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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
Essex Incorporated Feb. 18, 1819. Population in 1860, 1,701; in 1865, 1,630. Valuation in 1860, $930,368; in 1865, $912,417. The selectmen in 1861 were Jacob K. Roberts, Addison Cogswell, Warren Eveleth; in 1862, Daniel W. Bartlett, Hervey Burnham, Jacob Burnham; in 1863 and 1864, Daniel W. Bartlett, Abel Story, Jr., Addison Cogswell; in 1865, Daniel W. Bartlett, Nehemiah Burnham, Charles B. Allen. The town-clerk in 1861 was O. H. P. Sargent; in 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, John C. Choate. The town-treasurer during all of these years was Grover Dodge. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the 17th of June; at which one thousand dollars were appropriated for the payment of State aid during the year to the families of volunteers, to be paid in accordance with the act of the Legislature recently passed. 1862. August, The town authorized the selectmen to pay a bounty of two hundred dollars to each volunteer who should