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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
on by whom it was advanced. The treasurer was authorized to borrow such sums of money as might be required to carry the above votes into effect. 1865. April 3d, The treasurer was authorized to borrow, not exceeding three thousand dollars, for State aid to the families of volunteers. August 18th, Voted, to refund the sum of eighteen hundred dollars to such persons as contributed the same in aid of, and for filling the quota of, this town under the calls of the President made in 1864. Hamilton furnished, according to the returns made by the selectmen in 1866, seventy-six men for the war, which is very nigh the exact number, and which was a surplus of eleven over and above all demands. Two were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town for military purposes during the war, exclusive of State aid, was eight thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars ($8,245.00). The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the four ye
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
Valuation in 1860, $555,252; in 1865, $553,719. The selectmen in 1861 were Moses Pollard, John C. Whipple, Charles B. Frost; in 1862 and 1863, Moses Pollard, John C. Whipple, William A. Felton; in 1864, Joseph W. Green, Charles Wilcox, Benjamin F. Hamilton; in 1865, John C. Whipple, Benjamin F. Hamilton, Josiah P. Gleason. The town-clerk in 1861 was Henry A. Delano; in 1862, Abijah Eddy; in 1863, John H. Gurney; in 1864 and 1865, Charles B. Frost. The town-treasurer in 1861, 1862, and 18Benjamin F. Hamilton, Josiah P. Gleason. The town-clerk in 1861 was Henry A. Delano; in 1862, Abijah Eddy; in 1863, John H. Gurney; in 1864 and 1865, Charles B. Frost. The town-treasurer in 1861, 1862, and 1863 was Moses Thompson; in 1864 and 1865, Charles B. Frost. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 7th of May, at which the selectmen were authorized to pay each volunteer belonging to the town five dollars a month while in the military service in addition to his regular pay, and seventy-five cents for each half day spent in drilling previous to enlistment; also, while in the service, four dollars a month to his wife and two dollars to each c
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
71 Enfield 339 Erving 264 Essex 187 F. Fairhaven 130 Falmouth 38 Fall River 133 Fitchburg 625 Florida 73 Foxborough 501 Framingham 405 Franklin 502 Freetown 137 G. Gardner 628 Georgetown 188 Gill 265 Gloucester 191 Goshen 341 Gosnold 168 Grafton 630 Granby 342 Granville 302 Great Barrington 74 Greenfield 266 Greenwich 343 Groton 408 Groveland 194 H. Hadley 345 Halifax 546 Hamilton 196 Hancock 77 Hanover 550 Hanson 547 Hardwick 631 Harvard 633 Harwich 41 Hatfield 346 Hawley 268 Haverhill 198 Heath 269 Hingham 551 Hinsdale 79 Holden 635 Holland 303 Holliston 410 Holyoke 305 Hopkinton 412 Hubbardston 636 Hull 553 Huntington 348 I. Ipswich 202 K. Kingston 554 L. Lakeville 556 Lancaster 638 Lanesborough 80 Lawrence 202 Lee 81 Leicester 639 Leominste