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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
nce of the year. in 1865, George P. Morey. The town-treasurer in 1861, 1862, and 1863 was Samuel Gilbert; in 1864 and 1865, Samuel Allen. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters connected with the war was held on the 30th of April, at which it was voted that the treasurer borrow, not exceeding five thousand dollars, to pay soldiers belonging to Walpole, and to give aid to their families while in the military service of the United States; and Palmer Morey, N. B. Wilmarth, F. W. Bird, Charles Hartshorn, Horace Guild, A. E. Stetson, and J. P. Tisdale were chosen to disburse the aid to the soldiers' families as they shall deem expedient. Voted, that the selectmen pay to each volunteer who shall be an inhabitant of Walpole, while in the service of the United States, such a sum as shall make his pay, including that received of the Federal Government, twenty-five dollars a month. 1862. July 22d, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars to each volunteer w