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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
, $2,751.13; in 1863, $4,100; in 1864, $3,400; in 1865, $1,800. Total amount, $12,383.42. The ladies of Leicester were unremitting in their good works all through the war. One venerable lady, upwards of eighty years of age, knit with her own hands over one hundred pairs of woollen socks for the soldiers. Leominster Incorporated June 23, 1740. Population in 1860, 3,522; in 1865, 3,318. Valuation in 1860, $1,728,997; in 1865, $1,933,122. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were Manson D. Hawes, Alanson Richardson, John H. Lockey; in 1863, Alanson Richardson, Charles H. Merriam, William F. Howe; in 1864, John H. Lockey, William F. Howe, Alfred L. Burdett; in 1865, William F. Howe, Alfred L. Burdett, Samuel Putnam. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Joel C. Allen. The town-treasurer for the same period was Porter Piper. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to consider matters connected with the war was held on the 6th of May, at which a letter from Joseph C