of the inhabitants of the town who had entered, or might afterwards enter, the military service of the United States to fight against the Rebellion. 1862. July 21st, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer