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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 12: (search)
thousand dollars unexpended. Another organization of gentlemen was formed in Boston, at a later period, to raise money for the benefit of soldiers' families living in Boston. The fund thus raised amounted to about seventy-five thousand dollars. It was called the Boston Soldiers' Fund. The association organized by the election of Edward S. Tobey, of Boston, as president. Two trustees were chosen from each of the wards of the city. There was also an executive committee, of which George W. Messenger, an alderman of Boston, was chairman. The money which was raised was put at interest, and there remains an unexpended balance of about thirty thousand dollars. The remains of these funds are still used for the benefit of soldiers and their families, and will be until they are exhausted. In April, 1862, the Surgeon-General of Massachusetts was the medium through whom donations were received from citizens, and disbursed as his judgment dictated, for the benefit of disabled soldie
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 14: Suffolk County. (search)
mas C. Amory, Jr., Silas Peirce, Samuel R. Spinney, Joseph L. Henshaw, Joseph F. Paul, Sylvanus L. Denio, Moses Clark, Robert Marsh, Lemuel M. Standish, John S. Tyler, Hiram A. Stevens, aldermen. In 1864, Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr., mayor; George W. Messenger, Otis Norcross, Lemuel M. Standish, Sylvanus A. Denio, Robert Marsh, Hiram A. Stevens, George W. Warren, Nathaniel C. Nash, William W. Clapp, Jr., George W. Sprague, Daniel Davies, Charles F. Dana, aldermen. In 1865, Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr., mayor; George W. Messenger, Lemuel M. Standish, Robert Marsh, Sylvanus A. Denio, John S. Tyler, Nathaniel C. Nash, William W. Clapp, Jr., George W. Sprague, Daniel Davies, Edward F. Porter, Thomas Gaffield, aldermen. The city-clerk during all these years was Samuel F. McCleary. The city-treasurer during the same period was Frederick W. Tracy. The first action taken by the city in relation to the war was on the 15th of April, when the following preamble and resolution were adopted—