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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $4,858.60; in 1862, $16,874.32; in 1863, $16,744.94; in 1864, $14,500.00; in 1865, $7,800.00. Total amount, $60,777.86. Swampscott.—Incorporated May 21, 1852. Population in 1860, 1,530; in 1865, 1,619. Valuation in 1860, $1,043,853; in 1865, $1,449,855. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 wdollars were appropriated, and placed in the hands of the selectmen to be used by them as they should think best in aid of the families of soldiers belonging to Swampscott, independent of the State aid as provided by law. July—, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of two hundred dollars to each volunteer, to the number ohe year. Five thousand dollars were appropriated to pay said bounties and State aid to the families of volunteers. This continued until the end of the war. Swampscott furnished two hundred and nine men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-two over and above all demands. Two were commissioned officers. The total amount
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
283 Sherborn 444 Shirley 446 Shrewsbury 670 Shutesbury 285 Somerville 447 Somerset 154 Southampton 357 Southbridge 675 Southborough 673 South Scituate 576 South Danvers (Peabody) 243 South Hadley 356 South Reading (Wakefield) 450 Southwick 316 Spencer 678 Springfield 318 Sterling 679 Stockbridge 104 Stoneham 452 Stoughton 522 Stow 454 Sturbridge 681 Sudbury 455 Sunderland 286 Sutton 682 Swampscott 245 Swanzey 156 T. Taunton 158 Templeton 684 Tewksbury 457 Tisbury 168 Tolland 320 Topsfield 246 Townsend 458 Truro 51 Tyngsborough 460 Tyringham 106 U. Upton 686 Uxbridge 687 W. Wakefield 450 Wales 321 Walpole 524 Waltham 461 Ware 359 Wareham 577 Warren 689 Warwick 288 Washington 108 Watertown 463 Wayland 466 Webster 690 Wellfleet 54 Wendell 289 Wenham 249 West Brid
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Medford Historical Society, Seventh year, 1902-1903. (search)
Medford Historical Society, Seventh year, 1902-1903. October 20.—Time-keeping in a Medford Home two hundred Years Ago. Mr. John Albree, Jr., Swampscott, and Social Meeting. November 17.—Medford in 1847. Mr. Charles Cummings. December 15.—The Middlesex Canal. (Illustrated.) Mr. Moses W. Mann. January 19.—The Environment and Tendencies of Colonial Life. (Illustrated.) Rev. George M. Bodge of Westwood. February 16.—The Baptist Church of Medford. Mrs. Amanda H. Plummer. March 16.—Annual Meeting. April 20.—Rev. John Pierpont: His Life and Work. Rev. Henry C. DeLong. May 18.—The 39th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War. Hon. C. H. Porter of Quincy. Committee on Papers and Addresses. David H. Brown. Walter H. Cushing. Charles H. Morss. John H. Hooper. William Cushing Wait. Miss A
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., chapter 14 (search)
so-Japanese war. Rev. H. W. Stebbins of Boston. January 15.—Tufts College. Rev. F. W. Hamilton, D. D., Acting President. February 19.—Lemuel Cox, (1743-1806) Medford Bridge Builder and Inventor. Mr. Walter K. Watkins of Malden. March 19.—Annual Meeting. April 16.—Side Lights on the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party. Charles G. Chick, Esq., President Hyde Park Historical Society. May 21.—Ye Olde First Meeting House of Medford. Mr. Moses W. Mann. Supplementary course. December 2.—Japan and the Japanese-Russian war. Marshall P. Thompson, Esq., Boston. January 6.—The Metropolitan Park System. Illustrated. Mr. John Woodbury, Sec. of Commission, Boston. February 3.—Medford in 1865. Hon. Fred Gowing of Belmont. March 3.—The Election of 1860. Mr. J. H. Carfrey, Supt. of Schools, Wakefield. April 7.—The Bradbury Family. Miss Eliza M. Gill. May 5.—Charles Brooks and his work for Normal Schools. Mr. John Albree, President Swampscott
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., The pump in the market place; and other water supplies of Medford, old and modern. (search)
e great moving power of the Metropolitan Water System? This elaborate service of the State supplies nineteen cities and towns with water, the main source being located in Clinton, Mass., in the middle of the Commonwealth, nearly fifty miles away. Several cities and towns within the prescribed circle, the radius of which is ten miles from the State House, are furnishing their own water, but at any time, any within this circle are privileged to become a part of the Metropolitan service. Swampscott, outside of this district, is supplied by a special arrangement. The Metropolitan Water District comprises three water sheds, the Nashua, Sudbury and Cochituate, drawing from an area of 212.30 square miles. The number of people supplied is close to the million mark, the latest estimate given at the office of the board being 980,900. Through open channels, and by aqueducts, water is conveyed from one reservoir to another, so the water you draw today from your faucet is a composite, a m